The 1970 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 88th year in Major League Baseball, their 13th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 11th at Candlestick Park. The Giants went 86–76, which was good for third place in the National League West, 16 games behind the NL Champion Cincinnati Reds.
Offseason December 1, 1969: 1969 rule 5 draft Mike Sadek was drafted by the Giants from the Minnesota Twins.Mike Sadek at Baseball Reference Hal Haydel was drafted from the Giants by the Minnesota Twins.Hal Haydel at Baseball Reference
Regular season Clyde King was fired as manager on May 23 after the Giants dropped a 15-inning 17–16 game to the San Diego Padres, slipping them to a 19–23 record and mired in fourth place. The Giants elevated Charlie Fox, manager of their AAA Phoenix (Pacific Coast League) farm team, to manage the big club. The team responded with a double-header sweep of the Padres, 6–1 and 7–6. Fox brought the Giants to a third-place finish with a 67–53 record the rest of the way.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day starters Bobby Bonds Dick Dietz Tito Fuentes Al Gallagher Ken Henderson Hal Lanier Willie Mays Willie McCovey Gaylord Perry
Roster 1970 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 148 493 148 .300 22 107 1B 152 495 143 .289 39 126 2B 117 367 103 .281 6 41 SS 134 438 101 .231 2 41 3B 109 282 75 .266 4 28 LF 148 554 163 .294 17 88 CF 139 478 139 .291 28 83 RF 157 663 200 .302 26 78
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 123 435 116 .267 2 32 76 255 72 .282 8 37 67 161 44 .273 3 31 67 154 36 .234 1 22 63 84 16 .190 2 10 24 69 16 .232 0 6 23 43 3 .070 0 6 22 37 9 .243 0 4 46 36 5 .139 0 1 16 27 3 .111 0 4 28 23 6 .261 0 3 9 19 6 .316 1 4 7 16 5 .313 0 1 7 11 3 .273 0 0
Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 41 328.2 23* 13 3.20 214 34 242.2 12 10 4.12 123 18 87.0 5 5 4.66 56 Tied with Bob Gibson (St Louis) for league lead
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 41 183.2 8 9 4.85 121 45 152.0 7 8 5.57 117 34 96.0 5 8 4.78 66 23 78.1 3 4 6.20 37 11 22.0 2 1 7.36 14 6 18.2 1 3 8.20 14
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 61 9 5 19 2.96 74 33 3 4 3 4.27 44 31 3 5 1 6.50 21 20 2 1 1 7.01 16 7 2 0 0 0.82 6 7 0 0 1 7.45 6 3 1 0 0 8.10 2
Awards and honors
All-Star Game
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1970 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference 1970 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac