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1970 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969 / 1971

76-86, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Al Dark (76-86)
Scored 649 runs, Allowed 675 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 729,752 (10th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 113, Pitching - 114

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1969 / 1971 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Rick Austin 23 R L 6' 4" 190 Oct 27, 1946 1st 31 8 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Buddy Bradford 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 25, 1944 5 75 40 75 64 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 58 5 64 15 5 -0.2 $
Larry Brown 30 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 1, 1940 8 72 35 72 56 0 0 0 16 17 28 0 0 0 0 24 0 -0.2 $
Lou Camilli 23 B R 5' 10" 170 Sep 24, 1946 2 16 0 16 5 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 11 1 -0.3 $
Dean Chance 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 1, 1941 10 45 19 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $55,000
Vince Colbert 24 R R 6' 4" 200 Dec 20, 1945 1st 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Steve Dunning 21 R R 6' 2" 205 May 15, 1949 1st 19 17 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Dick Ellsworth 30 L L 6' 3" 180 Mar 22, 1940 12 29 1 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ted Ford 23 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 7, 1947 1st 26 9 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 12 13 3 -0.4 $
Ray Fosse 23 R R 6' 2" 215 Apr 4, 1947 4 120 120 120 120 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 $15,000 All-Star
Roy Foster 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 29, 1945 1st 139 129 139 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 21 131 9 0 0.9 $20,000
Vern Fuller 26 R R 6' 1" 170 Mar 1, 1944 6 29 7 29 21 0 0 1 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 -0.1 $
Rich Hand 21 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 10, 1948 1st 35 25 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Steve Hargan 27 R R 6' 3" 170 Sep 8, 1942 6 28 19 28 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.7 $
Ken Harrelson 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Sep 4, 1941 8 17 13 17 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.1 $75,000
Jack Heidemann 20 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 11, 1949 2 133 131 133 132 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2.2 $
Phil Hennigan 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Apr 10, 1946 2 42 1 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Dennis Higgins 30 R R 6' 3" 180 Aug 4, 1939 5 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $27,000
Chuck Hinton 36 R R 6' 1" 180 May 3, 1934 10 107 43 107 81 0 4 40 3 2 0 18 0 22 36 39 3 1.1 $
Tony Horton 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Dec 6, 1944 7 115 105 115 112 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.1 $45,000
Lou Klimchock 30 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 15, 1939 12 41 8 41 10 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 -0.5 $
Fred Lasher 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 19, 1941 5 43 1 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $17,750
Eddie Leon 23 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 11, 1946 3 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 141 1 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.6 $14,000
John Lowenstein 23 L R 6' 0" 175 Jan 27, 1947 1st 17 9 17 13 0 0 0 10 2 1 2 0 0 2 4 3 0.6 $
Sam McDowell 27 L L 6' 5" 190 Sep 21, 1942 10 40 39 40 39 39 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.7 $65,000 All-Star
Bob Miller 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 18, 1939 13 15 2 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $36,000
Steve Mingori 26 L L 5' 10" 165 Feb 29, 1944 1st 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Barry Moore 27 L L 6' 1" 190 Apr 3, 1943 6 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $17,000
Russ Nagelson 25 L R 6' 0" 205 Sep 19, 1944 3 17 3 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 14 0 -0.1 $8,070
Graig Nettles 25 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 20, 1944 4 157 146 157 155 0 0 0 0 154 0 3 0 0 3 8 0 4.5 $15,000
Mike Paul 25 L L 6' 0" 175 Apr 18, 1945 3 30 15 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $19,000
Vada Pinson 31 L L 5' 11" 170 Aug 11, 1938 13 148 132 148 142 0 0 7 0 0 0 20 15 115 141 12 1 1.8 $60,500
Jim Rittwage 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 23, 1944 1st 8 3 8 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Rich Rollins 32 R R 5' 10" 185 Apr 16, 1938 10 42 3 42 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 -0.2 $
Duke Sims 29 L R 6' 2" 197 Jun 5, 1941 7 110 97 110 100 0 40 28 0 0 0 26 0 10 36 13 0 1.5 $26,000
Ted Uhlaender 30 L R 6' 2" 190 Oct 21, 1939 6 141 115 141 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 116 8 134 15 1 -0.4 $36,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Ray Fosse

Duke Sims

Rich Rollins

Tony Horton

Graig Nettles

Vern Fuller

Larry Brown

Lou Camilli

Jack Heidemann

Ted Ford

Chuck Hinton

Eddie Leon

Buddy Bradford
Russ Nagelson

Ted Uhlaender

Roy Foster

Vada Pinson

Lou Klimchock
John Lowenstein

Steve Mingori
Barry Moore

Dean Chance

Rick Austin
Bob Miller

Steve Hargan

Dennis Higgins

Fred Lasher

Phil Hennigan

Mike Paul

Ken Harrelson

Dick Ellsworth
Jim Rittwage

Vince Colbert

Rich Hand

Steve Dunning

Sam McDowell

1969 / 1971 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers