1979 San Francisco Giants season explained

San Francisco Giants
Season:	1979
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)

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

December 4, 1978: Max Venable was drafted by the Giants from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1978 rule 5 draft.^[1]
December 5, 1978: Darrell Evans was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[2]
February 24, 1979: Bill Bordley was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.^[3]

April 1, 1979: Joe Coleman was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[5]
April 21, 1979: Joe Coleman was released by the Giants.^[5]
June 5, 1979: Scott Garrelts was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1979 Major League Baseball draft.^[6]
June 13, 1979: John Tamargo was traded by the Giants to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later and cash. The Expos completed the deal by sending Joe Pettini to the Giants on March 15, 1980.^[7]
June 17, 1979: Dan Gladden was signed by the Giants as an amateur free agent.^[8]
June 28, 1979: Bill Madlock, Lenny Randle and Dave Roberts were traded by the Giants to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ed Whitson, Fred Breining, and Al Holland.^[9]
June 28, 1979: Héctor Cruz was traded by the Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Pedro Borbón.^[10]

1979 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	63	193	38	.197	1	13
1B	117	353	88	.249	15	57
2B	67	257	62	.241	1	12
SS	108	343	87	.254	3	29
3B	160	562	142	.253	17	70
LF	133	394	113	.287	5	44
CF	142	460	119	.259	5	30
RF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
133	402	115	.286	27	89
132	354	91	.257	7	36
94	259	65	.251	0	31
69	249	65	.261	7	41
63	169	35	.207	3	15
75	154	40	.260	2	13
63	126	30	.238	1	11
55	85	14	.165	0	3
42	74	15	.203	1	7
30	60	12	.200	2	6
16	25	3	.120	0	1
2	0	0	----	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	237.0	14	14	5.01	138
34	207.1	9	12	4.64	123
22	137.0	3	8	3.94	76
27	120.2	10	9	4.18	85
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
	33	125.2	5	8	4.58	81
	25	100.0	3	4	4.32	47

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
70	7	9	20	2.51	80
59	5	6	2	3.91	82
46	4	3	4	1.81	33
30	4	3	3	4.89	26
28	2	5	2	7.71	16
26	0	2	3	2.57	23
5	0	0	0	0.00	0
4	0	0	0	7.36	1
3	0	0	0	0.00	7