1970 San Diego Padres season

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1970  San Diego Padres
League National League
Division West
Ballpark San Diego Stadium
City San Diego, California
Record63–99 (.389)
Divisional place6th
Owners C. Arnholdt Smith
General managers Buzzie Bavasi
Managers Preston Gómez
Television KOGO
Radio KOGO
(Duke Snider, Frank Sims, Jerry Gross)
  1969 Seasons 1971  

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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 10260.63057244536
Los Angeles Dodgers 8774.54014½39424832
San Francisco Giants 8676.5311648333843
Houston Astros 7983.4882344373546
Atlanta Braves 7686.4692642393447
San Diego Padres 6399.3893931503249

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta 8–45–139–96–126–66–67–56–69–97–117–5
Chicago 4–87–57–56–613–57–119–98–109–37–57–11
Cincinnati 13–55–715–313–57–58–47–58–48–109–99–3
Houston 9–95–73–158–108–46–64–86–614–410–86–6
Los Angeles 12–66–65–1310–88–47–56–56–611–79–97–5
Montreal 6–65–135–74–84–810–811–79–96–66–67–11
New York 6–611–74–86–65–78–1013–56–126–66–612–6
Philadelphia 5-79–95–78–45–67–115–134–149–38–48–10
Pittsburgh 6–610–84–86–66–69–912–614–46–64–812–6
San Diego 9–93–910–84–147–116–66–63–96–65–134–8
San Francisco 11–75–79–98–109–96–66–64–88–413–57–5
St. Louis 5–711–73–96–65–711–76–1210–86–128–45–7

Notable transactions

Roster

1970 San Diego Padres
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Chris Cannizzaro 11134195.279542
1B Nate Colbert 156572148.2593886
2B Dave Campbell 154581127.2191240
SS Tommy Dean 6115835.222213
3B Ed Spezio 11031690.2851242
LF Al Ferrara 138372103.2771351
CF Cito Gaston 146584186.3182993
RF Ollie Brown 139534156.2922389

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Steve Huntz 10635277.2191137
Ivan Murrell 12534785.2451235
José Arcia 11422951.223017
Bob Barton 6118841.218416
Ray Webster 9511630.259211
Van Kelly 388915.16919
Rafael Robles 238919.21303
Ron Slocum 607110.141111
Larry Stahl 526612.18203
Jerry Morales 28589.15514
Dave Robinson 153812.31626
Jim Williams 11144.28600
Fred Kendall 490.00001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pat Dobson 40251.014153.76185
Clay Kirby 36214.210164.53154
Danny Coombs 35188.110143.30105
Mike Corkins 24111.0564.6275
Steve Arlin 212.2102.843
Jerry Nyman 25.10215.192

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dave Roberts 43181.18143.81102
Al Santorini 2175.2186.0741
Earl Wilson 1565.0164.8529

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tom Dukes 5316104.0456
Ron Herbel 647594.9553
Ron Willis 422244.0220
Gary Ross 332315.2039
Jack Baldschun 1210010.1312
Roberto Rodríguez 100036.618
Paul Doyle 90226.432

Award winners

1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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]

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