1980 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco, California
OwnersBob Lurie
General managersSpec Richardson
ManagersDave Bristol
TelevisionKTVU
(Lindsey Nelson, Gary Park)
RadioKNBR
(Lindsey Nelson, Hank Greenwald)
Seasons

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.[1]
  • December 19, 1979: Rob Andrews was released by the Giants.[2]
  • March 13, 1980: Rudy Meoli was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[3]
  • 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.[4]

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 9370 0.571 — 55–26 38–44
Los Angeles Dodgers 9271 0.564 1 55–27 37–44
Cincinnati Reds 8973 0.549 3½ 44–37 45–36
Atlanta Braves 8180 0.503 11 50–30 31–50
San Francisco Giants 7586 0.466 17 44–37 31–49
San Diego Padres 7389 0.451 19½ 45–36 28–53

Record vs. opponents

1980 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—8–42–167–1111–75–73–95–711–112–611–66–6
Chicago4–8—7–51–115–76–1210–85–138–104–85–79–9
Cincinnati16–25–7—8–109–93–98–47–56–615–3–17–115–7
Houston11–711–110–8—9–105–78–43–97–511–711–77–5
Los Angeles 7–117–59–910–9—11–17–56–66–69–913–57–5
Montreal7–512–69–37–51–11—10–89–96–1210–27–512–6
New York9–38–104–84–85–78–10—6–1210–81–113–99–9
Philadelphia7-513–55–79–36–69–912–6—7–118–46–69–9
Pittsburgh1–1110–86–65–76–612–68–1011–7—6–68–410–8
San Diego6–128–43–15–17–119–92–1011–14–86–6—10–87–5
San Francisco6–117–511–77–115–135–79–36–64–88–10—7–5
St. Louis6–69–97–55–75–76–129–99–98–105–75–7—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

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) [10]

Roster

1980 San Francisco Giants roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CMilt May11135893.260650
1BMike Ivie7928669.241425
2BRennie Stennett12039797.244237
SSJohnny LeMaster13540587.215331
3BDarrell Evans154556147.2642078
LFTerry Whitfield11832195.296426
CFBill North128415104.251119
RFJack Clark127437124.2842282

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 Herndon139493127.258849
Rich Murray5319442.216424
Jim Wohlford9119354.280124
Joe Pettini6319044.23219
Joe Strain7718954.286016
Mike Sadek6415138.252116
Max Venable6413837.268010
Willie McCovey4811323.204116
Guy Sularz256516.24603
Marc Hill17417.17100
Dennis Littlejohn13297.24102
Roger Metzger28272.07400
Chris Bourjos13225.22712

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 Blue31224.014102.97129
Bob Knepper35215.19164.10103
Ed Whitson34211.211133.1090
John Montefusco22113.1484.3785
Allen Ripley23112.29104.1565
Alan Hargesheimer1575.0464.3240
Jeff Stember13.0003.000

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 Bordley830.2234.7011
Ed Halicki1125.0005.4014

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 Minton6846192.4642
Gary Lavelle626893.4266
Al Holland545371.7565
Tom Griffin435102.7679
Mike Rowland191102.338
Randy Moffitt131104.8610
Phil Nastu60006.001
Fred Breining50005.403

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Rocky Bridges
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Andy Gilbert
A Fresno Giants California League Jack Mull
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Wayne Cato
Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Ernie Rodriguez

References

  1. 1 2 "Guy Sularz Stats".
  2. ↑ Rob Andrews at Baseball Reference
  3. 1 2 Rudy Meoli at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ "Joe Pettini Stats".
  5. ↑ Jeff Little at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Pedro Borbón at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ "Jessie Reid Stats".
  8. ↑ Randy Gomez at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Casey Parsons at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".
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