1979 San Francisco Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 San Francisco Giants 1979 National League West Candlestick Park San Francisco, California Bob Lurie Spec Richardson Joe Altobelli, Dave Bristol KTVU(Lindsey Nelson, Gary Park) KNBR(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.Max Venable at Baseball-Reference December 5, 1978: Darrell Evans was signed as a free agent by the Giants.Darrell Evans at Baseball-Reference February 24, 1979: Bill Bordley was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.Bill Bordley at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents SF Opening Day starters Vida Blue Jack Clark Darrell Evans Marc Hill Mike Ivie Bill Madlock Roger Metzger Billy North Terry Whitfieldhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1979&t=SFN 1979 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac Notable transactions April 1, 1979: Joe Coleman was signed as a free agent by the Giants.Joe Coleman at Baseball-Reference 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.Scott Garrelts at Baseball-Reference 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.John Tamargo at Baseball-Reference June 17, 1979: Dan Gladden was signed by the Giants as an amateur free agent.Dan Gladden at Baseball-Reference 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.Bill Madlock at Baseball-Reference June 28, 1979: Héctor Cruz was traded by the Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Pedro Borbón.Pedro Borbón at Baseball-Reference Roster 1979 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers 14 Vida Blue 34 Pedro Borbón 29 Joe Coleman 40 John Curtis 43 Tom Griffin 28 Ed Halicki 19 Al Holland 39 Bob Knepper 46 Gary Lavelle 38 Greg Minton 17 Randy Moffitt 26 John Montefusco 25 Philip Nastu 37 Ed Plank 25 Dave Roberts 32 Ed Whitson Catchers  2 Marc Hill 30 Bob Kearney 47 Dennis Littlejohn  3 Mike Sadek 30 John Tamargo Infielders 21 Rob Andrews 41 Darrell Evans 15 Mike Ivie 10 Johnnie LeMaster 18 Bill Madlock 44 Willie McCovey 16 Roger Metzger 20 Joe Strain Outfielders 22 Jack Clark  9 Héctor Cruz 31 Larry Herndon 18 Greg Johnston 36 Billy North 49 Max Venable 45 Terry Whitfield Manager  6 Joe Altobelli  1 Dave Bristol Coaches  1 Dave Bristol (Third Base) 12 Jim Davenport (First Base/Third Base)  5 Tom Haller (Bullpen) -- Salty Parker (First Base) -- Hank Sauer (Hitting)  8 Larry Shepard (Pitching) 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 Darrell Evans 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 Jack Clark Jack Clark (baseball) 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 Marc Hill 63 169 35 .207 3 15 Rob Andrews Rob Andrews (baseball) 75 154 40 .260 2 13 Mike Sadek 63 126 30 .238 1 11 Max Venable 55 85 14 .165 0 3 Greg Johnston 42 74 15 .203 1 7 John Tamargo 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 Vida Blue 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 John Curtis John Curtis (baseball) 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 Pedro Borbón 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 Joe Coleman Joe Coleman (1970s pitcher) 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 Minor League Baseball AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Rocky Bridges AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Andy Gilbert A Fresno Giants California League Jack Mull A Cedar Rapids Giants Midwest League Wayne Cato Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Ernie Rodriguez References 2 External links 1979 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball-Reference 1979 San Francisco Giants team page at Category:San Francisco Giants seasons San Francisco Giants season San Fran Category:1979 in San Francisco