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1979 San Francisco Giants  (1978)  (1980) 57-105, 5th in NL Western Division Scored 625 runs, Allowed 951 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 49-113 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .664 Park Factor: Batting - 95 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 54-108   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 71-91 Manager(s): Bob Mittleman

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Jack Clark           23  151  563   87  163  25   3  31   93  13   8   81  114  .290  .378  .510  107   6.8  3(-2)e6    63  
 3B *Darrell Evans        32  157  564   75  137  25   5  16   62   8   5   92   80  .243  .347  .390   80   4.8  3e31      -10  
 OF  Mike Ivie            26  127  385   56  110   9   0  28   83   2   2   40   67  .286  .352  .527   67   6.2  4(+2)e16  -27  
 OF #Billy North          31  140  480   83  101  15   3  11   39  54  25  102  100  .210  .349  .323   62   4.2  2(0)e6    -55  
 1B *Pete LaCock          27  110  366   36  116  23   5   5   42   3   0   24   22  .317  .359  .448   58   6.0  3e5        93  
 1B *Willie McCovey       41  119  302   32   75   8   0  11   36   0   0   28   65  .248  .312  .384   35   4.1  4e20      -24  
 OF  Jeffrey Leonard      23   57  172   27   51   6   2   0   11   9   6   23   33  .297  .378  .355   24   5.0  2(-3)e15   22  
 2B  Rennie Stennett      28   90  307   24   71   8   0   0   19   2   7   27   29  .231  .292  .257   21   2.3  3e23      -32  
 OF  Larry Herndon        25   60  177   25   45   7   2   1   12  12   1   15   42  .254  .312  .333   21   4.3  3(-2)e14  -52  
 SS  Bert Campaneris      37   70  261   26   57   3   7   0   21  11   4   21   32  .218  .287  .284   20   2.5  4e38        2  
 C  *Milt May             28   44  167   12   38   8   0   8   29   0   0    7   21  .228  .258  .419   18   3.7  3(0)e14   -52  
 C   Jim Essian           28   41  121   14   30   4   0   2   11   0   0   19   11  .248  .348  .331   13   3.8  2(+2)e4    12  
 OF #Ken Henderson        33   28   87    7   25   5   0   1    9   0   0   14   16  .287  .388  .379   13   5.5  2(-1)e14   92  
 SS #Don Kessinger        36   34  116   10   28  10   1   0   14   1   0   11   14  .241  .302  .345   13   3.9  3e16      101  
 SS  Dave Chalk           28   85  235   13   32   4   1   2   15   0   0   29   19  .136  .237  .187   11   1.4  4e64     -168  
 2B  Joe Strain           25   35   94   12   23   1   0   1    8   4   0    6    5  .245  .294  .287    8   3.3  3e16        5  
 C   Barry Foote          27   25   65    8   15   6   0   3    9   0   0    6    9  .231  .306  .462    8   4.6  2(-1)e6    25  
 2B *Joe Morgan           35   40   61    8   11   2   0   4    9   1   1   11   12  .180  .306  .410    7   4.1  2e17      -40  
 C  *Tim McCarver         37   37  110    9   20   4   2   0    4   0   1   14    9  .182  .280  .255    7   2.2  4(+2)e6  -113  
 C   Dennis Littlejohn    24   60  162   11   29   2   1   1   16   0   0    7   41  .179  .212  .222    7   1.4  3(+2)e14  -92  
 2B  Rob Andrews          26   10   42    5   11   1   0   0    7   2   1    1    2  .262  .279  .286    2   2.2  4e41      -43  
 SS  Mario Guerrero       29   11   24    1    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .208  .231  .292    1   2.3  4e40       11  
 OF *Greg Johnston        24   25   67    6    9   2   0   0    3   0   0    1   17  .134  .145  .164    1    .7  4(+2)e13 -185  
 OF *Max Venable          22   28   79    8    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    4   23  .076  .141  .089    1    .5  3(+1)e23 -231  
 2B  Ted Cox              24   20   47    1    6   0   0   0    4   0   1    6    6  .128  .226  .128    0    .6  4e41     -225  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           618                  -18

