1970 New York (N) Giants
Record: 82-80
Finish: 4th in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 725
Runs Allowed: 734
Exp W-L: 80-82
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 1,861,404
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 5th in the National League
AA: 64-73, 6th in the National League
A: 81-56, 3rd in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  Roberto Clemente 35 152 590 76 171 56 4 16 88 2 2 33 68 .290 .326 .480 .806 83.6 15.8 1.7
C  Rico Carty 30 147 550 61 157 32 2 13 71 0 0 48 109 .285 .343 .422 .765 71.0 12.6 4.6
3B *Billy Williams 32 145 548 64 152 39 6 20 79 14 12 38 69 .277 .323 .480 .803 79.0 14.1 3.9
1B *John Herrnstein 32 134 521 71 160 17 3 15 57 3 3 40 73 .307 .355 .438 .792 76.4 14.8 3.7
2B  Mike De La Hoz 31 135 463 57 116 13 2 10 48 1 3 25 58 .251 .291 .352 .643 45.1 4.4 6.1
LF  Tommy Davis 31 132 401 56 108 23 3 10 48 2 2 26 52 .269 .312 .416 .728 48.5 7.2 1.6
SS  Bill Melton 24 109 370 59 95 22 0 14 54 1 0 37 67 .257 .329 .430 .758 52.2 8.8 4.2
RF  Lou Clinton 32 115 389 55 91 16 5 22 60 3 0 22 88 .234 .273 .470 .743 48.9 6.4 0.8
SS  Ken McMullen 28 110 344 34 65 8 2 10 37 0 0 25 87 .189 .245 .311 .556 24.9 0.0 3.4
CF  Hank Aaron 36 90 331 54 96 15 3 18 55 6 4 35 44 .290 .353 .517 .870 56.7 11.3 1.8
CF *Larry Elliot 32 99 336 38 69 12 0 6 22 0 0 28 70 .205 .268 .295 .563 25.6 0.0 1.7
CF *Vada Pinson 31 77 287 44 78 16 2 8 24 17 6 26 28 .272 .334 .425 .759 38.6 6.3 1.8
3B  Bob Oliver 27 89 260 26 64 15 1 12 34 1 2 8 62 .246 .277 .450 .727 29.8 4.0 3.4
C  Doc Edwards 33 38 118 13 25 4 0 1 10 0 0 11 17 .212 .290 .271 .561 9.5 0.1 0.9
RF #Ellis Burton 33 20 79 7 17 6 0 3 9 0 0 8 15 .215 .287 .405 .692 8.9 1.1 0.3
3B  Danny Cater 30 23 46 7 17 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 .370 .370 .478 .848 6.9 1.7 0.3
C  Ron Brand 30 21 9 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .111 .100 .111 .211 -0.6 0.0 0.1
1B  Brooks Robinson 33 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 31.1 1642 5647 725 1482 296 33 179 702 50 34 410 912 .262 .313 .422 .734 704.5 108.6 40.4
  Rank among 10 NL teams 4 7 6 1 3 3 7 8 7 9 6 6 7 2 4 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Jim Brewer 32 17 9 .654 35 35 0 241.0 214 86 27 62 220 3.21 22.5
*Jerry Reuss 21 7 19 .269 31 31 0 226.3 267 141 25 79 106 5.61 3.3
*Jim Kaat 31 15 9 .625 31 31 0 224.7 274 107 27 48 121 4.29 14.5
 Ralph Terry 34 14 12 .538 31 30 1 222.3 225 96 24 23 107 3.89 16.5
*Jim Merritt 26 12 9 .571 36 21 3 183.0 202 86 17 30 84 4.23 12.3
 Buster Narum 29 2 5 .286 49 0 13 98.0 102 44 14 25 66 4.04 8.6
 Eddie Fisher 33 4 10 .286 65 0 11 97.3 114 38 9 19 57 3.51 9.1
 Howie Nunn 34 5 4 .556 12 12 0 87.7 72 30 6 28 69 3.08 8.2
 Pete Mikkelsen 30 5 2 .714 21 0 2 25.7 35 21 7 11 17 7.37 0.1
 Jose Santiago 29 0 0 .000 7 0 0 17.0 21 16 3 10 8 8.47 0.0
 Bob Gibson 34 1 1 .500 2 2 0 14.7 14 6 1 5 14 3.68 1.0
*Ron Perranoski 34 0 0 .000 5 0 0 9.7 11 1 1 1 3 0.93 1.2
*Dick Kelley 30 0 0 .000 14 0 0 3.7 5 3 1 1 0 7.38 0.0
Team Totals 30.5 82 80 .506 339 162 30 1451.0 1556 675 162 342 872 4.19 97.0
Rank among 10 NL teams 6 6 3 6 9 8 6 5 1 7 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 31.7
R.Carty 1146.0 128 132 715 48 17 1 .978 40.8
D.Edwards 294.0 33 34 174 9 5 0 .973 14.3
R.Brand 11.0 1 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1451.0 162 168 895 57 22 1 .977 34.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.46
