1979 San Francisco Giants Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 71-91
Finished 4th in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 1,456,430, Avg. 18,915
Ballpark: Candlestick Park
Manager: Joe Altobelli (61-79)
Manager: Dave Bristol (10-12)
Location: San Francisco, California
1979 San Francisco Giants Roster
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
Vida Blue1414.5005.01343401000237.024614313223111111381081041
John Curtis109.5264.1827185320120.712162561542785008520
Bob Knepper912.4294.6434340620207.324111710730778123316926
Gary Lavelle79.4382.5170055002096.78631275421580242407
Tom Griffin56.4553.915931300294.3834641946882405407
Ed Whitson58.3853.9518171200100.3984744539662413439
Ed Halicki58.3854.5833193310125.713482641247881312562
Greg Minton43.5711.814601800479.7592516027733228314
Pedro Borbon43.5714.893001300346.0562825713326000202
Phil Nastu34.4294.3225141100100.010551481441547202435
John Montefusco38.2733.9422220000137.014564601551776203585
Randy Moffitt25.2867.712801300235.0533330514616201170
Joe Coleman000.005010003.7320020010018
Al Holland000.003000007.0300050700029
Ed Plank007.364030003.7953021100022
Dave Roberts02.0002.572611100342.0421512318323102182
Totals7191.4384.17464162137255341436.0148475166514357795880279506259

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 Clark1435985278414425226861186395.273.348.476.82525191166
Darrell Evans160661562681422321770679180.253.356.391.748220621514
Bill North1425614608711915453058249684.259.386.341.72715751133
Mike Ivie133454402581151832789514780.286.359.547.906220101047
Terry Whitfield13344539452113204544543647.287.349.396.745156154746
Larry Herndon1323893543591145736862970.257.313.384.69813631325
Willie McCovey1173933533488901557023670.249.318.402.72014271032
Johnnie LeMaster1083723434287112329952355.254.304.324.62711162311
Bill Madlock692702493765927411131819.261.309.398.7069930123
Roger Metzger942882592465780311132331.251.311.340.6518860512
Joe Strain67285257276281112841321.241.285.292.57775531110
Rob Andrews751701542240302134189.260.289.318.6074950440
Dennis Littlejohn63222193153861113002146.197.272.254.5264940534
Marc Hill63200169203530315012625.207.308.278.5864750235
Mike Sadek63147126143050111101524.238.322.302.6233861412
Greg Johnston427674515201700217.203.224.270.4942010000
Max Venable55978512141103331018.165.260.200.4601701101
John Tamargo30676071230260048.200.239.350.5892100030
Bob Knepper357866612401900124.182.203.288.4911901910
Vida Blue379783710101300635.120.180.169.3481400800
Ed Halicki3337343710010019.206.229.235.464810200
John Montefusco24454237310301111.167.186.286.4721210200
Ed Whitson18373215000200010.156.156.156.313500500
John Curtis2943343510030029.147.216.176.393601600
Hector Cruz1628252300010037.120.214.120.334320000
Pedro Borbon30330100000001.333.333.333.667100000
Gary Lavelle70642100000002.250.250.250.500100200
Tom Griffin5915141100000006.071.071.071.143100100
Phil Nastu2531241100010037.042.148.042.190100400
Dave Roberts26550000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Randy Moffitt29440000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Greg Minton46640000000011.000.200.000.200000100
Ed Plank4000000000000000000
Joe Coleman5000000000000000000
Bob Kearney21000000000101.000000000
Al Holland3000000000000000000
Totals21806131539567213281923612561614073580925.246.319.365.684196710020894761


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Willie McCovey1B8986721.3740481060.9879.8328.8540000
Mike Ivie1B9876704.772440451.9959.7587.7960000
Bill Madlock1B508.090031.0001.1251.8000000
Marc Hill1B102.020011.0009.0002.0000000
Joe Strain2B6765547.7147188632.9825.5055.0000000
Bill Madlock2B6363525.0137144732.9764.8174.4600000
Rob Andrews2B5329307.396101921.9565.7693.7170000
Roger Metzger2B10555.01418041.0005.2363.2000000
Mike Ivie2B101.00000.000.0000000
Darrell Evans3B1591571386.01293693028.9433.2343.1320000
Hector Cruz3B2218.03210.8332.5002.5000000
Mike Ivie3B4216.334001.0003.8571.7500000
Rob Andrews3B319.711001.0001.862.6670000
Jack Clark3B204.010001.0002.250.5000000
Joe Strain3B102.001001.0004.5001.0000000
Roger Metzger3B100.00000.0000000
Dennis LittlejohnC6362536.03664367.9866.8686.49260653031.6
Marc HillC5854445.02833134.9916.3515.41420392841.8
Mike SadekC6034346.02462122.9936.9454.45090311227.9
John TamargoC1712108.061514.9855.5003.882009640.0
Bob KearneyC101.00000.000.0000000
Jack ClarkOF1401341180.72611357.9822.0891.9570000
Bill NorthOF130126994.3300842.9872.7882.3690000
Terry WhitfieldOF10693846.71671083.9571.8811.6700000
Larry HerndonOF12281803.01961082.9632.3091.6890000
Mike IvieOF2424181.3253001.0001.3901.1670000
Max VenableOF2517170.030230.9141.6941.2800000
Greg JohnstonOF179104.727110.9662.4081.6470000
Hector CruzOF6225.350001.0001.776.8330000
Mike SadekOF102.00000.000.0000000
Vida BlueP3434237.0104215.9811.9751.5290000
Bob KnepperP3434207.382651.8721.4761.0000000
John MontefuscoP2222137.092012.9671.9051.3180000
Ed HalickiP3319125.791941.8752.005.8480000
John CurtisP2718120.7413011.0001.268.6300000
Ed WhitsonP1817100.321521.8951.525.9440000
Phil NastuP2514100.061414.9521.800.8000000
Gary LavelleP70096.741310.9441.583.2430000
Tom GriffinP59394.351911.9602.290.4070000
Greg MintonP46079.732312.9632.937.5650000
Pedro BorbonP30046.04310.8751.370.2330000
Dave RobertsP26142.01911.9092.143.3850000
Randy MoffittP28035.015001.0001.543.2140000
Al HollandP307.00000.000.0000000
Ed PlankP403.71010.5002.455.2500000
Joe ColemanP503.70000.000.0000000
Johnnie LeMasterSS10694837.71603032052.9594.9754.3680000
Roger MetzgerSS7868598.31082191534.9564.9194.1920000
Totals1977145812924.043081806163368.9744.2583.0931701447634.5




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