1970 Chicago White Sox season

1970 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League West (since 1969)
Location
White Sox Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	John Allyn
General manager(s)	Ed Short
Manager(s)	Don Gutteridge, Chuck Tanner
Local television	WFLD (Jack Drees, Billy Pierce)
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) (Bob Elson, Red Rush)
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The 1970 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 70th season in the American League, and its 71st overall. They finished with a 56–106 record, their third-worst in 114 seasons of Major League Baseball^[a], and finished in last position in the American League West, 42 wins behind the first-place Minnesota Twins.

Offseason

• October 15, 1969: Woodie Held was released by the White Sox.^[1]
• December 18, 1969: Pete Ward was traded by the White Sox to the New York Yankees for Mickey Scott and cash.^[2]
• January 17, 1970: John Tamargo was drafted by the White Sox in the 4th round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.^[3]

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	—

Opening Day lineup

• Walt Williams, rf
• Luis Aparicio, ss
• Carlos May, lf
• Bill Melton, 3b
• John Matias, 1b
• Buddy Bradford, cf
• Syd O'Brien, 2b
• Duane Josephson, c
• Tommy John, p

Notable transactions

• June 4, 1970: 1970 Major League Baseball draft
  • Lee Richard was drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round (6th pick).^[4]
  • Goose Gossage was drafted by the White Sox in the 9th round.^[5]
• September 11, 1970: Lee Maye was selected off waivers by the White Sox from the Washington Senators.^[6]

Roster

1970 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 30 Gerry Arrigo 44 Jerry Crider 32 Don Eddy 23 Steve Hamilton 20 Joe Horlen 26 Gerry Janeski 25 Tommy John 42 Bart Johnson 40 Jim Magnuson 23 Bob Miller 48 Richie Moloney 19 Barry Moore 24 Danny Murphy 52 Dennis O'Toole 47 Gene Rounsaville 27 Don Secrist 23 Tommie Sisk 45 Lee Stange 41 Floyd Weaver 28 Wilbur Wood 46 Billy Wynne		Catchers 10 Chuck Brinkman 12 Ed Herrmann  5 Duane Josephson 30 Art Kusnyer Infielders 11 Luis Aparicio  9 Ossie Blanco 18 Gail Hopkins 29 Bobby Knoop  6 Tommy McCraw  1 Rich McKinney  2 Rich Morales  7 Syd O'Brien 22 Bob Spence		Outfielders 16 Ken Berry 19 Buddy Bradford 15 Bob Christian  8 John Matias 17 Carlos May 14 Bill Melton 15 José Ortiz  3 Walt Williams Other batters 21 Lee Maye		Manager 39 Don Gutteridge -- Chuck Tanner Coaches 34 Bill Adair  4 Luke Appling 35 Les Moss 33 Hugh Mulcahy

