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1978 San Francisco Giants Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos 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 Marc Hill 26 117 406 358 20 87 15 1 3 36 1 2 45 39 .243 .329 .316 .645 85 113 12 1 2 0 8
2 1B Willie McCovey* 40 108 389 351 32 80 19 2 12 64 1 0 36 57 .228 .298 .396 .694 97 139 12 0 0 2 8
3 2B Bill Madlock 27 122 509 447 76 138 26 3 15 44 16 5 48 39 .309 .378 .481 .859 144 215 6 3 9 2 11
4 SS Johnnie LeMaster 24 101 308 272 23 64 18 3 1 14 6 6 21 45 .235 .293 .335 .627 79 91 4 1 14 0 1
5 3B Darrell Evans* 31 159 668 547 82 133 24 2 20 78 4 5 105 64 .243 .360 .404 .764 118 221 5 0 6 10 12
6 LF Terry Whitfield* 25 149 543 488 70 141 20 2 10 32 5 11 33 69 .289 .335 .400 .734 109 195 9 2 17 3 5
7 CF Larry Herndon 24 151 521 471 52 122 15 9 1 32 13 8 35 71 .259 .311 .335 .646 84 158 12 1 13 1 2
8 RF Jack Clark 22 156 657 592 90 181 46 8 25 98 15 11 50 72 .306 .358 .537 .895 152 318 15 3 3 9 8
Rk Pos 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 25 117 352 318 34 98 14 3 11 55 3 0 27 45 .308 .363 .475 .838 137 151 6 2 2 3 6
10 SS Roger Metzger# 30 75 255 235 17 61 6 1 0 17 8 1 12 17 .260 .294 .294 .588 68 69 4 0 7 1 0
11 LF Hector Cruz 25 79 220 197 19 44 8 1 6 24 0 2 21 39 .223 .301 .365 .667 89 72 6 1 1 0 2
12 UT Jim Dwyer* 28 73 208 173 22 39 9 2 5 22 6 0 28 29 .225 .327 .387 .714 103 67 1 0 3 4 3
13 2B Rob Andrews 25 79 202 177 21 39 3 3 1 11 5 1 20 18 .220 .299 .288 .588 68 51 2 0 5 0 1
14 C Mike Sadek 32 40 120 109 15 26 3 0 2 9 1 0 10 11 .239 .303 .321 .624 78 35 2 0 1 0 2
15 MI Vic Harris# 28 53 116 100 8 15 4 0 1 11 0 0 11 24 .150 .230 .220 .450 29 22 0 0 3 2 1
16 C John Tamargo# 26 36 113 92 6 22 4 1 1 8 1 1 18 7 .239 .360 .337 .697 100 31 1 0 2 1 5
17 IF Tom Heintzelman 31 27 37 35 2 8 1 0 2 6 0 0 2 5 .229 .270 .429 .699 97 15 0 0 0 0 0
18 1B Skip James* 28 41 26 21 5 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 5 .095 .240 .143 .383 12 3 2 0 1 0 0
19 Art Gardner* 25 7 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 C Dennis Littlejohn 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Vida Blue# 28 35 101 79 8 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 16 51 .076 .240 .127 .366 7 10 0 1 5 0 0
22 P Bob Knepper* 24 36 95 79 2 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 6 35 .063 .126 .089 .215 -38 7 2 0 8 2 0
23 P John Montefusco 28 37 85 70 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 32 .057 .132 .071 .203 -41 5 2 1 9 0 0
24 P Ed Halicki 27 29 75 66 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 .136 .149 .136 .286 -18 9 1 1 8 0 0
25 P Jim Barr 30 34 55 50 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .100 .100 .100 .200 -43 5 0 0 5 0 0
26 P Gary Lavelle# 29 67 16 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .067 .067 .067 .133 -62 1 0 0 1 0 0
