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1978 San Francisco Giants Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
89-73, Finished 3rd in NL West
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Scored 613 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79
Manager: Joe Altobelli (89-73)
Ballpark: Candlestick Park (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
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
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
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 All-Star
Jack Clark 22 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 10, 1955 4 156 150 156 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 152 6 0 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
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 53 25 1
John Curtis 30 L L 6' 2" 185 Mar 9, 1948 9 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Dwyer 28 L L 5' 10" 175 Jan 3, 1950 6 73 45 73 58 0 0 29 0 0 0 3 28 9 36 16 7
Darrell Evans 31 L R 6' 2" 205 May 26, 1947 10 159 154 159 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
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
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
Vic Harris 28 B R 6' 0" 170 Mar 27, 1950 7 53 18 53 37 0 0 0 10 0 22 4 2 1 6 18 6
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
Larry Herndon 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 3, 1953 4 151 121 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 4 5
Marc Hill 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Feb 18, 1952 6 117 104 117 116 0 116 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
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
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
Bob Knepper 24 L L 6' 2" 200 May 25, 1954 3 36 35 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Lavelle 29 B L 6' 1" 200 Jan 3, 1949 5 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnnie LeMaster 24 R R 6' 2" 167 Jun 19, 1954 4 101 85 101 98 0 0 0 2 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 6
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" 185 Jan 2, 1951 6 122 112 122 114 0 0 3 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Willie McCovey HOF 40 L L 6' 4" 210 Jan 10, 1938 20 108 95 108 97 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Lynn McGlothen 28 L R 6' 2" 195 Mar 27, 1950 7 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Greg Minton 26 B R 6' 2" 190 Jul 29, 1951 4 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
Philip 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
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
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
John Tamargo 26 B R 5' 10" 180 Nov 7, 1951 3 36 26 36 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Terry Whitfield 25 L R 6' 1" 197 Jan 12, 1953 5 149 121 149 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 5 0 141 14 3
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
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played