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Record: 89-73 .549.... 3rd in National League West
Stadium: Candlestick Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,740,477

Top Draft Pick: Bob Cummings (#7) AAA
Manager - Joe Altobelli

Affiliates - AAA Phoenix Giants AA Waterbury Giants A+ Fresno Giants A Cedar Rapids Giants Rk Great Falls Giants

Team Leaders

HR: Clark [25]
RBI: Clark [98]
2B: Clark [46]
SB: Madlock [16]
W: Blue [18]
SV: Lavelle [14]
SO: Montefusco [177]

Oldest Player: Willie McCovey [40]
Youngest Player: Jack Clark [22]
Longest Tenure: Jim Barr [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Dennis Littlejohn (Jul 9)
Pitchers: Philip Nastu (Sep 15) Ed Plank (Sep 6)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Jeff Ahlert	C		Great Falls	Rk
Rob Andrews	2B	25	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Thomas Anthony			Fresno	A+
Darnell Baker	OF-C		Cedar Rapids	A
	OF-C		Great Falls	Rk
Dale Baldwin	2B		Cedar Rapids	A
	2B		Great Falls	Rk
Ronald Ball	P	250	Fresno	A+
Chris Barbone	OF-IF		Great Falls	Rk
Jim Barr	P	30	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Jose Barrios	1B	21	Waterbury	AA
Kenny Barton			Waterbury	AA
			Fresno	A+
Tom Bhagwatt	OF		Waterbury	AA
Vida Blue	P	29	San Francisco Giants	MLB
James Blythe			Cedar Rapids	A
Jeffrey Borruel			Cedar Rapids	A
			Great Falls	Rk
Chris Bourjos	OF	24	Waterbury	AA
Rick Bradley	C		Phoenix	AAA
Bob Brenly	C	24	Fresno	A+
Keith Brooks	OF		Great Falls	Rk
Leotis Butler	OF		Great Falls	Rk
Stan Cannon	OF		Wisconsin Rapids	A
Mike Cash	2B		Phoenix	AAA
Richard Casillas	C		Waterbury	AA
	C		Fresno	A+
Wayne Cato			Waterbury	AA
Jack Clark	OF-1B	22	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Bruce Claude			Great Falls	Rk
Darius Copley	OF		Fresno	A+
Terry Cornutt	P	25	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Ray Cosio	P		Cedar Rapids	A
Hector Cruz	OF-3B	25	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Bob Cummings	C		Great Falls	Rk
John Curtis	P	30	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Kevin Darst	2B		Fresno	A+
Chili Davis	OF-LF	18	Cedar Rapids	A
Rob Deer	RF-OF	18	Great Falls	Rk
Richard Doss	IF		Cedar Rapids	A
	IF		Great Falls	Rk
Jim Dwyer	OF	28	San Francisco Giants	MLB
James Elrod			Waterbury	AA
Darrell Evans	3B-1B	31	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Kenneth Feinberg			Fresno	A+
			Cedar Rapids	A
John Fenwick	SS		Fresno	A+
	SS		Great Falls	Rk
Mike Fox	SS		Fresno	A+
	SS		Great Falls	Rk
Art Gardner	OF	26	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	OF		Phoenix	AAA
Glenn Goya	1B		Fresno	A+
Ed Halicki	P	27	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Randy Hammon	P		Phoenix	AAA
Vic Harris	2B-OF	28	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	2B-OF		Phoenix	AAA
Craig Hedrick			Cedar Rapids	A
Tom Heintzelman	2B-3B	31	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	2B-3B		Phoenix	AAA
Robert Henderson			Cedar Rapids	A
Larry Herndon	OF	24	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Marc Hill	C	26	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Mike Ivie	1B	26	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Philip James			Phoenix	AAA
Skip James	1B	28	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Greg Johnston	OF	23	Phoenix	AAA
Bob Kearney	C	21	Waterbury	AA
	C		Cedar Rapids	A
Wendell Kim			Phoenix	AAA
Bob Knepper	P	24	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Mark Kuecker	SS		Waterbury	AA
Craig Landis	SS		Cedar Rapids	A
John Laubhan			Fresno	A+
			Cedar Rapids	A
Gary Lavelle	P	29	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Gareth Ledbetter	C	23	Fresno	A+
Johnnie LeMaster	SS	24	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Dennis Littlejohn	C	23	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	C		Phoenix	AAA
Enrique Macias			Cedar Rapids	A
Bill Madlock	3B	27	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Willie McCovey	1B	40	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Lynn McGlothen	P	28	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Roger Metzger	SS	30	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Greg Minton	P	27	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Howard Mitchell	2B		Phoenix	AAA
	2B		Waterbury	AA
Randy Moffitt	P	29	San Francisco Giants	MLB
John Montefusco	P	28	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Brian Moulton	P		Fresno	A+
Rich Murray	1B	21	Phoenix	AAA
Venice Murray			Cedar Rapids	A
Philip Nastu	P	23	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Bruce Oliver	3B-OF		Great Falls	Rk
Juan Oppenheimer			Cedar Rapids	A
			Great Falls	Rk
Casey Parsons	OF	24	Phoenix	AAA
Wayne Pechek	OF		Fresno	A+
Ed Plank	P	26	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Paul Plinski	IF		Fresno	A+
Billy Prather			Waterbury	AA
			Fresno	A+
John Rabb	C-1B	18	Great Falls	Rk
Ned Raines	2B		Fresno	A+
	2B		Great Falls	Rk
Jeff Ransom	C	17	Fresno	A+
Mike Rex	SS		Waterbury	AA
Kean Rich			Cedar Rapids	A
Craig Robinson	SS	30	Great Falls	Rk
Francisco Rojas			Cedar Rapids	A
			Great Falls	Rk
Alfonso Rosario			Cedar Rapids	A
James Rothford			Fresno	A+
Patrick Roy			Fresno	A+
Tom Runnells	SS-2B	23	Fresno	A+
Mike Sadek	C	32	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Rick Sanderlin	OF	26	Phoenix	AAA
Don Sasser	IF-C		Waterbury	AA
Steven Sherman	P		Fresno	A+
David Showalter			Great Falls	Rk
John Smith			Cedar Rapids	A
Joe Strain	2B	24	Phoenix	AAA
Guy Sularz	SS-2B	22	Phoenix	AAA
Philip Sutton			Great Falls	Rk
John Sylvester	OF		Fresno	A+
John Tamargo	C	26	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Rob Taylor			Waterbury	AA
Francis Thon			Cedar Rapids	A
			Great Falls	Rk
George Torassa	C		Fresno	A+
	C		Cedar Rapids	A
Michael Tucker			Great Falls	Rk
Joseph Ward	OF		Fresno	A+
Terry Whitfield	OF	25	San Francisco Giants	MLB
David Wiggins	P-OF		Great Falls	Rk
Steve Wilkins	OF		Waterbury	AA
Charlie Williams	P	30	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Mark Woodbrey	2B		Waterbury	AA
William Young			Waterbury	AA
			Fresno	A+

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Patrick Alexander		Cedar Rapids	A
Kelly Anderson		Great Falls	Rk
Jim Barr	30	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Vida Blue	29	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Scott Budner		Waterbury	AA
		Fresno	A+
Dewayne Buice	21	Cedar Rapids	A
Mark Calvert	22	Fresno	A+
Don Carrithers	29	Phoenix	AAA
Bruce Claude		Great Falls	Rk
Steve Cline		Waterbury	AA
Terry Cornutt	25	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	25	Phoenix	AAA
Ray Cosio		Cedar Rapids	A
John Curtis	30	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Rob Dressler	24	Phoenix	AAA
Steven Duckhorn		Cedar Rapids	A
John Fenwick		Great Falls	Rk
Glenn Fisher	22	Great Falls	Rk
Mike Glinatsis		Waterbury	AA
Monroe Greenfield		Waterbury	AA
Dan Greenhalgh		Fresno	A+
Ed Halicki	27	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Randy Hammon		Phoenix	AAA
Al Hargesheimer	21	Fresno	A+
Dan Hartwig		Fresno	A+
Glenn Heard		Fresno	A+
Gorman Heimueller	23	Waterbury	AA
Joseph Heinen		Waterbury	AA
Tom Heintzelman	31	Phoenix	AAA
Robert Henderson		Cedar Rapids	A
Scott Holman	20	Cedar Rapids	A
	20	Great Falls	Rk
Kyle Hypes	26	Phoenix	AAA
Steven Kelley		Great Falls	Rk
Ricky Kittrell		Fresno	A+
		Great Falls	Rk
Bob Knepper	24	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Gary Lavelle	29	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Jeff Little	23	Phoenix	AAA
Javier Lopez		Cedar Rapids	A
		Great Falls	Rk
Louis Marietta		Cedar Rapids	A
Lynn McGlothen	28	San Francisco Giants	MLB
David Mendoza		Waterbury	AA
Dennis Miller		Cedar Rapids	A
Greg Minton	27	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	27	Phoenix	AAA
Randy Moffitt	29	San Francisco Giants	MLB
John Montefusco	28	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Brian Moulton		Fresno	A+
Greg Moyer		Great Falls	Rk
Rob Murphy		Great Falls	Rk
David Myers		Fresno	A+
Philip Nastu	23	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	23	Phoenix	AAA
Robert Omo		Cedar Rapids	A
Ron Pisel		Cedar Rapids	A
Ed Plank	26	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	26	Phoenix	AAA
Mike Rowland	25	Phoenix	AAA
Patrick Roy		Fresno	A+
Doug Schaefer	24	Waterbury	AA
Gene Schmidt		Waterbury	AA
Steven Sherman		Fresno	A+
Jeff Stadler		Cedar Rapids	A
Jeff Stember	20	Cedar Rapids	A
Matt Sutherland		Great Falls	Rk
Michael Tucker		Great Falls	Rk
Bob Tufts	22	Phoenix	AAA
	22	Waterbury	AA
Mike Wardlow		Fresno	A+
David Wiggins		Great Falls	Rk
Charlie Williams	30	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Charles Zopfi	22	Great Falls	Rk