1980 San Francisco Giants season

Major League Baseball team season

1980 San Francisco Giants

League| National League
Division| West
Ballpark| Candlestick Park
City| San Francisco, California
Owners| Bob Lurie
General managers| Spec Richardson
Managers| Dave Bristol
Television| KTVU
(Lindsey Nelson, Gary Park)
Radio| KNBR
(Lindsey Nelson, Hank Greenwald)
| <- 1979 | Seasons | 1981 ->

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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 a 75–86 record, 17 games behind the Houston Astros.

## Offseason

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* 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

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### Season standings

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NL West Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Houston Astros | 93 | 70  | .571  | —  | 55‍–‍26  | 38‍–‍44
Los Angeles Dodgers | 92 | 71  | .564  | 1  | 55‍–‍27  | 37‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds | 89 | 73  | .549  | 3½  | 44‍–‍37  | 45‍–‍36
Atlanta Braves | 81 | 80  | .503  | 11  | 50‍–‍30  | 31‍–‍50
San Francisco Giants | 75 | 86  | .466  | 17  | 44‍–‍37  | 31‍–‍49
San Diego Padres | 73 | 89  | .451  | 19½  | 45‍–‍36  | 28‍–‍53

### Record vs. opponents

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1980 National League record

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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

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### Notable transactions

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* 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

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* 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

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1980 San Francisco Giants roster

Roster
Pitchers

*   * 14 Vida Blue
*   * 34 Bill Bordley
*   * 48 Fred Breining
*   * 43 Tom Griffin
*   * 28 Ed Halicki
*   * 40 Alan Hargesheimer
*   * 19 Al Holland
*   * 39 Bob Knepper
*   * 46 Gary Lavelle
*   * 38 Greg Minton
*   * 17 Randy Moffitt
*   * 26 John Montefusco
*   * 23 Philip Nastu
*   * 33 Allen Ripley
*   * 28,53 Mike Rowland
*   * 50 Jeff Stember
*   * 32 Ed Whitson

|  | Catchers

*   * 2 Marc Hill
*   * 35 Dennis Littlejohn
*   * 7 Milt May
*   * 3 Mike Sadek

Infielders

*   * 41 Darrell Evans
*   * 15 Mike Ivie
*   * 10 Johnnie LeMaster
*   * 44 Willie McCovey
*   * 16 Roger Metzger
*   * 29 Rich Murray
*   * 2 Joe Pettini
*   * 6 Rennie Stennett
*   * 20 Joe Strain
*   * 21 Guy Sularz

|  | Outfielders

*   * 18 Chris Bourjos
*   * 22 Jack Clark
*   * 31 Larry Herndon
*   * 36 Billy North
*   * 49 Max Venable
*   * 45 Terry Whitfield
*   * 9 Jim Wohlford

|  | Manager

*   * 1 Dave Bristol

Coaches

*   * 8 Vern Benson
*   * 12 Jim Davenport
*   * 5 Jim Lefebvre
*   * 47 Don McMahon

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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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

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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

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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

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#### Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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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

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Bill Bordley | 8 | 30.2 | 2 | 3 | 4.70 | 11
Ed Halicki | 11 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 14

#### Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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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

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* Jack Clark RF, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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

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1. ^ a b "Guy Sularz Stats".
2. ^ Rob Andrews at Baseball Reference
3. ^ a b 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".

## External links

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

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1980 MLB season by team

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