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1970 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1970 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 81st for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 13th season in Los Angeles, California. Walter O'Malley stepped down as team president, turning the reins over to his son Peter, while remaining as the team's chairman. The Dodgers remained competitive, finishing the season in second place, 14+1⁄2 games behind the NL Champion Cincinnati Reds in the National League West. The away jerseys removed the city name and instead had the team nickname which would stay until 1999 when the city name returned to the road uniforms, where it has remained ever since.

Regular season
Season standings Record vs. opponents Opening Day lineup Notable transactions • August 21, 1970: Jerry Royster was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers. • August 24, 1970: Sergio Ferrer was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers. • September 28, 1970: Fred Norman was purchased from the Dodgers by the St. Louis Cardinals. Roster First major league foul ball injury death On May 16, the Dodgers were playing a home game against the Giants when, during the third inning, Mota fouled off a Gaylord 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. There, he seemed to have recovered completely. The stadium doctor did not ask whether he had lost consciousness or check his blood 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. == Game log ==
Game log
Regular season == Player stats ==
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 ==
Awards and honors
Gold Glove AwardWes ParkerNL Player of the MonthBill Singer (July 1970) All-Stars 1970 Major League Baseball All-Star GameBilly Grabarkewitz reserve • Claude Osteen reserve == Farm system ==
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Albuquerque, Bakersfield ==1970 Major League Baseball draft==
1970 Major League Baseball draft
This was the sixth year of a Major 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 pitcher Doug Rau, who was selected with the 1st pick in the June Secondary draft out of Texas 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 the California Angels in 1981. The first pick in the regular June draft was pitcher Jim Haller from Creighton Prep High School. Haller was 18–18 in 123 minor league games over six seasons, with a 3.65 ERA. January secondary phase June draft June secondary phase == Notes ==
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