
1978 San Francisco Giants Statistics
Team Record: 89-73
Finished 3rd in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 1,740,477, Avg. 23,498
Ballpark: Candlestick Park
Manager: Joe Altobelli (89-73)
Location: San Francisco, California
1978 San Francisco Giants Results
The San Francisco Giants of the National League ended the 1978 season with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the NL's West Division.
The Giants scored 613 runs and surrendered 594 runs. Jack Clark led San Francisco with 25 home runs, while Darrell Evans and Bill Madlock walloped 20 or more, too. Jack Clark drove in 98 runs. Bill Madlock paced batters with significant playing time with a .309 average. Vida Blue topped the team with 18 wins, plus Bob Knepper, too added 15 or more wins, too Bob Knepper recorded a 2.63 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Joe Altobelli coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vida Blue | 18 | 10 | .643 | 2.79 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 258.0 | 233 | 87 | 80 | 12 | 70 | 4 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1042 |
Bob Knepper | 17 | 11 | .607 | 2.63 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 260.0 | 218 | 85 | 76 | 10 | 85 | 11 | 147 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1062 |
Gary Lavelle | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.32 | 67 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 97.7 | 96 | 41 | 36 | 3 | 44 | 11 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 424 |
John Montefusco | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.81 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 238.7 | 233 | 110 | 101 | 25 | 68 | 6 | 177 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1003 |
Ed Halicki | 9 | 10 | .474 | 2.85 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 199.0 | 166 | 74 | 63 | 11 | 45 | 9 | 105 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 819 |
Randy Moffitt | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.31 | 70 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 81.7 | 79 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 33 | 13 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 355 |
Jim Barr | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.53 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 163.0 | 180 | 69 | 64 | 7 | 35 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 690 |
John Curtis | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.71 | 46 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63.0 | 60 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 270 |
Charlie Williams | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.44 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 60 | 31 | 29 | 5 | 28 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 225 |
Terry Cornutt | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
Ed Plank | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
Lynn McGlothen | 0 | 0 | 4.97 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | |
Phil Nastu | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.63 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Greg Minton | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.04 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
Totals | 89 | 73 | .549 | 3.30 | 401 | 162 | 120 | 42 | 16 | 29 | 1455.0 | 1377 | 594 | 534 | 84 | 453 | 76 | 840 | 22 | 9 | 32 | 6090 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Clark | 156 | 657 | 592 | 90 | 181 | 46 | 8 | 25 | 98 | 15 | 11 | 50 | 72 | .306 | .358 | .537 | .895 | 318 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
Terry Whitfield | 149 | 543 | 488 | 70 | 141 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 69 | .289 | .335 | .400 | .734 | 195 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 5 |
Bill Madlock | 122 | 509 | 447 | 76 | 138 | 26 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 48 | 39 | .309 | .378 | .481 | .859 | 215 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
Darrell Evans | 159 | 668 | 547 | 82 | 133 | 24 | 2 | 20 | 78 | 4 | 5 | 105 | 64 | .243 | .360 | .404 | .764 | 221 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
Larry Herndon | 151 | 521 | 471 | 52 | 122 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 71 | .259 | .311 | .335 | .646 | 158 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
Mike Ivie | 117 | 352 | 318 | 34 | 98 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 45 | .308 | .363 | .475 | .838 | 151 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Marc Hill | 117 | 406 | 358 | 20 | 87 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 39 | .243 | .329 | .316 | .645 | 113 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Willie McCovey | 108 | 389 | 351 | 32 | 80 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 57 | .228 | .298 | .396 | .694 | 139 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Johnnie LeMaster | 101 | 308 | 272 | 23 | 64 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 45 | .235 | .293 | .335 | .627 | 91 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
Roger Metzger | 75 | 255 | 235 | 17 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 17 | .260 | .294 | .294 | .588 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Hector Cruz | 79 | 220 | 197 | 19 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 39 | .223 | .301 | .365 | .667 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Dwyer | 73 | 208 | 173 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 29 | .225 | .327 | .387 | .714 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Rob Andrews | 79 | 202 | 177 | 21 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 18 | .220 | .299 | .288 | .588 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Sadek | 40 | 120 | 109 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .239 | .303 | .321 | .624 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
John Tamargo | 36 | 113 | 92 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | .239 | .360 | .337 | .697 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Vic Harris | 53 | 116 | 100 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 24 | .150 | .230 | .220 | .450 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Ed Halicki | 29 | 75 | 66 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .136 | .149 | .136 | .286 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Heintzelman | 27 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .229 | .270 | .429 | .699 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vida Blue | 35 | 101 | 79 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 51 | .076 | .240 | .127 | .366 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Barr | 34 | 55 | 50 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Knepper | 36 | 95 | 79 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35 | .063 | .126 | .089 | .215 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
