1970 San Francisco Giants season

1970 San Francisco Giants
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1883) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Candlestick Park (since 1960) San Francisco, California (since 1958)
1970 information
Owner(s)	Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)	Jerry Donovan
Manager(s)	Clyde King (19-23, to 5/23), Charlie Fox (67-53, from 5/24)
Local television	KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
Local radio	KSFO (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill Thompson)
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The 1970 San Francisco Giants season was the franchise's 88th season overall and 13th season in San Francisco. 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.
  • Hal Haydel was drafted from the Giants by the Minnesota Twins.

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

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

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 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

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	Dietz, DickDick Dietz	148	493	148	.300	22	107
RF	Bonds, BobbyBobby Bonds	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
Fuentes, TitoTito Fuentes	123	435	116	.267	2	32
Foster, GeorgeGeorge Foster	9	19	6	.316	1	4
Williams, BernieBernie Williams	7	16	5	.313	0	1

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

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
Robertson, RichRich Robertson	41	183.2	8	9	4.85	121
Bryant, RonRon Bryant	34	96	5	8	4.78	66
Carrithers, DonDon Carrithers	11	22	2	1	7.36	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
Johnson, JerryJerry Johnson	33	3	4	3	4.27	44
Davison, MikeMike Davison	31	3	5	1	6.50	21
Cumberland, JohnJohn Cumberland	7	2	0	0	0.82	6
Faul, BillBill Faul	7	0	0	1	7.45	6

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

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

External links

• 1970 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1970 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac