1979 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco, California
OwnersBob Lurie
General managersSpec Richardson
ManagersJoe Altobelli, Dave Bristol
TelevisionKTVU
(Lindsey Nelson, Gary Park)
RadioKNBR
(Lindsey Nelson, Hank Greenwald)
Seasons

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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9071 0.559 — 48–32 42–39
Houston Astros 8973 0.549 1½ 52–29 37–44
Los Angeles Dodgers 7983 0.488 11½ 46–35 33–48
San Francisco Giants 7191 0.438 19½ 38–43 33–48
San Diego Padres 6893 0.422 22 39–42 29–51
Atlanta Braves 6694 0.412 23½ 34–45 32–49

Record vs. opponents

1979 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—4–86–127–1112–61–94–87–54–86–1211–74–8
Chicago8–4—7–56–65–76–128–109–96–129–38–48–10
Cincinnati12–65–7—8–1011–76–68–48–48–410–76–128–4
Houston11–76–610–8—10–87–59–35–74–814–47–116–6
Los Angeles 6–127–57–118–10—6–69–33–94–89–914–46–6
Montreal9–112–66–65–76–6—15–311–77–117–57–510–8
New York8–410–84–83–93–93–15—5–138–10–14–88–47–11
Philadelphia5-79–94–87–59–37–1113–5—8–109–36–67–11–1
Pittsburgh8–412–64–88–48–411–710–8–110–8—7–59–311–7
San Diego12–63–97–104–149–95–78–43–95–7—8–104–8
San Francisco7–114–812–611–74–145–74–86–63–910–8—5–7
St. Louis8–410–84–86–66–68–1011–711–7–17–118–47–5—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1979 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CDennis Littlejohn6319338.197113
1BWillie McCovey11735388.2491557
2BJoe Strain6725762.241112
SSJohnnie LeMaster10834387.254329
3BDarrell Evans160562142.2531770
LFTerry Whitfield133394113.287544
CFBill North142460119.259530
RFJack Clark143527144.2732686

Other batters

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
Mike Ivie133402115.2862789
Larry Herndon13235491.257736
Roger Metzger9425965.251031
Bill Madlock6924965.261741
Marc Hill6316935.207315
Rob Andrews7515440.260213
Mike Sadek6312630.238111
Max Venable558514.16503
Greg Johnston427415.20317
John Tamargo306012.20026
Héctor Cruz16253.12001
Bob Kearney200----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Vida Blue34237.014145.01138
Bob Knepper34207.19124.64123
John Montefusco22137.0383.9476
John Curtis27120.21094.1885
Ed Whitson18100.1583.9562

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Halicki33125.2584.5881
Phil Nastu25100.0344.3247

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Gary Lavelle7079202.5180
Tom Griffin595623.9182
Greg Minton464341.8133
Pedro Borbón304334.8926
Randy Moffitt282527.7116
Dave Roberts260232.5723
Joe Coleman50000.000
Ed Plank40007.361
Al Holland30000.007

Awards and honors

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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

References

  1. ↑ Max Venable at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Darrell Evans at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Bill Bordley at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ "1979 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  5. 1 2 Joe Coleman at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Scott Garrelts at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ John Tamargo at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Dan Gladden at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ Bill Madlock at Baseball-Reference
  10. ↑ Pedro Borbón at Baseball-Reference
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