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AL · 65–97 (.401) · Rank 4 · Attendance 693047

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Amos Otis	159	620	176	11	58	33	.284	.777
Bob Oliver	160	612	159	27	99	3	.260	.760
Lou Piniella	144	542	163	11	88	3	.301	.766
Pat Kelly	136	452	106	6	38	34	.235	.661
Ed Kirkpatrick	134	424	97	18	62	4	.229	.725
Cookie Rojas	98	384	100	2	28	3	.260	.622
Paul Schaal	124	380	102	5	35	7	.268	.698
Rich Severson	77	240	60	1	22	0	.250	.617
Jackie Hernandez	83	238	55	2	10	1	.231	.563
Ellie Rodriguez	80	231	52	1	15	2	.225	.602
Joe Keough	57	183	59	4	21	1	.322	.839
Tommy Matchick	55	158	31	0	11	0	.196	.467
Billy Sorrell	57	135	36	4	14	1	.267	.687
George Spriggs	51	130	27	1	7	4	.208	.575
Luis Alcaraz	35	120	20	1	14	0	.167	.442
Dick Drago	35	76	4	0	1	0	.053	.130
Mike Fiore	25	72	13	0	4	1	.181	.514
Jim Rooker	41	70	14	1	13	0	.200	.530
Bob Johnson	40	57	6	0	3	0	.105	.313
Hawk Taylor	57	55	9	0	6	0	.164	.476
Jim Campanis	31	54	7	2	2	0	.130	.444
Bill Butler	25	44	2	0	2	0	.045	.170
Bobby Floyd	14	43	14	0	9	0	.326	.794
Dave Morehead	28	36	6	0	1	0	.167	.383
Wally Bunker	24	31	2	0	1	0	.065	.302
Al Fitzmorris	45	31	9	0	5	0	.290	.772
Jerry Adair	7	27	4	0	1	0	.148	.429
Ted Abernathy	36	14	3	0	2	0	.214	.428
Tom Burgmeier	42	14	2	0	0	0	.143	.343
Buck Martinez	6	9	1	0	0	0	.111	.384
Moe Drabowsky	24	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.500
Mike Hedlund	9	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ken Wright	47	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Don O'Riley	9	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Aurelio Monteagudo	21	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Paul Splittorff	2	2	1	0	0	0	.500	1.000
Jim York	4	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Roger Nelson	4	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Dick Drago	9	15	3.75	35	0	127	1.296
Bob Johnson	8	13	3.07	40	4	206	1.215
Jim Rooker	10	15	3.54	38	1	117	1.434
Bill Butler	4	12	3.77	25	0	75	1.450
Wally Bunker	2	11	4.22	24	0	59	1.307
Dave Morehead	3	5	3.62	28	1	69	1.504
Al Fitzmorris	8	5	4.44	43	1	47	1.394
Tom Burgmeier	6	6	3.16	41	1	43	1.200
Ted Abernathy	9	3	2.59	36	12	49	1.419
Ken Wright	1	2	5.23	47	3	30	1.462
Moe Drabowsky	1	2	3.28	24	2	38	1.121
Aurelio Monteagudo	1	1	2.96	21	0	18	1.061
Don O'Riley	0	0	5.40	9	0	13	1.500
Mike Hedlund	2	3	7.20	9	0	5	1.667
Roger Nelson	0	2	10.00	4	0	3	2.000
Paul Splittorff	0	1	7.27	2	0	10	2.423
Jim York	1	1	3.38	4	0	6	.875

Schedule (162 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1970-04-07	vs OAK	L 4–6
1970-04-08	vs OAK	W 2–0
1970-04-09	vs OAK	W 3–1
1970-04-10	vs CAL	L 7–11
1970-04-11	vs CAL	L 3–6
1970-04-12	vs CAL	L 5–7
1970-04-16	@ ML4	W 8–6
1970-04-17	@ CAL	W 7–5
1970-04-18	@ CAL	L 1–7
1970-04-19	@ CAL	W 4–1
1970-04-20	@ OAK	W 4–2
1970-04-21	@ OAK	L 3–4
1970-04-22	@ OAK	L 1–2
1970-04-24	vs BAL	L 5–7
1970-04-25	vs BAL	L 3–9
1970-04-26	vs BAL	L 9–10
1970-04-28	vs DET	L 3–8
1970-04-29	vs DET	L 2–8
1970-04-30	vs DET	W 3–2
1970-05-01	vs CLE	L 5–7
1970-05-02	vs CLE	W 4–3
1970-05-03	vs CLE	L 3–6
1970-05-05	@ BAL	L 3–7
1970-05-06	@ BAL	L 1–3
1970-05-07	@ BAL	L 6–7
1970-05-08	@ DET	W 9–3
1970-05-09	@ DET	L 4–7
