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1979 New York (N) Giants
Record: 101-59
Finish: 2nd in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 815
Runs Allowed: 682
Exp W-L: 93-67
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 1,874,739
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 3rd in the National League
AA: 88-49, 1st in the National League
A: 68-69, 3rd in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Los Angeles Dodgers
 
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
CF #Jerry White 26 156 624 104 199 30 5 3 70 31 15 79 71 .319 .394 .397 .791 97.3 25.8 4.4
RF  Jeff Burroughs 28 155 589 96 173 32 0 37 106 0 1 69 74 .294 .366 .537 .902 106.6 29.0 2.4
1B *Steve Kemp 24 155 579 91 149 30 6 27 110 11 4 68 53 .257 .332 .470 .802 92.9 21.9 3.7
LF *Bruce Bochte 28 148 540 69 140 20 6 9 75 0 0 45 54 .259 .311 .369 .680 63.4 10.7 3.0
3B  Ron Cey 31 140 450 66 107 20 3 19 77 1 0 59 102 .238 .324 .422 .746 63.6 13.4 4.9
SS #Larry Lintz 29 144 393 65 97 6 1 2 36 66 23 62 45 .247 .349 .282 .632 49.3 7.7 5.2
2B  Lee Lacy 31 112 429 63 132 32 6 9 61 6 8 27 42 .308 .348 .473 .821 60.8 15.5 3.8
C  Steve Yeager 30 114 356 48 99 14 1 10 53 1 2 37 70 .278 .343 .407 .751 51.5 11.7 2.8
CF *Terry Crowley 32 90 281 36 65 6 0 6 27 1 0 39 43 .231 .326 .317 .643 30.4 4.4 0.6
RF #Ken Henderson 33 99 261 36 77 13 0 8 38 1 4 24 37 .295 .353 .437 .790 37.2 8.8 0.2
C  Brian Downing 28 65 230 32 45 9 1 4 24 0 0 36 24 .196 .306 .296 .602 22.3 1.8 1.6
SS  Phil Garner 30 91 167 27 44 14 2 2 29 5 2 13 31 .263 .317 .407 .724 20.0 4.1 2.0
CF *Mike Easler 28 48 163 17 46 12 0 5 31 0 0 6 12 .282 .310 .448 .758 20.2 4.3 0.8
SS  Dave Chalk 28 53 156 19 40 8 0 1 15 1 0 9 23 .256 .304 .327 .630 16.4 2.7 1.8
CF #Jerry Hairston 27 45 118 21 33 8 1 1 17 1 0 32 10 .280 .430 .390 .820 21.8 5.7 0.8
C *Charlie Sands 31 39 63 8 15 2 0 2 7 0 0 13 13 .238 .377 .365 .742 9.5 2.1 0.5
C  Manny Sanguillen 35 26 60 12 17 2 0 0 9 2 0 2 3 .283 .302 .317 .618 6.1 0.8 0.7
LF  George Foster 30 33 48 4 9 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 11 .188 .231 .188 .418 1.4 0.0 0.3
DH #Joe Wallis 27 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
SS *Ed Goodson 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 1720 5509 815 1487 258 32 145 789 128 59 624 718 .270 .343 .407 .750 770.8 170.4 39.7
  Rank among 12 NL teams 8 3 6 4 10 4 3 2 11 2 7 6 2 4 3 3  
* - 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
*Jerry Reuss 30 16 14 .533 35 35 0 272.3 295 115 20 71 112 3.80 14.1
 Eduardo Rodriguez 27 19 8 .704 34 34 0 270.7 221 96 12 122 157 3.19 20.3
 Jim Slaton 29 16 6 .727 28 28 0 208.7 223 97 7 83 93 4.18 10.4
*Lance Rautzhan 26 13 5 .722 50 22 16 167.0 141 54 1 58 76 2.91 18.8
 Dave Goltz 30 12 3 .800 16 16 0 121.3 124 55 9 41 61 4.08 6.4
 Bill Gogolewski 31 7 5 .583 15 15 0 109.3 99 46 7 51 76 3.79 6.6
*Will McEnaney 27 5 7 .417 44 4 12 80.0 81 36 5 29 21 4.05 6.1
 Rick Sutcliffe 23 3 7 .300 70 1 16 76.7 88 49 11 42 34 5.75 0.4
*Rick Honeycutt 25 7 2 .778 26 5 2 75.3 80 26 5 20 27 3.11 6.2
 Steve Stone 31 2 0 1.000 13 0 1 27.0 24 8 4 9 19 2.67 2.8
 Adrian Devine 27 1 1 .500 9 0 2 16.3 18 8 1 8 10 4.41 0.8
 Jim McAndrew 35 0 1 .000 9 0 1 14.3 21 13 1 1 5 8.16 0.0
 Eric Rasmussen 27 0 0 .000 4 0 0 6.7 8 5 1 1 6 6.76 0.0
Team Totals 28.3 101 59 .631 353 160 50 1445.6 1423 608 84 536 697 3.79 92.9
Rank among 12 NL teams 2 2 1 2 5 7 3 7 8 8 6  
* - 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 .989 33.5
S.Yeager 822.7 92 96 390 37 3 0 .993 38.7
B.Downing 178.6 19 19 96 8 0 0 1.000 28.6
C.Sands 144.3 15 28 77 6 0 0 1.000 23.5
M.Sanguillen 137.0 15 19 77 10 0 0 1.000 35.7
