Baseball may be over, but check out our Football, Basketball, and Hockey Sites.
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > San Francisco Giants > 1979 Lineups and Defense
1979 San Francisco Giants (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
71-91, Finished 4th in NL Western Division
View League Standings and Leaders
Scored 672 runs, Allowed 751 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-89
Managed by Joe Altobelli and Dave Bristol

Ballpark: Candlestick Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,456,402 (9th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 94
  (one-year): Batting - 92, Pitching - 93
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates
BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms
News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

Play free baseball sim games

Like this page? Sponsor it for $10.

  

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 Stats / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups (1978/1980) / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Lineups are the starting lineups for that game.

Explanation

A # next to the game score indicates the opposing starter was a left hander. Holding your mouse (without clicking) over the game date will show you the name of the opposing starter in most browsers. Clicking on the date will take you to the box score. Clicking on the opposing team's name will take you to their batting order for this game.

Game C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF SP DH
1.Wed,4/4 at CIN W (11-5) Hill Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Blue  
2.Fri,4/6 at CIN W (7-2) Hill Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Montefusco  
3.Sat,4/7 at CIN W (4-2) Hill Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Knepper  
4.Sun,4/8 at CIN L (6-7) Hill Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Halicki  
5.Tue,4/10 vs SDP W (4-2) Hill Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Blue  
6.Wed,4/11 vs SDP L (1-4)# Hill Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Montefusco  
7.Thu,4/12 vs SDP W (4-3) Hill Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Knepper  
8.Fri,4/13 vs HOU W (8-7) Hill Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Halicki  
9.Sat,4/14 vs HOU W (2-1) Hill Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Blue  
10.Sun,4/15 vs HOU L (3-4) Hill Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Montefusco  
11.Sun,4/15 vs HOU L (1-9) Sadek Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Whitfield Herndon Clark Griffin  
12.Tue,4/17 at SDP L (3-4) Hill Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Knepper  
13.Wed,4/18 at SDP L (6-7)# Hill Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Halicki  
14.Thu,4/19 at SDP W (14-10)# Hill Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Blue  
15.Fri,4/20 vs LAD W (3-2) Hill McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Montefusco  
16.Sat,4/21 vs LAD L (1-2) Hill McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Knepper  
17.Sun,4/22 vs LAD L (2-9) Hill Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Halicki  
18.Tue,4/24 at NYM L (3-10) Hill Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Blue  
19.Wed,4/25 at NYM L (0-2) Hill Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Griffin  
20.Fri,4/27 at MON L (8-14)# Hill Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Whitfield Herndon Clark Knepper  
21.Sat,4/28 at MON L (4-6) Tamargo Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield Herndon Clark Halicki  
22.Sun,4/29 at MON L (5-7)# Hill Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Herndon North Clark Blue  
23.Mon,4/30 at PHI L (1-4) Tamargo Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Nastu  
24.Tue,5/1 at PHI W (7-0) Tamargo McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Knepper  
25.Thu,5/3 vs NYM W (7-5)# Hill McCovey Madlock Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Halicki  
26.Fri,5/4 vs NYM W (4-3) Tamargo McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Blue  
27.Sat,5/5 vs NYM W (6-4) Tamargo Ivie Andrews Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Nastu  
28.Sun,5/6 vs NYM L (4-5)# Sadek Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Knepper  
29.Tue,5/8 vs MON L (0-4) Tamargo McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Halicki  
30.Wed,5/9 vs MON W (9-2)# Hill Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Blue  
31.Thu,5/10 vs MON L (0-3) Tamargo McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Nastu  
32.Fri,5/11 vs PHI W (2-1)# Hill McCovey Madlock Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Knepper  
33.Sat,5/12 vs PHI W (4-1)# Hill McCovey Madlock Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Halicki  
34.Sun,5/13 vs PHI L (3-12) Hill McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield Herndon Clark Blue  
35.Tue,5/15 at HOU W (8-1) Hill McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield Herndon Clark Nastu  
36.Wed,5/16 at HOU W (8-4) Hill McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield Herndon Clark Knepper  
37.Thu,5/17 at HOU W (3-0) Hill McCovey Andrews Evans Metzger Whitfield Herndon Clark Halicki  
38.Fri,5/18 at ATL L (4-6)# Hill Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Cruz Herndon Clark Blue  
39.Sat,5/19 at ATL W (4-2) Tamargo McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Nastu  
