1976 New York (N) Giants
Record: 89-73
Finish: 3rd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 800
Runs Allowed: 761
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 1,455,407
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 7th in the National League
AA: 85-52, 1st in the National League
A: 54-83, 9th in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF  Bob Watson 30 155 600 87 179 41 2 24 100 4 2 45 65 .298 .347 .493 .840 94.5 17.6 2.6
DH *Bernie Carbo 28 151 536 89 146 30 2 17 77 2 1 96 86 .272 .382 .431 .813 89.8 17.0 0.1
LF *Bruce Bochte 25 154 573 77 166 26 1 12 61 3 1 53 56 .290 .349 .401 .751 76.6 12.6 4.2
SS #Larry Lintz 26 150 501 78 98 7 2 6 31 75 32 92 86 .196 .321 .253 .575 50.3 1.0 5.8
CF #Jerry Hairston 24 149 475 64 117 27 1 5 52 1 1 83 59 .246 .356 .339 .695 61.8 8.6 6.2
3B  Ron Cey 28 134 485 74 114 19 2 19 70 1 0 64 106 .235 .324 .400 .724 65.8 9.2 3.9
C  Steve Yeager 27 119 414 56 107 19 1 15 71 2 2 31 68 .258 .309 .418 .727 51.9 7.4 5.2
2B  Lee Lacy 28 102 385 50 110 25 1 10 63 13 7 17 33 .286 .314 .434 .748 47.7 6.8 2.1
CF #Jerry White 23 110 321 49 93 9 5 5 41 22 10 47 37 .290 .376 .396 .772 49.6 8.5 2.6
LF  Tony Horton 31 97 310 46 91 13 4 15 43 0 3 12 38 .294 .318 .506 .824 43.9 7.4 1.8
SS  Phil Garner 27 112 253 28 76 18 1 3 32 6 5 15 37 .300 .343 .415 .758 32.8 5.4 3.5
LF  George Foster 27 98 220 35 57 5 2 15 39 2 1 24 55 .259 .333 .505 .838 37.5 6.8 1.2
C  Randy Hundley 34 96 207 27 70 5 2 9 50 0 0 7 29 .338 .362 .512 .874 35.6 7.6 2.3
SS  Mike Andrews 32 66 142 16 32 11 0 1 21 0 0 28 9 .225 .357 .324 .681 18.6 2.6 2.4
SS *Ed Goodson 28 29 77 11 18 2 0 3 16 0 0 5 7 .234 .289 .377 .666 7.5 0.3 0.5
C  Manny Sanguillen 32 38 56 10 17 3 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 .304 .328 .446 .774 7.5 1.3 0.6
1B *Joe Hague 32 21 16 3 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 .500 .579 .500 1.079 4.3 1.3 0.0
3B  Bob Oliver 33 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.1
P  Steve Hargan 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.8 1789 5580 800 1499 260 27 160 774 131 66 623 779 .269 .342 .411 .753 774.9 121.6 45.1
  Rank among 10 NL teams 9 5 6 5 7 3 5 3 9 4 6 5 4 4 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Jack Billingham 33 18 13 .581 36 36 0 290.3 264 127 28 69 190 3.94 23.8
*Jerry Reuss 27 22 5 .815 35 35 0 274.0 255 93 10 72 143 3.05 29.4
 Eduardo Rodriguez 24 13 12 .520 33 33 0 241.3 243 122 22 109 152 4.55 15.5
*Jon Matlack 26 11 17 .393 31 31 0 232.7 249 132 28 78 96 5.11 10.5
 Odell Jones 23 13 11 .542 27 27 0 206.0 211 98 24 65 100 4.28 14.3
 Chris Zachary 32 8 10 .444 72 0 13 100.3 104 61 12 58 65 5.47 5.9
 Jim McAndrew 32 2 5 .286 38 0 4 44.7 72 35 8 12 25 7.05 0.0
 Joe Niekro 31 2 0 1.000 32 0 3 42.3 65 34 10 20 25 7.23 0.0
 Steve Hargan 33 0 0 .000 15 0 0 18.3 19 9 1 6 2 4.42 0.9
Team Totals 29.0 89 73 .549 319 162 20 1450.0 1482 711 143 489 798 4.41 100.3
Rank among 10 NL teams 5 5 9 5 5 5 7 7 2 6 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 31.5
S.Yeager 962.3 115 117 544 42 2 0 .997 27.7
R.Hundley 367.7 32 72 223 19 2 1 .992 30.8
M.Sanguillen 120.0 15 15 66 6 2 1 .973 25.0
Team Total 1450.0 162 204 833 67 6 2 .993 28.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.81
B.Watson 1322.3 150 153 1613 95 15 146 .991 11.62
T.Horton 71.0 7 9 77 11 1 9 .989 11.15
R.Hundley 42.0 5 7 54 5 1 6 .983 12.64
J.Hairston 6.0 0 2 8 0 0 1 1.000 12.00
J.Hague 4.3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.24
B.Bochte 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.White 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
E.Goodson 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 176 1760 111 17 162 .991 11.61
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.93
L.Lacy 757.2 76 84 168 304 14 65 .971 5.61
L.Lintz 398.0 50 50 97 181 8 44 .972 6.29
P.Garner 83.3 6 18 20 37 3 9 .950 6.16
M.Andrews 74.3 6 19 11 34 0 8 1.000 5.45
E.Goodson 6.0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Oliver 4.3 0 3 0 2 1 1 .667 4.16
R.Cey 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1325.2 138 179 297 561 26 127 .971 5.83
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 3.08
R.Cey 1140.7 128 129 85 302 18 29 .956 3.05
E.Goodson 160.3 18 21 12 39 3 5 .944 2.86
P.Garner 136.7 15 17 19 37 2 1 .966 3.69
B.Oliver 9.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.White 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.Foster 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 170 118 380 23 35 .956 3.09
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.33
L.Lintz 799.0 99 100 98 337 15 58 .967 4.90
P.Garner 372.7 37 66 51 171 1 28 .996 5.36
M.Andrews 251.0 25 39 48 126 4 27 .978 6.24
R.Cey 10.0 0 3 3 3 0 0 1.000 5.40
B.Oliver 7.3 1 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.91
E.Goodson 7.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
R.Hundley 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.White 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 215 201 644 20 113 .977 5.24
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
J.White 708.7 82 82 147 6 1 0 .994 1.94
T.Horton 593.0 67 83 114 2 0 0 1.000 1.76
G.Foster 136.3 13 20 36 1 1 0 .974 2.44
B.Carbo 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
L.Lacy 7.9 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.28
B.Bochte 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.9 162 193 300 9 2 0 .994 1.91
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.45
J.Hairston 1236.0 146 148 364 16 1 3 .997 2.77
J.White 108.0 10 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.92
G.Foster 100.3 6 31 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.15
B.Bochte 4.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
L.Lacy 1.6 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
R.Hundley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.6 162 207 414 16 1 3 .998 2.67
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.91
B.Bochte 1290.0 150 150 281 8 2 1 .993 2.02
G.Foster 122.7 12 19 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
L.Lacy 88.7 9 10 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
M.Sanguillen 18.3 0 10 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.47
B.Carbo 12.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.White 6.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Watson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1538.7 171 200 333 8 2 1 .994 1.99
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.09
J.Billingham 290.3 36 36 22 61 2 4 .976 2.57
J.Reuss 274.0 35 35 19 54 3 1 .961 2.40
E.Rodriguez 241.3 33 33 14 31 2 5 .957 1.68
J.Matlack 232.7 31 31 13 25 3 1 .927 1.47
O.Jones 206.0 27 27 16 46 0 6 1.000 2.71
C.Zachary 100.3 0 72 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.44
J.McAndrew 44.7 0 38 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.81
J.Niekro 42.3 0 32 4 9 0 2 1.000 2.76
S.Hargan 18.3 0 15 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.44
Team Total 1450.0 162 319 95 246 10 19 .972 2.12
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Watson .298
On-Base Pct Carbo .382
Slugging Pct Watson .493
OPS Watson .840
XR Watson 94.5
Games Watson 155
At-Bats Watson 600
Runs Carbo 89
Hits Watson 179
Total Bases Watson 296
Singles Bochte 127
Doubles Watson 41
Triples White 5
Homeruns Watson 24
RBIs Watson 100
Stolen Bases Lintz 75
Caught Stealing Lintz 32
Walks Carbo 96
Strikeouts Cey 106
ERA Reuss 3.05
Wins Reuss 22
Losses Matlack 17
Winning Pct Reuss .815
Saves Zachary 13
Games Pitched Zachary 72
Games Started Billingham 36
Complete Games Matlack 15
Shutouts Billingham, Matlack, Reuss 2
Innings Pitched Billingham 290.3
Hits Allowed Billingham 264
Homeruns Allowed Billingham, Matlack 28
Strikeouts Billingham 190
Walks Allowed Rodriguez 109
Walks per 9IP Billingham 2.1
Hits per 9IP Billingham 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Billingham 5.9
WHiP Billingham 1.15
OAVG Billingham .239
OOBP Billingham .286
OSLG Reuss .332
OOPS Reuss .630
Team All-Stars
Jack Billingham
Jerry Reuss
Bob Watson
Player Salaries
Bob Watson $ 7,150,000
Jack Billingham $ 7,000,000
Jon Matlack $ 4,000,000
Joe Niekro $ 3,680,000
Bernie Carbo $ 3,664,286
Jerry Reuss $ 3,400,000
Lee Lacy $ 2,142,857
Chris Zachary $ 2,034,034
George Foster $ 1,607,143
Tony Horton $ 1,503,061
Mike Andrews $ 1,450,000
Steve Hargan $ 1,003,023
Jim McAndrew $ 650,000
Randy Hundley $ 505,050
Manny Sanguillen $ 500,000
Tommie Sisk $ 350,000
Larry Lintz $ 300,000
Bob Oliver $ 300,000
Eduardo Rodriguez $ 300,000
Jerry Hairston $ 300,000
Joe Hague $ 300,000
Jerry Grote $ 300,000
Ed Goodson $ 300,000
Phil Garner $ 300,000
Ron Cey $ 300,000
Jerry White $ 300,000
Bruce Bochte $ 300,000
Steve Yeager $ 300,000
Odell Jones $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Dan Driessen Pittsburgh George Foster
2/4 Signed     Steve Hargan
2/5 Signed     Tommie Sisk
2/8 Signed     Tony Horton
2/8 Signed     Mel Queen
2/13 Traded Bill Melton
Mel Queen
$1,800,009
Cleveland (A) Ron Clark
2/21 Traded Charlie Hough
Eddie Solomon
Minnesota Lou Camilli
2/28 Signed     Randy Hundley
3/3 Traded Dick Estelle
Bill Hepler
Oakland John Doherty
4/2 Signed     Joe Hague
6/1 Traded Ernie Whitt Toronto Lee Lacy