B.Bochte 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1283.6 141 163 641 61 3 0 .996 34.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.02
S.Kemp 1333.7 148 150 1676 119 7 172 .996 12.11
J.Hairston 81.0 9 12 101 8 0 12 1.000 12.11
B.Bochte 25.0 3 3 36 3 2 5 .951 14.04
B.Downing 9.5 1 2 10 0 0 2 1.000 9.47
S.Yeager 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Wallis 2.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50
R.Cey 2.0 0 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 22.50
Team Total 1455.2 161 170 1835 130 9 192 .995 12.15
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.00
L.Lacy 858.0 96 98 204 375 18 96 .970 6.07
L.Lintz 375.7 46 48 85 166 5 37 .980 6.01
P.Garner 172.0 18 28 30 65 2 16 .979 4.97
K.Henderson 30.0 0 14 7 16 0 4 1.000 6.90
R.Cey 9.0 0 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Goodson 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1445.7 160 195 327 625 25 153 .974 5.93
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.92
R.Cey 1053.0 120 121 68 291 16 27 .957 3.07
J.Burroughs 282.7 32 32 24 76 4 8 .962 3.18
P.Garner 84.7 8 13 4 21 1 1 .962 2.66
T.Crowley 10.0 0 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70
K.Henderson 6.7 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Lintz 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.6 160 179 96 391 21 36 .959 3.05
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.51
L.Lintz 780.0 96 97 145 347 21 72 .959 5.68
D.Chalk 429.0 53 53 61 199 15 35 .945 5.45
P.Garner 178.3 11 48 40 87 4 20 .969 6.41
R.Cey 42.7 0 17 8 21 1 2 .967 6.12
E.Goodson 7.0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
K.Henderson 5.0 0 2 1 1 1 0 .667 3.60
J.Wallis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Lacy 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
J.Hairston 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1445.0 160 224 258 658 42 129 .956 5.71
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.94
B.Bochte 482.3 54 55 98 6 0 0 1.000 1.94
J.Burroughs 481.0 54 55 87 1 0 0 1.000 1.65
B.Downing 272.3 30 31 58 3 0 1 1.000 2.02
M.Easler 57.8 6 9 12 0 1 0 .923 1.87
G.Foster 27.0 3 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.33
J.Hairston 26.0 3 4 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.77
T.Crowley 10.5 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.43
S.Kemp 9.0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00
J.White 3.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92
L.Lacy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Henderson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1371.6 150 168 281 12 1 1 .997 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.55
J.White 1315.0 145 150 366 6 1 1 .997 2.55
M.Easler 246.4 30 31 64 0 1 0 .985 2.34
J.Hairston 115.0 15 15 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.74
J.Burroughs 7.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
T.Crowley 4.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Henderson 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Bochte 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1691.8 190 203 468 7 2 1 .996 2.53
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.99
B.Bochte 692.7 80 84 155 3 1 0 .994 2.05
T.Crowley 274.8 33 35 50 1 1 0 .981 1.67
J.Burroughs 103.7 11 13 18 0 1 0 .947 1.56
B.Downing 80.0 8 10 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
G.Foster 50.3 4 13 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.68
J.Hairston 33.0 4 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
M.Easler 16.7 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
K.Henderson 16.7 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
