1970 San Diego Padres season

1970 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
San Diego Stadium (since 1969)
San Diego, California (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	C. Arnholdt Smith
Manager(s)	Preston Gómez
Local television	KOGO
Local radio	KOGO (Duke Snider, Frank Sims, Jerry Gross)
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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]

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	GB	Pct.
Cincinnati Reds	102	60	--	.630
Los Angeles Dodgers	87	73	14.5	.540
San Francisco Giants	86	76	16	.531
Houston Astros	79	83	23	.488
Atlanta Braves	76	86	26	.469
San Diego Padres	63	99	39	.389

Notable transactions

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

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
RF	Brown, OllieOllie Brown	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

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
Arlin, SteveSteve Arlin	2	12.2	1	0	2.84	3

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
Santorini, AlAl Santorini	21	75.2	1	8	6.07	41

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

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
Short-Season A	Tri-City Padres	Northwest League	Marty Keough

Elmira affiliation shared with Kansas City Royals^[6]

References

External links

• 1970 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Reference
• 1970 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Almanac

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