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)
Seasons

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.

Offseason

Regular season

  • 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

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 10260 0.630 — 57–24 45–36
Los Angeles Dodgers 8774 0.540 14½ 39–42 48–32
San Francisco Giants 8676 0.531 16 48–33 38–43
Houston Astros 7983 0.488 23 44–37 35–46
Atlanta Braves 7686 0.469 26 42–39 34–47
San Diego Padres 6399 0.389 39 31–50 32–49

Record vs. opponents

1970 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —8–45–139–96–126–66–67–56–69–97–117–5
Chicago 4–8—7–57–56–613–57–119–98–109–37–57–11
Cincinnati 13–55–7—15–313–57–58–47–58–48–109–99–3
Houston 9–95–73–15—8–108–46–64–86–614–410–86–6
Los Angeles 12–66–65–1310–8—8–47–56–56–611–79–97–5
Montreal 6–65–135–74–84–8—10–811–79–96–66–67–11
New York 6–611–74–86–65–78–10—13–56–126–66–612–6
Philadelphia 5-79–95–78–45–67–115–13—4–149–38–48–10
Pittsburgh 6–610–84–86–66–69–912–614–4—6–64–812–6
San Diego 9–93–910–84–147–116–66–63–96–6—5–134–8
San Francisco 11–75–79–98–109–96–66–64–88–413–5—7–5
St. Louis 5–711–73–96–65–711–76–1210–86–128–45–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1970 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
CChris Cannizzaro11134195.279542
1BNate Colbert156572148.2593886
2BDave Campbell154581127.2191240
SSTommy Dean6115835.222213
3BEd Spezio11031690.2851242
LFAl Ferrara138372103.2771351
CFCito Gaston146584186.3182993
RFOllie Brown139534156.2922389

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
Steve Huntz10635277.2191137
Ivan Murrell12534785.2451235
José Arcia11422951.223017
Bob Barton6118841.218416
Ray Webster9511630.259211
Van Kelly388915.16919
Rafael Robles238919.21303
Ron Slocum607110.141111
Larry Stahl526612.18203
Jerry Morales28589.15514
Dave Robinson153812.31626
Jim Williams11144.28600
Fred Kendall490.00001

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
Pat Dobson40251.014153.76185
Clay Kirby36214.210164.53154
Danny Coombs35188.110143.30105
Mike Corkins24111.0564.6275
Steve Arlin212.2102.843
Jerry Nyman25.10215.192

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
Dave Roberts43181.18143.81102
Al Santorini2175.2186.0741
Earl Wilson1565.0164.8529

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
Tom Dukes5316104.0456
Ron Herbel647594.9553
Ron Willis422244.0220
Gary Ross332315.2039
Jack Baldschun1210010.1312
Roberto Rodríguez100036.618
Paul Doyle90226.432

Award winners

1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Cito Gaston, outfield, reserve

Farm system

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

  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
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