1978 San Francisco Giants Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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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Team Batting

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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
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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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
26	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
27	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
28	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
29	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
30	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
31	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
		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

* - 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	1	8	1	7	3	4	2	3		6
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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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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	0.0	0.0							2.32	1.31						P
Vida Blue	28	35	35	258.0	41	12	29	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0							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		0.0	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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							1.28	1.03						P
Gary Lavelle	29	67	0	97.2	23	2	19	2	1	.913	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							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	0.0	0.0							2.30	0.36						P
Randy Moffitt	29	70	0	81.2	11	3	7	1	0	.909	0.0	0.0							1.10	0.14						P
John Montefusco	28	36	36	238.2	38	8	28	2	2	.947	0.0	0.0							1.36	1.00						P
Philip Nastu	23	3	1	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.12	0.33						P
Ed Plank	26	5	0	6.2	0	0	0	0	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	0.0	0.0							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

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