1970 Oakland Athletics season 1970 Oakland Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League West with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses. In 1970, owner Charlie Finley officially changed the team name from the Athletics to the "A's". An "apostrophe-s" was added to the cap and uniform emblem to reflect that fact.Offseason During the off-season, Reggie Jackson sought an increase in salary, and A's owner Charlie Finley threatened to send Jackson to the minors. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn successfully intervened in their dispute. Reggie Jackson demanded $60,000 per season, while he was offered $40,000 by Charlie Finley. Both parties settled on $45,000, but Jackson's numbers in 1970 dropped sharply, as he hit just 23 home runs while batting.237.Notable transactions December 1 , 1969: Manny Trillo was drafted by the Athletics from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1969 rule 5 draft . December 5 , 1969: Danny Cater and Ossie Chavarria were traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Al Downing and Frank Fernández . December 7 , 1969: George Lauzerique and Ted Kubiak were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Diego Seguí and Ray Oyler . January 15, 1970: Phil Roof , Mike Hershberger , Lew Krausse , Jr., and Ken Sanders were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Don Mincher and Ron Clark . January 17 , 1970: 1970 Major League Baseball Draft notable picks:Regular season During the 1970 season, there were rumours of the Athletics attempting to relocate to Toronto . At the end of May, the Athletics were 25–23, and 8 games back of the first place Minnesota Twins. September 21: Vida Blue threw a no-hitter versus the Minnesota Twins . The club hired Harry Caray to do the play by play for the Athletics. Charlie Finley wanted Caray to change his broadcast chant of Holy Cow to Holy Mule. Caray refused and left after the season.Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats ; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average ; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 94 252 54 .214 15 44 1B 140 463 114 .246 27 74 3B 155 502 132 .263 20 75 SS 147 603 168 .279 22 64 RF 149 426 101 .237 23 66
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 86 232 60 .259 10 29 66 200 58 .290 1 27 72 100 19 .190 0 1 41 89 22 .247 1 11 19 58 15 .259 0 3 21 52 10 .192 1 2 30 46 8 .174 1 2 32 33 8 .242 1 6 24 13 3 .231 0 2
Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched ; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average ; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 41 267 16 15 3.74 149 40 262.1 18 14 3.81 178 6 38.2 2 0 2.09 35
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average ; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 47 162 10 10 2.56 95 45 148 7 9 3.65 79 10 41 3 3 3.95 26
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 72 6 2 24 1.82 54 62 8 2 3 2.70 42 41 3 3 3 2.78 39 6 0 0 0 2.92 8 1 0 1 0 10.80 0
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