1980 San Francisco Giants season

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1980 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Bob Lurie
General manager(s) Spec Richardson
Manager(s) Dave Bristol
Local television KTVU
(Lindsey Nelson, Gary Park)
Local radio KNBR
(Lindsey Nelson, Hank Greenwald)
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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 an 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 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 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 Records

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

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
3B Darrell Evans 154 556 147 .264 20 78
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
Rich Murray 53 194 42 .216 4 24
Mike Sadek 64 151 38 .252 1 16
Willie McCovey 48 113 23 .204 1 16

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Vida Blue 31 224 14 10 2.97 129
Alan Hargesheimer 15 75 4 6 4.32 40

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Halicki 11 25 0 0 5.40 14

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Griffin 43 5 1 0 2.76 79

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

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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

External links