Baseball may be over, but check out our Football, Basketball, and Hockey Sites.
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Texas Rangers > 1970 Trades and Transactions
1970 Washington Senators (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969/1971)
70-92, Finished 6th in AL Eastern Division
View League Standings and Leaders
Scored 626 runs, Allowed 689 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88
Managed by Ted Williams

Ballpark: R.F.K. Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 824,789 (8th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 96
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates
BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms
News & ViewsThinkFactoryBallHypeArmchairGM
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

Play free baseball sim games

Let people know you like this site. Sponsor this page for $10.

  

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1969/1971) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

December 1, 1969

Purchased Bob Schroder from the San Francisco Giants.

December 4, 1969

Traded Dave Baldwin to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received George Brunet.

December 5, 1969

Traded Dennis Higgins and Barry Moore to the Cleveland Indians. Received Dave Nelson, Horacio Pina, and Ron Law.

December 31, 1969

Signed Johnny Roseboro as a free agent.

January 17, 1970

Drafted Bill Fahey in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

Drafted Mardie Cornejo in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Bill Madlock in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed May 25, 1970.

March, 1970

Purchased Ron Theobald from the Minnesota Twins.

March 21, 1970

Traded Brant Alyea to the Minnesota Twins. Received Joe Grzenda and Charlie Walters.

March 30, 1970

Signed Pedro Ramos as a free agent.

April 6, 1970 (Standings)

Released Zoilo Versalles.

April 27, 1970 (Standings)

Released Pedro Ramos.

Traded Ken McMullen to the California Angels. Received Aurelio Rodriguez and Rick Reichardt.

May 11, 1970 (Standings)

Traded Hank Allen and Ron Theobald to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Wayne Comer.

June 4, 1970 (Standings)

Drafted Len Randle in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

Drafted Mardie Cornejo in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Rick Waits in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft.

Drafted Joe Simpson in the 14th round of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Jerry Remy in the 19th round of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Bruce Sutter in the 21st round of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

June 13, 1970 (Standings)

Released Bob Humphreys.

July 14, 1970 (Standings)

Purchased Greg Goossen from the Milwaukee Brewers.

August 19, 1970 (Standings)

Released Johnny Roseboro.

August 31, 1970 (Standings)

Traded George Brunet to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Denny Riddleberger and cash.

September 11, 1970 (Standings)

Lee Maye selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

October 9, 1970 (Standings)

Traded Ed Brinkman, Aurelio Rodriguez, Joe Coleman, and Jim Hannan to the Detroit Tigers. Received Denny McLain, Don Wert, Norm McRae, and Elliott Maddox.

October 23, 1970

Purchased Richie Scheinblum from the Cleveland Indians.

November 3, 1970

Traded Greg Goossen, Jeff Terpko, and Gene Martin to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received a player to be named later and Curt Flood. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Jeff Terpko (April 10, 1971) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.

November 30, 1970

Drafted Joe Foy from the New York Mets in the 1970 rule 5 draft.

December 5, 1970

Sold Wayne Comer to the Detroit Tigers.

January 13, 1971

Drafted Jim Kremmel in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

February 9, 1971

Traded Rick Reichardt to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jerry Janeski.

March 29, 1971

Traded Ed Stroud to the Chicago White Sox. Received Tommy McCraw.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

1969/1971

Compare     Other Links@google.com   Report an error

Pages Updated through October 30,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Texas Rangers > 1970 Trades and Transactions
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through October 30, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.