1979_San_Francisco_Giants_season

1979 San Francisco Giants
1979 San Francisco Giants
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Candlestick Park
City	San Francisco, California
Owners	Bob Lurie
General managers	Spec Richardson
Managers	Joe Altobelli, Dave Bristol
Television	KTVU; (Lindsey Nelson, Gary Park)
Radio	KNBR; (Lindsey Nelson, Hank Greenwald)

1979 San Francisco Giants season

Major League Baseball team season

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.

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v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1979 National League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

1979 San Francisco Giants season

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ed Halicki	33	125.2	5	8	4.58	81
Phil Nastu	25	100.0	3	4	4.32	47