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 > 1981 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
1981 San Francisco Giants (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 27-32, Finished 5th
Second Half: 29-23, Finished 3rd
Overall: 56-55, Finished 4th in NL Western Division
View League Standings and Leaders
Scored 427 runs, Allowed 414 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-54
Managed by Frank Robinson

Ballpark: Candlestick Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 632,274 (8th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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

Play free baseball sim games

Promote your website or business by sponsoring this page for $10 on Baseball-Reference.com.

  

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 Stats / Schedule (1980/1982) / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Game Results

Season Summary   56-55 , Final Rank: 4, GB:   11.5
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:           3 (last on September 28)
Most Games under .500:           6 (last on August 16)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       12.5 (last on September 30)

Longest Winning Streak:          5 (August 27 to September 1)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (June 6 to August 10)

Most Runs Allowed:               9 (May 30, August 26, and September 30)
Most Runs Scored:               15 (June 2)

Longest Game:                   15 innings (May 22)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       9
Times Opponent Shutout:          9

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        56  55     427     414    .505

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           29  24     218     204    .547
Road           27  31     209     210    .466

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           9  12      65      75    .429
May            16  13     116     100    .552
June            2   7      41      49    .222
August         12   8      83      65    .600
September      15  13     107     109    .536
October         2   2      15      16    .500

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     27  32     222     224    .458
Second Half    29  23     205     190    .558

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning     7   7      59      54    .500
Full Games     49  48     368     360    .505
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        13  18     112     117    .419

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout         9  11      95      98    .450

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ATL             7   5      46      49    .583
CHC             5   5      37      35    .500
CIN             5   9      66      60    .357
HOU             6   9      51      64    .400
LAD             5   7      38      48    .417
MON             5   2      26      21    .714
NYM             4   2      27      20    .667
PHI             3   4      26      23    .429
PIT             7   3      48      31    .700
SDP             7   6      47      43    .538
STL             2   3      15      20    .400