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luis Aparicio, SS	146	552	86	173	29	3	5	43	53	34	.313	8
Ken Berry, CF	141	436	45	128	12	2	7	50	43	61	.276	6
Ossie Blanco, 1B	34	66	4	13	0	0	0	8	3	14	.197	0
Buddy Bradford, CF,RF	32	91	8	17	3	0	2	8	10	30	.187	1
Chuck Brinkman, C	9	20	4	5	1	0	0	0	3	3	.250	0
Bob Christian, LF	12	15	3	4	0	0	1	3	1	4	.267	0
Ed Herrmann, C	96	297	42	84	9	0	19	52	31	41	.283	0
Gail Hopkins, 1B	116	287	32	82	8	1	6	29	28	19	.286	0
Duane Josephson, C	96	285	28	90	12	1	4	41	24	28	.316	0
Bobby Knoop, 2B	130	402	34	92	13	2	5	36	34	79	.229	0
Art Kusnyer, C	4	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	0
Carlos May, LF,1B	150	555	83	158	28	4	12	68	79	96	.285	12
Lee Maye, PH	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.167	0
Rich McKinney, 3B,SS	43	119	12	20	5	0	4	17	11	25	.168	3
Bill Melton, 3B,RF	141	514	74	135	15	1	33	96	56	107	.263	2
John Matias, 1B,RF,LF	58	117	7	22	2	0	2	6	3	22	.188	1
Tommy McCraw, 1B,OF	129	332	39	73	11	2	6	31	21	50	.220	12
Rich Morales, SS,3B,2B	62	112	6	18	2	0	1	2	9	16	.161	1
Syd O'Brien, 3B,2B,SS	121	441	48	109	13	2	8	44	22	62	.247	3
José Ortiz, OF	15	24	4	8	1	0	0	1	2	2	.333	1
Bob Spence, 1B	46	130	11	29	4	1	4	15	11	32	.223	0
Walt Williams, RF,LF,CF	110	315	43	79	18	1	3	15	19	30	.251	3
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Gerry Arrigo, P 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 Jerry Crider, P 32 24 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 .083 0 Joe Horlen, P 28 52 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 14 .115 0 Gerry Janeski, P 35 66 0 5 0 0 0 5 2 31 .076 0 Tommy John, P 38 84 4 17 1 0 0 5 2 17 .202 0 Bart Johnson, P 18 29 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 6 .276 0 Jim Magnuson, P 13 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 Bob Miller, P 16 23 0 4 0 0 0 2 3 5 .174 0 Barry Moore, P 24 19 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 4 .263 0 Danny Murphy, P 51 6 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 .333 0 Tommie Sisk, P 17 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 0 Lee Stange, P 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Floyd Weaver, P 31 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 Wilbur Wood, P 77 18 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 11 .111 0 Billy Wynne, P 12 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 .077 0 Team totals 162 5514 633 1394 192 20 123 587 477 872 .253 53 Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Gerry Arrigo 0 3 12.83 5 3 0 13.1 24 20 19 4 10 12 Jerry Crider 4 7 4.45 32 8 4 91.0 101 49 45 13 36 40 Don Eddy 0 0 2.31 7 0 0 11.2 10 4 3 0 6 9 Steve Hamilton 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 0 1 3 Joe Horlen 6 16 4.86 28 26 0 172.1 198 99 93 18 45 77 Gerry Janeski 10 17 4.77 35 35 0 205.2 247 125 109 22 73 79 Tommy John 12 17 3.27 37 37 0 269.1 253 117 98 19 117 138 Bart Johnson 4 7 3.82 18 15 0 89.2 92 53 48 11 48 71 Jim Magnuson 1 5 4.84 13 6 0 44.2 45 28 24 7 17 20 Bob Miller 4 6 5.01 15 12 0 70.0 88 42 39 11 36 36 Richie Moloney 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Barry Moore 0 4 6.37 24 7 0 70.2 85 56 50 12 34 34 Danny Murphy 2 3 5.69 51 0 5 80.2 82 55 51 11 57 42 Denny O'Toole 0 0 2.70 3 0 0 3.1 5 1 1 0 2 3 Gene Rounsaville 0 1 9.95 8 0 0 6.1 10 8 7 1 2 3 Don Secrist 0 0 5.52 9 0 0 14.2 19 9 9 2 12 9 Tommie Sisk 1 1 5.40 17 1 0 33.1 37 28 20 6 18 16 Lee Stange 1 0 5.24 16 0 0 22.1 28 13 13 5 6 14 Floyd Weaver 1 2 4.38 31 3 0 61.2 52 33 30 7 36 51 Wilbur Wood 9 13 2.81 77 0 21 121.2 118 50 38 7 43 85 Billy Wynne 1 4 5.32 12 9 0 44.0 54 30 26 8 24 19 Team totals 56 106 4.54 162 162 30 1430.1 1554 822 722 164 623 762 Farm system Level Team League Manager AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Gordon Maltzberger AA Mobile White Sox Southern League Tom Saffell and Larry Sherry A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Ira Hutchinson A-Short Season Duluth–Superior Dukes Northern League Joe Sparks Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Joe Jones LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Duluth-Superior, GCL White Sox[7] Notes ^a The White Sox’ only worse records have been 49 wins against 102 losses in 1932, and 51 wins against 101 losses in 1948. References Woodie Held at Baseball Reference Pete Ward at Baseball Reference John Tamargo at Baseball Reference Lee Richard at Baseball Reference Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference Lee Maye at Baseball Reference Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 1970 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference