1980 San Francisco Giants season

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.

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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

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	93	70	0.571	—	55–26	38–44
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	71	0.564	1	55–27	37–44
Cincinnati Reds	89	73	0.549	3½	44–37	45–36
Atlanta Braves	81	80	0.503	11	50–30	31–50
San Francisco Giants	75	86	0.466	17	44–37	31–49
San Diego Padres	73	89	0.451	19½	45–36	28–53

Record vs. opponents

1980 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–4	2–16	7–11	11–7	5–7	3–9	5–7	11–1	12–6	11–6	6–6
Chicago	4–8	—	7–5	1–11	5–7	6–12	10–8	5–13	8–10	4–8	5–7	9–9
Cincinnati	16–2	5–7	—	8–10	9–9	3–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	15–3–1	7–11	5–7
Houston	11–7	11–1	10–8	—	9–10	5–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	11–7	11–7	7–5
Los Angeles	7–11	7–5	9–9	10–9	—	11–1	7–5	6–6	6–6	9–9	13–5	7–5
Montreal	7–5	12–6	9–3	7–5	1–11	—	10–8	9–9	6–12	10–2	7–5	12–6
New York	9–3	8–10	4–8	4–8	5–7	8–10	—	6–12	10–8	1–11	3–9	9–9
Philadelphia	7-5	13–5	5–7	9–3	6–6	9–9	12–6	—	7–11	8–4	6–6	9–9
Pittsburgh	1–11	10–8	6–6	5–7	6–6	12–6	8–10	11–7	—	6–6	8–4	10–8
San Diego	6–12	8–4	3–15–1	7–11	9–9	2–10	11–1	4–8	6–6	—	10–8	7–5
San Francisco	6–11	7–5	11–7	7–11	5–13	5–7	9–3	6–6	4–8	8–10	—	7–5
St. Louis	6–6	9–9	7–5	5–7	5–7	6–12	9–9	9–9	8–10	5–7	5–7	—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

April 1, 1980: Guy Sularz was returned (earlier draft pick) by the Minnesota Twins to the San Francisco Giants.^[1]
April 2, 1980: Jeff Little was released by the Giants.^[5]
April 3, 1980: Pedro Borbón was released by the Giants.^[6]
April 3, 1980: Rudy Meoli was released by the Giants.^[3]
June 3, 1980: Jessie Reid was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.^[7]
June 3, 1980: Randy Gomez was drafted by the Giants in the 25th round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.^[8]
June 16, 1980: Casey Parsons was purchased from the Giants by the Seattle Mariners.^[9]

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

1 Dave Bristol

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
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	Darrell Evans	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	Jack Clark	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
Rich Murray	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
Mike Sadek	64	151	38	.252	1	16
Max Venable	64	138	37	.268	0	10
Willie McCovey	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
Vida Blue	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
Alan Hargesheimer	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
Ed Halicki	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
Tom Griffin	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

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

^ ^a ^b "Guy Sularz Stats".
^ Rob Andrews at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Rudy Meoli at Baseball Reference
^ "Joe Pettini Stats".
^ Jeff Little at Baseball Reference
^ Pedro Borbón at Baseball Reference
^ "Jessie Reid Stats".
^ Randy Gomez at Baseball Reference
^ Casey Parsons at Baseball Reference
^ "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".

External links

1980 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
1980 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac

1980 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

San Francisco Giants

Established in 1883
Formerly the New York Gothams and the New York Giants
Based in San Francisco, California (Bay Area)

Franchise

Ballparks

Polo Grounds Oakland Park St. George Grounds Hilltop Park Seals Stadium Candlestick Park Oracle Park
Spring training:	Bolton Street Park Payne Park Flamingo Field LSU Varsity Baseball Field Denison Field Al Lang Stadium Phoenix Municipal Stadium Scottsdale Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Retired numbers

Pre-World Series Champions (2)

1888
1889

Temple Cup Champions (1)

1894

World Series Champions (8)

National League
Championships (23)

Division titles (9)

Wild card (3)

Minor league affiliates

Triple-A: Sacramento River Cats
Double-A: Richmond Flying Squirrels
High-A: Eugene Emeralds
Single-A: San Jose Giants
Rookie: ACL Giants Black; ACL Giants Orange; DSL Giants Black; DSL Giants Orange

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