J.White 10.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
L.Lacy 10.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
M.Sanguillen 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Cey 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
S.Kemp 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1295.8 144 179 280 4 3 0 .990 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
J.Reuss 272.3 35 35 17 50 4 7 .944 2.21
E.Rodriguez 270.7 34 34 15 37 0 5 1.000 1.73
J.Slaton 208.7 28 28 18 45 2 6 .969 2.72
L.Rautzhan 167.0 22 50 9 31 0 4 1.000 2.16
D.Goltz 121.3 16 16 7 17 1 0 .960 1.78
B.Gogolewski 109.3 15 15 8 19 1 1 .964 2.22
W.McEnaney 80.0 4 44 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.46
R.Sutcliffe 76.7 1 70 5 18 0 4 1.000 2.70
R.Honeycutt 75.3 5 26 6 15 3 2 .875 2.51
S.Stone 27.0 0 13 2 8 1 0 .909 3.33
A.Devine 16.3 0 9 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.20
J.McAndrew 14.3 0 9 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.88
E.Rasmussen 6.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
Team Total 1445.6 160 353 93 255 12 29 .967 2.17
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average White .319
On-Base Pct White .394
Slugging Pct Burroughs .537
OPS Burroughs .902
XR Burroughs 106.6
Games White 156
At-Bats White 624
Runs White 104
Hits White 199
Total Bases Burroughs 316
Singles White 161
Doubles Lacy, Burroughs 32
Triples Bochte, Kemp, Lacy 6
Homeruns Burroughs 37
RBIs Kemp 110
Stolen Bases Lintz 66
Caught Stealing Lintz 23
Walks White 79
Strikeouts Cey 102
ERA Rautzhan 2.91
Wins Rodriguez 19
Losses Reuss 14
Winning Pct Slaton .727
Saves Rautzhan, Sutcliffe 16
Games Pitched Sutcliffe 70
Games Started Reuss 35
Complete Games Reuss 12
Shutouts Slaton 3
Innings Pitched Reuss 272.3
Hits Allowed Reuss 295
Homeruns Allowed Reuss 20
Strikeouts Rodriguez 157
Walks Allowed Rodriguez 122
Walks per 9IP Reuss 2.3
Hits per 9IP Rodriguez 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Rodriguez 5.2
WHiP Rautzhan 1.19
OAVG Rodriguez .222
OOBP Rautzhan .294
OSLG Rautzhan .300
OOPS Rautzhan .594
Team All-Stars
Jeff Burroughs
Lee Lacy
Player Salaries
Jerry Reuss $ 7,200,000
Ken Henderson $ 6,069,069
Jeff Burroughs $ 4,940,000
Eduardo Rodriguez $ 4,421,429
Brian Downing $ 3,785,714
Dave Goltz $ 3,664,286
Mike Easler $ 3,664,286
Jim Slaton $ 2,685,714
Bruce Bochte $ 2,550,000
Lee Lacy $ 2,400,000
Joe Niekro $ 1,690,000
Steve Yeager $ 1,542,857
Ron Cey $ 1,500,000
Phil Garner $ 870,000
Charlie Sands $ 712,000
Jerry Hairston $ 550,000
Ed Herrmann $ 400,030
Larry Lintz $ 350,000
Jim McAndrew $ 350,000
Manny Sanguillen $ 300,000
Jerry White $ 300,000
Joe Wallis $ 300,000
Dave Chalk $ 300,000
Adrian Devine $ 300,000
Jim Todd $ 300,000
Steve Stone $ 300,000
Ed Goodson $ 300,000
Lance Rautzhan $ 300,000
Eric Rasmussen $ 300,000
Will McEnaney $ 300,000
Rick Honeycutt $ 300,000
Steve Kemp $ 300,000
Rick Sutcliffe $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Charlie Williams Boston (N) Ron Lolich
2/8 Traded Mike Heath
Mike Parrott		 Oakland Bill Gogolewski
2/14 Traded Bruce Bochy Indianapolis Jim Slaton
4/3 Released Bob Spence    
4/3 Released Ron Lolich    
4/3 Traded Preston Hanna
Larry Demery
Renie Martin		 Cleveland (N) Terry Crowley
Scipio Spinks
4/3 Signed     Charlie Sands
7/1 Traded Bruce Kison Tampa Bay Jim Todd
Dave Goltz
7/1 Traded Bill Gogolewski Cleveland (A) Lenn Sakata
Joe Niekro
7/1 Traded Ken Reitz Colorado Brian Downing
7/31 Traded Jim Lentine
Tucker Ashford
Terry Crowley		 Oakland Mike Easler
$1,200,000
7/31 Signed     Phil Huffman
10/28 Released George Foster    
 
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