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1979 San Francisco Giants Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
71-91, Finished 4th in NL West
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Scored 672 runs, Allowed 751 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-89
Manager: Joe Altobelli (61-79) and Dave Bristol (10-12)
Ballpark: Candlestick Park (ballparks.com)
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 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	Dennis Littlejohn	24	63	222	193	15	38	6	1	1	13	0	0	21	46	.197	.272	.254	.526	49	49	4	0	5	3	4
2	1B	Willie McCovey*	41	117	393	353	34	88	9	0	15	57	0	2	36	70	.249	.318	.402	.720	102	142	7	1	0	3	2
3	2B	Joe Strain	25	67	285	257	27	62	8	1	1	12	8	4	13	21	.241	.285	.292	.577	63	75	5	3	11	1	0
4	SS	Johnnie LeMaster	25	108	372	343	42	87	11	2	3	29	9	5	23	55	.254	.304	.324	.627	77	111	6	2	3	1	1
5	3B	Darrell Evans*	32	160	661	562	68	142	23	2	17	70	6	7	91	80	.253	.356	.391	.748	111	220	6	2	1	5	14
6	LF	Terry Whitfield*	26	133	445	394	52	113	20	4	5	44	5	4	36	47	.287	.349	.396	.745	110	156	15	4	7	4	6
7	CF	Billy North#	31	142	561	460	87	119	15	4	5	30	58	24	96	84	.259	.386	.341	.727	107	157	5	1	1	3	3
8	RF	Jack Clark	23	143	598	527	84	144	25	2	26	86	11	8	63	95	.273	.348	.476	.825	130	251	9	1	1	6	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
9	UT	Mike Ivie	26	133	454	402	58	115	18	3	27	89	5	1	47	80	.286	.359	.547	.906	152	220	10	1	0	4	7
10	OF	Larry Herndon	25	132	389	354	35	91	14	5	7	36	8	6	29	70	.257	.313	.384	.698	96	136	3	1	3	2	5
11	SS	Roger Metzger#	31	94	288	259	24	65	7	8	0	31	11	3	23	31	.251	.311	.340	.651	84	88	6	0	5	1	2
12	2B	Bill Madlock	28	69	270	249	37	65	9	2	7	41	11	3	18	19	.261	.309	.398	.706	98	99	3	0	1	2	3
13	C	Marc Hill	27	63	200	169	20	35	3	0	3	15	0	1	26	25	.207	.308	.278	.586	67	47	5	0	2	3	5
14	2B	Rob Andrews	26	75	170	154	22	40	3	0	2	13	4	1	8	9	.260	.289	.318	.607	71	49	5	0	4	4	0
15	C	Mike Sadek	33	63	147	126	14	30	5	0	1	11	1	0	15	24	.238	.322	.302	.623	77	38	6	1	4	1	2
16	RF	Max Venable*	22	55	97	85	12	14	1	1	0	3	3	3	10	18	.165	.260	.200	.460	32	17	0	1	1	0	1
17	OF	Greg Johnston*	24	42	76	74	5	15	2	0	1	7	0	0	2	17	.203	.224	.270	.494	39	20	1	0	0	0	0
18	C	John Tamargo#	27	30	67	60	7	12	3	0	2	6	0	0	4	8	.200	.239	.350	.589	64	21	0	0	0	3	0
19	UT	Hector Cruz	26	16	28	25	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.120	.214	.120	.334	-3	3	2	0	0	0	0
20	C	Bob Kearney	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				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
21	P	Vida Blue#	29	37	97	83	7	10	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	35	.120	.180	.169	.348	-1	14	0	0	8	0	0
22	P	Bob Knepper*	25	35	78	66	6	12	4	0	1	9	0	0	1	24	.182	.203	.288	.491	37	19	0	1	9	1	0
23	P	John Montefusco	29	24	45	42	3	7	3	1	0	3	0	1	1	11	.167	.186	.286	.472	31	12	1	0	2	0	0
24	P	John Curtis*	31	29	43	34	3	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	9	.147	.216	.176	.393	12	6	0	1	6	0	0
25	P	Ed Whitson	24	18	37	32	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.156	.156	.156	.313	-11	5	0	0	5	0	0
26	P	Ed Halicki	28	33	37	34	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.206	.229	.235	.464	31	8	1	0	2	0	0
27	P	Philip Nastu*	24	25	31	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.042	.148	.042	.190	-44	1	0	0	4	0	0
