1979 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 71-91 .438
Result: 4th in National League - West Division
Manager(s): Joe Altobelli, Dave Bristol
General Manager: Spec Richardson
Stadium: Candlestick Park
Attendance: 1,456,402
Playoffs: Did not qualify

San Francisco Giants affiliate history

Oldest Player: Willie McCovey (41)
Youngest Player: Max Venable (22)
Longest Tenure: Randy Moffitt (8)
Top Hitter: Billy North (21)
Top Pitcher: Vida Blue (21)
Top Draft Pick: Scott Garrelts (#15)

Roster Continuity: 86.25%

National League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Cincinnati	90	71	.559	--
Houston	89	73	.549	1.5
LA Dodgers	79	83	.488	11.5
SF Giants	71	91	.438	19.5
San Diego	68	93	.422	22.0
Atlanta	66	94	.412	23.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
41	Darrell Evans	3b-1b	25	32	1967-3-55	MLB	160	562	68	142	23	2	17	70	6	7	91	80	2	14	1	5	6	.253	.356	.391	748	220	661	439	88	5.4	.266
22	Jack Clark	of-1b	42	23	1973-13-294	MLB	143	527	84	144	25	2	26	86	11	8	63	95	1	6	1	6	9	.273	.348	.476	825	251	598	407	93	6.2	.286
36	Billy North	of	21	31	1969-12-278	MLB	142	460	87	119	15	4	5	30	58	24	96	84	1	3	1	3	5	.259	.386	.341	727	157	561	374	71	5.1	.305
15	Mike Ivie	1b	53	26	1970-1-1	MLB	133	402	58	115	18	3	27	89	5	1	47	80	1	7	0	4	10	.286	.359	.547	906	220	454	302	82	7.4	.294
45	Terry Whitfield	of	-	26	1971-1-19	MLB	133	394	52	113	20	4	5	44	5	4	36	47	4	6	7	4	15	.287	.349	.396	745	156	445	311	57	5.0	.312
31	Larry Herndon	of	-	25	1971-3-54	MLB	132	354	35	91	14	5	7	36	8	6	29	70	1	5	3	2	3	.257	.313	.384	698	136	389	277	44	4.3	.301
44	Willie McCovey	1b	-	41	UDFA: 1955	MLB	117	353	34	88	9	0	15	57	0	2	36	70	1	2	0	3	7	.249	.318	.402	720	142	393	277	45	4.4	.269
10	Johnnie LeMaster	ss	-	25	1973-1-6	MLB	108	343	42	87	11	2	3	29	9	5	23	55	2	1	3	1	6	.254	.304	.324	627	111	372	271	34	3.3	.294
16	Roger Metzger	ss	73	31	1969-1-16	MLB	94	259	24	65	7	8	0	31	11	3	23	31	0	2	5	1	6	.251	.311	.340	651	88	288	209	31	3.9	.284
20	Joe Strain	2b	65	25	UDFA: 1976	MLB	67	257	27	62	8	1	1	12	8	4	13	21	3	0	11	1	5	.241	.285	.292	577	75	285	216	23	2.8	.258
18	Bill Madlock	3b	30	28	1970-5-97	MLB	69	249	37	65	9	2	7	41	11	3	18	19	0	3	1	2	3	.261	.309	.398	706	99	270	193	36	5.0	.258
47	Dennis Littlejohn	c	-	24	1976-1-2	MLB	63	193	15	38	6	1	1	13	0	0	21	46	0	4	5	3	4	.197	.272	.254	526	49	222	167	11	1.8	.248
2	Marc Hill	c	-	27	1970-10-227	MLB	63	169	20	35	3	0	3	15	0	1	26	25	0	5	2	3	5	.207	.308	.278	586	47	200	145	14	2.7	.222
21	Rob Andrews	2b	-	26	1970-10-240	MLB	75	154	22	40	3	0	2	13	4	1	8	9	0	0	4	4	5	.260	.289	.318	607	49	170	128	15	3.2	.259
3	Mike Sadek	c	-	33	1967-5-83	MLB	63	126	14	30	5	0	1	11	1	0	15	24	1	2	4	1	6	.238	.322	.302	623	38	147	107	12	2.9	.284
49	Max Venable	of-cf	-	22	1976-3-67	MLB	55	85	12	14	1	1	0	3	3	3	10	18	1	1	1	0	0	.165	.260	.200	460	17	97	75	3	1.1	.209
14	Vida Blue	p	-	29	1967-2-27	MLB	37	83	7	10	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	35	0	0	8	0	0	.120	.180	.169	348	14	97	81	-2	-0.7	.191
18	Greg Johnston	of	-	24	1975-12-272	MLB	42	74	5	15	2	0	1	7	0	0	2	17	0	0	0	0	1	.203	.224	.270	494	20	76	60	3	1.3	.250
39	Bob Knepper	p	82	25	1972-2-43	MLB	35	66	6	12	4	0	1	9	0	0	1	24	1	0	9	1	0	.182	.203	.288	491	19	78	64	3	1.1	.262
30	John Tamargo	c	-	27	1973-6-132	MLB	30	60	7	12	3	0	2	6	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	3	0	.200	.239	.350	589	21	67	51	6	3.2	.189
26	John Montefusco	p	-	29	UDFA: 1973	MLB	24	42	3	7	3	1	0	3	0	1	1	11	0	0	2	0	1	.167	.186	.286	472	12	45	39	1	0.8	.226
28	Ed Halicki	p	-	28	1972-24-564	MLB	33	34	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	0	0	2	0	1	.206	.229	.235	464	8	37	30	1	0.6	.280
40	John Curtis	p	-	31	1968-1-10	MLB	29	34	3	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	9	1	0	6	0	0	.147	.216	.176	393	6	43	35	1	0.4	.200
32	Eddie Whitson	p	83	24	1974-6-131	MLB	18	32	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	5	0	0	.156	.156	.156	312	5	37	32	-1	-0.7	.227
9	Hector Cruz	of-3b	-	26	1998-11-343	MLB	16	25	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	2	.120	.214	.120	334	3	28	24	-1	-1.2	.167
25	Philip Nastu	p	-	24	UDFA: 1977	MLB	25	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	0	0	4	0	0	.042	.148	.042	190	1	31	27	-1	-1.4	.059
43	Tom Griffin	p	-	31	1966-1-4	MLB	59	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	.071	.071	.071	143	1	15	14	-1	-2.7	.125
25	Dave Roberts	p	-	34	-	MLB	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
17	Randy Moffitt	p	-	30	1970-1-18	MLB	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
46	Gary Lavelle	p	-	30	1967-20-396	MLB	70	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	1	6	5	0	0.6	.500
38	Greg Minton	p	-	27	1970-3-55	MLB	46	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	0	6	5	0	-0.9	.000
34	Pedro Borbon	p	-	32	UDFA: 1966	MLB	30	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	2	0	3.4	.500
30	Bob Kearney	c	-	22	1977-14-348	MLB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1000	0	1	0	0	--	.000
Totals: (33 players)							162	5395	672	1328	192	36	125	616	140	73	580	925	20	61	89	47	100	.246	.319	.365	684	1967	6131	4376	663	4.1	.274

