1970 San Francisco Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 San Francisco Giants 1970 National League West Candlestick Park San Francisco, California Horace Stoneham Jerry Donovan Clyde King (19–23, to 5/23),Charlie Fox (67–53, from 5/24) KTVU(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) KSFO(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson) The 1970 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 88th year in Major League Baseball, their 13th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 11th at Candlestick Park. The Giants went 86–76, which was good for third place in the National League West, 16 games behind the NL Champion Cincinnati Reds. Offseason December 1, 1969: 1969 rule 5 draft Mike Sadek was drafted by the Giants from the Minnesota Twins.Mike Sadek at Baseball Reference Hal Haydel was drafted from the Giants by the Minnesota Twins.Hal Haydel at Baseball Reference Regular season Clyde King was fired as manager on May 23 after the Giants dropped a 15-inning 17–16 game to the San Diego Padres, slipping them to a 19–23 record and mired in fourth place. The Giants elevated Charlie Fox, manager of their AAA Phoenix (Pacific Coast League) farm team, to manage the big club. The team responded with a double-header sweep of the Padres, 6–1 and 7–6. Fox brought the Giants to a third-place finish with a 67–53 record the rest of the way. Season standings Record vs. opponents SF Opening Day starters Bobby Bonds Dick Dietz Tito Fuentes Al Gallagher Ken Henderson Hal Lanier Willie Mays Willie McCovey Gaylord Perryhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1970&t=SFN 1970 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac Roster 1970 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers 26,32 Ron Bryant 30 Don Carrithers 40 John Cumberland 41 Mike Davison 47 Bill Faul 35 Jerry Johnson 49 Jim Johnson 35 Frank Linzy 27 Juan Marichal 40 Mike McCormick 47 Don McMahon 36 Gaylord Perry 38 Skip Pitlock 41 Miguel Puente 39 Frank Reberger 45 Rich Robertson Catchers  2 Dick Dietz 18 Russ Gibson  5 John Stephenson Infielders 19 Bob Burda 12 Jim Davenport 23,29 Tito Fuentes 10 Al Gallagher 34 Ed Goodson 16 Jim Ray Hart 17 Bob Heise 33 Ron Hunt 22 Hal Lanier 21 Don Mason 44 Willie McCovey Outfielders 25 Bobby Bonds 14 George Foster 15 Ken Henderson 37 Frank Johnson 24 Willie Mays 31 Bob Taylor 37 Steve Whitaker 20 Bernie Williams Manager  7 Charlie Fox 23 Clyde King Coaches 12 Jim Davenport 46 Larry Jansen  3 Ozzie Virgil  9 Wes Westrum 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 C Dick Dietz 148 493 148 .300 22 107 1B Willie McCovey 152 495 143 .289 39 126 2B Ron Hunt 117 367 103 .281 6 41 SS Hal Lanier 134 438 101 .231 2 41 3B Al Gallagher 109 282 75 .266 4 28 LF Ken Henderson 148 554 163 .294 17 88 CF Willie Mays 139 478 139 .291 28 83 RF Bobby Bonds 157 663 200 .302 26 78 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 Tito Fuentes 123 435 116 .267 2 32 Jim Ray Hart 76 255 72 .282 8 37 Frank Johnson Frank Johnson (1960s outfielder) 67 161 44 .273 3 31 Bob Heise 67 154 36 .234 1 22 Bob Taylor Bob Taylor (baseball) 63 84 16 .190 2 10 Russ Gibson 24 69 16 .232 0 6 John Stephenson John Stephenson (baseball) 23 43 3 .070 0 6 Jim Davenport 22 37 9 .243 0 4 Don Mason Don Mason (baseball) 46 36 5 .139 0 1 Steve Whitaker Steve Whitaker (baseball) 16 27 3 .111 0 4 Bob Burda 28 23 6 .261 0 3 George Foster George Foster (baseball) 9 19 6 .316 1 4 Bernie Williams Bernie Williams (1970s outfielder) 7 16 5 .313 0 1 Ed Goodson 7 11 3 .273 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Gaylord Perry 41 328.2 23* 13 3.20 214 Juan Marichal 34 242.2 12 10 4.12 123 Skip Pitlock 18 87.0 5 5 4.66 56 Tied with Bob Gibson (St Louis) for league lead 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 Rich Robertson Rich Robertson (right-handed pitcher) 41 183.2 8 9 4.85 121 Frank Reberger 45 152.0 7 8 5.57 117 Ron Bryant 34 96.0 5 8 4.78 66 Mike McCormick Mike McCormick (pitcher) 23 78.1 3 4 6.20 37 Don Carrithers 11 22.0 2 1 7.36 14 Miguel Puente 6 18.2 1 3 8.20 14 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 Don McMahon 61 9 5 19 2.96 74 Jerry Johnson Jerry Johnson (baseball) 33 3 4 3 4.27 44 Mike Davison Mike Davison (baseball) 31 3 5 1 6.50 21 Frank Linzy 20 2 1 1 7.01 16 John Cumberland 7 2 0 0 0.82 6 Bill Faul baseball 7 0 0 1 7.45 6 Jim Johnson Jim Johnson (baseball, born 1945) 3 1 0 0 8.10 2 Awards and honors All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Charlie Fox, Bob Garibaldi and Hank Sauer AA Amarillo Giants Texas League Andy Gilbert A Fresno Giants California League Dennis Sommers A Decatur Commodores Midwest League Frank Funk Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Harvey KoepfJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1970 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference 1970 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac Category:San Francisco Giants seasons San Francisco Giants season San Fran Category:1970 in San Francisco