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1980 San Francisco Giants season

Field	Value
name	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)

(Lindsey Nelson, Gary Park) (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.
December 19, 1979: Rob Andrews was released by the Giants.
March 13, 1980: Rudy Meoli was signed as a free agent by the Giants.
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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

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

Major League debuts

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)

Roster

1980 San Francisco Giants roster
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	Milt May	111	358	93	.260	6	50
1B	Mike Ivie	79	286	69	.241	4	25
2B	Rennie Stennett	120	397	97	.244	2	37
SS	Johnny LeMaster	135	405	87	.215	3	31
3B		154	556	147	.264	20	78
LF	Terry Whitfield	118	321	95	.296	4	26
CF	Bill North	128	415	104	.251	1	19
RF		127	437	124	.284	22	82

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
Larry Herndon	139	493	127	.258	8	49
	53	194	42	.216	4	24
Jim Wohlford	91	193	54	.280	1	24
Joe Pettini	63	190	44	.232	1	9
Joe Strain	77	189	54	.286	0	16
	64	151	38	.252	1	16
Max Venable	64	138	37	.268	0	10
	48	113	23	.204	1	16
Guy Sularz	25	65	16	.246	0	3
Marc Hill	17	41	7	.171	0	0
Dennis Littlejohn	13	29	7	.241	0	2
Roger Metzger	28	27	2	.074	0	0
Chris Bourjos	13	22	5	.227	1	2

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
	31	224.0	14	10	2.97	129
Bob Knepper	35	215.1	9	16	4.10	103
Ed Whitson	34	211.2	11	13	3.10	90
John Montefusco	22	113.1	4	8	4.37	85
Allen Ripley	23	112.2	9	10	4.15	65
	15	75.0	4	6	4.32	40
Jeff Stember	1	3.0	0	0	3.00	0

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
Bill Bordley	8	30.2	2	3	4.70	11
	11	25.0	0	0	5.40	14

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
Greg Minton	68	4	6	19	2.46	42
Gary Lavelle	62	6	8	9	3.42	66
Al Holland	54	5	3	7	1.75	65
	43	5	1	0	2.76	79
Mike Rowland	19	1	1	0	2.33	8
Randy Moffitt	13	1	1	0	4.86	10
Phil Nastu	6	0	0	0	6.00	1
Fred Breining	5	0	0	0	5.40	3

Awards and honors

Jack Clark RF, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Vida Blue, Pitcher, Reserve
Ed Whitson, Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system

References

"Guy Sularz Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/andrero01.shtml Rob Andrews] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/meoliru01.shtml Rudy Meoli] at ''Baseball Reference''
"Joe Pettini Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/littlje01.shtml Jeff Little] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/borbope01.shtml Pedro Borbón] at ''Baseball Reference''
"Jessie Reid Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomezra01.shtml Randy Gomez] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/parsoca01.shtml Casey Parsons] at ''Baseball Reference''
"The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".

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