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
14	Vida Blue	21	29	1967-2-27	MLB	14	14	5.01	34	34	10	0	0	0	237.0	246	143	132	23	111	138	8	0	1.51	9.34	0.87	4.22	5.24	0.80	.299	0.80
39	Bob Knepper	34	25	1972-2-43	MLB	9	12	4.64	34	34	6	2	0	0	207.1	241	117	107	30	77	123	6	1	1.53	10.46	1.30	3.34	5.34	0.63	.310	0.94
26	John Montefusco	-	29	UDFA: 1973	MLB	3	8	3.94	22	22	0	0	0	0	137.0	145	64	60	15	51	76	3	0	1.43	9.53	0.99	3.35	4.99	0.67	.304	0.89
28	Ed Halicki	-	28	1972-24-564	MLB	5	8	4.58	33	19	3	1	3	0	125.2	134	82	64	12	47	81	2	1	1.44	9.60	0.86	3.37	5.80	0.58	.298	0.74
40	John Curtis	62	31	1968-1-10	MLB	10	9	4.18	27	18	3	2	5	0	120.2	121	62	56	15	42	85	8	0	1.35	9.02	1.12	3.13	6.34	0.49	.286	0.82
32	Eddie Whitson	-	24	1974-6-131	MLB	5	8	3.95	18	17	2	0	1	0	100.1	98	47	44	5	39	62	3	1	1.37	8.79	0.45	3.50	5.56	0.63	--	0.97
25	Philip Nastu	-	24	UDFA: 1977	MLB	3	4	4.32	25	14	1	0	1	0	100.0	105	51	48	14	41	47	2	0	1.46	9.45	1.26	3.69	4.23	0.87	.280	0.87
46	Gary Lavelle	31	30	1967-20-396	MLB	7	9	2.51	70	0	0	0	55	20	96.2	86	31	27	5	42	80	2	4	1.32	8.01	0.47	3.91	7.45	0.53	.308	1.35
43	Tom Griffin	66	31	1966-1-4	MLB	5	6	3.91	59	3	0	0	13	2	94.1	83	46	41	9	46	82	5	0	1.37	7.92	0.86	4.39	7.82	0.56	.286	0.80
38	Greg Minton	-	27	1970-3-55	MLB	4	3	1.81	46	0	0	0	18	4	79.2	59	25	16	0	27	33	8	2	1.08	6.67	0.00	3.05	3.73	0.82	.244	2.14
34	Pedro Borbon	57	32	UDFA: 1966	MLB	4	3	4.89	30	0	0	0	13	3	46.0	56	28	25	7	13	26	0	0	1.50	10.96	1.37	2.54	5.09	0.50	--	0.78
25	Dave Roberts	-	34	-	MLB	0	2	2.57	26	1	0	0	11	3	42.0	42	15	12	3	18	23	2	0	1.43	9.00	0.64	3.86	4.93	0.78	.291	1.13
17	Randy Moffitt	-	30	1970-1-18	MLB	2	5	7.71	28	0	0	0	13	2	35.0	53	33	30	5	14	16	1	0	1.91	13.63	1.29	3.60	4.11	0.88	.375	0.90
19	Al Holland	-	26	1975-4-81	MLB	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	1.14	3.86	0.00	6.43	9.00	0.71	.176	0.33
29	Joe Coleman	-	32	1965-1-3	MLB	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	0	1	0	3.2	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.36	7.36	0.00	4.91	0.00	--	--	1.00
37	Ed Plank	-	27	1973-10-222	MLB	0	0	7.36	4	0	0	0	3	0	3.2	9	5	3	0	2	1	0	0	3.00	22.09	0.00	4.91	2.45	2.00	.474	2.50
Totals: (33 players)						71	91	4.17	162	162	25	5	137	34	1,436	1484	751	665	125	577	880	50	9	1.33	9.30	0.90	3.62	5.52	0.66	.345

