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1979 San Francisco Giants season

Field	Value
name	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)

(Lindsey Nelson, Gary Park) (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.
December 5, 1978: Darrell Evans was signed as a free agent by the Giants.
February 24, 1979: Bill Bordley was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Vida Blue
Jack Clark
Darrell Evans
Marc Hill
Mike Ivie
Bill Madlock
Roger Metzger
Billy North
Terry Whitfield

Notable transactions

April 1, 1979: Joe Coleman was signed as a free agent by the Giants.
April 21, 1979: Joe Coleman was released by the Giants.
June 5, 1979: Scott Garrelts was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1979 Major League Baseball draft.
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.
June 17, 1979: Dan Gladden was signed by the Giants as an amateur free agent.
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.
June 28, 1979: Héctor Cruz was traded by the Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Pedro Borbón.

Roster

1979 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	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		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		143	527	144	.273	26	86

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	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
	63	169	35	.207	3	15
	75	154	40	.260	2	13
	63	126	30	.238	1	11
	55	85	14	.165	0	3
Greg Johnston	42	74	15	.203	1	7
	30	60	12	.200	2	6
Héctor Cruz	16	25	3	.120	0	1
Bob Kearney	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
	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
	27	120.2	10	9	4.18	85
Ed Whitson	18	100.1	5	8	3.95	62

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
Ed Halicki	33	125.2	5	8	4.58	81
Phil Nastu	25	100.0	3	4	4.32	47

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	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
	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
	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

Awards and honors

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Jack Clark, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/venabma01.shtml Max Venable] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/evansda01.shtml Darrell Evans] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bordlbi01.shtml Bill Bordley] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"1979 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colemjo05.shtml Joe Coleman] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/garresc01.shtml Scott Garrelts] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tamarjo01.shtml John Tamargo] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gladdda01.shtml Dan Gladden] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/madlobi01.shtml Bill Madlock] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/borbope01.shtml Pedro Borbón] at ''Baseball-Reference''

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