John Montefusco | 37 | 85 | 70 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 32 | .057 | .132 | .071 | .203 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Skip James | 41 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .095 | .240 | .143 | .383 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Moffitt | 70 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Lavelle | 67 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Curtis | 46 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Art Gardner | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Nastu | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Williams | 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Minton | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lynn McGlothen | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Plank | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Terry Cornutt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dennis Littlejohn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 2096 | 6102 | 5364 | 613 | 1331 | 240 | 41 | 117 | 576 | 87 | 54 | 554 | 814 | .248 | .318 | .374 | .692 | 2004 | 104 | 17 | 127 | 40 | 75 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie McCovey | 1B | 97 | 95 | 728.0 | 721 | 44 | 10 | 49 | .987 | 9.457 | 7.887 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Ivie | 1B | 76 | 54 | 504.7 | 550 | 18 | 3 | 33 | .995 | 1.129 | 7.474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Dwyer | 1B | 29 | 12 | 139.7 | 129 | 8 | 1 | 13 | .993 | 8.828 | 4.724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Skip James | 1B | 27 | 0 | 63.7 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.047 | 2.370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Madlock | 1B | 3 | 1 | 13.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.308 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marc Hill | 1B | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 18.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Heintzelman | 1B | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Madlock | 2B | 114 | 111 | 940.7 | 223 | 299 | 14 | 48 | .974 | 4.994 | 4.579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rob Andrews | 2B | 62 | 44 | 424.7 | 120 | 131 | 6 | 23 | .977 | 5.319 | 4.048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vic Harris | 2B | 10 | 7 | 66.0 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 3.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Heintzelman | 2B | 5 | 0 | 20.7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.661 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Johnnie LeMaster | 2B | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Darrell Evans | 3B | 155 | 154 | 1362.7 | 147 | 348 | 25 | 25 | .952 | 3.269 | 3.194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hector Cruz | 3B | 14 | 6 | 73.3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.964 | 1.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Heintzelman | 3B | 3 | 2 | 19.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.737 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marc Hill | C | 116 | 104 | 931.7 | 586 | 56 | 9 | 3 | .986 | 6.202 | 5.534 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 43 | 33.3 |
Mike Sadek | C | 37 | 32 | 279.0 | 182 | 15 | 5 | 2 | .975 | 6.355 | 5.324 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 17.4 |
John Tamargo | C | 31 | 26 | 242.3 | 157 | 9 | 6 | 4 | .965 | 6.165 | 5.355 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 7.9 |
Dennis Littlejohn | C | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Clark | OF | 152 | 150 | 1330.7 | 320 | 16 | 6 | 5 | .982 | 2.273 | 2.211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Herndon | OF | 149 | 121 | 1148.3 | 369 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .974 | 2.916 | 2.497 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Terry Whitfield | OF | 140 | 121 | 1105.3 | 249 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .988 | 2.084 | 1.829 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hector Cruz | OF | 53 | 37 | 353.3 | 82 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .978 | 2.216 | 1.642 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Dwyer | OF | 36 | 33 | 247.0 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 2.696 | 2.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Ivie | OF | 22 | 22 | 154.0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.695 | 1.318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vic Harris | OF | 6 | 2 | 26.3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.734 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Knepper | P | 36 | 35 | 260.0 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.281 | 1.028 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vida Blue | P | 35 | 35 | 258.0 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.430 | 1.171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Montefusco | P | 36 | 36 | 238.7 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 1.358 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Halicki | P | 29 | 28 | 199.0 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .875 | 1.583 | 1.207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Barr | P | 32 | 25 | 163.0 | 7 | 35 | 4 | 1 | .913 | 2.319 | 1.313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Lavelle | P | 67 | 0 | 97.7 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.935 | .313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Randy Moffitt | P | 70 | 0 | 81.7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.102 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Curtis | P | 46 | 0 | 63.0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 2.143 | .326 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie Williams | P | 25 | 1 | 48.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.875 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Greg Minton | P | 11 | 0 | 15.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.298 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lynn McGlothen | P | 5 | 1 | 12.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.421 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Phil Nastu | P | 3 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Plank | P | 5 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Terry Cornutt | P | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnnie LeMaster | SS | 96 | 85 | 743.7 | 135 | 260 | 14 | 40 | .966 | 4.780 | 4.115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Metzger | SS | 74 | 67 | 592.3 | 112 | 184 | 8 | 30 | .974 | 4.497 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vic Harris | SS | 22 | 9 | 111.0 | 18 | 39 | 4 | 4 | .934 | 4.622 | 2.591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rob Andrews | SS | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.875 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1939 | 1458 | 13095.0 | 4365 | 1705 | 146 | 310 | .977 | 4.172 | 3.130 | 6 | 0 | 159 | 54 | 25.4 |
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