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Thu, Apr  9 box SFG  SDP  L   1-4 (12)   0-1     4     1.0  3:06 G Lucas      A Holland     54,520 -
  2 Fri, Apr 10 box SFG  SDP  L   2-4        0-2     6     2.0  2:32 J Urrea      G Lavelle      9,579 --
  3 Sat, Apr 11 box SFG  SDP  W   2-0        1-2     5     1.5  2:46 D Alexander  J Eichelberg   9,356 +
  4 Sun, Apr 12 box SFG  SDP  W   7-6 (14)   2-2     3     1.5  4:28 F Breining   G Lucas       30,311 ++
  5 Mon, Apr 13 box SFG  LAD  L   3-4        2-3     4     2.5  2:54 D Stewart    A Ripley      20,698 -
  6 Tue, Apr 14 box SFG  LAD  L   1-7        2-4     4     3.5  2:27 F Valenzuela V Blue        23,790 --
  7 Wed, Apr 15 box SFG  LAD  L   2-4        2-5     5     4.5  2:45 B Hooton     E Whitson     20,775 ---
  8 Fri, Apr 17 box SFG @ATL  W   6-2        3-5     4     3.5  2:52 D Alexander  G Perry       14,028 +
  9 Sat, Apr 18 box SFG @ATL  W   4-1        4-5     3     3.5  2:34 T Griffin    J Montefusco  14,260 ++
 10 Sun, Apr 19 box SFG @ATL  L   3-4        4-6     4     4.5  2:22 R Camp       G Minton       7,443 -
 11 Mon, Apr 20 box SFG @SDP  W   9-0        5-6     3     4.5  2:55 V Blue       S Mura         4,171 +
 12 Tue, Apr 21 box SFG @SDP  L   1-3        5-7     4     4.5  2:25 C Welsh      D Alexander    7,298 -
 13 Wed, Apr 22 box SFG @SDP  L   0-4        5-8     4     5.5  2:52 J Eichelberg E Whitson      9,982 --
 14 Thu, Apr 23 box SFG  ATL  L   3-7        5-9     4     6.5  3:09 J Montefusco T Griffin      4,710 ---
 15 Fri, Apr 24 box SFG  ATL  L   1-7        5-10    5     6.5  2:48 B Walk       A Ripley       6,169 ----
 16 Sat, Apr 25 box SFG  ATL  L   0-4        5-11    5     7.5  2:30 P Niekro     V Blue         6,371 -----
 17 Sun, Apr 26 box SFG  ATL  W   3-1        6-11    4     7.0  2:50 D Alexander  G Perry            0 +
 18             box SFG  ATL  W   8-5        7-11    4     7.0  2:36 A Holland    T Boggs       14,144 ++
 19 Mon, Apr 27 box SFG @LAD  L   0-5        7-12    4     8.0  2:54 F Valenzuela T Griffin     49,478 -
 20 Tue, Apr 28 box SFG @LAD  W   6-1        8-12    4     7.0  2:09 A Ripley     R Sutcliffe   39,899 +
 21 Wed, Apr 29 box SFG @LAD  W   3-2        9-12    4     6.0  2:27 V Blue       B Welch       39,110 ++
 22 Sat, May  2 box SFG @PHI  W   6-2       10-12    4     6.0  2:33 D Alexander  N Espinosa         0 +++
 23             box SFG @PHI  L   1-3       10-13    4     6.0  1:43 M Bystrom    E Whitson     27,376 -
 24 Sun, May  3 box SFG @PHI  L   5-7       10-14    4     7.0  2:58 D Ruthven    G Lavelle     41,283 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Mon, May  4 box SFG @PHI  L   4-6       10-15    5     7.0  2:06 S Carlton    A Ripley      25,492 ---
 26 Tue, May  5 box SFG @NYM  W   9-7       11-15    5     6.0  2:43 T Griffin    R Jones        6,031 +
 27 Wed, May  6 box SFG @NYM  W   6-4       12-15    4     6.0  3:28 G Minton     P Zachry       5,119 ++
 28 Thu, May  7 box SFG @NYM  L   2-3       12-16    5     7.0  2:13 E Lynch      D Alexander    5,653 -
 29 Fri, May  8 box SFG @MON  W   4-3       13-16    4     7.0  2:57 A Ripley     B Gullickson  21,850 +
 30 Sat, May  9 box SFG @MON  W   8-2       14-16    4     6.0  2:45 V Blue       S Rogers      48,149 ++
 31 Sun, May 10 box SFG @MON  W   5-1       15-16    4     6.5  2:02 T Griffin    B Lee              0 +++
 32             box SFG @MON  L   0-4       15-17    4     6.5  2:16 C Lea        E Whitson     25,343 -
 33 Tue, May 12 box SFG  PHI  W   4-0       16-17    4     6.5  2:29 D Alexander  N Espinosa    10,307 +
 34 Wed, May 13 box SFG  PHI  W   5-2       17-17    4     6.5  2:26 A Ripley     M Bystrom      6,946 ++
 35 Thu, May 14 box SFG  PHI  L   1-3       17-18    4     7.5  2:40 D Ruthven    V Blue         6,561 -
 36 Fri, May 15 box SFG  MON  W   4-2       18-18    4     7.5  2:17 E Whitson    S Rogers      19,763 +
 37 Sat, May 16 box SFG  MON  L   0-5       18-19    4     8.5  2:47 C Lea        T Griffin     11,133 -
 38 Sun, May 17 box SFG  MON  W   5-4 (12)  19-19    4     8.5  3:28 A Holland    B Lee         27,975 +
 39 Mon, May 18 box SFG  NYM  W   3-1       20-19    4     7.5  2:41 A Ripley     E Lynch        4,348 ++