40.Sat,5/19 at ATL W (7-6) Tamargo Ivie Andrews Evans LeMaster Whitfield Herndon Clark Roberts  
41.Sun,5/20 at ATL W (8-1) Tamargo McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Herndon Knepper  
42.Tue,5/22 vs CIN W (12-2) Sadek McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Halicki  
43.Wed,5/23 vs CIN L (0-5) Sadek McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Blue  
44.Thu,5/24 vs CIN W (2-1) Sadek Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Nastu  
45.Fri,5/25 vs ATL W (6-4) Sadek McCovey Madlock Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Knepper  
46.Sat,5/26 vs ATL L (4-5) Tamargo Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Halicki  
47.Sun,5/27 vs ATL L (8-10) Sadek McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Blue  
48.Mon,5/28 vs ATL L (1-4)# Sadek Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Cruz Herndon Clark Nastu  
49.Tue,5/29 at LAD L (5-6) Sadek McCovey Andrews Evans Metzger Herndon North Clark Knepper  
50.Wed,5/30 at LAD L (5-6) Hill Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Herndon North Clark Curtis  
51.Thu,5/31 at LAD L (10-12) Sadek McCovey Madlock Evans LeMaster Whitfield Herndon Clark Blue  
52.Fri,6/1 at CHC L (2-8) Sadek Ivie Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield Herndon Clark Nastu  
53.Sat,6/2 at CHC W (8-6)# Hill McCovey Madlock Ivie LeMaster Herndon North Clark Knepper  
54.Sun,6/3 at CHC L (1-2) Hill McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Herndon North Clark Curtis  
55.Tue,6/5 at STL L (4-5) Hill McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Herndon North Clark Blue  
56.Wed,6/6 at STL L (5-6)# Hill Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Herndon North Clark Nastu  
57.Thu,6/7 at STL W (12-10) Hill McCovey Andrews Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Knepper  
58.Fri,6/8 at PIT L (2-3) Hill McCovey Andrews Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Curtis  
59.Sat,6/9 at PIT W (6-2)# Hill Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Herndon North Clark Blue  
60.Sun,6/10 at PIT W (7-4) Tamargo McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Nastu  
61.Tue,6/12 vs CHC W (7-2)# Hill Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Herndon North Clark Knepper  
62.Wed,6/13 vs CHC L (2-3) Hill McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Montefusco  
63.Thu,6/14 vs CHC L (6-8) Hill McCovey Madlock Cruz Metzger Whitfield North Clark Blue  
64.Fri,6/15 vs STL W (9-6) Hill McCovey Andrews Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Nastu  
65.Sat,6/16 vs STL W (6-1) Hill McCovey Andrews Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Curtis  
66.Sun,6/17 vs STL W (7-4) Hill McCovey Andrews Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Knepper  
67.Tue,6/19 vs PIT L (4-9)# Hill McCovey Andrews Evans LeMaster Herndon North Clark Montefusco  
68.Wed,6/20 vs PIT L (5-8)# Hill Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Herndon North Clark Blue  
69.Fri,6/22 at CIN W (3-2) Sadek McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Nastu  
70.Sat,6/23 at CIN W (5-2)# Sadek Ivie Madlock Evans LeMaster Herndon North Clark Curtis  
71.Sun,6/24 at CIN L (7-8) Sadek McCovey Madlock Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Knepper  
72.Mon,6/25 vs ATL L (1-6) Sadek McCovey Madlock Evans Metzger Whitfield Herndon Clark Montefusco  
73.Tue,6/26 vs ATL W (6-5)# Hill Ivie Madlock Cruz LeMaster Herndon North Clark Blue  
74.Wed,6/27 vs HOU W (6-3) Hill McCovey Metzger Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Nastu  
75.Thu,6/28 vs HOU L (5-6) Hill McCovey Strain Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Halicki  
76.Fri,6/29 vs CIN W (6-4) Hill McCovey Strain Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Knepper  
77.Sat,6/30 vs CIN L (0-2) Sadek McCovey Strain Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Montefusco  
78.Sun,7/1 vs CIN W (2-1) Sadek McCovey Strain Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Curtis  
79.Sun,7/1 vs CIN W (7-3) Sadek Ivie Andrews Evans LeMaster Whitfield Herndon Clark Nastu  
80.Tue,7/3 at ATL L (2-5) Sadek McCovey Strain Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Halicki  
81.Wed,7/4 at ATL L (6-7) Sadek McCovey Strain Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Knepper  
82.Thu,7/5 at ATL L (4-5) Sadek McCovey Strain Evans LeMaster Whitfield Herndon Clark Whitson  
83.Fri,7/6 at PHI L (1-6) Sadek McCovey Strain Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Curtis  
84.Sat,7/7 at PHI W (8-6)# Sadek Ivie Strain Evans LeMaster Herndon North Clark Montefusco  
85.Sun,7/8 at PHI L (3-5)# Sadek Ivie Strain Evans LeMaster Herndon North Clark Knepper  
86.Mon,7/9 at PHI L (2-4) Sadek McCovey Strain Evans LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Blue  
87.Tue,7/10 at MON W (11-7) Littlejohn McCovey Strain Evans Metzger Whitfield North Clark Whitson  
88.Wed,7/11 at MON W (1-0)# Littlejohn Ivie Strain Evans LeMaster Herndon North Clark Curtis  
89.Thu,7/12 at MON W (5-3) Littlejohn McCovey Strain Evans Metzger Whitfield Herndon Clark Montefusco  
90.Fri,7/13 at NYM L (6-7)# Littlejohn Ivie Strain Evans LeMaster Herndon North Clark Knepper  
91.Fri,7/13 at NYM L (2-5)# Hill McCovey Metzger Ivie LeMaster Whitfield North Clark Halicki  
92.Sat,7/14 at NYM L (2-3) Littlejohn McCovey Metzger Evans LeMaster Whitfield North