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1979 San Francisco Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

71-91, Finished 4th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Altobelli (61-79) and Dave Bristol (10-12)
Scored 672 runs, Allowed 751 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-89

Ballparks: 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

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1978 / 1980 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 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 11, 1952 5 75 30 75 55 0 0 0 53 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 5 -0.2 $
Vida Blue 29 B L 6' 0" 189 Jul 28, 1949 11 37 34 37 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1.1 $
Pedro Borbon 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 2, 1946 11 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Jack Clark 23 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 10, 1955 5 143 134 143 139 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 138 140 2 3 3.8 $125,000 All-Star
Joe Coleman 32 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 3, 1947 15 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Hector Cruz 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 2, 1953 6 16 4 16 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 6 9 0 -0.7 $
John Curtis 31 L L 6' 1" 175 Mar 9, 1948 10 29 18 29 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 $
Darrell Evans 32 L R 6' 2" 200 May 26, 1947 11 160 157 160 158 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.7 $287,000
Tom Griffin 31 R R 6' 3" 210 Feb 22, 1948 11 59 3 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ed Halicki 28 R R 6' 7" 220 Oct 4, 1950 6 33 19 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Larry Herndon 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 3, 1953 5 132 81 132 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 82 13 134 20 4 0.2 $
Marc Hill 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 18, 1952 7 63 54 63 58 0 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.2 $
Al Holland 26 R L 5' 11" 207 Aug 16, 1952 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Mike Ivie 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 8, 1952 7 133 102 133 113 0 0 96 1 4 0 24 0 0 24 26 0 3.4 $
Greg Johnston 24 L L 6' 0" 175 Feb 12, 1955 1st 42 9 42 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 5 19 27 2 -0.4 $
Bob Kearney 22 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 3, 1956 1st 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Bob Knepper 25 L L 6' 3" 195 May 25, 1954 4 35 34 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 $
Gary Lavelle 30 B L 6' 2" 190 Jan 3, 1949 6 70 0 70 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Johnnie LeMaster 25 R R 6' 2" 165 Jun 19, 1954 5 108 94 108 106 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 2 5 0.7 $
Dennis Littlejohn 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 4, 1954 2 63 62 63 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Bill Madlock 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 2, 1951 7 69 63 69 64 0 0 5 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.2 $260,000
Willie McCovey HOF 41 L L 6' 4" 198 Jan 10, 1938 21 117 86 117 89 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0.3 $
Roger Metzger 31 B R 6' 0" 165 Oct 10, 1947 10 94 73 94 88 0 0 0 10 1 78 0 0 0 0 7 3 0.7 $
Greg Minton 27 B R 6' 2" 180 Jul 29, 1951 5 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Randy Moffitt 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 13, 1948 8 29 0 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2.0 $140,000
John Montefusco 29 R R 6' 1" 180 May 25, 1950 6 24 22 24 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.8 $
Phil Nastu 24 L L 6' 2" 180 Mar 8, 1955 2 25 14 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Bill North 31 B R 5' 11" 185 May 15, 1948 9 142 126 142 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 129 15 0 2.4 $
Ed Plank 27 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 9, 1952 2 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Dave Roberts 34 L L 6' 3" 195 Sep 11, 1944 11 26 1 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6 $
Mike Sadek 33 R R 5' 9" 165 May 30, 1946 6 63 34 63 61 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 3 -0.1 $
Joe Strain 25 R R 5' 10" 169 Apr 30, 1954 1st 67 65 67 67 0 0 0 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
John Tamargo 27 B R 5' 10" 170 Nov 7, 1951 4 30 12 30 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0.1 $
Max Venable 22 L R 5' 10" 185 Jun 6, 1957 1st 55 17 55 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 21 29 18 14 -0.9 $
Terry Whitfield 26 L R 6' 1" 197 Jan 12, 1953 6 133 93 133 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 1 0 106 36 1 1.7 $
Ed Whitson 24 R R 6' 3" 195 May 19, 1955 3 18 17 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Marc Hill
Mike Sadek
Hector Cruz
Johnnie LeMaster
Vida Blue
Mike Ivie
Roger Metzger
Randy Moffitt

Bill Madlock
Al Holland
Joe Strain
Rob Andrews
Jack Clark
Greg Johnston
Phil Nastu
Dave Roberts
John Montefusco

Ed Halicki
Joe Coleman
Ed Whitson
Bob Kearney
John Tamargo
Larry Herndon
Ed Whitson
Pedro Borbon
Bill North
Ed Plank

Greg Minton
Bob Knepper
John Curtis
Darrell Evans
Tom Griffin
Willie McCovey
Terry Whitfield
Gary Lavelle

Dennis Littlejohn
Dave Roberts
Max Venable

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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