1970 California Angels season

The 1970 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing third in the American League West with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.

1970 California Angels
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (since 1966) Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Dick Walsh
Manager(s)	Lefty Phillips
Local television	KTLA
Local radio	KMPC (Dick Enberg, Don Wells, Dave Niehaus, Jerry Coleman)
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Offseason

• October 22, 1969: Rubén Amaro was released by the Angels.[1]
• October 24, 1969: Mel Queen was purchased by the Angels from the Cincinnati Reds.[2]
• 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.[3]
• January 14, 1970: Bill Harrelson and Dan Loomer (minors) were traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Jack Fisher.[4]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	98	64	0.605	—	51–30	47–34
Oakland Athletics	89	73	0.549	9	49–32	40–41
California Angels	86	76	0.531	12	43–38	43–38
Kansas City Royals	65	97	0.401	33	35–44	30–53
Milwaukee Brewers	65	97	0.401	33	38–42	27–55
Chicago White Sox	56	106	0.346	42	31–53	25–53

Record vs. opponents

1970 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	WSH
Baltimore	—	13–5	7–5	9–3	14–4	11–7	12–0	7–5	5–7	11–7	7–5	12–6
Boston	5–13	—	5–7	8–4	12–6	9–9	7–5	5–7	7–5	10–8	7–5	12–6
California	5–7	7–5	—	12–6	6–6	6–6	10–8	12–6	8–10	5–7	8–10	7–5
Chicago	3–9	4–8	6–12	—	6–6	6–6	7–11	7–11	6–12	5–7	2–16	4–8
Cleveland	4–14	6–12	6–6	6–6	—	7–11	8–4	7–5	6–6	8–10	7–5	11–7
Detroit	7–11	9–9	6–6	6–6	11–7	—	6–6	8–4	4–8	7–11	6–6	9–9
Kansas City	0–12	5–7	8–10	11–7	4–8	6–6	—	12–6	5–13	1–11	7–11	6–6
Milwaukee	5–7	7–5	6–12	11–7	5–7	4–8	6–12	—	5–13	3–9–1	8–10	5–7
Minnesota	7–5	5–7	10–8	12–6	6–6	8–4	13–5	13–5	—	5–7	13–5	6–6
New York	7–11	8–10	7–5	7–5	10–8	11–7	11–1	9–3–1	7–5	—	6–6	10–8
Oakland	5–7	5–7	10–8	16–2	5–7	6–6	11–7	10–8	5–13	6–6	—	10–2
Washington	6–12	6–12	5–7	8–4	7–11	9–9	6–6	7–5	6–6	8–10	2–10	—

Notable transactions

• April 7, 1970: Jack Fisher was released by the Angels.[4]
• April 27, 1970: Aurelio Rodríguez and Rick Reichardt were traded by the Angels to the Washington Senators for Ken McMullen.[5]
• 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.[6]
• August 31, 1970: Tony González was purchased by the Angels from the Atlanta Braves.[7]

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 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

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	162	672	169	.251	2	36
SS	Jim Fregosi	158	601	167	.278	22	82
3B	Ken McMullen	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	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

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	39	227	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	17	69.2	2	5	4.13	53
Lloyd Allen	8	24	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
Eddie Fisher	67	4	4	8	3.04	74
Ken Tatum	62	7	4	17	2.94	50
Paul Doyle	40	3	1	5	5.14	34
Dave LaRoche	38	4	1	4	3.44	44
Mel Queen	34	3	6	9	4.20	44
Steve Kealey	17	1	0	1	4.15	14
Wally Wolf	4	0	0	0	5.06	5
Terry Cox	3	0	0	0	3.86	3
Harvey Shank	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

1. Rubén Amaro at Baseball-Reference
2. Mel Queen at Baseball-Reference
3. Pedro Borbón at Baseball-Reference
4. Jack Fisher at Baseball-Reference
5. Ken McMullen at Baseball-Reference
6. Mike Krukow at Baseball-Reference
7. Tony González at Baseball-Reference

References

• 1970 California Angels team at Baseball-Reference
• 1970 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.