1979 San Francisco Giants | |
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Owner(s) | Bob Lurie |
General manager(s) | Spec Richardson |
Manager(s) | Joe Altobelli, Dave Bristol |
Local television | KTVU (Lindsey Nelson, Gary Park) |
Local radio | KNBR (Lindsey Nelson, Hank Greenwald) |
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The 1979 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 97th season in Major League Baseball, their 22nd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 20th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with a 71-91 record, 19½ games behind the Cincinnati Reds.
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 90 | 71 | 0.559 | — | 48–32 | 42–39 |
Houston Astros | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 1½ | 52–29 | 37–44 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 11½ | 46–35 | 33–48 |
San Francisco Giants | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 19½ | 38–43 | 33–48 |
San Diego Padres | 68 | 93 | 0.422 | 22 | 39–42 | 29–51 |
Atlanta Braves | 66 | 94 | 0.412 | 23½ | 34–45 | 32–49 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 4–8 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 1–9 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 4–8 | |||||
Chicago | 8–4 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 8–10 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–6 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 11–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–7 | 6–12 | 8–4 | |||||
Houston | 11–7 | 6–6 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 14–4 | 7–11 | 6–6 | |||||
Los Angeles | 6–12 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 8–10 | — | 6–6 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 14–4 | 6–6 | |||||
Montreal | 9–1 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 15–3 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | |||||
New York | 8–4 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 3–15 | — | 5–13 | 8–10–1 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 7–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5-7 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–11 | 13–5 | — | 8–10 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 7–11–1 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 12–6 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 11–7 | 10–8–1 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | 9–3 | 11–7 | |||||
San Diego | 12–6 | 3–9 | 7–10 | 4–14 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 7–11 | 4–8 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 10–8 | — | 5–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–4 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 11–7–1 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Dennis Littlejohn | 63 | 193 | 38 | .197 | 1 | 13 |
1B | Willie McCovey | 117 | 353 | 88 | .249 | 15 | 57 |
2B | Joe Strain | 67 | 257 | 62 | .241 | 1 | 12 |
SS | Johnnie LeMaster | 108 | 343 | 87 | .254 | 3 | 29 |
3B | Darrell Evans | 160 | 562 | 142 | .253 | 17 | 70 |
LF | Terry Whitfield | 133 | 394 | 113 | .287 | 5 | 44 |
CF | Bill North | 142 | 460 | 119 | .259 | 5 | 30 |
RF | Jack Clark | 143 | 527 | 144 | .273 | 26 | 86 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Mike Ivie | 133 | 402 | 115 | .286 | 27 | 89 |
Larry Herndon | 132 | 354 | 91 | .257 | 7 | 36 |
Roger Metzger | 94 | 259 | 65 | .251 | 0 | 31 |
Bill Madlock | 69 | 249 | 65 | .261 | 7 | 41 |
Marc Hill | 63 | 169 | 35 | .207 | 3 | 15 |
Rob Andrews | 75 | 154 | 40 | .260 | 2 | 13 |
Mike Sadek | 63 | 126 | 30 | .238 | 1 | 11 |
Max Venable | 55 | 85 | 14 | .165 | 0 | 3 |
Greg Johnston | 42 | 74 | 15 | .203 | 1 | 7 |
John Tamargo | 30 | 60 | 12 | .200 | 2 | 6 |
Héctor Cruz | 16 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Kearney | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Vida Blue | 34 | 237.0 | 14 | 14 | 5.01 | 138 |
Bob Knepper | 34 | 207.1 | 9 | 12 | 4.64 | 123 |
John Montefusco | 22 | 137.0 | 3 | 8 | 3.94 | 76 |
John Curtis | 27 | 120.2 | 10 | 9 | 4.18 | 85 |
Ed Whitson | 18 | 100.1 | 5 | 8 | 3.95 | 62 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ed Halicki | 33 | 125.2 | 5 | 8 | 4.58 | 81 |
Phil Nastu | 25 | 100.0 | 3 | 4 | 4.32 | 47 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Gary Lavelle | 70 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 2.51 | 80 |
Tom Griffin | 59 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3.91 | 82 |
Greg Minton | 46 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1.81 | 33 |
Pedro Borbón | 30 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4.89 | 26 |
Randy Moffitt | 28 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7.71 | 16 |
Dave Roberts | 26 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2.57 | 23 |
Joe Coleman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Ed Plank | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 1 |
Al Holland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Phoenix Giants | Pacific Coast League | Rocky Bridges |
AA | Shreveport Captains | Texas League | Andy Gilbert |
A | Fresno Giants | California League | Jack Mull |
A | Cedar Rapids Giants | Midwest League | Wayne Cato |
Rookie | Great Falls Giants | Pioneer League | Ernie Rodriguez |