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Bob Knepper          25  12  16  .429  35  34   2   1   0   0   0  223.1  266  161  142  43   78  142  5.72  155   6.1  -13  
  P  Lynn McGlothen       29  11  12  .478  31  31   2   0   0   0   0  193.0  205  100   82  23   58  140  3.82  101   4.7  -67  
  P *Vida Blue            29   6  21  .222  36  35   3   0   0   0   0  215.2  255  162  138  34   90  137  5.76  149   6.1   42  
  P *Ken Holtzman         33   5   4  .556  53  10   0  15   0   1   0  125.2  144   84   72  17   54   55  5.16   83   5.9  -28  
  P *Gary Lavelle         30   5   5  .500  68   0   0  30   5   6   0   96.1   94   40   38  10   28   87  3.55   43   4.1    6  
  P  John Montefusco      29   5  12  .294  22  22   1   0   0   0   0  137.1  144   77   64  16   57   89  4.19   79   5.1  -31  
  P *Phil Nastu           24   4   2  .667  30   3   0   8   0   0   0   53.1   62   28   26   9   18   35  4.39   35   5.9  -25  
  P  Rawly Eastwick       28   2   2  .500  38   0   0  21   0   0   0   63.2   81   42   39   7   20   47  5.51   42   5.9   39  
  P  Greg Minton          27   2   3  .400  45   0   0  42  27   3   0   53.2   50   21   17   2   15   20  2.85   19   3.2   80  
  P  Doug Bair            29   2   3  .400  60   0   0  27   3   3   0   91.2  110   65   58  12   53   81  5.69   74   7.3   98  
  P  Paul Moskau          25   2   6  .250  12   8   0   2   0   0   0   47.2   53   35   30   4   25   26  5.66   32   6.2   11  
  P  Randy Moffitt        30   1   3  .250  24   0   0   8   1   1   0   34.0   64   41   39   3   10   23 10.32   40  10.5    9  
  P  Ed Halicki           28   0  16  .000  19  19   0   0   0   0   0  102.1  134   95   82  14   49   62  7.21   85   7.4   75  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      943          6

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Barry Foote* 587 65 75 310 24 5 3 .985 Milt May* 504 57 59 328 16 7 3 .980 Dennis Littlejohn 337 37 47 250 24 5 0 .982 25 13 Jim Essian* 297 34 35 240 14 4 1 .984 Tim McCarver 281 32 37 182 16 1 2 .995 30 11 Greg Johnston 8 1 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pete LaCock 798 90 93 772 58 1 63 .999 9.36 Willie McCovey 580 65 72 576 44 10 47 .984 9.62 Mike Ivie 51 6 7 47 4 0 4 1.000 9.00 Jim Essian 9 1 1 9 1 0 0 1.000 10.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rennie Stennett 741 87 88 244 200 9 58 .980 5.40 Joe Morgan* 709 76 87 229 215 6 56 .987 5.63 Joe Strain* 525 55 62 170 154 5 36 .985 5.55 Dave Chalk 120 13 17 38 39 0 9 1.000 5.78 Rob Andrews 90 10 10 24 21 1 5 .978 4.50 Mike Ivie 90 9 17 32 12 0 5 1.000 4.40 Ted Cox* 81 10 10 17 25 2 5 .955 4.67 Bert Campaneris 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 .500 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Darrell Evans 1377 156 156 108 339 42 39 .914 2.92 Ted Cox* 259 30 33 29 53 3 8 .965 2.85 Jack Clark 44 5 6 4 7 3 3 .786 2.25 Joe Strain 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Jim Essian 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35 Dave Chalk 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Mike Ivie 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bert Campaneris 598 67 70 81 243 14 36 .959 4.88 Dave Chalk 488 56 61 78 170 23 21 .915 4.58 Don Kessinger 289 33 34 46 136 2 15 .989 5.67 Mario Guerrero 60 6 10 10 23 2 3 .943 4.95 Joe Strain 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 12.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Ivie 673 75 80 148 0 6 0 .961 1.98 Jeffrey Leonard* 265 30 30 55 1 2 0 .966 1.90 Ken Henderson 208 23 23 46 1 7 0 .870 2.03 Larry Herndon* 141 14 23 33 0 2 0 .943 2.11 Greg Johnston 117 14 14 23 0 2 0 .920 1.77 Max Venable 24 3 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.62 Ted Cox* 20 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Jim Essian 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy North 1115 125 128 341 14 9 1 .975 2.87 Jeffrey Leonard* 723 78 88 209 11 5 3 .978 2.74 Larry Herndon* 556 64 68 163 10 7 0 .961 2.80 Max Venable 53 6 8 19 0 1 0 .950 3.23 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jack Clark 1262 143 143 197 13 4 3 .981 1.50 Max Venable 91 10 10 12 2 1 0 .933 1.38 Larry Herndon* 30 3 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.19 Dennis Littlejohn 29 3 3 6 0 1 0 .857 1.86 Jeffrey Leonard* 17 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 Ken Henderson 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1979 Draft

Round 1 (#15):	Billy North
Round 3 (#53):	Barry Foote
Round 4 (#69):	Bert Campaneris
Round 5 (#86):	Dave Chalk
Round 6 (#100):	Rawly Eastwick
Round 7 (#115):	Ken Henderson
Round 8 (#129):	Ken Holtzman
Round 9 (#139):	Ted Cox

Transactions

• 1979-09: traded Rob Andrews to PIN for Rennie Stennett
• 1979-09: traded Jim Essian, Barry Foote to MLA for Milt May, Tim McCarver
• 1979-14: traded Larry Herndon, Ted Cox to SDN for Jeffrey Leonard
• 1979-15: traded Joe Strain, Phil Nastu to CIN for Joe Morgan, Paul Moskau
• 1979-17: acquired Mario Guerrero as a free agent
• 1979 postseason: released Ken Henderson, Willie McCovey

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