1970 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	1970
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	San Diego Stadium
City:	San Diego, California
Divisional Place:	6th
Owners:	C. Arnholdt Smith
General Managers:	Buzzie Bavasi
Managers:	Preston Gómez
Television:	KOGO
Radio:	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).^[1]

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]

June 4, 1970: Dan Spillner was drafted by the Padres in the 2nd round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft.^[5]

1970 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

= Indicates team leader

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	111	341	95	.279	5	42
1B	156	572	148	.259	38	86
2B	154	581	127	.219	12	40
SS	61	158	35	.222	2	13
3B	110	316	90	.285	12	42
LF	138	372	103	.277	13	51
CF	146	584	186	.318	29	93
RF	139	534	156	.292	23	89

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
106	352	77	.219	11	37
125	347	85	.245	12	35
114	229	51	.223	0	17
61	188	41	.218	4	16
95	116	30	.259	2	11
38	89	15	.169	1	9
23	89	19	.213	0	3
60	71	10	.141	1	11
52	66	12	.182	0	3
28	58	9	.155	1	4
15	38	12	.316	2	6
11	14	4	.286	0	0
4	9	0	.000	0	1

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
40	251.0	14	15	3.76	185
36	214.2	10	16	4.53	154
35	188.1	10	14	3.30	105
24	111.0	5	6	4.62	75
2	12.2	1	0	2.84	3
2	5.1	0	2	15.19	2

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
43	181.1	8	14	3.81	102
21	75.2	1	8	6.07	41
15	65.0	1	6	4.85	29

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
53	1	6	10	4.04	56
64	7	5	9	4.95	53
42	2	2	4	4.02	20
33	2	3	1	5.20	39
12	1	0	0	10.13	12
10	0	0	3	6.61	8
9	0	2	2	6.43	2