1970 San Francisco Giants season

Major League Baseball team season

1970 San Francisco Giants

League| National League
Division| West
Ballpark| Candlestick Park
City| San Francisco, California
Owners| Horace Stoneham
General managers| Jerry Donovan
Managers| Clyde King (19–23, to 5/23),
Charlie Fox (67–53, from 5/24)
Television| KTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Radio| KSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
| <- 1969 | Seasons | 1971 ->

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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

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* December 1, 1969: 1969 rule 5 draft
* Mike Sadek was drafted by the Giants from the Minnesota Twins.[1]
* Hal Haydel was drafted from the Giants by the Minnesota Twins.[2]

## Regular season

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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

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NL West Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Cincinnati Reds | 102 | 60  | .630  | —  | 57‍–‍24  | 45‍–‍36
Los Angeles Dodgers | 87 | 74  | .540  | 14½  | 39‍–‍42  | 48‍–‍32
San Francisco Giants | 86 | 76  | .531  | 16  | 48‍–‍33  | 38‍–‍43
Houston Astros | 79 | 83  | .488  | 23  | 44‍–‍37  | 35‍–‍46
Atlanta Braves | 76 | 86  | .469  | 26  | 42‍–‍39  | 34‍–‍47
San Diego Padres | 63 | 99  | .389  | 39  | 31‍–‍50  | 32‍–‍49

### Record vs. opponents

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1970 National League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Team  | ATL  | CHC  | CIN  | HOU  | LAD  | MON  | NYM  | PHI  | PIT  | SD  | SF  | STL
Atlanta | — | 8–4 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 7–5
Chicago | 4–8 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–11
Cincinnati | 13–5 | 5–7 | — | 15–3 | 13–5 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 9–3
Houston | 9–9 | 5–7 | 3–15 | — | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 14–4 | 10–8 | 6–6
Los Angeles | 12–6 | 6–6 | 5–13 | 10–8 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–5 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 7–5
Montreal | 6–6 | 5–13 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 10–8 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–11
New York | 6–6 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–10 | — | 13–5 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 12–6
Philadelphia | 5-7 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 7–11 | 5–13 | — | 4–14 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 8–10
Pittsburgh | 6–6 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 14–4 | — | 6–6 | 4–8 | 12–6
San Diego | 9–9 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 4–14 | 7–11 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 6–6 | — | 5–13 | 4–8
San Francisco | 11–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 13–5 | — | 7–5
St. Louis | 5–7 | 11–7 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 8–4 | 5–7 | —

### Opening Day starters

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* Bobby Bonds
* Dick Dietz
* Tito Fuentes
* Al Gallagher
* Ken Henderson
* Hal Lanier
* Willie Mays
* Willie McCovey
* Gaylord Perry[3]

### Roster

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1970 San Francisco Giants

Roster
Pitchers

* 26,32 Ron Bryant
* 30 Don Carrithers
* 40 John Cumberland
* 41 Mike Davison
* 47 Bill Faul
* 35 Jerry Johnson
* 49 Jim Johnson
* 35 Frank Linzy
* 27 Juan Marichal
* 40 Mike McCormick
* 47 Don McMahon
* 36 Gaylord Perry
* 38 Skip Pitlock
* 41 Miguel Puente
* 39 Frank Reberger
* 45 Rich Robertson

|  | Catchers

* 2 Dick Dietz
* 18 Russ Gibson
* 5 John Stephenson

Infielders

* 19 Bob Burda
* 12 Jim Davenport
* 23,29 Tito Fuentes
* 10 Al Gallagher
* 34 Ed Goodson
* 16 Jim Ray Hart
* 17 Bob Heise
* 33 Ron Hunt
* 22 Hal Lanier
* 21 Don Mason
* 44 Willie McCovey

|  | Outfielders

* 25 Bobby Bonds
* 14 George Foster
* 15 Ken Henderson
* 37 Frank Johnson
* 24 Willie Mays
* 31 Bob Taylor
* 37 Steve Whitaker
* 20 Bernie Williams

|  | Manager

* 7 Charlie Fox
* 23 Clyde King

Coaches

* 12 Jim Davenport
* 46 Larry Jansen
* 3 Ozzie Virgil
* 9 Wes Westrum

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Dick Dietz | 148 | 493 | 148 | .300 | 22 | 107
1B | Willie McCovey | 152 | 495 | 143 | .289 | 39 | 126
2B | Ron Hunt | 117 | 367 | 103 | .281 | 6 | 41
SS | Hal Lanier | 134 | 438 | 101 | .231 | 2 | 41
3B | Al Gallagher | 109 | 282 | 75 | .266 | 4 | 28
LF | Ken Henderson | 148 | 554 | 163 | .294 | 17 | 88
CF | Willie Mays | 139 | 478 | 139 | .291 | 28 | 83
RF | Bobby Bonds | 157 | 663 | 200 | .302 | 26 | 78

#### Other batters

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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

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Tito Fuentes | 123 | 435 | 116 | .267 | 2 | 32
Jim Ray Hart | 76 | 255 | 72 | .282 | 8 | 37
Frank Johnson | 67 | 161 | 44 | .273 | 3 | 31
Bob Heise | 67 | 154 | 36 | .234 | 1 | 22
Bob Taylor | 63 | 84 | 16 | .190 | 2 | 10
Russ Gibson | 24 | 69 | 16 | .232 | 0 | 6
John Stephenson | 23 | 43 | 3 | .070 | 0 | 6
Jim Davenport | 22 | 37 | 9 | .243 | 0 | 4
Don Mason | 46 | 36 | 5 | .139 | 0 | 1
Steve Whitaker | 16 | 27 | 3 | .111 | 0 | 4
Bob Burda | 28 | 23 | 6 | .261 | 0 | 3
George Foster | 9 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 1 | 4
Bernie Williams | 7 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 1
Ed Goodson | 7 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Gaylord Perry | 41 | 328.2 | 23 | 13 | 3.20 | 214
Juan Marichal | 34 | 242.2 | 12 | 10 | 4.12 | 123
Skip Pitlock | 18 | 87.0 | 5 | 5 | 4.66 | 56

#### Other pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Rich Robertson | 41 | 183.2 | 8 | 9 | 4.85 | 121
Frank Reberger | 45 | 152.0 | 7 | 8 | 5.57 | 117
Ron Bryant | 34 | 96.0 | 5 | 8 | 4.78 | 66
Mike McCormick | 23 | 78.1 | 3 | 4 | 6.20 | 37
Don Carrithers | 11 | 22.0 | 2 | 1 | 7.36 | 14
Miguel Puente | 6 | 18.2 | 1 | 3 | 8.20 | 14

#### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Don McMahon | 61 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 2.96 | 74
Jerry Johnson | 33 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4.27 | 44
Mike Davison | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6.50 | 21
Frank Linzy | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7.01 | 16
John Cumberland | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.82 | 6
Bill Faul | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.45 | 6
Jim Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 2

## Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Phoenix Giants | Pacific Coast League | Charlie Fox, Bob Garibaldi and Hank Sauer
AA | Amarillo Giants | Texas League | Andy Gilbert
A | Fresno Giants | California League | Dennis Sommers
A | Decatur Commodores | Midwest League | Frank Funk
Rookie | Great Falls Giants | Pioneer League | Harvey Koepf

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## References

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1. ^ Mike Sadek at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Hal Haydel at Baseball Reference
3. ^ "1970 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

## External links

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* 1970 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
* 1970 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac

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