1979 San Francisco Giants

71-91 • 0.438 Win% • 4th in NL W

📊 Season Record

71 Wins
91 Losses
0.438 Win %
4th Rank
672 R 751 RA
Diff -79

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⚡ Quick Stats

672 Runs Scored
751 Runs Allowed
-79 Run Diff
1,456K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 NL Average

Batting Avg .246 6% below the 1979 league average (.260)
OBP .319 1% below the 1979 league average (.323)
SLG .315 3% below the 1979 league average (.325)
Team ERA 4.16 11% worse than the 1979 league average (3.73)
Runs Scored 672 1% below the 1979 league average (682 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCandlestick Park
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,456,430
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Avg per Game 17,980

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Terry Whitfield 0.287 2 Mike Ivie 0.286 3 Jack Clark 0.273 4 Bill Madlock 0.261 5 Rob Andrews 0.260

Home Runs

1 Mike Ivie 27 2 Jack Clark 26 3 Darrell Evans 17 4 Willie McCovey 15 5 Larry Herndon 7

RBI

1 Mike Ivie 89 2 Jack Clark 86 3 Darrell Evans 70 4 Willie McCovey 57 5 Terry Whitfield 44
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Darrell Evans 160 562 68 142 0 0 17 70 91 80 6 0.253
Jack Clark 143 527 84 144 0 0 26 86 63 95 11 0.273
Bill North 142 460 87 119 0 0 5 30 96 84 58 0.259
Mike Ivie 133 402 58 115 0 0 27 89 47 80 5 0.286
Terry Whitfield 133 394 52 113 0 0 5 44 36 47 5 0.287
Larry Herndon 132 354 35 91 0 0 7 36 29 70 8 0.257
Willie McCovey 117 353 34 88 0 0 15 57 36 70 0 0.249
Johnnie LeMaster 108 343 42 87 0 0 3 29 23 55 9 0.254
Roger Metzger 94 259 24 65 0 0 0 31 23 31 11 0.251
Joe Strain 67 257 27 62 0 0 1 12 13 21 8 0.241
Bill Madlock 69 249 37 65 0 0 7 41 18 19 11 0.261
Dennis Littlejohn 63 193 15 38 0 0 1 13 21 46 0 0.197
Marc Hill 63 169 20 35 0 0 3 15 26 25 0 0.207
Rob Andrews 75 154 22 40 0 0 2 13 8 9 4 0.260
Mike Sadek 63 126 14 30 0 0 1 11 15 24 1 0.238
Max Venable 55 85 12 14 0 0 0 3 10 18 3 0.165
Vida Blue 37 83 7 10 0 0 1 3 6 35 0 0.120
Greg Johnston 42 74 5 15 0 0 1 7 2 17 0 0.203
Bob Knepper 35 66 6 12 0 0 1 9 1 24 0 0.182
John Tamargo 30 60 7 12 0 0 2 6 4 8 0 0.200
John Montefusco 24 42 3 7 0 0 0 3 1 11 0 0.167
John Curtis 29 34 3 5 0 0 0 3 2 9 0 0.147
Ed Halicki 33 34 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0.206
Ed Whitson 18 32 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0.156
Hector Cruz 16 25 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0.120
Phil Nastu 25 24 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0.042
Tom Griffin 59 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.071
Dave Roberts 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Gary Lavelle 70 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Greg Minton 46 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Randy Moffitt 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Pedro Borbon 30 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Joe Coleman 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Holland 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Kearney 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Ed Plank 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Greg Minton 1.81 2 Gary Lavelle 2.51 3 Dave Roberts 2.57 4 Tom Griffin 3.91 5 John Montefusco 3.94

Wins

1 Vida Blue 14 2 John Curtis 10 3 Bob Knepper 9 4 Gary Lavelle 7 5 Tom Griffin 5

Strikeouts

1 Vida Blue 138 2 Bob Knepper 123 3 John Curtis 85 4 Tom Griffin 82 5 Ed Halicki 81
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Vida Blue 14 14 5.01 34 34 0 237.0 111 138
Bob Knepper 9 12 4.64 34 34 0 207.1 77 123
John Montefusco 3 8 3.94 22 22 0 137.0 51 76
Ed Halicki 5 8 4.58 33 19 0 125.2 47 81
John Curtis 10 9 4.18 27 18 0 120.2 42 85
Ed Whitson 5 8 3.95 18 17 0 100.1 39 62
Phil Nastu 3 4 4.32 25 14 0 100.0 41 47
Gary Lavelle 7 9 2.51 70 0 20 96.2 42 80
Tom Griffin 5 6 3.91 59 3 2 94.1 46 82
Greg Minton 4 3 1.81 46 0 4 79.2 27 33
Pedro Borbon 4 3 4.89 30 0 3 46.0 13 26
Dave Roberts 0 2 2.57 26 1 3 42.0 18 23
Randy Moffitt 2 5 7.71 28 0 2 35.0 14 16
Al Holland 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 7.0 5 7
Joe Coleman 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 3.2 2 0
Ed Plank 0 0 7.36 4 0 0 3.2 2 1

👥 Roster (36)

Rob Andrews Vida Blue Pedro Borbon Jack Clark Joe Coleman Hector Cruz John Curtis Darrell Evans Tom Griffin Ed Halicki Larry Herndon Marc Hill +24 more

36 players

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