27 P Randy Moffitt 29 70 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 15 1 0 0 1 0 0
28 P Charlie Williams 30 25 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Lynn McGlothen* 28 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P John Curtis* 30 46 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 P Philip Nastu* 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Greg Minton# 26 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Terry Cornutt 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Ed Plank 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.1 162 6102 5364 613 1331 240 41 117 576 87 54 554 814 .248 .318 .374 .692 97 2004 104 17 127 40 75
Rank in 12 NL teams 11 7 11 6 7 6 11 9 4 9 10 6 6 5 6
Rk Pos 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Bob Knepper* 24 17 11 .607 2.63 36 35 1 16 6 0 260.0 218 85 76 10 85 11 147 4 0 6 1062 131 1.165 7.5 0.3 2.9 5.1 1.73
2 SP Vida Blue* 28 18 10 .643 2.79 35 35 0 9 4 0 258.0 233 87 80 12 70 4 171 0 0 5 1042 123 1.174 8.1 0.4 2.4 6.0 2.44
3 SP John Montefusco 28 11 9 .550 3.81 36 36 0 3 0 0 238.2 233 110 101 25 68 6 177 4 3 4 1003 90 1.261 8.8 0.9 2.6 6.7 2.60
4 SP Ed Halicki 27 9 10 .474 2.85 29 28 1 9 4 1 199.0 166 74 63 11 45 9 105 7 3 1 819 121 1.060 7.5 0.5 2.0 4.7 2.33
5 SP Jim Barr 30 8 11 .421 3.53 32 25 2 5 2 1 163.0 180 69 64 7 35 6 44 0 2 0 690 97 1.319 9.9 0.4 1.9 2.4 1.26
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Gary Lavelle* 29 13 10 .565 3.32 67 0 39 0 0 14 97.2 96 41 36 3 44 11 63 2 1 2 424 104 1.433 8.8 0.3 4.1 5.8 1.43
7 RP Randy Moffitt 29 8 4 .667 3.31 70 0 38 0 0 12 81.2 79 35 30 5 33 13 52 3 0 3 355 104 1.371 8.7 0.6 3.6 5.7 1.58
8 RP John Curtis* 30 4 3 .571 3.71 46 0 22 0 0 1 63.0 60 31 26 1 29 8 38 0 0 6 270 93 1.413 8.6 0.1 4.1 5.4 1.31
9 RP Charlie Williams 30 1 3 .250 5.44 25 1 9 0 0 0 48.0 60 31 29 5 28 6 22 1 0 3 225 63 1.833 11.3 0.9 5.3 4.1 0.79
10 RP Greg Minton 26 0 1 .000 8.04 11 0 3 0 0 0 15.2 22 14 14 3 8 1 6 1 0 0 76 43 1.915 12.6 1.7 4.6 3.4 0.75
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Lynn McGlothen 28 0 0 4.97 5 1 0 0 0 0 12.2 15 9 7 0 4 0 9 0 0 2 56 69 1.500 10.7 0.0 2.8 6.4 2.25
12 Philip Nastu* 23 0 1 .000 5.62 3 1 2 0 0 0 8.0 8 5 5 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 33 61 1.250 9.0 1.1 2.3 5.6 2.50
13 Ed Plank 26 0 0 4.05 5 0 3 0 0 0 6.2 6 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 25 85 1.200 8.1 1.4 2.7 1.4 0.50
14 Terry Cornutt 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 27.6 89 73 .549 3.30 162 162 120 42 16 29 1455.0 1377 594 534 84 453 76 840 22 9 32 6090 104 1.258 8.5 0.5 2.8 5.2 1.85
Rank in 12 NL teams 4 8 3 3 1 8 1 7 3 4 2 3 9906
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Rob Andrews 25 63 45 432.2 264 123 135 6 23 .977 -4.7 -13.0 -3.7 -2.4 -1.3 -1 5.37 4.10 2B-SS
Jim Barr 30 32 25 163.0 46 7 35 4 1 .913 2.32 1.31 P
