- 1970 Oakland Athletics season
MLB yearly infobox
name = Oakland Athletics
season = 1970
misc =
current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
y4 = 1968
city = Oakland,California
y5 = 1968
owners =Charles O. Finley
managers =John McNamara
television = KBHK
radio =KNBR
(Monte Moore ,Harry Caray ) |TheOakland Athletics ' 1970 season involved the A's finishing 2nd in theAmerican League West with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses. In 1970, Charlie O. 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 the fact that then-team ownerCharles O. Finley was in the process of officially changing the team's name to the "A's".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, but Jackson's numbers in Baseball Year|1970 dropped sharply, as he hit just 23home run s while batting .237.* December 1, 1969:
Manny Trillo was drafted by the Athletics from thePhiladelphia Phillies in the 1969rule 5 draft . [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/trillma01.shtml Manny Trillo page at Baseball Reference] ]
* December 7, 1969:George Lauzerique andTed Kubiak were traded by the Athletics to theMilwaukee Brewers forDiego Segui andRay Oyler . [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seguidi01.shtml Diego Segui page at Baseball Reference] ]
* January 15, 1970:Phil Roof ,Mike Hershberger ,Lew Krausse Jr. , andKen Sanders were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers forDon Mincher and Ron Clark. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roofph01.shtml Phil Roof page at Baseball Reference] ]
* January 17, 1970: Vic Harris was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (9th pick) of the secondary phase of the1970 Major League Baseball Draft . [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrivi01.shtml Vic Harris page at Baseball Reference] ]Regular season
eason standings
Transactions
* May 18, 1970:
Roberto Peña was traded by the Athletics to theMilwaukee Brewers for John Donaldson. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/donaljo01.shtml John Donaldson page at Baseball Reference] ]Roster
Pitching
Starting pitchers
References
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1970.shtml 1970 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1970&t=OAK 1970 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
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