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1978 San Francisco Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

89-73, Finished 3rd in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Altobelli (89-73)
Scored 613 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79

Ballparks: Candlestick Park · Attendance: 1,740,477 (4th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 91

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1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Rob Andrews 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 11, 1952 4 79 45 79 63 0 0 0 62 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 11 -0.6 $
Jim Barr 30 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 10, 1948 8 34 25 34 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.4 $
Vida Blue 28 B L 6' 0" 189 Jul 28, 1949 10 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 $205,000 All-Star
Jack Clark 22 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 10, 1955 4 156 150 156 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 152 6 0 5.7 $60,000 All-Star
Terry Cornutt 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 2, 1952 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Hector Cruz 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 2, 1953 5 79 43 79 64 0 0 0 0 14 0 31 17 14 62 25 1 -0.1 $
John Curtis 30 L L 6' 1" 175 Mar 9, 1948 9 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jim Dwyer 28 L L 5' 10" 165 Jun 3, 1950 6 73 45 73 58 0 0 29 0 0 0 3 28 9 40 16 7 -0.1 $
Darrell Evans 31 L R 6' 2" 200 May 26, 1947 10 159 154 159 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3.6 $
Art Gardner 25 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 21, 1952 3 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 -0.1 $
Ed Halicki 27 R R 6' 7" 220 Oct 4, 1950 5 29 28 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $
Vic Harris 28 B R 5' 11" 165 Mar 27, 1950 7 53 18 53 37 0 0 0 10 0 22 4 2 1 7 18 6 -0.8 $
Tom Heintzelman 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 3, 1946 4 27 2 27 10 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0.4 $
Larry Herndon 24 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 3, 1953 4 151 121 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 4 5 0.2 $
Marc Hill 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 18, 1952 6 117 104 117 116 0 116 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.5 $
Mike Ivie 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 8, 1952 6 117 76 117 86 0 0 75 0 0 0 22 0 0 22 39 0 2.5 $
Skip James 28 L L 6' 0" 185 Oct 21, 1949 2 41 0 41 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 0.0 $
Bob Knepper 24 L L 6' 3" 195 May 25, 1954 3 36 35 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.8 $
Gary Lavelle 29 B L 6' 2" 190 Jan 3, 1949 5 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Johnnie LeMaster 24 R R 6' 2" 165 Jun 19, 1954 4 101 85 101 98 0 0 0 2 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.4 $
Dennis Littlejohn 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 4, 1954 1st 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $
Bill Madlock 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 2, 1951 6 122 112 122 114 0 0 3 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 4.6 $260,000
Willie McCovey HOF 40 L L 6' 4" 198 Jan 10, 1938 20 108 95 108 97 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.9 $
Lynn McGlothen 28 L R 6' 2" 185 Mar 27, 1950 7 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Roger Metzger 30 B R 6' 0" 165 Oct 10, 1947 9 75 67 75 74 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1.3 $
Greg Minton 26 B R 6' 2" 180 Jul 29, 1951 4 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Randy Moffitt 29 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 13, 1948 7 70 0 70 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $140,000
John Montefusco 28 R R 6' 1" 180 May 25, 1950 5 37 36 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.3 $
Phil Nastu 23 L L 6' 2" 180 Mar 8, 1955 1st 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ed Plank 26 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 9, 1952 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mike Sadek 32 R R 5' 9" 165 May 30, 1946 5 40 32 40 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 -0.4 $
John Tamargo 26 B R 5' 10" 170 Nov 7, 1951 3 36 26 36 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.2 $
Terry Whitfield 25 L R 6' 1" 197 Jan 12, 1953 5 149 121 149 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 5 0 143 14 3 1.2 $
Charlie Williams 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 11, 1947 8 25 1 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Marc Hill

Mike Sadek

Hector Cruz

Johnnie LeMaster

Vida Blue

Mike Ivie

Roger Metzger

Randy Moffitt

Bill Madlock

Vic Harris

Rob Andrews

Jack Clark

Phil Nastu

John Montefusco

Ed Halicki

John Tamargo

Larry Herndon

Tom Heintzelman

Jim Barr

Terry Cornutt
Tom Heintzelman

Art Gardner
Dennis Littlejohn

Jim Dwyer
Skip James

Ed Plank

Greg Minton

Bob Knepper

John Curtis

Darrell Evans

Willie McCovey

Terry Whitfield

Gary Lavelle

Lynn McGlothen

Charlie Williams

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers