The 1970 San Francisco Giants season was the

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' 88th year in

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, their 13th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 11th at

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. The Giants went 86–76, which was good for third place in the

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, 16 games behind the NL Champion

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Offseason

* December 1, 1969: 1969 rule 5 draft **

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was drafted by the Giants from the

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. **

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was drafted from the Giants by the

Regular season

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was fired as manager on May 23 after the Giants dropped a 15-inning 17–16 game to the

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, slipping them to a 19–23 record and mired in fourth place. The Giants elevated

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, 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

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

* Bobby Bonds *

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* Al Gallagher *

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Roster

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''

Other batters

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

Pitching

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''

Awards and honors

All-Star Game An all-star game is an exhibition game that purports to showcase the best players (the "stars") of a sports league. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or div ...

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links

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