1978 San Francisco Giants Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 89-73
Finished 3rd in the NL's West Division
Attendance: 1,738,855, Avg. 23,498
Ballpark: Candlestick Park
Manager: Joe Altobelli (89-73)
Location: San Francisco, California
1978 San Francisco Giants Roster
1978 San Francisco Giants Results

The San Francisco Giants of the National League ended the 1978 season with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the NL's West Division.

The Giants scored 613 runs and surrendered 594 runs. Jack Clark led San Francisco with 25 home runs, while Darrell Evans and Bill Madlock walloped 20 or more, too. Jack Clark drove in 98 runs. Bill Madlock paced batters with significant playing time with a .309 average. Vida Blue topped the team with 18 wins, plus Bob Knepper, too added 15 or more wins, too Bob Knepper recorded a 2.63 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Joe Altobelli coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Vida Blue1810.6432.7935350940258.02338780127041710051042
Bob Knepper1711.6072.63363511660260.021885761085111474061062
Gary Lavelle1310.5653.3267039001497.79641363441163212424
John Montefusco119.5503.8136360300238.7233110101256861774341003
Ed Halicki910.4742.8529281941199.0166746311459105731819
Randy Moffitt84.6673.3170038001281.77935305331352303355
Jim Barr811.4213.5332252521163.01806964735644020690
John Curtis43.5713.714602200163.0603126129838006270
Charlie Williams13.2505.44251900048.0603129528622103225
Terry Cornutt000.001000003.0100000000010
Ed Plank004.055030006.7633121100025
Lynn McGlothen004.9751000012.71597040900256
Phil Nastu01.0005.633120008.0855120500033
Greg Minton01.0008.04110300015.7221414381610076
Totals8973.5493.304011621204216291455.013775945348445376840229326090

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Jack Clark15665759290181468259815115072.306.358.537.895318153398
Terry Whitfield1495434887014120210325113369.289.335.400.734195921735
Bill Madlock1225094477613826315441654839.309.378.481.859215639211
Darrell Evans1596685478213324220784510564.243.360.404.7642215061012
Larry Herndon151521471521221591321383571.259.311.335.6461581211312
Mike Ivie11735231834981431155302745.308.363.475.83815162236
Marc Hill1174063582087151336124539.243.329.316.645113121208
Willie McCovey10838935132801921264103657.228.298.396.694139120028
Johnnie LeMaster1013082722364183114662145.235.293.335.62791411401
Roger Metzger75255235176161017811217.260.294.294.5886940710
Hector Cruz79220197194481624022139.223.301.365.6677261102
Jim Dwyer73208173223992522602829.225.327.387.7146710343
Rob Andrews79202177213933111512018.220.299.288.5885120501
Mike Sadek4012010915263029101011.239.303.321.6243520102
John Tamargo3611392622411811187.239.360.337.6973110215
Vic Harris5311610081540111001124.150.230.220.4502200321
Ed Halicki29756629000300018.136.149.136.286911800
Tom Heintzelman2737352810260025.229.270.429.6991500000
Vida Blue3510179861012001651.076.240.127.3661001500
Jim Barr3455501500020008.100.100.100.200500500
Bob Knepper36957925200500635.063.126.089.215720820
John Montefusco37857024100010532.057.132.071.203521900
Skip James4126215210031045.095.240.143.383320100
Randy Moffitt70970100000011.143.250.143.393100100
Gary Lavelle6716151100000008.067.067.067.133100100
John Curtis46320000000001.000.000.000.000000100
Art Gardner7332000000102.000.000.000.000000000
Phil Nastu3110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Charlie Williams25551000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Greg Minton11110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Lynn McGlothen5330000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Ed Plank5000000000000000000
Terry Cornutt1000000000000000000
Dennis Littlejohn2000000000000000000
Totals2096610253646131331240411175768754554814.248.318.374.6922004104171274075


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Willie McCovey1B9795728.0721441049.9879.4577.8870000
Mike Ivie1B7654504.755018333.9951.1297.4740000
Jim Dwyer1B2912139.71298113.9938.8284.7240000
Skip James1B27063.7586051.0009.0472.3700000
Bill Madlock1B3113.0111011.0008.3084.0000000
Marc Hill1B203.060001.00018.0003.0000000
Tom Heintzelman1B203.010001.0003.000.5000000
Bill Madlock2B114111940.72232991448.9744.9944.5790000
Rob Andrews2B6244424.7120131623.9775.3194.0480000
Vic Harris2B10766.01419041.0004.5003.3000000
Tom Heintzelman2B5020.7310011.0005.6612.6000000
Johnnie LeMaster2B203.001001.0003.000.5000000
Darrell Evans3B1551541362.71473482525.9523.2693.1940000
Hector Cruz3B14673.3313001.0001.9641.1430000
Tom Heintzelman3B3219.019001.0004.7373.3330000
Marc HillC116104931.75865693.9866.2025.53420864333.3
Mike SadekC3732279.01821552.9756.3555.3244038817.4
John TamargoC3126242.3157964.9656.1655.355003537.9
Dennis LittlejohnC202.00000.000.0000000
Jack ClarkOF1521501330.73201665.9822.2732.2110000
Larry HerndonOF1491211148.33693100.9742.9162.4970000
Terry WhitfieldOF1401211105.3249732.9882.0841.8290000
Hector CruzOF5337353.382523.9782.2161.6420000
Jim DwyerOF3633247.068611.9872.6962.0560000
Mike IvieOF2222154.029020.9351.6951.3180000
Vic HarrisOF6226.38010.8892.7341.3330000
Bob KnepperP3635260.0433031.0001.2811.0280000
Vida BlueP3535258.01229041.0001.4301.1710000
John MontefuscoP3636238.782822.9471.3581.0000000
Ed HalickiP2928199.0132251.8751.5831.2070000
Jim BarrP3225163.073541.9132.3191.3130000
Gary LavelleP67097.721921.9131.935.3130000
Randy MoffittP70081.73710.9091.102.1430000
John CurtisP46063.06921.8822.143.3260000
Charlie WilliamsP25148.028001.0001.875.4000000
Greg MintonP11015.722011.0002.298.3640000
Lynn McGlothenP5112.702001.0001.421.4000000
Phil NastuP318.010001.0001.125.3330000
Ed PlankP506.70000.000.0000000
Terry CornuttP103.00000.000.0000000
Johnnie LeMasterSS9685743.71352601440.9664.7804.1150000
Roger MetzgerSS7467592.3112184830.9744.4974.0000000
Vic HarrisSS229111.0183944.9344.6222.5910000
Rob AndrewsSS118.034001.0007.8757.0000000
Totals1939145813095.043651705146310.9774.1723.130601595425.4




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