1980 San Francisco Giants season explained

San Francisco Giants
Season:	1980
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Candlestick Park
City:	San Francisco, California
Owners:	Bob Lurie
General Managers:	Spec Richardson
Managers:	Dave Bristol
Television:	KTVU (Lindsey Nelson, Gary Park)
Radio:	KNBR (Lindsey Nelson, Hank Greenwald)

The 1980 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 98th season in Major League Baseball, their 23rd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 21st at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fifth place in the National League West with a 75–86 record, 17 games behind the Houston Astros.

Offseason

December 3, 1979: Guy Sularz was drafted by the Minnesota Twins from the San Francisco Giants in the 1979 rule 5 draft.^[1]
December 19, 1979: Rob Andrews was released by the Giants.^[2]
March 13, 1980: Rudy Meoli was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[3]
March 15, 1980: Joe Pettini was sent by the Montreal Expos to the San Francisco Giants to complete an earlier deal made on June 13, 1979.^[4]

April 1, 1980: Guy Sularz was returned (earlier draft pick) by the Minnesota Twins to the San Francisco Giants.^[1]
April 2, 1980: Jeff Little was released by the Giants.^[5]
April 3, 1980: Pedro Borbón was released by the Giants.^[6]
April 3, 1980: Rudy Meoli was released by the Giants.^[3]
June 3, 1980: Jessie Reid was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.^[7]
June 3, 1980: Randy Gomez was drafted by the Giants in the 25th round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.^[8]
June 16, 1980: Casey Parsons was purchased from the Giants by the Seattle Mariners.^[9]

Batters:
- Chris Bourjos (Aug 31)
- Rich Murray (Jun 7)
- Joe Pettini (Jul 10)
- Guy Sularz (Sep 2)
Pitchers:
- Bill Bordley (Jun 30)
- Fred Breining (Sep 4)
- Al Hargesheimer (Jul 14)
- Mike Rowland (Jul 25)
- Jeff Stember (Aug 5) ^[10]

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	111	358	93	.260	6	50
1B	79	286	69	.241	4	25
2B	120	397	97	.244	2	37
SS	135	405	87	.215	3	31
3B	154	556	147	.264	20	78
LF	118	321	95	.296	4	26
CF	128	415	104	.251	1	19
RF	127	437	124	.284	22	82

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
139	493	127	.258	8	49
53	194	42	.216	4	24
91	193	54	.280	1	24
63	190	44	.232	1	9
77	189	54	.286	0	16
64	151	38	.252	1	16
64	138	37	.268	0	10
48	113	23	.204	1	16
25	65	16	.246	0	3
17	41	7	.171	0	0
13	29	7	.241	0	2
28	27	2	.074	0	0
13	22	5	.227	1	2

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
31	224.0	14	10	2.97	129
35	215.1	9	16	4.10	103
34	211.2	11	13	3.10	90
22	113.1	4	8	4.37	85
23	112.2	9	10	4.15	65
15	75.0	4	6	4.32	40
1	3.0	0	0	3.00	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
8	30.2	2	3	4.70	11
11	25.0	0	0	5.40	14

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
68	4	6	19	2.46	42
62	6	8	9	3.42	66
54	5	3	7	1.75	65
43	5	1	0	2.76	79
19	1	1	0	2.33	8
13	1	1	0	4.86	10
6	0	0	0	6.00	1
5	0	0	0	5.40	3