Vida Blue 28 35 35 258.0 41 12 29 0 4 1.000 1.43 1.17 P
Jack Clark 22 152 150 1330.0 350 328 16 6 5 .983 4.4 4.0 3.4 -2.3 5.6 1 2.33 2.26 RF
Terry Cornutt 25 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Hector Cruz 25 76 43 427.1 105 85 18 2 3 .981 0.5 1.4 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 1 0 2.17 1.36 LF-CF-3B-RF
John Curtis 30 46 0 63.0 17 6 9 2 1 .882 2.14 0.33 P
Jim Dwyer 28 69 45 386.2 213 197 14 2 14 .991 -4.1 -12.7 -4.1 -3.7 -0.4 0 0 4.91 3.06 CF-1B-RF-LF
Darrell Evans 31 155 154 1362.2 520 147 348 25 25 .952 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.5 0.3 0 3.27 3.19 3B
Ed Halicki 27 29 28 199.0 40 13 22 5 1 .875 1.58 1.21 P
Vic Harris 28 39 18 204.1 104 41 58 5 8 .952 -1.5 -8.8 -1.5 -2.6 1.1 0 0 4.36 2.54 SS-2B-CF-LF-RF
Tom Heintzelman 31 10 2 42.2 24 5 19 0 1 1.000 2.3 64.7 2.3 1.3 1.0 0 5.06 2.40 2B-3B-1B
Larry Herndon 24 149 121 1148.1 376 363 3 10 0 .973 3.6 3.8 3.6 5.3 -1.7 0 2.87 2.46 CF
Marc Hill 26 118 104 934.2 657 592 56 9 3 .986 2.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 6.24 5.49 2 20 86 43 33% C-1B
Mike Ivie 25 98 76 658.2 603 579 19 5 33 .992 1.1 2.0 2.1 0.2 1.9 0 -1 8.17 6.10 1B-LF
Skip James 28 27 0 63.2 64 58 6 0 5 1.000 0.1 1.9 0.1 -0.5 0.6 0 9.05 2.37 1B
Bob Knepper 24 36 35 260.0 37 4 33 0 3 1.000 1.28 1.03 P
Gary Lavelle 29 67 0 97.2 23 2 19 2 1 .913 1.94 0.31 P
Johnnie LeMaster 24 98 85 746.2 410 135 261 14 40 .966 1.5 2.4 2.5 -1.5 4.0 -1 4.77 4.04 SS-2B
Dennis Littlejohn 23 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 -600.0 -1 0.00 0.00 0 2 0 0 C
Bill Madlock 27 117 112 952.2 548 234 300 14 49 .974 -3.6 -4.5 -0.6 -3.5 2.9 -3 5.04 4.56 2B-1B
Willie McCovey 40 97 95 728.0 775 721 44 10 49 .987 -9.6 -15.8 -9.6 -6.5 -3.0 0 9.46 7.89 1B
Lynn McGlothen 28 5 1 12.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.40 P
Roger Metzger 30 74 67 592.1 304 112 184 8 30 .974 -14.2 -28.8 -12.2 -10.1 -2.1 -2 4.50 4.00 SS
Greg Minton 26 11 0 15.2 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.30 0.36 P
Randy Moffitt 29 70 0 81.2 11 3 7 1 0 .909 1.10 0.14 P
John Montefusco 28 36 36 238.2 38 8 28 2 2 .947 1.36 1.00 P
Philip Nastu 23 3 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.33 P
Ed Plank 26 5 0 6.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Mike Sadek 32 37 32 279.0 202 182 15 5 2 .975 -5.0 -21.5 -5 6.35 5.32 4 7 38 8 17% C
John Tamargo 26 31 26 242.1 172 157 9 6 4 .965 -6.0 -29.7 -6 6.17 5.35 0 3 35 3 8% C
Terry Whitfield 25 143 121 1105.1 253 243 7 3 2 .988 1.9 2.1 0.9 -3.6 4.5 1 2.04 1.75 LF-CF
Charlie Williams 30 25 1 48.0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.88 0.40 P
Team Totals 27.3 162 1458 13095.0 6216 4365 1705 146 310 .977 -30.5 -2.8 -15.5 -28.9 13.4 3 -8 -10 4.17 3.13 6 32 159 54 25%
Rank in 12 NL teams 4 11 9
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics