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1970 San Diego Padres season

Field	Value
name	San Diego Padres
season	1970
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	San Diego Stadium
city	San Diego, California
record
divisional_place	6th
owners	C. Arnholdt Smith
general_managers	Buzzie Bavasi
managers	Preston Gómez
television	KOGO
radio	KOGO
(Duke Snider, Frank Sims, Jerry Gross)

(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).

Regular season

June 12, 1970: Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates threw a no-hitter against the Padres. 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.

Opening Day lineup

Ollie Brown
Dave Campbell
Chris Cannizzaro
Nate Colbert
Tommy Dean
Pat Dobson
Cito Gaston
Van Kelly
Jerry Morales

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 4, 1970: Dan Spillner was drafted by the Padres in the 2nd round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft.

Roster

1970 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers

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		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
	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
	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

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scottjo01.shtml John Scott] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=197006121SDN Dock Ellis No Hitter]
[https://www.espn.com/page2/s/list/baseballrumors.html ESPN.com – Page2 – The List: Baseball's biggest rumors]
"1970 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spillda01.shtml Dan Spillner] at ''Baseball Reference''
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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