Boston Americans History - 1970 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1970 Boston Americans	74	88	.457	5^th	26	77-85	-3	.239	3.47			2,545,869	$59,574,098	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Newt Allen (SS)	1
All-Star	Bill Hutchinson, Herb Pennock, Jim Perry, Bobby Wallace	4
Player of the Week	Newt Allen (Jun 8), George Brett (Jun 15), David Ortiz (Jun 29), Greg Luzinski (Jul 13), George Brett (Aug 24)	5

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
3B	George Davis	33	155	588	138	28	4	4	39	77	74	5	7	5	40	40	10	.235	.323	.316	.639	2.1	98
2B	George Brett	30	151	566	145	33	6	23	84	62	42	2	0	5	64	0	1	.256	.307	.458	.765	3.5	132
SS	Newt Allen	31	155	552	152	26	10	1	44	59	42	8	8	3	73	29	16	.275	.334	.364	.698	3.7	115
CF	Bo Jackson	29	151	533	121	16	0	25	71	63	37	4	0	4	155	12	22	.227	.280	.398	.678	1.4	106
RF	Jose Cruz	38	140	497	113	22	7	11	49	44	38	0	0	3	78	2	1	.227	.281	.366	.647	-0.2	97
1B	David Ortiz	28	137	363	94	21	0	14	48	44	37	0	0	1	66	0	0	.259	.327	.433	.759	1.7	131
C	Yadier Molina	35	106	353	89	20	0	1	35	27	26	10	0	4	34	0	1	.252	.318	.317	.635	1.6	96
LF	John J Anderson	29	96	319	71	19	0	3	25	33	8	2	1	3	31	5	3	.223	.244	.310	.554	-1.8	69
C	Heinie Peitz	31	79	250	67	19	2	0	15	22	8	3	1	0	32	0	0	.268	.299	.360	.659	1.0	102
LF	Alex Gordon	26	81	226	47	6	2	6	23	21	28	3	0	0	60	2	3	.208	.304	.332	.635	-0.1	96
1B	Greg Luzinski	32	99	205	52	8	0	13	37	38	31	7	0	2	54	1	1	.254	.367	.483	.850	1.6	159
1B	Dan Brouthers	42	97	156	43	11	1	2	20	21	27	4	0	2	22	1	2	.276	.392	.397	.789	0.8	144
CF	Dom DiMaggio	24	112	156	28	7	1	1	13	20	16	7	0	2	24	0	0	.179	.282	.256	.538	-0.2	67
RF	Carl Furillo	30	39	148	44	8	3	4	22	15	2	1	0	2	11	0	1	.297	.307	.473	.780	0.3	136
2B	Tony Fernandez	35	69	125	29	6	1	3	10	10	10	5	0	2	14	1	2	.232	.310	.368	.678	0.1	108
P	Herb Pennock	33	41	104	24	3	0	1	10	6	3	1	14	0	22	0	0	.231	.259	.288	.548	-0.2	68
P	Bobby Wallace	21	42	87	14	5	1	0	1	9	3	4	13	0	20	0	0	.161	.223	.241	.465	-0.8	43
P	Jim Perry	28	40	72	13	5	0	0	9	5	3	1	10	0	17	0	0	.181	.224	.250	.474	-0.6	46
P	Bill Hutchinson	33	23	65	9	0	1	0	2	4	3	0	10	0	13	0	0	.138	.176	.169	.346	-0.8	7
LF	Cesar Geronimo	34	23	62	12	2	1	3	8	8	4	0	0	0	10	0	1	.194	.242	.403	.646	-0.1	95
P	Dennis Eckersley	27	38	26	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	16	0	0	.115	.207	.154	.361	-0.3	13
P	Jim J Hughes	36	13	16	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	.125	.167	.250	.417	-0.1	26
P	Joe Musgrove	32	56	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	-0.0	55
P	Wade Miley	34	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Elon Hogsett	32	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
25 Players		31.4	2000	5478	1311	266	41	115	569	590	446	67	66	39	864	93	64	.239	.302	.366	.668	12.4	104
AL Rank				4	5	3	3	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	6	2	1	5	4	5	5	4
ABBA Rank				8	10	3	3	11	10	10	10	7	8	8	12	3	1	10	10	11	11	10

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Herb Pennock	33	41	41	18	19	0	2.89	330.3	304	111	106	20	87	180	0	20	4	1.18	.273	8.0	120
Bobby Wallace	21	42	42	15	13	0	3.22	299.0	265	118	107	20	109	211	0	4	3	1.25	.273	6.9	108
Jim Perry	28	40	40	10	16	0	3.99	248.0	239	126	110	29	83	121	0	1	0	1.30	.260	2.4	87
Bill Hutchinson	33	23	23	9	10	0	2.79	190.3	168	73	59	9	79	175	0	10	1	1.30	.298	6.0	124
Dennis Eckersley	27	38	11	5	5	2	2.60	121.0	97	36	35	12	24	84	0	3	1	1.00	.247	1.9	133
Joe Musgrove	32	56	0	8	5	26	3.27	66.0	74	29	24	8	14	41	1	0	0	1.33	.308	0.4	106
Jim J Hughes	36	13	5	2	4	0	6.02	55.3	54	37	37	3	30	31	1	1	0	1.52	.293	0.5	58
Wade Miley	34	30	0	2	4	0	5.36	47.0	46	29	28	5	21	29	1	0	0	1.43	.283	-0.1	65
Bob Stanley	30	29	0	2	3	2	3.10	40.7	36	14	14	4	10	23	1	0	0	1.13	.264	0.2	112
Elon Hogsett	32	27	0	0	3	0	5.65	36.7	47	23	23	4	12	20	1	0	0	1.61	.339	-0.1	61
Stan Williams	34	25	0	3	5	1	5.68	31.7	31	20	20	3	22	17	2	0	0	1.67	.269	-0.3	61
Hector Mercado	26	4	0	0	1	0	7.71	4.7	3	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	1.29	.143	-0.2	45
12 Pitchers	29.2	368	162	74	88	31	3.47	1470.7	1364	620	567	118	494	933	7	39	9	1.26	.276	25.7	106
AL Rank		4	1	4	2	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	2
ABBA Rank		7	1	9	2	5	4	4	6	5	4	3	5	7	6	8	5	6	5	2

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Pennock	41	41	24	46	5	71	1	.986	330.3	1.91	2.6
B. Wallace	42	42	24	40	1	67	3	.955	299.0	1.93	-0.5
J. Perry	40	40	12	32	1	48	4	.917	248.0	1.60	-0.5
B. Hutchinson	23	23	8	22	2	31	1	.968	190.3	1.42	0.6
D. Eckersley	38	11	9	10	1	20	1	.950	121.0	1.41	-0.4
J. Musgrove	56	0	6	6	0	12	0	1.000	66.0	1.64	0.0
J. Hughes	13	5	3	7	0	10	0	1.000	55.3	1.63	0.0
W. Miley	29	0	3	7	0	10	0	1.000	47.0	1.91	0.5
B. Stanley	29	0	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	40.7	1.11	-0.5
E. Hogsett	26	0	3	6	0	9	0	1.000	36.7	2.21	-0.5
S. Williams	23	0	0	2	0	3	1	.667	31.7	0.57	0.0
H. Mercado	4	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	4.7	5.79	-0.0
Totals	364	162	94	184	10	289	11	.962	1470.7	1.70	1.3

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
Y. Molina	104	104	601	54	7	659	4	.994	937.0	6.29	3.1	4	41.7
H. Peitz	63	58	346	43	8	396	7	.982	533.7	6.56	1.0	4	37.5
Totals	167	162	947	97	15	1055	11	.990	1470.7	6.39	4.1	8	39.5

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Ortiz	97	84	824	54	64	883	5	.994	787.7	10.03	2.4
G. Luzinski	47	46	416	25	26	445	4	.991	384.7	10.32	-0.9
D. Brouthers	28	26	250	19	26	273	4	.985	248.3	9.75	-2.2
A. Gordon	6	6	41	1	2	43	1	.977	49.0	7.71	-1.0
J. Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	179	162	1531	99	118	1644	14	.991	1470.7	9.98	-1.7

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Brett	139	136	291	340	81	638	7	.989	1206.3	4.71	-0.3
T. Fernandez	27	20	45	63	13	109	1	.991	198.0	4.91	-1.3
N. Allen	6	6	12	24	6	36	0	1.000	53.3	6.08	0.7
H. Peitz	6	0	4	4	3	8	0	1.000	11.0	6.55	-0.0
G. Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
D. Brouthers	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	180	162	353	431	103	792	8	.990	1470.7	4.80	-0.9

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Davis	148	148	103	393	27	504	8	.984	1326.0	3.37	0.6
G. Brett	9	6	2	11	0	14	1	.929	61.0	1.92	-0.6
A. Gordon	9	5	3	13	2	19	3	.842	51.0	2.82	-2.3
T. Fernandez	5	3	4	9	1	13	0	1.000	30.0	3.90	0.5
H. Peitz	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	173	162	112	426	30	550	12	.978	1470.7	3.29	-1.7

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
N. Allen	149	149	182	423	79	619	14	.977	1279.0	4.26	7.1
T. Fernandez	37	6	15	31	2	50	4	.920	114.0	3.63	-2.7
G. Davis	9	6	11	19	7	30	0	1.000	63.0	4.29	-0.1
G. Brett	1	1	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	9.0	3.00	-0.0
H. Peitz	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	5.7	1.59	-0.0
Totals	199	162	210	475	88	703	18	.974	1470.7	4.19	4.3

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Anderson	66	64	145	0	0	147	2	.986	574.7	2.27	-4.9
A. Gordon	61	52	121	5	1	127	1	.992	469.7	2.41	2.2
J. Cruz	28	28	70	0	0	70	0	1.000	257.7	2.45	1.4
B. Jackson	13	11	23	0	0	25	2	.920	98.0	2.11	-1.1
C. Geronimo	7	7	15	0	0	15	0	1.000	58.0	2.33	-0.9
G. Luzinski	8	0	5	0	0	6	1	.833	12.7	3.55	-0.8
Totals	183	162	379	5	1	390	6	.985	1470.7	2.35	-4.1

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Jackson	127	123	267	10	4	283	6	.979	980.0	2.54	5.9
D. DiMaggio	90	31	121	5	1	126	0	1.000	405.3	2.80	-0.6
J. Anderson	10	3	17	0	0	17	0	1.000	48.0	3.19	-1.1
C. Geronimo	5	4	6	1	0	7	0	1.000	33.7	1.87	-0.1
J. Cruz	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1.000	3.7	4.91	-0.0
Totals	234	161	412	17	6	435	6	.986	1470.7	2.63	4.1

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Cruz	104	102	205	7	4	219	7	.968	910.7	2.10	-4.4
C. Furillo	38	36	85	2	1	89	2	.978	325.7	2.40	-3.3
J. Anderson	17	12	32	3	0	37	2	.946	118.3	2.66	-0.9
B. Jackson	10	6	20	0	0	21	1	.952	58.3	3.09	0.7
C. Geronimo	8	6	18	0	0	19	1	.947	57.7	2.81	-0.0
Totals	177	162	360	12	5	385	13	.966	1470.7	2.28	-7.8

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Newt Allen	.275
On-Base Percentage	Newt Allen	.334
Slugging Percentage	George Brett	.458
OPS	George Brett	.765
Games	George Davis, Newt Allen	155
At-Bats	George Davis	588
Runs	George Davis	77
Hits	Newt Allen	152
Doubles	George Brett	33
Triples	Newt Allen	10
Home Runs	Bo Jackson	25
Runs Batted In	George Brett	84
Stolen Bases	George Davis	40
Caught Stealing	Bo Jackson	22
Walks	George Davis	74
Strikeouts	Bo Jackson	155

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Herb Pennock	18
Losses	Herb Pennock	19
Saves	Joe Musgrove	26
Games	Joe Musgrove	56
Games Started	Bobby Wallace	42
Complete Games	Herb Pennock	20
Shutouts	Herb Pennock	4
Innings Pitched	Herb Pennock	330.3
Hits Allowed	Herb Pennock	304
Home Runs Allowed	Jim Perry	29
Strikeouts	Bobby Wallace	211
Walks Allowed	Bobby Wallace	109
Earned Run Average	Bill Hutchinson	2.79
Walks + Hits per IP	Herb Pennock	1.18
BABIP	Jim Perry	.260

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
March 21st	LF Ichiro Suzuki 3rd Round Draft Pick	to the Los Angeles Angels for
July 19th	P Bill Hutchinson 2B Buddy Lewis	to the Houston Eagles for	SS Zoilo Versalles P Brooks Kieschnick P Jim J Hughes 1st Round Draft Pick
July 19th	P Jim J Hughes P Brooks Kieschnick SS Zoilo Versalles	to the Houston Eagles for	P Bill Hutchinson 2B Buddy Lewis
July 19th	P Bill Hutchinson 2B Buddy Lewis	to the Houston Eagles for	P Jim J Hughes P Brooks Kieschnick SS Zoilo Versalles
December 15th	2B Tony Fernandez 1st Round Draft Pick	to the Detroit Stars for	1B Ben Taylor