1970 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 California Angels 1970 American League West Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California Gene Autry Dick Walsh Lefty Phillips KTLA KMPC(Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Dave Niehaus, Jerry Coleman) The 1970 California Angels season was the 10th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 5th in Anaheim, and their 5th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished the season third in the American League West with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. Offseason October 22, 1969: Rubén Amaro Sr. was released by the Angels.Rubén Amaro at Baseball-Reference October 24, 1969: Mel Queen was purchased by the Angels from the Cincinnati Reds.Mel Queen at Baseball-Reference November 25, 1969: Pedro Borbón, Vern Geishert and Jim McGlothlin were traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Alex Johnson and Chico Ruiz.Pedro Borbón at Baseball-Reference January 14, 1970: Bill Harrelson and Dan Loomer (minors) were traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Jack Fisher.Jack Fisher at Baseball-Reference Regular season Coming off a 71–91 1969 season, the Angels rebounded to finish 86–76, tying their 1962 season as their best in franchise history up to that point. As of 2024, this is the only season that saw the Angels hold a winning record for all 162 games of a season, starting the season 5–0 and never falling back to .500 from there on. On July 3, Clyde Wright pitched a 3-walk no-hitter against the Athletics, the first no-hitter at Anaheim Stadium since its first game in 1966. Wright would go on to be only the 2nd 20-win starter in franchise history that year and finished 6th in Cy Young voting.Clyde Wright at Baseball-Reference His 22 wins that year are a franchise record as of 2024, tied with Nolan Ryan's 1972 season.Los Angeles Angels Top 10 Single-Season Pitching Leaders at Baseball-Reference Throughout the year, Alex Johnson was involved in a tight batting race with Carl Yastrzemski, Tony Oliva, and Luis Aparicio. After 161 games, Johnson was trailing Yastrzemski by only .0013. On the last day of the season, Johnson went 2 for 3 against the White Sox, legging out an infield single on his 3rd at-bat to beat Yastrzemski by .0004. As of 2024, Johnson is the only batting champion for the Angels.Merrick Thomas October 1, 1970: Alex Johnson snatches AL batting crown from Carl Yastrzemski as Angels hand White Sox their 106th loss https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-1-1970-alex-johnson-snatches-al-batting-crown-from-carl-yastrzemski-as-angels-hand-white-sox-their-106th-loss/ at Society for American Baseball Research The Angels remained in the American League West race throughout the season, and by September 3, they were only 3 games back of the division lead heading into a 3-game set against the division-leading Twins in Anaheim.MLB Scores and Standings Thursday, September 03, 1970 at Baseball-Reference However, after being swept by them, the Angels collapsed, losing their next 6 in a row and going 5-17 from September 4 to September 26 to fall out of the postseason race for good. According to Alex Johnson, it was as though the team gave up on the season following being swept by the Twins.Goldman Robert Once They Were Angels 2006 Sports Publishing L.L.C. Champaign, Illinois 9781582611631 91 Season standings Record vs. opponents CAL Notable transactions April 7, 1970: Jack Fisher was released by the Angels. April 27, 1970: Aurelio Rodríguez and Rick Reichardt were traded by the Angels to the Washington Senators for Ken McMullen.Ken McMullen at Baseball-Reference June 4, 1970: Mike Krukow was drafted by the Angels in the 32nd round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.Mike Krukow at Baseball-Reference August 31, 1970: Tony González was purchased by the Angels from the Atlanta Braves.Tony González at Baseball-Reference Roster 1970 California Angels Roster Pitchers 40 Lloyd Allen 29 Tom Bradley 26,48 Terry Cox 48 Paul Doyle 24 Eddie Fisher 43 Greg Garrett 39 Steve Kealey 37 Dave LaRoche 34 Rudy May 47 Andy Messersmith 41 Tom Murphy 46 Mel Queen 42 Harvey Shank 19 Ken Tatum 39 Wally Wolf 38 Clyde Wright Catchers  2 Joe Azcue 28 Randy Brown 30 Tom Egan Infielders  4 Sandy Alomar Sr. 11 Jim Fregosi 44 Doug Griffin  7 Ken McMullen 1,42 Ray Oyler 42 Marty Perez  1 Aurelio Rodríguez 15 Chico Ruiz  9 Jim Spencer Outfielders 14 Billy Cowan 25 Tony González 17 Alex Johnson 10 Jay Johnstone  3 Rick Reichardt  6 Roger Repoz  5 Tommie Reynolds  3 Mickey Rivers 33 Tom Silverio  8 Jarvis Tatum 32 Bill Voss Other batters  5 Jim Hicks Manager 36 Lefty Phillips Coaches 22 Rocky Bridges 20 Fred Koenig 7,27 Pete Reiser 21 Norm Sherry Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Joe Azcue 114 351 85 .242 2 25 1B Jim Spencer 146 511 140 .274 12 68 2B Sandy Alomar Sr. 162 672 169 .251 2 36 SS Jim Fregosi 158 601 167 .278 22 82 3B Ken McMullen Ken McMullen (baseball) 124 422 98 .232 14 61 LF Alex Johnson 156 614 202 .329 14 86 CF Jay Johnstone 119 320 76 .238 11 39 RF Roger Repoz 137 407 97 .238 18 47 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Tom Egan 79 210 50 .238 4 20 Bill Voss 80 181 44 .243 3 30 Jarvis Tatum 75 181 43 .238 0 6 Billy Cowan 68 134 37 .276 5 25 Tommie Reynolds 59 120 30 .250 1 6 Chico Ruiz 68 107 26 .243 0 12 Tony González Tony González (baseball) 26 92 28 .304 1 12 Aurelio Rodríguez 17 63 17 .270 0 7 Doug Griffin 18 55 7 .127 0 4 Mickey Rivers 17 25 8 .320 0 3 Ray Oyler 24 24 2 .083 0 1 Tom Silverio 15 15 0 .000 0 0 Rick Reichardt 9 6 1 .167 0 1 Randy Brown 5 4 0 .000 0 0 Jim Hicks 4 4 1 .250 0 0 Marty Perez 3 3 0 .000 0 1 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Clyde Wright 39 260.2 22 12 2.83 110 Tom Murphy Tom Murphy (pitcher) 39 227.0 16 13 4.24 99 Rudy May 38 208.2 7 13 4.01 164 Andy Messersmith 37 194.2 11 10 3.01 62 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Greg Garrett 32 74.2 5 6 2.65 53 Tom Bradley Tom Bradley (baseball) 17 69.2 2 5 4.13 53 Lloyd Allen 8 24.0 1 1 2.62 12 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Ken Tatum 62 7 4 17 2.94 50 Eddie Fisher 67 4 4 8 3.04 74 Paul Doyle 40 3 1 5 5.14 34 Dave LaRoche 38 4 1 4 3.44 44 Mel Queen Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder) 34 3 6 9 4.20 44 Steve Kealey 17 1 0 1 4.15 14 Wally Wolf Wally Wolf (baseball) 4 0 0 0 5.06 5 Terry Cox Terry Cox (baseball) 3 0 0 0 3.86 3 Harvey Shank 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Chuck Tanner AA El Paso Sun Kings Texas League Del Rice A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Mike Stubbins Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Bob Clear LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Idaho Falls Notes 2 References 1970 California Angels team at Baseball-Reference 1970 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 Further reading Once They Were Angels Rob Goldman Nolan Ryan Sport Publishing, LLC 2006 9781582611631 https://books.google.com/books?id=rxv4OdoL1EUC Gold06 Category:Los Angeles Angels seasons Category:1970s in Anaheim, California California Angels season Los