1979 San Francisco Giants Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 71-91-0, Finished 4th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Joe Altobelli (61-79) and Dave Bristol (10-12)

General Manager: H.B. Richardson

Scouting Director: Jack Schwarz

Ballpark: Candlestick Park

Attendance: 1,456,402 (9th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 94
One-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 93

Pythagorean W-L: 73-89, 672 Runs, 751 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Dennis Littlejohn	24	63	222	193	15	38	6	1	1	13	0	0	21	46	.197	.272	.254	.526	49	49	4	0	5	3	4
2	1B	Willie McCovey*	41	117	394	353	34	88	9	0	15	57	0	2	36	70	.249	.318	.402	.720	102	142	7	1	0	3	2
3	2B	Joe Strain	25	67	285	257	27	62	8	1	1	12	8	4	13	21	.241	.285	.292	.577	63	75	5	3	11	1	0
4	SS	Johnnie LeMaster	25	108	372	343	42	87	11	2	3	29	9	5	23	55	.254	.304	.324	.627	77	111	6	2	3	1	1
5	3B	Darrell Evans*	32	160	661	562	68	142	23	2	17	70	6	7	91	80	.253	.356	.391	.748	111	220	6	2	1	5	14
6	LF	Terry Whitfield*	26	133	445	394	52	113	20	4	5	44	5	4	36	47	.287	.349	.396	.745	110	156	15	4	7	4	6
7	CF	Bill North#	31	142	561	460	87	119	15	4	5	30	58	24	96	84	.259	.386	.341	.727	107	157	5	1	1	3	3
8	RF	Jack Clark	23	143	598	527	84	144	25	2	26	86	11	8	63	95	.273	.348	.476	.825	130	251	9	1	1	6	6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Mike Ivie	26	133	455	402	58	115	18	3	27	89	5	1	47	80	.286	.359	.547	.906	152	220	10	1	0	4	7
10	OF	Larry Herndon	25	132	389	354	35	91	14	5	7	36	8	6	29	70	.257	.313	.384	.698	96	136	3	1	3	2	5
11	SS	Roger Metzger#	31	94	288	259	24	65	7	8	0	31	11	3	23	31	.251	.311	.340	.651	84	88	6	0	5	1	2
12	2B	Bill Madlock	28	69	270	249	37	65	9	2	7	41	11	3	18	19	.261	.309	.398	.706	98	99	3	0	1	2	3
13	C	Marc Hill	27	63	200	169	20	35	3	0	3	15	0	1	26	25	.207	.308	.278	.586	67	47	5	0	2	3	5
14	2B	Rob Andrews	26	75	170	154	22	40	3	0	2	13	4	1	8	9	.260	.289	.318	.607	71	49	5	0	4	4	0
15	C	Mike Sadek	33	63	147	126	14	30	5	0	1	11	1	0	15	24	.238	.322	.302	.623	77	38	6	1	4	1	2
16	RF	Max Venable*	22	55	97	85	12	14	1	1	0	3	3	3	10	18	.165	.260	.200	.460	32	17	0	1	1	0	1
17	OF	Greg Johnston*	24	42	76	74	5	15	2	0	1	7	0	0	2	17	.203	.224	.270	.494	39	20	1	0	0	0	0
18	C	John Tamargo#	27	30	67	60	7	12	3	0	2	6	0	0	4	8	.200	.239	.350	.589	64	21	0	0	0	3	0
19	UT	Héctor Cruz	26	16	28	25	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.120	.214	.120	.334	-3	3	2	0	0	0	0
20	C	Bob Kearney	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
21	P	Vida Blue#	29	37	97	83	7	10	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	35	.120	.180	.169	.348	-1	14	0	0	8	0	0
22	P	Bob Knepper*	25	35	78	66	6	12	4	0	1	9	0	0	1	24	.182	.203	.288	.491	37	19	0	1	9	1	0
23	P	John Montefusco	29	24	45	42	3	7	3	1	0	3	0	1	1	11	.167	.186	.286	.472	31	12	1	0	2	0	0
24	P	John Curtis*	31	29	43	34	3	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	9	.147	.216	.176	.393	12	6	0	1	6	0	0
25	P	Ed Whitson	24	18	37	32	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.156	.156	.156	.313	-11	5	0	0	5	0	0
26	P	Ed Halicki	28	33	37	34	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.206	.229	.235	.464	31	8	1	0	2	0	0
27	P	Phil Nastu*	24	25	31	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.042	.148	.042	.190	-44	1	0	0	4	0	0
28	P	Tom Griffin	31	59	15	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.071	.071	.071	.143	-60	1	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Gary Lavelle#	30	70	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	42	1	0	0	2	0	0
