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1978 San Francisco Giants season

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Major League Baseball team season

1978 San Francisco Giants

League

National League

Division

Candlestick Park

City

San Francisco, California

Owners

General managers

Spec Richardson

Television

KTVU
(Lon Simmons, Gary Park)

Radio

KSFO
(Lon Simmons,Joe Angel)

← 1977

Seasons

1979 →

The1978 San Francisco Giants season was theGiants' 96th season inMajor League Baseball, their 21st season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the1957 season, and their 19th atCandlestick Park. The team finished in third place in theNational League West with an 89–73 record, 6 games behind theLos Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

October 25, 1977:Frank Riccelli was traded by the Giants to theSt. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later. The Cardinals completed the deal by sendingJim Dwyer to the Giants on June 15, 1978.^[1]
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 theOakland Athletics forVida Blue. The Giants completed the trade by sendingMario Guerrero to the Athletics on April 7.^[2]
March 21, 1978:Alan Hargesheimer was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.^[3]
March 27, 1978:Randy Elliott was released by the Giants.^[4]

Regular season

The Giants won 42 games by a one run margin, an MLB record.^[5]

Season standings

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NL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	.586	—	54‍–‍27	41‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds	92	69	.571	2½	49‍–‍31	43‍–‍38
San Francisco Giants	89	73	.549	6	50‍–‍31	39‍–‍42
San Diego Padres	84	78	.519	11	50‍–‍31	34‍–‍47
Houston Astros	74	88	.457	21	50‍–‍31	24‍–‍57
Atlanta Braves	69	93	.426	26	39‍–‍42	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1978 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	—	5–7	6–12	8–10	5–13	5–7	6–6	8–4	2–10	8–10	11–7	5–7
Chicago	7–5	—	7–5	6–6	4–8	7–11	11–7	4–14	7–11	7–5	4–8	15–3
Cincinnati	12–6	5–7	—	11–7	9–9	8–4	7–5	7–5	4–7	9–9	12–6	8–4
Houston	10–8	6–6	7–11	—	7–11	6–6	7–5	6–6	4–8	8–10	6–12	7–5
Los Angeles	13–5	8–4	9–9	11–7	—	8–4	7–5	7–5	7–5	9–9	11–7	5–7
Montreal	7–5	11–7	4–8	6–6	4–8	—	8–10	9–9	7–11	6–6	5–7	9–9
New York	6–6	7–11	5–7	5–7	5–7	10–8	—	6–12	7–11	5–7	3–9	7–11
Philadelphia	4-8	14–4	5–7	6–6	5–7	9–9	12–6	—	11–7	8–4	6–6	10–8
Pittsburgh	10–2	11–7	7–4	8–4	5–7	11–7	11–7	7–11	—	5–7	4–8	9–9
San Diego	10–8	5–7	9–9	10–8	9–9	6–6	7–5	4–8	7–5	—	8–10	9–3
San Francisco	7–11	8–4	6–12	12–6	7–11	7–5	9–3	6–6	8–4	10–8	—	9–3
St. Louis	7–5	3–15	4–8	5–7	7–5	9–9	11–7	8–10	9–9	3–9	3–9	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

June 6, 1978:John Rabb was drafted by the Giants in the 11th round of the1978 Major League Baseball draft.^[7]
July 18, 1978: The Giants traded a player to be named later to theSt. Louis Cardinals forJohn Tamargo. The Giants completed the deal by sendingRob Dressler to the Cardinals on July 24.^[8]

Roster

1978 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

35Art Gardner

Manager

6Joe Altobelli

Coaches

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	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	79	197	44	.223	6	24
Rob Andrews	79	177	39	.220	1	11
Jim Dwyer	73	173	39	.225	5	22
Mike Sadek	40	109	26	.239	2	9
Vic Harris	53	100	15	.150	1	11
John Tamargo	36	92	22	.239	1	8
Tom Heintzelman	27	35	8	.229	2	6
Skip James	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	46	4	3	1	3.71	38
Charlie Williams	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

See also:Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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 Rodriguez

References

^Frank Riccelli atBaseball Reference
^Vida Blue atBaseball Reference
^Alan Hargesheimer atBaseball Reference
^Randy Elliott atBaseball Reference
^"Team Pitching Game Finder, From 1913 to 2017, (requiring run_diff=1)". Baseball Reference. RetrievedAugust 1, 2017.
^"1978 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
^John Rabb atBaseball Reference
^John Tamargo atBaseball Reference
^Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed.,The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

1978 San Francisco Giants atBaseball Reference
1978 San Francisco Giants atBaseball Almanac

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1978 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

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San Francisco Giants

Established in1883
Formerly theNew York Gothams and theNew York Giants
Based inSan 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

Athletics
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Yankees
- Subway Series(historically)

Retired numbers

Pre-World Series Champions (2)

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; DSL Giants Black; DSL Giants Orange

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