
1979 San Francisco Giants Statistics
Team Record: 71-91
Finished 4th in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 1,456,402, Avg. 18,915
Ballpark: Candlestick Park
Manager: Joe Altobelli (61-79)
Manager: Dave Bristol (10-12)
Location: San Francisco, California
1979 San Francisco Giants Results
The San Francisco Giants of the National League ended the 1979 season with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses, finishing fourth in the NL's West Division.
The Giants scored 672 runs and allowed 751 runs. Mike Ivie led San Francisco with 27 home runs, while Jack Clark, Darrell Evans and Willie McCovey each walloped 20 or more also. Mike Ivie recorded 89 runs batted in. Jack Clark paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .273 average. Vida Blue topped the team with 14 wins, and John Montefusco registered a 3.94 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Joe Altobelli and Dave Bristol 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 |
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Vida Blue | 14 | 14 | .500 | 5.01 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 237.0 | 246 | 143 | 132 | 23 | 111 | 11 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1041 |
John Curtis | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.18 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 120.7 | 121 | 62 | 56 | 15 | 42 | 7 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 520 |
Bob Knepper | 9 | 12 | .429 | 4.64 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 207.3 | 241 | 117 | 107 | 30 | 77 | 8 | 123 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 926 |
Gary Lavelle | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.51 | 70 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 96.7 | 86 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 42 | 15 | 80 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 407 |
Tom Griffin | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.91 | 59 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 94.3 | 83 | 46 | 41 | 9 | 46 | 8 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 407 |
Ed Whitson | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.95 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.3 | 98 | 47 | 44 | 5 | 39 | 6 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 439 |
Ed Halicki | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.58 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 125.7 | 134 | 82 | 64 | 12 | 47 | 8 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 562 |
Greg Minton | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.81 | 46 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 79.7 | 59 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 314 |
Pedro Borbon | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.89 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46.0 | 56 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 |
Phil Nastu | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.32 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 105 | 51 | 48 | 14 | 41 | 5 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 435 |
John Montefusco | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.94 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137.0 | 145 | 64 | 60 | 15 | 51 | 7 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 585 |
Randy Moffitt | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.71 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35.0 | 53 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170 |
Joe Coleman | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
Al Holland | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |
Ed Plank | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
Dave Roberts | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.57 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42.0 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 182 |
Totals | 71 | 91 | .438 | 4.17 | 464 | 162 | 137 | 25 | 5 | 34 | 1436.0 | 1484 | 751 | 665 | 143 | 577 | 95 | 880 | 27 | 9 | 50 | 6259 |
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 | 143 | 598 | 527 | 84 | 144 | 25 | 2 | 26 | 86 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 95 | .273 | .348 | .476 | .825 | 251 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Darrell Evans | 160 | 661 | 562 | 68 | 142 | 23 | 2 | 17 | 70 | 6 | 7 | 91 | 80 | .253 | .356 | .391 | .748 | 220 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
Bill North | 142 | 561 | 460 | 87 | 119 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 58 | 24 | 96 | 84 | .259 | .386 | .341 | .727 | 157 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Mike Ivie | 133 | 454 | 402 | 58 | 115 | 18 | 3 | 27 | 89 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 80 | .286 | .359 | .547 | .906 | 220 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Terry Whitfield | 133 | 445 | 394 | 52 | 113 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 47 | .287 | .349 | .396 | .745 | 156 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
Larry Herndon | 132 | 389 | 354 | 35 | 91 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 70 | .257 | .313 | .384 | .698 | 136 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Willie McCovey | 117 | 393 | 353 | 34 | 88 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 70 | .249 | .318 | .402 | .720 | 142 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Johnnie LeMaster | 108 | 372 | 343 | 42 | 87 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 55 | .254 | .304 | .324 | .627 | 111 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Bill Madlock | 69 | 270 | 249 | 37 | 65 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 19 | .261 | .309 | .398 | .706 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Roger Metzger | 94 | 288 | 259 | 24 | 65 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 31 | .251 | .311 | .340 | .651 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Joe Strain | 67 | 285 | 257 | 27 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 21 | .241 | .285 | .292 | .577 | 75 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
Rob Andrews | 75 | 170 | 154 | 22 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | .260 | .289 | .318 | .607 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Dennis Littlejohn | 63 | 222 | 193 | 15 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 46 | .197 | .272 | .254 | .526 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Marc Hill | 63 | 200 | 169 | 20 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 25 | .207 | .308 | .278 | .586 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Mike Sadek | 63 | 147 | 126 | 14 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 24 | .238 | .322 | .302 | .623 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Greg Johnston | 42 | 76 | 74 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .203 | .224 | .270 | .494 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Max Venable | 55 | 97 | 85 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | .165 | .260 | .200 | .460 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
John Tamargo | 30 | 67 | 60 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .200 | .239 | .350 | .589 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Bob Knepper | 35 | 78 | 66 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .182 | .203 | .288 | .491 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Vida Blue | 37 | 97 | 83 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35 | .120 | .180 | .169 | .348 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Halicki | 33 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .206 | .229 | .235 | .464 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
