1970 San Francisco Giants season

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.

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)
Seasons

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

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

1970 National League record 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

• 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	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

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

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
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

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

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

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 at Baseball Reference
• 1970 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac