| 1970 Los Angeles Dodgers | |
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| League | National League |
| Division | West |
| Ballpark | Dodger Stadium |
| City | Los Angeles |
| Record | 87–74 (.540) |
| Divisional place | 2nd |
| Owners | Walter O'Malley,James Mulvey |
| President | Peter O'Malley |
| General managers | Al Campanis |
| Managers | Walter Alston |
| Television | KTTV (11) |
| Radio | KFI Vin Scully,Jerry Doggett KWKW Jose Garcia,Jaime Jarrín |
The1970Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 81st for the franchise inMajor League Baseball, and their 13th season inLos Angeles, California.Walter O'Malley stepped down as team president, turning the reins over to his sonPeter, while remaining as the team's chairman. The Dodgers remained competitive, finishing the season in second place,14+1⁄2 games behind theNL ChampionCincinnati Reds in theNational League West. The away jerseys removed the city name and instead had the team nickname which would stay until1999 when the city name returned to the road uniforms, where it has remained ever since.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | — | |||||
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| Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders | Manager Coaches | ||||||
On May 16, the Dodgers were playing a home game against theGiants when, during the third inning, Mota fouled off aGaylord Perry pitch into the stands near first base. It struck Alan Fish, 14, attending the game with other boys from his nearby recreational baseball team and their coach. Fish was unconscious for a minute, and spoke incoherently when he reawakened and, while his speech had recovered, needed assistance walking to the Dodger Stadium's first-aid center.[4]
There, he seemed to have recovered completely. The stadium doctor did not ask whether he had lost consciousness or check hisblood pressure, and released him after giving him two aspirin for the lingering pain. He returned to his seat and watched the rest of the game normally, even trying to get autographs from the Dodgers afterwards. However, on his return home he began experiencing dizziness, shaking and crying, and his parents decided to take him to a hospital.[4]
Two hospitals were unable to take the boy immediately, even as his condition deteriorated, and he was not admitted until early the next morning. His condition at first improved, but then became even worse, and a neurosurgeon discovered a large mass at the site of the injury. Before he could operate, however, Fish suffered aconvulsion that left him brain dead, and three days later he died after being taken off life support.[4]
The autopsy found that Fish had died due to anintracerebral hemorrhage after thehairline fracture caused by the foul ball had pushed a piece of his skull into his brain. Had he been required to rest and hospitalized immediately afterward, the neurosurgeon believed he could have recovered completely. The Fishes sued the Dodgers, the stadium physician and the two hospitals that had not been able to treat their son for negligence and medical malpractice; at trial, after dropping the other hospitals, the jury found for the team and doctor.[4] However, an appeals court reversed that verdict three years later due to ajury instruction that should have been given but was not.[5]
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| Eliminated from playoff race | |
| Bold | Dodgers team member |
| 1970 regular season game log: 87–74 (Home: 39–42; Away: 48–32)[6] | ||||||||||||
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April: 10–10 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–2)
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May: 18–10 (Home: 7–6; Away: 11–4)
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June: 15–12 (Home: 8–6; Away: 9–6)
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July: 16–10 (Home: 5–4; Away: 11–6)
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August: 13–16 (Home: 6–11; Away: 7–5)
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September: 14–16 (Home: 8–7; Away: 6–9)
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October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)
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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 |
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| C | Tom Haller | 112 | 325 | 93 | .286 | 10 | 47 |
| 1B | Wes Parker | 161 | 614 | 196 | .319 | 10 | 111 |
| 2B | Ted Sizemore | 96 | 340 | 104 | .306 | 1 | 34 |
| SS | Maury Wills | 132 | 522 | 141 | .270 | 0 | 34 |
| 3B | Billy Grabarkewitz | 156 | 529 | 153 | .289 | 17 | 84 |
| LF | Manny Mota | 124 | 417 | 127 | .305 | 3 | 37 |
| CF | Willie Davis | 146 | 593 | 181 | .305 | 8 | 93 |
| RF | Willie Crawford | 109 | 299 | 70 | .234 | 8 | 40 |
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 |
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| Jim Lefebvre | 109 | 314 | 79 | .252 | 4 | 44 |
| Bill Russell | 81 | 278 | 72 | .259 | 0 | 28 |
| Bill Sudakis | 94 | 269 | 71 | .264 | 14 | 44 |
| Andy Kosco | 74 | 224 | 51 | .228 | 8 | 27 |
| Jeff Torborg | 64 | 134 | 31 | .231 | 1 | 17 |
| Von Joshua | 72 | 109 | 29 | .266 | 1 | 8 |
| Steve Garvey | 34 | 93 | 25 | .269 | 1 | 6 |
| Bill Buckner | 28 | 68 | 13 | .191 | 0 | 4 |
| Len Gabrielson | 43 | 42 | 8 | .190 | 0 | 6 |
| Gary Moore | 7 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Paciorek | 8 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 5 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Stinson | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Don Sutton | 38 | 260.1 | 15 | 13 | 4.08 | 201 |
| Claude Osteen | 37 | 258.2 | 16 | 14 | 3.83 | 114 |
| Alan Foster | 33 | 198.2 | 10 | 13 | 4.26 | 83 |
| Sandy Vance | 20 | 115.0 | 7 | 7 | 3.13 | 45 |
| Bill Singer | 16 | 106.1 | 8 | 5 | 3.13 | 93 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Joe Moeller | 31 | 135.1 | 7 | 9 | 3.92 | 63 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Jim Brewer | 58 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 3.13 | 91 |
| Ray Lamb | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3.79 | 32 |
| Pete Mikkelsen | 33 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2.76 | 47 |
| Fred Norman | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5.23 | 27 |
| José Peña | 29 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4.42 | 31 |
| Camilo Pascual | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 8 |
| Charlie Hough | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.29 | 8 |
| Mike Strahler | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.45 | 11 |
| Jerry Stephenson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.45 | 6 |
| Al McBean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Albuquerque, Bakersfield
This was the sixth year of aMajor League Baseball draft. The Dodgers drafted 45 players in the June draft and 9 in the January draft.
The most notable pick in this years draft was pitcherDoug Rau, who was selected with the 1st pick in the June Secondary draft out ofTexas A&M University. Rau would play for the Dodgers from 1972 to 1979 and made 184 starts for the team, with an 80–58 record and 3.30 ERA before spending his final season with theCalifornia Angels in 1981.
The first pick in the regular June draft was pitcher Jim Haller fromCreighton Prep High School. Haller was 18–18 in 123 minor league games over six seasons, with a 3.65 ERA.
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