John Montefusco | 24 | 45 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .167 | .186 | .286 | .472 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Whitson | 18 | 37 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .156 | .156 | .156 | .313 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
John Curtis | 29 | 43 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .147 | .216 | .176 | .393 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Hector Cruz | 16 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .120 | .214 | .120 | .334 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pedro Borbon | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Lavelle | 70 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Griffin | 59 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Nastu | 25 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .042 | .148 | .042 | .190 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Roberts | 26 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Moffitt | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Minton | 46 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Plank | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Joe Coleman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob Kearney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Al Holland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 2180 | 6131 | 5395 | 672 | 1328 | 192 | 36 | 125 | 616 | 140 | 73 | 580 | 925 | .246 | .319 | .365 | .684 | 1967 | 100 | 20 | 89 | 47 | 61 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie McCovey | 1B | 89 | 86 | 721.3 | 740 | 48 | 10 | 60 | .987 | 9.832 | 8.854 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Ivie | 1B | 98 | 76 | 704.7 | 724 | 40 | 4 | 51 | .995 | 9.758 | 7.796 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Madlock | 1B | 5 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marc Hill | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Strain | 2B | 67 | 65 | 547.7 | 147 | 188 | 6 | 32 | .982 | 5.505 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Madlock | 2B | 63 | 63 | 525.0 | 137 | 144 | 7 | 32 | .976 | 4.817 | 4.460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rob Andrews | 2B | 53 | 29 | 307.3 | 96 | 101 | 9 | 21 | .956 | 5.769 | 3.717 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Metzger | 2B | 10 | 5 | 55.0 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.236 | 3.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Ivie | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Darrell Evans | 3B | 159 | 157 | 1386.0 | 129 | 369 | 30 | 28 | .943 | 3.234 | 3.132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hector Cruz | 3B | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Ivie | 3B | 4 | 2 | 16.3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.857 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rob Andrews | 3B | 3 | 1 | 9.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.862 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Clark | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Strain | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Metzger | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dennis Littlejohn | C | 63 | 62 | 536.0 | 366 | 43 | 6 | 7 | .986 | 6.868 | 6.492 | 6 | 0 | 65 | 30 | 31.6 |
Marc Hill | C | 58 | 54 | 445.0 | 283 | 31 | 3 | 4 | .991 | 6.351 | 5.414 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 28 | 41.8 |
Mike Sadek | C | 60 | 34 | 346.0 | 246 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .993 | 6.945 | 4.450 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 27.9 |
John Tamargo | C | 17 | 12 | 108.0 | 61 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .985 | 5.500 | 3.882 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 40.0 |
Bob Kearney | C | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Clark | OF | 140 | 134 | 1180.7 | 261 | 13 | 5 | 7 | .982 | 2.089 | 1.957 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill North | OF | 130 | 126 | 994.3 | 300 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .987 | 2.788 | 2.369 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Terry Whitfield | OF | 106 | 93 | 846.7 | 167 | 10 | 8 | 3 | .957 | 1.881 | 1.670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Herndon | OF | 122 | 81 | 803.0 | 196 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .963 | 2.309 | 1.689 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Ivie | OF | 24 | 24 | 181.3 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.390 | 1.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Max Venable | OF | 25 | 17 | 170.0 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .914 | 1.694 | 1.280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Greg Johnston | OF | 17 | 9 | 104.7 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 2.408 | 1.647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hector Cruz | OF | 6 | 2 | 25.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.776 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Sadek | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Vida Blue | P | 34 | 34 | 237.0 | 10 | 42 | 1 | 5 | .981 | 1.975 | 1.529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Knepper | P | 34 | 34 | 207.3 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 1 | .872 | 1.476 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Montefusco | P | 22 | 22 | 137.0 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 1.905 | 1.318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Halicki | P | 33 | 19 | 125.7 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 2.005 | .848 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Curtis | P | 27 | 18 | 120.7 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.268 | .630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Whitson | P | 18 | 17 | 100.3 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.525 | .944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Phil Nastu | P | 25 | 14 | 100.0 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 4 | .952 | 1.800 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Lavelle | P | 70 | 0 | 96.7 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.583 | .243 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Griffin | P | 59 | 3 | 94.3 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 2.290 | .407 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Greg Minton | P | 46 | 0 | 79.7 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 2.937 | .565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pedro Borbon | P | 30 | 0 | 46.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.370 | .233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Roberts | P | 26 | 1 | 42.0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 2.143 | .385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Randy Moffitt | P | 28 | 0 | 35.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.543 | .214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Holland | P | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Plank | P | 4 | 0 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 2.455 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Coleman | P | 5 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnnie LeMaster | SS | 106 | 94 | 837.7 | 160 | 303 | 20 | 52 | .959 | 4.975 | 4.368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Metzger | SS | 78 | 68 | 598.3 | 108 | 219 | 15 | 34 | .956 | 4.919 | 4.192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1977 | 1458 | 12924.0 | 4308 | 1806 | 163 | 368 | .974 | 4.258 | 3.093 | 17 | 0 | 144 | 76 | 34.5 |
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