J.Herrnstein 977.7 110 113 1217 79 10 102 .992 11.93
R.Clemente 401.7 46 48 531 35 1 55 .998 12.68
K.McMullen 54.0 6 7 53 6 0 3 1.000 9.83
D.Cater 5.0 0 5 6 1 0 1 1.000 12.60
R.Brand 4.7 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.66
M.De La Hoz 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Oliver 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
B.Robinson 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
D.Edwards 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 182 1821 121 11 163 .994 12.05
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.86
M.De La Hoz 1109.7 130 130 250 474 12 99 .984 5.87
K.McMullen 270.0 27 37 71 109 4 26 .978 6.00
R.Carty 38.0 4 4 9 13 0 3 1.000 5.21
B.Melton 9.0 0 4 1 5 0 1 1.000 6.00
B.Williams 9.0 1 1 5 6 0 1 1.000 11.00
B.Oliver 8.0 0 5 3 3 0 2 1.000 6.75
D.Cater 4.3 0 1 1 2 1 1 .750 6.24
B.Robinson 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 184 340 614 17 133 .982 5.92
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.81
B.Williams 1180.7 132 133 65 323 16 26 .960 2.96
K.McMullen 262.3 30 31 13 67 7 10 .920 2.74
B.Oliver 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Cater 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 168 79 391 23 36 .953 2.92
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.15
B.Oliver 643.3 73 79 94 269 8 44 .978 5.08
B.Melton 498.7 57 59 71 246 7 44 .978 5.72
K.McMullen 158.3 17 22 27 81 2 15 .982 6.14
M.De La Hoz 39.0 4 5 3 17 5 1 .800 4.62
R.Clemente 29.0 3 3 4 11 0 1 1.000 4.66
R.Carty 27.0 3 3 4 7 2 0 .846 3.67
J.Herrnstein 26.7 3 3 2 4 1 1 .857 2.03
B.Williams 9.0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
D.Cater 7.0 0 1 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.43
V.Pinson 4.3 1 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 8.37
B.Robinson 4.0 0 2 3 4 1 2 .875 15.75
R.Brand 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1447.3 162 180 212 648 26 111 .971 5.35
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 1.88
T.Davis 488.7 52 70 88 2 9 0 .909 1.66
L.Clinton 432.0 50 54 76 4 3 1 .964 1.67
L.Elliot 398.9 47 48 69 3 4 0 .947 1.62
D.Cater 67.0 8 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.15
R.Carty 8.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Herrnstein 7.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Pinson 5.3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
R.Brand 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1410.9 157 198 251 9 16 1 .942 1.66
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.36
V.Pinson 661.5 68 72 164 3 3 1 .982 2.27
L.Elliot 337.4 41 41 88 5 5 2 .949 2.48
E.Burton 178.3 20 20 32 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
T.Davis 137.0 12 22 40 1 0 0 1.000 2.69
H.Aaron 99.0 11 12 30 1 0 1 1.000 2.82
J.Herrnstein 59.0 7 7 20 0 1 0 .952 3.05
B.Williams 36.7 4 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.21
Team Total 1508.9 163 180 383 10 9 4 .978 2.34
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.95
H.Aaron 669.7 76 78 138 3 4 0 .972 1.89
B.Melton 429.0 52 52 83 3 0 0 1.000 1.80
T.Davis 187.0 18 30 41 0 0 0 1.000 1.97
J.Herrnstein 63.0 7 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
L.Elliot 41.6 4 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
R.Clemente 26.0 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