28	P	Tom Griffin	31	59	15	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.071	.071	.071	.143	-60	1	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Gary Lavelle#	30	70	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	42	1	0	0	2	0	0
30	P	Greg Minton#	27	46	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-38	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Dave Roberts*	34	26	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Randy Moffitt	30	29	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Pedro Borbon	32	30	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	89	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Joe Coleman	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Ed Plank	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Al Holland	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.1	162	6131	5395	672	1328	192	36	125	616	140	73	580	925	.246	.319	.365	.684	93	1967	100	20	89	47	61
		Rank in 12 NL teams				11	8	11	12	9	7		3	4	3	1	11	7	9	9		9
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	Vida Blue*	29	14	14	.500	5.01	34	34	0	10	0	0	237.0	246	143	132	23	111	11	138	1	0	8	1041	70	1.506	9.3	0.9	4.2	5.2	1.24
2	SP	Bob Knepper*	25	9	12	.429	4.64	34	34	0	6	2	0	207.1	241	117	107	30	77	8	123	3	1	6	926	76	1.534	10.5	1.3	3.3	5.3	1.60
3	SP	John Montefusco	29	3	8	.273	3.94	22	22	0	0	0	0	137.0	145	64	60	15	51	7	76	2	0	3	585	89	1.431	9.5	1.0	3.4	5.0	1.49
4	SP	Ed Halicki	28	5	8	.385	4.58	33	19	3	3	1	0	125.2	134	82	64	12	47	8	81	3	1	2	562	77	1.440	9.6	0.9	3.4	5.8	1.72
5	SP	John Curtis*	31	10	9	.526	4.18	27	18	5	3	2	0	120.2	121	62	56	15	42	7	85	0	0	8	520	84	1.351	9.0	1.1	3.1	6.3	2.02
6	SP	Ed Whitson	24	5	8	.385	3.95	18	17	1	2	0	0	100.1	98	47	44	5	39	6	62	4	1	3	439	89	1.365	8.8	0.4	3.5	5.6	1.59
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
7	CL	Gary Lavelle*	30	7	9	.438	2.51	70	0	55	0	0	20	96.2	86	31	27	5	42	15	80	2	4	2	407	140	1.324	8.0	0.5	3.9	7.4	1.90
8	RP	Tom Griffin	31	5	6	.455	3.91	59	3	13	0	0	2	94.1	83	46	41	9	46	8	82	4	0	5	407	90	1.367	7.9	0.9	4.4	7.8	1.78
9	RP	Greg Minton	27	4	3	.571	1.81	46	0	18	0	0	4	79.2	59	25	16	0	27	7	33	2	2	8	314	195	1.079	6.7	0.0	3.1	3.7	1.22
10	RP	Pedro Borbon	32	4	3	.571	4.89	30	0	13	0	0	3	46.0	56	28	25	7	13	3	26	0	0	0	202	72	1.500	11.0	1.4	2.5	5.1	2.00
11	RP	Randy Moffitt	30	2	5	.286	7.71	28	0	13	0	0	2	35.0	53	33	30	5	14	6	16	2	0	1	170	46	1.914	13.6	1.3	3.6	4.1	1.14
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
12		Philip Nastu*	24	3	4	.429	4.32	25	14	1	1	0	0	100.0	105	51	48	14	41	5	47	2	0	2	435	81	1.460	9.5	1.3	3.7	4.2	1.15
13		Dave Roberts*	34	0	2	.000	2.57	26	1	11	0	0	3	42.0	42	15	12	3	18	3	23	1	0	2	182	137	1.429	9.0	0.6	3.9	4.9	1.28
14		Al Holland*	26	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	29		1.143	3.9	0.0	6.4	9.0	1.40
15		Joe Coleman	32	0	0		0.00	5	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	18		1.364	7.4	0.0	4.9	0.0	0.00
16		Ed Plank	27	0	0		7.36	4	0	3	0	0	0	3.2	9	5	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	22	48	3.000	22.1	0.0	4.9	2.5	0.50
		Team Totals	28.1	71	91	.438	4.17	162	162	137	25	5	34	1436.0	1484	751	665	143	577	95	880	27	9	50	6259	84	1.435	9.3	0.9	3.6	5.5	1.53
		Rank in 12 NL teams		9	4		10				9	10	6	11	9	11	11	12	11		9921
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	26	56	30	317.2	208	97	102	9	21	.957	-2.4	-9.1	-2.4	2.1	-4.5		0		5.64	3.55						2B-3B
Vida Blue	29	34	34	237.0	53	10	42	1	5	.981									1.97	1.53						P
