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1980 San Francisco Giants

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 / 1981

75-86, Finished 5th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dave Bristol (75-86)
Scored 573 runs, Allowed 634 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-88

Ballparks: Candlestick Park · Attendance: 1,096,115 (11th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97

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1979 / 1981 Roster (40-man)

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
Vida Blue 30 B L 6' 0" 189 Jul 28, 1949 12 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 All-Star
Bill Bordley 22 R L 6' 3" 185 Jan 9, 1958 1st 8 6 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Chris Bourjos 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 16, 1954 1st 13 3 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 9 0 0.2
Fred Breining 24 R R 6' 4" 185 Nov 15, 1955 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.0
Jack Clark 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 10, 1955 6 127 120 127 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 120 6 1 4.7
Darrell Evans 33 L R 6' 2" 200 May 26, 1947 12 154 150 154 151 0 0 14 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4.0 $287,000
Tom Griffin 32 R R 6' 3" 210 Feb 22, 1948 12 44 4 44 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.4
Ed Halicki 29 R R 6' 7" 220 Oct 4, 1950 7 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Alan Hargesheimer 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 21, 1954 1st 15 13 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Larry Herndon 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 3, 1953 6 139 114 139 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 58 24 135 23 1 0.2
Marc Hill 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 18, 1952 8 17 12 17 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.3
Al Holland 27 R L 5' 11" 207 Aug 16, 1952 3 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Mike Ivie 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 8, 1952 8 79 72 79 72 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.2
Bob Knepper 26 L L 6' 3" 195 May 25, 1954 5 35 33 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Gary Lavelle 31 B L 6' 2" 190 Jan 3, 1949 7 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Johnnie LeMaster 26 R R 6' 2" 165 Jun 19, 1954 6 135 117 135 134 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1.3 $130,000
Dennis Littlejohn 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 4, 1954 3 13 8 13 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1
Milt May 29 L R 6' 0" 190 Aug 1, 1950 11 111 94 111 103 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1.6 $280,000
Willie McCovey HOF 42 L L 6' 4" 198 Jan 10, 1938 22 48 26 48 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 -0.7
Roger Metzger 32 B R 6' 0" 165 Oct 10, 1947 11 28 7 28 14 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 10 7 -0.6
Greg Minton 28 B R 6' 2" 180 Jul 29, 1951 6 68 0 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7
Randy Moffitt 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 13, 1948 9 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $140,000
John Montefusco 30 R R 6' 1" 180 May 25, 1950 7 22 17 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Rich Murray 22 R R 6' 4" 195 Jul 6, 1957 1st 53 51 53 53 0 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Phil Nastu 25 L L 6' 2" 180 Mar 8, 1955 3 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Bill North 32 B R 5' 11" 185 May 15, 1948 10 128 108 128 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 115 19 1 2.3
Joe Pettini 25 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 26, 1955 1st 63 56 63 62 0 0 0 8 18 42 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.3
Allen Ripley 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 18, 1952 3 23 20 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Mike Rowland 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Jan 31, 1953 1st 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Mike Sadek 34 R R 5' 9" 165 May 30, 1946 7 64 47 64 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0.3
Jeff Stember 22 R R 6' 5" 220 Mar 2, 1958 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Rennie Stennett 29 R R 5' 11" 160 Apr 5, 1951 10 120 103 120 111 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 -0.8 $650,000
Joe Strain 26 R R 5' 10" 169 Apr 30, 1954 2 77 38 77 49 0 0 0 42 6 1 0 0 0 0 31 2 0.0
Guy Sularz 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Nov 7, 1955 1st 25 23 25 25 0 0 0 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Max Venable 23 L R 5' 10" 185 Jun 6, 1957 2 64 29 64 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 10 16 42 33 0 -0.6
Terry Whitfield 27 L R 6' 1" 197 Jan 12, 1953 7 118 77 118 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 0 0 95 34 0 0.7
Ed Whitson 25 R R 6' 3" 195 May 19, 1955 4 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 All-Star
Jim Wohlford 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 28, 1951 9 91 33 91 49 0 0 0 0 1 0 40 4 8 52 54 0 0.6 $141,667
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
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1979 / 1981 Roster (40-man)