Detroit Tigers

1970 Season Recap

Detroit Tigers

1970 Season Recap

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Denny McLain who won 55 games in 1968 and 1969 would experience a sudden and embarrassing fall from grace. The season started with McLain being suspended for 2 months for associating with known gamblers, and the mob. The Tigers would fall to 4th Place with a 79-83 record, as McLain finish the season with a 3-5 record. Following the season he would be traded to the Washington Senators following the season. McLain's career would end after 2 more additional poor season. After baseball McLain's life would take an even harder fall, as he would spend much of the next 30 years in and out of prison.

Missed Playoffs

79-83 (.488)

4th place in AL East

Manager Mayo Smith

General Manager John Campbell

Team Owner John Fetzer

Ballpark Tiger Stadium

Attendance 1,501,293 total
18,534 per game

1970 Draft Picks

Round Pick Player

1 20 Terry Mappin C

2 44 Mike Ibarguen P

3 68 James Chamberlain P

4 92 Daniel Grant C

5 116 Tom Lantz P

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1970 Draft Picks

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