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.

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

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—

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

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
3BDarrell Evans154556147.2642078
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
Rich Murray5319442.216424
Mike Sadek6415138.252116
Willie McCovey4811323.204116

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Vida Blue3122414102.97129
Alan Hargesheimer1575464.3240

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Halicki1125005.4014

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Griffin435102.7679

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sulargu01.shtml
  2. Rob Andrews at Baseball Reference
  3. Rudy Meoli at Baseball Reference
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pettijo01.shtml
  5. Jeff Little at Baseball Reference
  6. Pedro Borbón at Baseball Reference
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reidje01.shtml
  8. Randy Gomez at Baseball Reference
  9. Casey Parsons at Baseball Reference
  10. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1980/25.shtml
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