1970 Season
April- We go 18-8, half a game behind the Cubs despite some injuries. Danny Lazar breaks his wrist in early April and is out about 6 weeks. Willie McCovey hurt his leg and will miss 3 weeks.
May- A really good May leaves us 39-15 with a 5 game lead on the Cubs. The pitching started kind of rough but they're all coming around. Klages is pitching great. Yaz is struggling big time. Simpson is only hitting .243 but he's got 19 homers.
June- 58-23, 6 games up despite Fred Klages hurting his wrist and missing most of the month. Yaz broke a finger and will miss a month. We're really clicking on all cylanders. McCovey is .364 with 18 bombs. Simpson has 25, Javier is .333. Our pitching has been tremendous, Lazars 3.86 is by far the worst staff ERA. Fred Lynn goes 1st overall to the Brewers in the draft.
July- 77-29. Dick Simpson missed a couple of weeks with a shoulder issue.
August- We end the month 100-35 with a 20 game lead. Simpson leads the NL in homers. Everyone but Yaz is at .270 our better. Our closer, Bill Champion, hurt his leg and missed a couple of weeks. Rick Henninger missed a couple of weeks with a shoulder issue.
September- We finish the year 118-44 and win the division by 22 games. We'll play the Giants in the NLCS. They ran away with the West, winning by 23 games over the Dodgers. In the American League, the Yankees and White Sox will rematch the 69' ALCS. New York won the East by 12 games over the Orioles and the Sox won the West by 11 games over the Royals & Angels.
Manny Mota with 202 and Julian Javier with 200 both placed top 10 in hits. Simpson led the NL with 47 homers and McCoveys 34 put him in the top 10. Simpson also had 115 RBI while Javier had 115 runs.
Jenkins at 2.01 had the best ERA in baseball while winning 22 games. Klages at 2.43 & John at 2.66 were top 10 while Johns 25 wins were good for 3rd in baseball and 1st in the NL. Jenkins 236 K's was also top 10.
The Giants have a pretty good offense, Tommy Davis in the cleanup spot went .371/25/133. Pitching wise they're led by Jim Derrington, Dick Drago & Jim Kaat. It should be a fun series.