Pedro Borbon	32	30	0	46.0	8	4	3	1	0	.875									1.37	0.23						P
Jack Clark	23	142	134	1183.2	277	260	12	5	7	.982	-12.4	-12.6	-9.4	-3.7	-5.7	-3	0		2.07	1.92						RF-3B-LF
Joe Coleman	32	5	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Hector Cruz	26	8	4	43.1	12	9	2	1	0	.917	-1.4	-38.8	-1.4	0.1	-1.5	0	0		2.28	1.38						LF-3B-RF
John Curtis	31	27	18	120.2	17	4	13	0	1	1.000									1.27	0.63						P
Darrell Evans	32	159	157	1385.1	528	129	369	30	28	.943	-5.5	-4.8	-4.5	-5.0	0.5		-1		3.24	3.13						3B
Tom Griffin	31	59	3	94.1	25	5	19	1	1	.960									2.29	0.41						P
Ed Halicki	28	33	19	125.2	32	9	19	4	1	.875									2.01	0.85						P
Larry Herndon	25	134	81	804.0	214	196	10	8	3	.963	-1.7	-2.5	-4.7	-0.2	-4.5	3			2.31	1.54						CF-LF-RF
Marc Hill	27	59	54	447.0	319	285	31	3	5	.991	1.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0			1	6.36	5.36	2	19	39	28	42%	C-1B
Al Holland	26	3	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Mike Ivie	26	127	102	901.1	803	752	47	4	51	.995	-6.5	-8.7	-5.5	-2.0	-3.6	-1	0		7.98	6.29						1B-LF-3B-2B
Greg Johnston	24	19	9	104.2	28	27	0	1	0	.964	0.2	2.3	0.2	0.8	-0.5	0			2.32	1.42						LF-RF-CF
Bob Kearney	22	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0						0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0		C
Bob Knepper	25	34	34	207.1	39	8	26	5	1	.872									1.48	1.00						P
Gary Lavelle	30	70	0	96.2	18	4	13	1	0	.944									1.58	0.24						P
Johnnie LeMaster	25	106	94	837.2	483	160	303	20	52	.959	-7.6	-10.9	-4.6	-5.0	0.4		-3		4.97	4.37						SS
Dennis Littlejohn	24	63	62	536.0	415	366	43	6	7	.986	-1.0	-2.2						-1	6.87	6.49	6	15	65	30	32%	C
Bill Madlock	28	68	63	533.0	297	146	144	7	35	.976	-11.9	-26.8	-10.9	-7.6	-3.3		-1		4.90	4.26						2B-1B
Willie McCovey	41	89	86	724.1	798	740	48	10	60	.987	-6.2	-10.3	-6.2	-1.8	-4.5		0		9.79	8.85						1B
Roger Metzger	31	89	73	653.1	374	122	237	15	38	.960	-3.1	-5.7	-2.1	-0.5	-1.6		-1		4.95	4.03						SS-2B-3B
Greg Minton	27	46	0	79.2	27	3	23	1	2	.963									2.94	0.57						P
Randy Moffitt	30	28	0	35.0	6	1	5	0	0	1.000									1.54	0.21						P
John Montefusco	29	22	22	137.0	30	9	20	1	2	.967									1.91	1.32						P
Philip Nastu	24	25	14	100.0	21	6	14	1	4	.952									1.80	0.80						P
Billy North	31	129	126	994.1	314	302	8	4	2	.987	-4.8	-5.8	-1.8	5.2	-7.0	-3			2.81	2.40						CF
Ed Plank	27	4	0	3.2	2	1	0	1	0	.500									2.45	0.25						P
Dave Roberts	34	26	1	42.0	11	1	9	1	1	.909									2.14	0.38						P
Mike Sadek	33	61	34	348.0	269	246	21	2	2	.993	-6.2	-21.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0		-6	6.91	4.38	9	15	31	12	28%	C-RF
Joe Strain	25	68	65	549.2	342	147	189	6	32	.982	-0.4	-0.9	1.6	4.9	-3.3		-2		5.50	4.94						2B-3B
John Tamargo	27	17	12	108.0	67	61	5	1	4	.985	1.0	11.1						1	5.50	3.88	0	1	9	6	40%	C
Max Venable	22	29	17	170.0	35	31	1	3	0	.914	-4.0	-28.2	-3.0	-0.4	-2.6	-1			1.69	1.10						RF-LF-CF
Terry Whitfield	26	106	93	845.2	186	167	11	8	3	.957	2.6	3.7	-1.4	4.0	-5.4	4			1.89	1.68						LF-CF
Ed Whitson	24	18	17	100.1	19	2	15	2	1	.895									1.52	0.94						P
Team Totals	28.2	162	1458	12924.0	6277	4308	1806	163	368	.974	-70.3	-6.5	-56.3	-9.1	-47.3	-1	-8	-5	4.26	3.09	17	50	144	76	35%
Rank in 12 NL teams								2	10	11
	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

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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