L.Clinton 12.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Brand 9.3 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
B.Williams 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Oliver 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.6 161 189 300 6 4 0 .987 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.03
J.Brewer 241.0 35 35 15 45 0 3 1.000 2.24
J.Reuss 226.3 31 31 16 35 3 2 .944 2.03
J.Kaat 224.7 31 31 8 39 1 5 .979 1.88
R.Terry 222.3 30 31 17 43 5 6 .923 2.43
J.Merritt 183.0 21 36 14 39 1 4 .981 2.61
B.Narum 98.0 0 49 5 21 0 2 1.000 2.39
E.Fisher 97.3 0 65 5 15 1 1 .952 1.85
H.Nunn 87.7 12 12 6 15 0 1 1.000 2.16
P.Mikkelsen 25.7 0 21 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.40
J.Santiago 17.0 0 7 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.18
B.Gibson 14.7 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.23
R.Perranoski 9.7 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.93
D.Kelley 3.7 0 14 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.92
Team Total 1451.0 162 339 89 264 11 25 .970 2.19
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Herrnstein .307
On-Base Pct Herrnstein .355
Slugging Pct Williams .480
OPS Clemente .806
XR Clemente 83.6
Games Clemente 152
At-Bats Clemente 590
Runs Clemente 76
Hits Clemente 171
Total Bases Clemente 283
Singles Herrnstein 125
Doubles Clemente 56
Triples Williams 6
Homeruns Clinton 22
RBIs Clemente 88
Stolen Bases Pinson 17
Caught Stealing Williams 12
Walks Carty 48
Strikeouts Carty 109
ERA Brewer 3.21
Wins Brewer 17
Losses Reuss 19
Winning Pct Brewer .654
Saves Narum 13
Games Pitched Fisher 65
Games Started Brewer 35
Complete Games Merritt 10
Shutouts Terry 2
Innings Pitched Brewer 241.0
Hits Allowed Kaat 274
Homeruns Allowed Brewer, Kaat 27
Strikeouts Brewer 220
Walks Allowed Reuss 79
Walks per 9IP Terry 0.9
Hits per 9IP Brewer 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Brewer 8.2
WHiP Terry 1.12
OAVG Brewer .234
OOBP Terry .281
OSLG Brewer .376
OOPS Brewer .657
Team All-Stars
Hank Aaron
Roberto Clemente
Ralph Terry
Player Salaries
Jim Brewer $ 20,000,000
Rico Carty $ 6,378,571
Vada Pinson $ 5,700,000
Jim Kaat $ 5,000,000
Hank Aaron $ 5,000,000
Billy Williams $ 4,500,000
Ralph Terry $ 2,600,000
Larry Elliot $ 2,035,714
Lou Clinton $ 1,900,000
Bob Gibson $ 1,768,000
Roberto Clemente $ 1,500,000
Jim Merritt $ 1,478,571
Tommy Davis $ 1,400,000
John Herrnstein $ 1,400,000
Eddie Fisher $ 1,100,000
Mike De La Hoz $ 1,000,000
Pete Mikkelsen $ 905,000
Jose Santiago $ 450,000
Ken McMullen $ 414,286
Doc Edwards $ 350,000
Ron Perranoski $ 332,000
Dick Ellsworth $ 300,000
Bob Oliver $ 300,000
Buster Narum $ 300,000
Jerry Reuss $ 300,000
Dick Kelley $ 300,000
Danny Cater $ 300,000
Brooks Robinson $ 300,000
Bill Melton $ 300,000
Ron Brand $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Al Luplow Colorado Jim Brewer
Fred Scherman
Ellis Burton
$9,904,000
2/13 Traded Gary Geiger Pittsburgh Bill Spanswick
3/3 Traded Dick Baney Boston (N) Doc Edwards
4/2 Traded Duke Sims Boston (A) Von Mcdaniel
5/1 Traded Ellis Burton Cleveland (A) Larry Elliot
6/1 Traded Howie Nunn
$4,900,000
Tampa Bay Tex Nelson
6/1 Signed     Ron Perranoski
6/1 Signed     Dick Kenworthy
6/1 Signed     Bobby Klaus
6/1 Signed     Frank Kostro
7/1 Traded Bill Russell
Tex Nelson
Seattle Vada Pinson
$2,550,000
9/1 Signed     Bob Gibson
9/1 Signed     Dick Ellsworth