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1978 San Francisco Giants season

Field	Value
name	San Francisco Giants
season	1978
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	Candlestick Park
city	San Francisco, California
owners	Bob Lurie
general_managers	Spec Richardson
managers	Joe Altobelli
television	KTVU
(Lon Simmons, Gary Park)
radio	KSFO
(Lon Simmons, Joe Angel)

(Lon Simmons, Gary Park) (Lon Simmons, Joe Angel) |}}

The 1978 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 96th season in Major League Baseball, their 21st season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 19th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with an 89–73 record, 6 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

October 25, 1977: Frank Riccelli was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later. The Cardinals completed the deal by sending Jim Dwyer to the Giants on June 15, 1978.
March 15, 1978: Gary Alexander, Gary Thomasson, Dave Heaverlo, Alan Wirth, John Henry Johnson, Phil Huffman, a player to be named later, and $300,000 were traded by the Giants to the Oakland Athletics for Vida Blue. The Giants completed the trade by sending Mario Guerrero to the Athletics on April 7.
March 21, 1978: Alan Hargesheimer was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.
March 27, 1978: Randy Elliott was released by the Giants.

Regular season

The Giants won 42 games by a one run margin, an MLB record.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Rob Andrews
Jack Clark
Darrell Evans
Larry Herndon
Marc Hill
Johnnie LeMaster
Willie McCovey
John Montefusco
Terry Whitfield

Notable transactions

June 6, 1978: John Rabb was drafted by the Giants in the 11th round of the 1978 Major League Baseball draft.
July 18, 1978: The Giants traded a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Tamargo. The Giants completed the deal by sending Rob Dressler to the Cardinals on July 24.

Roster

1978 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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
C	Marc Hill	117	358	87	.243	3	36
1B		108	351	80	.228	12	64
2B		122	447	138	.309	15	44
SS	Johnny LeMaster	101	272	64	.235	1	14
3B		159	547	133	.243	20	78
LF	Terry Whitfield	149	488	141	.289	10	32
CF		151	471	122	.259	1	72
RF		156	592	181	.306	25	98

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 Ivie	117	318	98	.308	11	55
Roger Metzger	75	235	61	.260	0	17
	79	197	44	.223	6	24
	79	177	39	.220	1	11
	73	173	39	.225	5	22
	40	109	26	.239	2	9
	53	100	15	.150	1	11
	36	92	22	.239	1	8
Tom Heintzelman	27	35	8	.229	2	6
	41	21	2	.095	0	3
	7	3	0	.000	0	0
Dennis Littlejohn	2	0	0	----	0	0

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
	36	260.0	17	11	2.63	147
	35	258.0	18	10	2.79	171
John Montefusco	36	238.2	11	9	3.81	177
	29	199.0	9	10	2.85	105
	32	163.0	8	11	3.53	44

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
Lynn McGlothen	5	12.2	0	0	4.97	9
	3	8.0	0	1	5.63	5

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 Lavelle	67	13	10	14	3.32	63
Randy Moffitt	70	8	4	12	3.31	52
	46	4	3	1	3.71	38
	25	1	3	0	5.44	22
Greg Minton	11	0	1	0	8.04	6
	5	0	0	0	4.05	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Jack Clark
Vida Blue

Sporting News

National league Pitcher of the Year: Vida Blue

Major League Baseball

National League Player of the Month: Jack Clark (May 1978)

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/riccefr01.shtml Frank Riccelli] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bluevi01.shtml Vida Blue] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hargeal01.shtml Alan Hargesheimer] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/elliora01.shtml Randy Elliott] at ''Baseball Reference''
"Team Pitching Game Finder, From 1913 to 2017, (requiring run_diff=1)". Baseball Reference.
"1978 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rabbjo01.shtml John Rabb] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tamarjo01.shtml John Tamargo] at ''Baseball Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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