1978 San Francisco Giants

89-73 • 0.549 Win% • 3rd in NL W

📊 Season Record

89 Wins
73 Losses
0.549 Win %
3rd Rank
613 R 594 RA
Diff +19

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⚡ Quick Stats

613 Runs Scored
594 Runs Allowed
+19 Run Diff
1,738K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 NL Average

Batting Avg .248 2% below the 1978 league average (.254)
OBP .318 equal to the 1978 league average (.319)
SLG .313 equal to the 1978 league average (.312)
Team ERA 3.30 8% better than the 1978 league average (3.57)
Runs Scored 613 5% below the 1978 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCandlestick Park
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,738,855
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Avg per Game 21,467

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bill Madlock 0.309 2 Mike Ivie 0.308 3 Jack Clark 0.306 4 Terry Whitfield 0.289 5 Roger Metzger 0.260

Home Runs

1 Jack Clark 25 2 Darrell Evans 20 3 Bill Madlock 15 4 Willie McCovey 12 5 Mike Ivie 11

RBI

1 Jack Clark 98 2 Darrell Evans 78 3 Willie McCovey 64 4 Mike Ivie 55 5 Bill Madlock 44
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jack Clark 156 592 90 181 0 0 25 98 50 72 15 0.306
Darrell Evans 159 547 82 133 0 0 20 78 105 64 4 0.243
Terry Whitfield 149 488 70 141 0 0 10 32 33 69 5 0.289
Larry Herndon 151 471 52 122 0 0 1 32 35 71 13 0.259
Bill Madlock 122 447 76 138 0 0 15 44 48 39 16 0.309
Marc Hill 117 358 20 87 0 0 3 36 45 39 1 0.243
Willie McCovey 108 351 32 80 0 0 12 64 36 57 1 0.228
Mike Ivie 117 318 34 98 0 0 11 55 27 45 3 0.308
Johnnie LeMaster 101 272 23 64 0 0 1 14 21 45 6 0.235
Roger Metzger 75 235 17 61 0 0 0 17 12 17 8 0.260
Hector Cruz 79 197 19 44 0 0 6 24 21 39 0 0.223
Rob Andrews 79 177 21 39 0 0 1 11 20 18 5 0.220
Jim Dwyer 73 173 22 39 0 0 5 22 28 29 6 0.225
Mike Sadek 40 109 15 26 0 0 2 9 10 11 1 0.239
Vic Harris 53 100 8 15 0 0 1 11 11 24 0 0.150
John Tamargo 36 92 6 22 0 0 1 8 18 7 1 0.239
Vida Blue 35 79 8 6 0 0 1 2 16 51 0 0.076
Bob Knepper 36 79 2 5 0 0 0 5 6 35 0 0.063
John Montefusco 37 70 2 4 0 0 0 0 5 32 1 0.057
Ed Halicki 29 66 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 18 0 0.136
Jim Barr 34 50 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0.100
Tom Heintzelman 27 35 2 8 0 0 2 6 2 5 0 0.229
Skip James 41 21 5 2 0 0 0 3 4 5 1 0.095
Gary Lavelle 67 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.067
Randy Moffitt 70 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.143
Charlie Williams 25 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Art Gardner 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Lynn McGlothen 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Curtis 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Greg Minton 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Phil Nastu 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Terry Cornutt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Littlejohn 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Plank 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bob Knepper 2.63 2 Vida Blue 2.79 3 Ed Halicki 2.85 4 Randy Moffitt 3.31 5 Gary Lavelle 3.32

Wins

1 Vida Blue 18 2 Bob Knepper 17 3 Gary Lavelle 13 4 John Montefusco 11 5 Ed Halicki 9

Strikeouts

1 John Montefusco 177 2 Vida Blue 171 3 Bob Knepper 147 4 Ed Halicki 105 5 Gary Lavelle 63
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Knepper 17 11 2.63 36 35 0 260.0 85 147
Vida Blue 18 10 2.79 35 35 0 258.0 70 171
John Montefusco 11 9 3.81 36 36 0 238.2 68 177
Ed Halicki 9 10 2.85 29 28 1 199.0 45 105
Jim Barr 8 11 3.53 32 25 1 163.0 35 44
Gary Lavelle 13 10 3.32 67 0 14 97.2 44 63
Randy Moffitt 8 4 3.31 70 0 12 81.2 33 52
John Curtis 4 3 3.71 46 0 1 63.0 29 38
Charlie Williams 1 3 5.44 25 1 0 48.0 28 22
Greg Minton 0 1 8.04 11 0 0 15.2 8 6
Lynn McGlothen 0 0 4.97 5 1 0 12.2 4 9
Phil Nastu 0 1 5.63 3 1 0 8.0 2 5
Ed Plank 0 0 4.05 5 0 0 6.2 2 1
Terry Cornutt 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 3.0 0 0

👥 Roster (34)

Rob Andrews Jim Barr Vida Blue Jack Clark Terry Cornutt Hector Cruz John Curtis Jim Dwyer Darrell Evans Art Gardner Ed Halicki Vic Harris +22 more

34 players

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