 40 Tue, May 19 box SFG  NYM  W   4-1       21-19    3     6.5  2:38 A Holland    M Scott        5,168 +++
 41 Wed, May 20 box SFG  NYM  L   3-4 (10)  21-20    3     7.5  3:22 J Reardon    G Minton       5,189 -
 42 Fri, May 22 box SFG @HOU  W   6-3 (15)  22-20    3     7.5  4:38 G Minton     J Andujar     30,377 +
 43 Sat, May 23 box SFG @HOU  L   3-5       22-21    3     8.5  3:09 F LaCorte    E Whitson     38,586 -
 44 Sun, May 24 box SFG @HOU  W   2-1       23-21    3     8.0  2:26 V Blue       D Sutton      34,922 +
 45 Mon, May 25 box SFG @CIN  L   3-6       23-22    3     9.0  2:15 G Combe      A Holland     15,684 -
 46 Wed, May 27 box SFG @CIN  L   2-3       23-23    4     9.0  2:30 M Soto       D Alexander   12,223 --
 47 Thu, May 28 box SFG @CIN  L   4-7       23-24    5     9.0  2:48 J Price      G Lavelle     20,077 ---
 48 Fri, May 29 box SFG  HOU  W   3-1       24-24    4     9.0  2:22 V Blue       D Sutton       8,397 +
 49 Sat, May 30 box SFG  HOU  L   8-9 (14)  24-25    5     9.0  4:33 J Andujar    F Breining     8,869 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sun, May 31 box SFG  HOU  W   6-1       25-25    3     9.0  2:34 T Griffin    N Ryan        20,626 +
 51 Mon, Jun  1 box SFG  CIN  L   5-8       25-26    4    10.0  3:09 T Hume       G Minton       4,620 -
 52 Tue, Jun  2 box SFG  CIN  W  15-7       26-26    4     9.0  3:16 E Whitson    M LaCoss      19,007 +
 53 Wed, Jun  3 box SFG  CIN  L   2-6       26-27    5     9.0  2:40 F Pastore    V Blue         7,114 -
 54 Fri, Jun  5 box SFG @PIT  W   5-3       27-27    5     8.0  3:14 F Breining   E Romo         8,361 +
 55 Sat, Jun  6 box SFG @PIT  L   6-7       27-28    5     8.0  2:58 R Scurry     T Griffin     11,362 -
 56 Sun, Jun  7 box SFG @PIT  L   2-3       27-29    5     9.0  2:24 E Solomon    V Blue        32,244 --
 57 Tue, Jun  9 box SFG @CHC  L   1-2       27-30    5     9.0  2:01 M Krukow     A Ripley       4,735 ---
 58 Wed, Jun 10 box SFG @CHC  L   4-7       27-31    5    10.0  2:38 R Reuschel   D Alexander    6,299 ----
 59 Thu, Jun 11 box SFG @CHC  L   1-6       27-32    5    10.0  2:32 R Martz      T Griffin      5,017 -----
 60 Mon, Aug 10 box SFG  HOU  L   5-6       27-33    5    11.0  3:08 J Sambito    F Breining    11,115 ------
 61 Tue, Aug 11 box SFG  HOU  W   3-2       28-33    5    10.0  2:36 T Griffin    J Niekro      12,354 +
 62 Wed, Aug 12 box SFG  HOU  L   4-5       28-34    5    11.0  2:51 J Sambito    A Holland      8,707 -
 63 Fri, Aug 14 box SFG @CIN  W   4-0       29-34    5    11.0  2:13 E Whitson    B Berenyi          0 +
 64             box SFG @CIN  L   6-7 (10)  29-35    5    11.0  3:13 T Hume       A Holland     22,404 -
 65 Sat, Aug 15 box SFG @CIN  W   5-2       30-35    5    10.0  2:30 D Alexander  F Pastore     20,671 +
 66 Sun, Aug 16 box SFG @CIN  L   1-2       30-36    5    11.0  2:46 M Soto       T Griffin     20,309 -
 67 Mon, Aug 17 box SFG @PIT  W   5-1 (11)  31-36    5    10.0  3:09 G Minton     R Scurry       7,117 +
 68 Tue, Aug 18 box SFG @PIT  W   4-2       32-36    5    10.0  2:32 E Whitson    L Tiant        9,362 ++
 69 Wed, Aug 19 box SFG @PIT  L   3-7       32-37    5    10.0  2:22 O Jones      D Alexander    8,414 -
 70 Fri, Aug 21 box SFG @CHC  W   4-3       33-37    5    10.0  2:42 F Breining   D Tidrow      12,826 +
 71 Sat, Aug 22 box SFG @CHC  W   2-1       34-37    5    10.0  2:17 V Blue       D Bird        16,486 ++
 72 Sun, Aug 23 box SFG @CHC  L   5-6       34-38    5    10.0  3:16 D Capilla    G Lavelle     14,737 -
 73 Mon, Aug 24 box SFG @STL  L   1-2 (10)  34-39    5    11.0  2:58 J Kaat       G Minton      13,385 --
 74 Tue, Aug 25 box SFG @STL  W   4-2       35-39    5    11.0  2:38 T Griffin    J Martin      13,086 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Wed, Aug 26 box SFG @STL  L   4-9       35-40    5    12.0  2:34 J Andujar    G Lavelle      7,766 -
 76 Thu, Aug 27 box SFG  PIT  W   5-4 (13)  36-40    5    12.0  3:56 A Holland    D Robinson    10,807 +
 77 Fri, Aug 28 box SFG  PIT  W   5-1       37-40    5    12.0  2:33 E Whitson    R Scurry       8,418 ++
