1978 San Francisco Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 San Francisco Giants 1978 National League West Candlestick Park San Francisco, California Bob Lurie Spec Richardson Joe Altobelli KTVU(Lon Simmons, Gary Park) KSFO(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.Frank Riccelli at Baseball Reference 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.Vida Blue at Baseball Reference March 21, 1978: Alan Hargesheimer was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.Alan Hargesheimer at Baseball Reference March 27, 1978: Randy Elliott was released by the Giants.Randy Elliott at Baseball Reference Regular season The Giants won 42 games by a one run margin, an MLB record.https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/Q20LH Team Pitching Game Finder, From 1913 to 2017, (requiring run_diff=1) Baseball Reference August 1, 2017 Season standings Record vs. opponents SF Opening Day starters Rob Andrews Jack Clark Darrell Evans Larry Herndon Marc Hill Johnnie LeMaster Willie McCovey John Montefusco Terry Whitfieldhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1978&t=SFN 1978 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac Notable transactions June 6, 1978: John Rabb was drafted by the Giants in the 11th round of the 1978 Major League Baseball draft.John Rabb at Baseball Reference 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.John Tamargo at Baseball Reference Roster 1978 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers 33 Jim Barr 14 Vida Blue 34,42 Terry Cornutt 40 John Curtis 28 Ed Halicki 39 Bob Knepper 46 Gary Lavelle 47 Lynn McGlothen 38 Greg Minton 17 Randy Moffitt 26 John Montefusco 25 Philip Nastu 37 Ed Plank 49 Charlie Williams Catchers  2 Marc Hill 35,47 Dennis Littlejohn  3 Mike Sadek 30 John Tamargo Infielders 21 Rob Andrews 41 Darrell Evans 20 Vic Harris 34 Tom Heintzelman 15 Mike Ivie 36 Skip James 10 Johnnie LeMaster 18 Bill Madlock 44 Willie McCovey 16 Roger Metzger Outfielders 22 Jack Clark  9 Héctor Cruz 36 Jim Dwyer 31 Larry Herndon 45 Terry Whitfield Other batters 35 Art Gardner Manager  6 Joe Altobelli Coaches 12 Jim Davenport  8 Tom Haller 23 Herm Starrette 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 Willie McCovey 108 351 80 .228 12 64 2B Bill Madlock 122 447 138 .309 15 44 SS Johnny LeMaster 101 272 64 .235 1 14 3B Darrell Evans 159 547 133 .243 20 78 LF Terry Whitfield 149 488 141 .289 10 32 CF Larry Herndon 151 471 122 .259 1 72 RF Jack Clark Jack Clark (baseball) 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 Héctor Cruz Héctor Cruz (baseball) 79 197 44 .223 6 24 Rob Andrews Rob Andrews (baseball) 79 177 39 .220 1 11 Jim Dwyer Jim Dwyer (baseball) 73 173 39 .225 5 22 Mike Sadek 40 109 26 .239 2 9 Vic Harris Vic Harris (second baseman) 53 100 15 .150 1 11 John Tamargo 36 92 22 .239 1 8 Tom Heintzelman 27 35 8 .229 2 6 Skip James Skip James (baseball) 41 21 2 .095 0 3 Art Gardner 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 Bob Knepper 36 260.0 17 11 2.63 147 Vida Blue 35 258.0 18 10 2.79 171 John Montefusco 36 238.2 11 9 3.81 177 Ed Halicki 29 199.0 9 10 2.85 105 Jim Barr 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 Philip Nastu 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 John Curtis John Curtis (baseball) 46 4 3 1 3.71 38 Charlie Williams Charlie Williams (pitcher) 25 1 3 0 5.44 22 Greg Minton 11 0 1 0 8.04 6 Ed Plank 5 0 0 0 4.05 1 Terry Cornutt 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 Minor League Baseball AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Rocky Bridges AA Waterbury Giants Eastern League Andy Gilbert A Fresno Giants California League John VanOrnum A Cedar Rapids Giants Midwest League Jack Mull Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Ernie RodriguezJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1978 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference 1978 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac Category:San Francisco Giants seasons San Francisco Giants season San Francisco Giants Category:1978 in San Francisco