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1970 San Diego Padres season

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Owner(s)
  
C. Arnholdt Smith

Manager(s)
  
Preston Gómez

General manager(s)
  
Buzzie Bavasi

Local television
  
KOGO

Local radio
  
KOGO (Duke Snider, Frank Sims, Jerry Gross)

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).

    • Regular season

  • June 12, 1970: Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates threw a no-hitter against the Padres. 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.

    • Opening Day lineup

  • Ollie Brown
  • Dave Campbell
  • Chris Cannizzaro
  • Nate Colbert
  • Tommy Dean
  • Pat Dobson
  • Cito Gaston
  • Van Kelly
  • Jerry Morales

    • Notable transactions

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

    • Starters by position

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

    Contents

    Other batters

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

    Starting pitchers

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

    Other pitchers

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

    Relief pitchers

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

    Award winners

    1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Cito Gaston, outfield, reserve

    • Farm system

    Elmira affiliation shared with Kansas City Royals

    References

    1970 San Diego Padres season Wikipedia
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