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dennis Littlejohn	C	63		366	43	6	7	.986	0.00
Mike Sadek	C	60		246	21	2	2	.993	0.00
Marc Hill	C	58		283	31	3	4	.991	0.00
John Tamargo	C	17		61	5	1	4	.985	0.00
Bob Kearney	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike Ivie	1B	98		724	40	4	51	.995	0.00
Willie McCovey	1B	89		740	48	10	60	.987	0.00
Bill Madlock	1B	5		9	0	0	3	1.000	0.00
Marc Hill	1B	1		2	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Strain	2B	67		147	188	6	32	.982	0.00
Bill Madlock	2B	63		137	144	7	32	.976	0.00
Rob Andrews	2B	53		96	101	9	21	.956	0.00
Roger Metzger	2B	10		14	18	0	4	1.000	0.00
Mike Ivie	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Darrell Evans	3B	159		129	369	30	28	.943	0.00
Mike Ivie	3B	4		3	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rob Andrews	3B	3		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jack Clark	3B	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hector Cruz	3B	2		3	2	1	0	.833	0.00
Roger Metzger	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Joe Strain	3B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Johnnie LeMaster	SS	106		160	303	20	52	.959	0.00
Roger Metzger	SS	78		108	219	15	34	.956	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jack Clark	OF	140		261	13	5	7	.982	0.00
Billy North	OF	130		300	8	4	2	.987	0.00
Larry Herndon	OF	122		196	10	8	2	.963	0.00
Terry Whitfield	OF	106		167	10	8	3	.957	0.00
Max Venable	OF	25		30	2	3	0	.914	0.00
Mike Ivie	OF	24		25	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Greg Johnston	OF	17		27	1	1	0	.966	0.00
Hector Cruz	OF	6		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mike Sadek	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gary Lavelle	P	70	96	4	13	1	0	.944	1.59
Tom Griffin	P	59	94	5	19	1	1	.960	2.30
Greg Minton	P	46	79	3	23	1	2	.963	2.95
Vida Blue	P	34	237	10	42	1	5	.981	1.97
Bob Knepper	P	34	207	8	26	5	1	.872	1.48
Ed Halicki	P	33	125	9	19	4	1	.875	2.01
Pedro Borbon	P	30	46	4	3	1	0	.875	1.37
Randy Moffitt	P	28	35	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.54
John Curtis	P	27	120	4	13	0	1	1.000	1.27
Dave Roberts	P	26	42	1	9	1	1	.909	2.14
Philip Nastu	P	25	100	6	14	1	4	.952	1.80
John Montefusco	P	22	137	9	20	1	2	.967	1.91
Eddie Whitson	P	18	100	2	15	2	1	.895	1.53
Joe Coleman	P	5	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Ed Plank	P	4	3	1	0	1	0	.500	2.81
Al Holland	P	3	7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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