1970-05-10	@ DET	W 9–7
1970-05-13	@ CLE	W 1–0
1970-05-14	@ MIN	L 2–5
1970-05-15	@ CHA	L 3–9
1970-05-16	@ CHA	L 1–6
1970-05-17	@ CHA	W 3–2
1970-05-17	@ CHA	W 8–4
1970-05-18	vs MIN	L 5–7
1970-05-19	vs MIN	L 4–5
1970-05-20	vs MIN	L 5–10
1970-05-22	vs ML4	W 6–3
1970-05-23	vs ML4	W 3–1
1970-05-24	vs ML4	W 6–5
1970-05-25	vs CHA	W 7–1
1970-05-26	vs CHA	L 1–3
1970-05-27	vs CHA	W 4–3
1970-05-29	@ WS2	L 4–5
1970-05-30	@ WS2	L 2–3
1970-05-31	@ WS2	W 6–5
1970-06-02	@ NYA	L 2–3
1970-06-03	@ NYA	L 3–5
1970-06-04	@ NYA	L 1–2
1970-06-05	@ BOS	L 2–4
1970-06-07	@ BOS	L 4–7
1970-06-07	@ BOS	L 2–5
1970-06-09	vs WS2	W 8–1
1970-06-10	vs WS2	L 1–8
1970-06-12	vs NYA	L 0–5
1970-06-13	vs NYA	L 4–9
1970-06-14	vs NYA	L 2–3
1970-06-15	vs BOS	W 7–6
1970-06-16	vs BOS	L 5–7
1970-06-17	vs BOS	L 1–3
1970-06-19	vs MIN	W 5–1
1970-06-20	vs MIN	W 5–3
1970-06-21	vs MIN	L 2–11
1970-06-22	@ OAK	L 1–2
1970-06-23	@ OAK	W 7–5
1970-06-24	@ OAK	L 1–5
1970-06-26	vs CAL	L 4–5
1970-06-27	vs CAL	W 2–0
1970-06-28	vs CAL	L 1–2
1970-06-28	vs CAL	W 13–1
1970-06-29	@ MIN	L 4–5
1970-06-30	@ MIN	L 5–8
1970-07-01	@ MIN	L 1–2
1970-07-02	@ MIN	L 2–5
1970-07-03	@ ML4	W 5–3
1970-07-03	@ ML4	W 4–3
1970-07-04	@ ML4	W 8–6
1970-07-05	@ ML4	L 1–2
1970-07-06	@ CAL	L 2–6
1970-07-07	@ CAL	W 4–3
1970-07-08	@ CAL	L 2–3
1970-07-10	vs CHA	W 8–6
1970-07-10	vs CHA	W 2–0
1970-07-11	vs CHA	W 4–0
1970-07-12	vs CHA	L 5–10
1970-07-16	vs CLE	L 0–6
1970-07-17	vs CLE	L 0–6
1970-07-18	vs CLE	L 1–4
1970-07-19	vs DET	L 0–2
1970-07-19	vs DET	L 4–6
1970-07-20	vs DET	W 3–0
1970-07-21	vs BAL	L 1–2
1970-07-22	vs BAL	L 3–4
1970-07-23	vs BAL	L 4–5
1970-07-24	@ CLE	W 5–2
1970-07-24	@ CLE	L 6–9
1970-07-25	@ CLE	W 8–4
1970-07-26	@ CLE	L 5–6
1970-07-26	@ CLE	L 0–3
1970-07-28	@ DET	W 7–6
1970-07-29	@ DET	L 3–10
1970-07-30	@ DET	W 3–2
1970-07-31	@ BAL	L 1–3
1970-08-01	@ BAL	L 1–9
1970-08-02	@ BAL	L 8–10
1970-08-03	@ CHA	W 7–2
1970-08-04	@ CHA	L 1–2
1970-08-05	vs OAK	L 1–4
1970-08-06	vs OAK	W 5–3
1970-08-07	vs ML4	W 4–0
1970-08-07	vs ML4	W 10–2
1970-08-08	vs ML4	L 3–5
1970-08-09	vs ML4	L 2–4
1970-08-12	@ BOS	L 4–7
1970-08-12	@ BOS	W 4–3
1970-08-13	@ BOS	W 11–3
1970-08-14	@ NYA	L 2–3
1970-08-15	@ NYA	L 4–5
1970-08-16	@ NYA	L 1–5
1970-08-17	@ WS2	L 0–7
1970-08-18	@ WS2	W 12–8
1970-08-19	@ WS2	W 2–1
1970-08-21	vs BOS	W 2–1
1970-08-22	vs BOS	L 1–8
1970-08-23	vs BOS	W 4–3
1970-08-24	vs NYA	W 8–7
1970-08-25	vs NYA	L 1–2
1970-08-26	vs NYA	L 0–3
1970-08-28	vs WS2	L 1–2
1970-08-28	vs WS2	W 3–1
1970-08-29	vs WS2	L 4–11
1970-08-30	vs WS2	W 4–3
1970-09-01	@ CAL	W 4–0
1970-09-02	@ CAL	L 1–3
1970-09-03	@ CAL	L 0–1
1970-09-04	@ OAK	L 0–5
1970-09-05	@ OAK	L 3–8
1970-09-06	@ OAK	L 1–7
1970-09-07	vs CAL	W 4–1
1970-09-08	vs CAL	W 12–0
1970-09-10	vs ML4	W 2–0
1970-09-10	vs ML4	W 10–2
1970-09-11	vs OAK	L 0–3
1970-09-12	vs OAK	L 2–3
1970-09-13	vs OAK	W 8–7
1970-09-13	vs OAK	W 8–7
1970-09-17	@ ML4	L 3–4
1970-09-18	@ ML4	L 3–4
1970-09-19	@ ML4	W 4–1
1970-09-20	@ ML4	L 3–4
1970-09-21	@ CHA	L 4–8
1970-09-21	@ CHA	W 8–2
1970-09-22	@ CHA	W 2–1
1970-09-22	@ CHA	W 6–2
1970-09-23	@ CHA	L 0–6
1970-09-25	vs MIN	L 0–1
1970-09-26	vs MIN	W 5–0
1970-09-27	vs MIN	W 4–3
1970-09-28	@ MIN	L 0–1
1970-09-29	@ MIN	W 14–13
1970-09-30	@ MIN	L 4–6
1970-10-01	@ MIN	L 0–4