1970 San Diego Padres season

The 1970 San Diego Padres season was the second season in franchise history.

1970 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)C. Arnholdt Smith
General manager(s)Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)Preston Gómez
Local televisionKOGO
Local radioKOGO
(Duke Snider, Frank Sims, Jerry Gross)
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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
  • Ollie Brown
  • Dave Campbell
  • Chris Cannizzaro
  • Nate Colbert
  • Tommy Dean
  • Pat Dobson
  • Cito Gaston
  • Van Kelly
  • Jerry Morales[4]

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 Records

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

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
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

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
Steve Arlin212.2102.843

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
Al Santorini2175.2186.0741

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

Award winners

1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Cito Gaston, outfield, reserve

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1970&t=SDN
  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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