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1970 San Diego Padres season
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San Diego Padres 1970 National League West San Diego Stadium San Diego, California 63 99 y 6th C. Arnholdt Smith Buzzie Bavasi Preston Gómez KOGO KOGO(Duke Snider, Frank Sims, Jerry Gross)
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
January 17, 1970: John Scott was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft (January).John Scott at Baseball-Reference
Regular season
June 12, 1970: Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates threw a no-hitter against the Padres.Dock Ellis No Hitter 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.ESPN.com – Page2 – The List: Baseball's biggest rumors
Opening Day lineup
Ollie Brown
Dave Campbell
Chris Cannizzaro
Nate Colbert
Tommy Dean
Pat Dobson
Cito Gaston
Van Kelly
Jerry Moraleshttp://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1970&t=SDN 1970 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
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Notable transactions
June 4, 1970: Dan Spillner was drafted by the Padres in the 2nd round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft.Dan Spillner at Baseball Reference
Roster
1970 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers
17,41 Steve Arlin
27 Jack Baldschun
46 Danny Coombs
30 Mike Corkins
37 Pat Dobson
31 Paul Doyle
44 Tom Dukes
34 Ron Herbel
43 Clay Kirby
34 Jerry Nyman
15 Dave Roberts
31 Roberto Rodríguez
33 Gary Ross
23 Al Santorini
22 Ron Willis
40 Earl Wilson Catchers
1 Bob Barton
8 Chris Cannizzaro
16 Fred Kendall
12 Ron Slocum
Infielders
5 José Arcia
10 Dave Campbell
17 Nate Colbert
3 Tommy Dean
25 Steve Huntz
16 Van Kelly
6,49 Rafael Robles
7 Ed Spiezio
11 Ray Webster Outfielders
26 Ollie Brown
9 Al Ferrara
21 Cito Gaston
32 Jerry Morales
20 Ivan Murrell
34 Dave Robinson
14 Larry Stahl
39 Jim Williams Manager
18 Preston Gómez
Coaches
38 Roger Craig
2 Dave Garcia
4 Bob Skinner
19 Whitey Wietelmann
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 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 Ollie Brown (baseball) 139 534 156 .292 23 89
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 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
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 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
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
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
1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Cito Gaston, outfield, reserve
Farm system
Minor League Baseball
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 KeoughElmira affiliation shared with Kansas City RoyalsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
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External links
1970 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
1970 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac
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