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1970 San Diego Padres season

Summary

The 1970 San Diego Padres season was the second season in franchise history. The Padres improved by 11 wins from their inaugural season in 1969.

1970 San Diego Padres
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkSan Diego Stadium
CitySan Diego, California
Record63–99 (.389)
Divisional place6th
OwnersC. Arnholdt Smith
General managersBuzzie Bavasi
ManagersPreston Gómez
TelevisionKOGO
RadioKOGO
(Duke Snider, Frank Sims, Jerry Gross)
← 1969 Seasons 1971 →

Offseason edit

Regular season edit

  • June 12, 1970: Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates threw a no-hitter against the Padres.[2] The rumour is that Dock Ellis pitched the no-hitter on acid. The way Ellis tells the story, in Donald Hall's book, "In the Country of Baseball", the Pirates were starting a west-coast road trip. After the Pirates landed in San Diego, Ellis visited his hometown of L.A. for a party. Ellis forgot he was slated to pitch the next day. So he started doing acid the night before the game, and around 10 a.m., after catching maybe an hour of sleep, he realized he was in the wrong place.[3]

Opening Day lineup edit

Season standings edit

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NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 102 60 0.630 — 57–24 45–36
Los Angeles Dodgers 87 74 0.540 14½ 39–42 48–32
San Francisco Giants 86 76 0.531 16 48–33 38–43
Houston Astros 79 83 0.488 23 44–37 35–46
Atlanta Braves 76 86 0.469 26 42–39 34–47
San Diego Padres 63 99 0.389 39 31–50 32–49 Record vs. opponents edit
1970 National League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 8–4 5–13 9–9 6–12 6–6 6–6 7–5 6–6 9–9 7–11 7–5
Chicago 4–8 — 7–5 7–5 6–6 13–5 7–11 9–9 8–10 9–3 7–5 7–11
Cincinnati 13–5 5–7 — 15–3 13–5 7–5 8–4 7–5 8–4 8–10 9–9 9–3
Houston 9–9 5–7 3–15 — 8–10 8–4 6–6 4–8 6–6 14–4 10–8 6–6
Los Angeles 12–6 6–6 5–13 10–8 — 8–4 7–5 6–5 6–6 11–7 9–9 7–5
Montreal 6–6 5–13 5–7 4–8 4–8 — 10–8 11–7 9–9 6–6 6–6 7–11
New York 6–6 11–7 4–8 6–6 5–7 8–10 — 13–5 6–12 6–6 6–6 12–6
Philadelphia 5-7 9–9 5–7 8–4 5–6 7–11 5–13 — 4–14 9–3 8–4 8–10
Pittsburgh 6–6 10–8 4–8 6–6 6–6 9–9 12–6 14–4 — 6–6 4–8 12–6
San Diego 9–9 3–9 10–8 4–14 7–11 6–6 6–6 3–9 6–6 — 5–13 4–8
San Francisco 11–7 5–7 9–9 8–10 9–9 6–6 6–6 4–8 8–4 13–5 — 7–5
St. Louis 5–7 11–7 3–9 6–6 5–7 11–7 6–12 10–8 6–12 8–4 5–7 —


Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1970 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

= Indicates team leader

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 Chris Cannizzaro 111 341 95 .279 5 42
1B Nate Colbert 156 572 148 .259 38 86
2B Dave Campbell 154 581 127 .219 12 40
SS Tommy Dean 61 158 35 .222 2 13
3B Ed Spezio 110 316 90 .285 12 42
LF Al Ferrara 138 372 103 .277 13 51
CF Cito Gaston 146 584 186 .318 29 93
RF Ollie Brown 139 534 156 .292 23 89

Other batters edit

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
Steve Huntz 106 352 77 .219 11 37
Ivan Murrell 125 347 85 .245 12 35
José Arcia 114 229 51 .223 0 17
Bob Barton 61 188 41 .218 4 16
Ray Webster 95 116 30 .259 2 11
Van Kelly 38 89 15 .169 1 9
Rafael Robles 23 89 19 .213 0 3
Ron Slocum 60 71 10 .141 1 11
Larry Stahl 52 66 12 .182 0 3
Jerry Morales 28 58 9 .155 1 4
Dave Robinson 15 38 12 .316 2 6
Jim Williams 11 14 4 .286 0 0
Fred Kendall 4 9 0 .000 0 1

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Pat Dobson 40 251.0 14 15 3.76 185
Clay Kirby 36 214.2 10 16 4.53 154
Danny Coombs 35 188.1 10 14 3.30 105
Mike Corkins 24 111.0 5 6 4.62 75
Steve Arlin 2 12.2 1 0 2.84 3
Jerry Nyman 2 5.1 0 2 15.19 2

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Roberts 43 181.1 8 14 3.81 102
Al Santorini 21 75.2 1 8 6.07 41
Earl Wilson 15 65.0 1 6 4.85 29

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Dukes 53 1 6 10 4.04 56
Ron Herbel 64 7 5 9 4.95 53
Ron Willis 42 2 2 4 4.02 20
Gary Ross 33 2 3 1 5.20 39
Jack Baldschun 12 1 0 0 10.13 12
Roberto Rodríguez 10 0 0 3 6.61 8
Paul Doyle 9 0 2 2 6.43 2

Award winners edit

1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Cito Gaston, outfield, reserve

Farm system edit

Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Bees Pacific Coast League Don Zimmer
AA Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Harry Malmberg
A Lodi Padres California League Sonny Ruberto and Ken Bracey
A-Short Season Tri-City Padres Northwest League Marty Keough

Elmira affiliation shared with Kansas City Royals[6]

References edit

  1. ^ John Scott at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Dock Ellis No Hitter
  3. ^ ESPN.com – Page2 – The List: Baseball's biggest rumors
  4. ^ "1970 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  5. ^ Dan Spillner at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links edit

  • 1970 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
  • 1970 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

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