1970 San Diego Padres season

MLB yearly infobox
name = San Diego Padres
season = 1970
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1876
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = San Diego Stadium
y4 = 1967
city = San Diego, California
y5 = 1969
owners = C. Arnholt Smith
managers = Preston Gomez
television = KOGO
radio = KOGO
(Duke Snider, Frank Sims, Jerry Gross)|

Offseason

Regular season

On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=197006121SDN Dock Ellis No Hitter ] ] 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. [ [http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/baseballrumors.html ESPN.com - Page2 - The List: Baseball's biggest rumors ] ]

Opening Day Starters

eason standings

Transactions

*June 4, 1970: Dan Spillner was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spillda01.shtml]

Roster

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Award Winners

1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SDP/1970.shtml 1970 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1970&t=SDN 1970 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Almanac]