1970 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1970 American League East Tiger Stadium Detroit, Michigan John Fetzer Jim Campbell Mayo Smith WJBK(George Kell, Larry Osterman) WJR(Ernie Harwell, Ray Lane) The 1970 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 70th season and the 59th season at Tiger Stadium. The team finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 79–83, 29 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. Offseason December 13, 1969: Tom Matchick was traded by the Tigers to the Boston Red Sox for Dalton Jones.Tom Matchick at Baseball Reference February 19, 1970: The Tigers' Cy Young Award winning pitcher, Denny McLain, was suspended from baseball "indefinitely" by MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn. April 1, 1970: Kuhn announced that McLain's suspension would last until July 1, 1970. McLain missed the first 71 games of the 162-game season. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions April 8, 1970: Tom Tresh was released by the Tigers.Tom Tresh at Baseball Reference August 2, 1970: Kevin Collins was purchased by the Tigers from the Montreal Expos.Kevin Collins at Baseball Reference Roster 1970 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 38 Les Cain 18 John Hiller 35 Mike Kilkenny 30 Lerrin LaGrow 15 Fred Lasher 29 Mickey Lolich 17 Denny McLain 36 Norm McRae 19 Joe Niekro 43 Daryl Patterson 20 Bob Reed 27 Jerry Robertson 46 Dennis Saunders 39 Fred Scherman 28 Tom Timmermann 16 Earl Wilson Catchers 11 Bill Freehan 34 Tim Hosley 33 Gene Lamont 12 Jim Price Infielders  9 Ike Brown 25 Norm Cash  4 Kevin Collins  7 César Gutiérrez  2 Dalton Jones 41 Elliott Maddox  3 Dick McAuliffe 42 Ken Szotkiewicz  8 Don Wert Outfielders 26 Gates Brown 23 Willie Horton  6 Al Kaline 31 Russ Nagelson  5 Jim Northrup 24 Mickey Stanley Manager 10 Mayo Smith Coaches 51 Wally Moses (First base/Hitting) 52 Len Okrie (Bullpen) 50 Grover Resinger (Third base) 53 Mike Roarke (Pitching) Player stats Batting = Indicates team leader Starters by position Note: 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 Bill Freehan 117 395 95 .241 16 52 1B Norm Cash 130 370 96 .259 15 53 2B Dick McAuliffe 146 530 124 .234 12 50 SS César Gutiérrez 135 415 101 .243 0 22 3B Don Wert 128 363 79 .218 6 33 LF Willie Horton 96 371 113 .305 17 69 CF Mickey Stanley 142 568 143 .252 13 47 RF Al Kaline 131 467 130 .278 16 71 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 Jim Northrup 139 504 132 .262 24 80 Elliott Maddox 109 258 64 .248 3 24 Dalton Jones 89 191 42 .220 6 21 Jim Price Jim Price (catcher) 52 132 24 .182 5 15 Gates Brown 81 124 28 .226 3 24 Ike Brown 56 94 27 .287 4 15 Ken Szotkiewicz 47 84 9 .107 3 9 Gene Lamont 15 44 13 .295 1 4 Russ Nagelson 28 32 6 .188 0 2 Kevin Collins Kevin Collins (baseball) 25 24 5 .208 1 3 Tim Hosley 7 12 2 .167 1 2 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Mickey Lolich 40 272.2 14 19 3.80 230 Joe Niekro 38 213.0 12 13 4.06 101 Les Cain 29 180.2 12 7 3.84 156 Earl Wilson 18 96.0 4 6 4.41 74 Denny McLain 14 91.1 3 5 4.63 52 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 Mike Kilkenny 36 129.0 7 6 5.16 105 Bob Reed 16 46.1 2 4 4.86 26 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 Tom Timmermann 61 6 7 27 4.11 49 Fred Scherman 48 4 4 1 3.23 58 John Hiller 47 6 6 3 3.03 89 Daryl Patterson 43 7 1 2 4.85 55 Norm McRae 19 0 0 0 2.87 16 Fred Lasher 12 1 3 3 5.00 8 Jerry Robertson 11 0 0 0 3.68 11 Lerrin LaGrow 10 0 1 0 7.30 7 Dennis Saunders 8 1 1 1 3.21 8 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Frank Carswell AA Montgomery Rebels Southern League Stubby Overmire A Rocky Mount Leafs Carolina League Max Lanier A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Dick Tracewski A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Joe Lewis Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Al Lakeman Notes 2 References Baseball Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1970 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tiger Category:1970 in Detroit Category:Long stubs with short prose