30	P	Greg Minton#	27	46	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-38	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Dave Roberts*	34	26	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Randy Moffitt	30	29	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Pedro Borbón	32	30	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	89	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Joe Coleman	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Ed Plank	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Al Holland	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.2	162	6133	5395	672	1328	192	36	125	616	140	73	580	925	.246	.319	.365	.684	93	1967	100	20	89	47	61
		Rank in 12 NL teams				11	8	11	12	9	7		3	9	3	12	11	7	9	9		9		11		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.2	162	5726	5046	645	1278	182	35	123	594	140	72	565	806	.253	.328	.376	.704	98	1899	98	18	49	46	61
		Pitcher Totals	27.7	162	407	349	27	50	10	1	2	22	0	1	15	119	.143	.183	.195	.377	7	68	2	2	40	1	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Vida Blue*	29	14	14	.500	5.01	34	34	0	10	0	0	237.0	246	143	132	23	111	11	138	1	0	8	1041	70	4.25	1.506	9.3	0.9	4.2	5.2	1.24
2	SP	Bob Knepper*	25	9	12	.429	4.64	34	34	0	6	2	0	207.1	241	117	107	30	77	8	123	3	1	6	926	76	4.58	1.534	10.5	1.3	3.3	5.3	1.60
3	SP	John Montefusco	29	3	8	.273	3.94	22	22	0	0	0	0	137.0	145	64	60	15	51	7	76	2	0	3	585	89	4.21	1.431	9.5	1.0	3.4	5.0	1.49
4	SP	Ed Halicki	28	5	8	.385	4.58	33	19	3	3	1	0	125.2	134	82	64	12	47	8	81	3	1	2	562	77	3.88	1.440	9.6	0.9	3.4	5.8	1.72
5	SP	John Curtis*	31	10	9	.526	4.18	27	18	5	3	2	0	120.2	121	62	56	15	42	7	85	0	0	8	520	84	3.98	1.351	9.0	1.1	3.1	6.3	2.02
6	SP	Ed Whitson	24	5	8	.385	3.95	18	17	1	2	0	0	100.1	98	47	44	5	39	6	62	4	1	3	439	89	3.43	1.365	8.8	0.4	3.5	5.6	1.59
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Gary Lavelle*	30	7	9	.438	2.51	70	0	55	0	0	20	96.2	86	31	27	5	42	15	80	2	4	2	407	141	3.11	1.324	8.0	0.5	3.9	7.4	1.90
8	RP	Tom Griffin	31	5	6	.455	3.91	59	3	13	0	0	2	94.1	83	46	41	9	46	8	82	4	0	5	407	90	3.82	1.367	7.9	0.9	4.4	7.8	1.78
9	RP	Greg Minton	27	4	3	.571	1.81	46	0	18	0	0	4	79.2	59	25	16	0	27	7	33	2	2	8	314	196	3.00	1.079	6.7	0.0	3.1	3.7	1.22
10	RP	Pedro Borbón	32	4	3	.571	4.89	30	0	13	0	0	3	46.0	56	28	25	7	13	3	26	0	0	0	202	73	4.43	1.500	11.0	1.4	2.5	5.1	2.00
11	RP	Randy Moffitt	30	2	5	.286	7.71	28	0	13	0	0	2	35.0	53	33	30	5	14	6	16	2	0	1	170	46	5.05	1.914	13.6	1.3	3.6	4.1	1.14
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Phil Nastu*	24	3	4	.429	4.32	25	14	1	1	0	0	100.0	105	51	48	14	41	5	47	2	0	2	435	82	4.90	1.460	9.5	1.3	3.7	4.2	1.15
13		Dave Roberts*	34	0	2	.000	2.57	26	1	11	0	0	3	42.0	42	15	12	3	18	3	23	1	0	2	182	138	3.92	1.429	9.0	0.6	3.9	4.9	1.28
14		Al Holland*	26	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	29		2.87	1.143	3.9	0.0	6.4	9.0	1.40
15		Joe Coleman	32	0	0		0.00	5	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	18		5.19	1.364	7.4	0.0	4.9	0.0	0.00
16		Ed Plank	27	0	0		7.36	4	0	3	0	0	0	3.2	9	5	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	22	53	3.82	3.000	22.1	0.0	4.9	2.5	0.50
		Team Totals	28.1	71	91	.438	4.16	162	162	137	25	5	34	1436.0	1484	751	664	143	577	95	880	27	9	50	6259	85	4.06	1.435	9.3	0.9	3.6	5.5	1.53
		Rank in 12 NL teams		9	4		10				9	10	6	11	9	11	11	12	11		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W

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