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1970 San Francisco Giants season

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1970 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco, California
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersJerry Donovan
ManagersClyde King (19–23, to 5/23),
Charlie Fox (67–53, from 5/24)
TelevisionKTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
RadioKSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
← 1969 Seasons 1971 →

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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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
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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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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Roster

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1970 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
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
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
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
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
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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Level Team League Manager
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
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