 78 Sat, Aug 29 box SFG  PIT  W   8-3       38-40    5    11.0  3:05 D Alexander  L Tiant       10,738 +++
 79 Sun, Aug 30 box SFG  PIT  W   5-0       39-40    5    10.0  2:43 T Griffin    P Perez       18,117 ++++
 80 Tue, Sep  1 box SFG  STL  W   4-2       40-40    4     9.5  2:32 V Blue       B Forsch      11,619 +++++
 81 Wed, Sep  2 box SFG  STL  L   2-5       40-41    4    10.5  2:18 L Sorensen   E Whitson      8,996 -
 82 Thu, Sep  3 box SFG  CHC  W  12-0       41-41    4     9.5  2:23 D Alexander  D Bird         5,573 +
 83 Fri, Sep  4 box SFG  CHC  W   3-2 (10)  42-41    4     8.5  3:08 A Holland    D Tidrow       9,707 ++
 84 Sat, Sep  5 box SFG  CHC  L   2-8       42-42    4     9.5  2:51 M Krukow     A Hargesheim   9,548 -
 85 Sun, Sep  6 box SFG  CHC  W   3-0       43-42    4     9.5  2:19 V Blue       M Griffin     12,036 +
 86 Mon, Sep  7 box SFG @LAD  L   1-5       43-43    4    10.5  2:35 B Welch      E Whitson     49,561 -
 87 Tue, Sep  8 box SFG @LAD  L   0-4       43-44    4    11.5  2:33 B Hooton     D Alexander   31,702 --
 88 Wed, Sep  9 box SFG @LAD  W   6-3 (11)  44-44    4    10.5  3:36 A Holland    T Niedenfuer  31,482 +
 89 Fri, Sep 11 box SFG @HOU  L   0-6       44-45    5    10.5  2:30 D Sutton     V Blue        23,677 -
 90 Sat, Sep 12 box SFG @HOU  L   2-5       44-46    5    10.5  2:39 J Niekro     E Whitson     35,867 --
 91 Sun, Sep 13 box SFG @HOU  L   0-3       44-47    5    11.5  2:32 B Knepper    D Alexander   19,642 ---
 92 Mon, Sep 14 box SFG  ATL  W   4-2       45-47    5    11.5  2:25 T Griffin    T Boggs        4,938 +
 93 Tue, Sep 15 box SFG  ATL  W   6-5       46-47    4    10.5  3:18 G Minton     G Garber       3,588 ++
 94 Wed, Sep 16 box SFG  CIN  W  12-7       47-47    4    10.5  2:51 F Breining   M Soto         4,168 +++
 95 Thu, Sep 17 box SFG  CIN  L   0-1 (10)  47-48    4    11.5  2:53 T Seaver     A Holland      4,721 -
 96 Fri, Sep 18 box SFG  HOU  W   5-2       48-48    4    10.5  2:26 D Alexander  B Knepper      8,183 +
 97 Sat, Sep 19 box SFG  HOU  L   1-8       48-49    4    10.5  2:26 V Ruhle      T Griffin     11,522 -
 98 Sun, Sep 20 box SFG  HOU  L   3-7       48-50    4    11.5  3:04 N Ryan       G Lavelle     16,824 --
 99 Tue, Sep 22 box SFG  LAD  W   5-2       49-50    4    11.0  3:11 E Whitson    F Valenzuela  28,046 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Wed, Sep 23 box SFG  LAD  W   8-4       50-50    4    11.0  2:53 G Lavelle    D Goltz       13,058 ++
101 Thu, Sep 24 box SFG  LAD  L   3-7       50-51    4    11.5  3:05 B Welch      T Griffin     12,726 -
102 Fri, Sep 25 box SFG @SDP  W   3-0       51-51    4    11.5  2:31 A Holland    S Fireovid     5,463 +
103 Sat, Sep 26 box SFG @SDP  W   6-5       52-51    4    11.5  2:48 G Lavelle    M Armstrong    5,489 ++
104 Sun, Sep 27 box SFG @SDP  W   7-3       53-51    4    11.5  2:20 D Alexander  C Welsh        5,808 +++
105 Mon, Sep 28 box SFG @CIN  W   4-0       54-51    4    10.5  2:34 A Hargesheim F Pastore     12,944 ++++
106 Tue, Sep 29 box SFG @CIN  L   3-4       54-52    4    11.5  2:40 T Hume       G Minton      13,117 -
107 Wed, Sep 30 box SFG @ATL  L   2-9       54-53    4    12.5  2:12 L McWilliams E Whitson      2,724 --
108 Thu, Oct  1 box SFG @ATL  W   6-2       55-53    4    11.5  2:32 D Alexander  P Niekro       2,160 +
109 Sat, Oct  3 box SFG  SDP  L   3-4 (13)  55-54    4    11.5  3:55 G Lucas      M Rowland          0 -
110             box SFG  SDP  L   2-7       55-55    4    11.5  2:36 T Lollar     A Hargesheim   4,313 --
111 Sun, Oct  4 box SFG  SDP  W   4-3       56-55    4    11.5  2:52 F Breining   E Show        16,006 +

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


The game result information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

1980/1982

Compare     Other Links@google.com   Report an error

Pages Updated through October 30,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > San Francisco Giants > 1981 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
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
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through October 30, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.