1980 New York (N) Giants
Record: 96-65
Finish: 2nd in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 867
Runs Allowed: 696
Exp W-L: 96-65
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,099,465
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 10th in the National League
AA: 77-60, 2nd in the National League
A: 71-66, 3rd in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 2-4 to San Diego Padres
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Pittsburgh Pirates
 
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  Jeff Burroughs 29 156 603 99 173 31 2 28 107 0 0 79 79 .287 .370 .484 .854 102.2 25.6 2.4
CF #Jerry White 27 148 589 94 168 30 6 11 74 29 16 77 53 .285 .366 .413 .779 91.3 21.4 2.1
1B *Steve Kemp 25 154 579 103 142 23 7 24 89 14 5 73 60 .245 .328 .434 .761 83.6 17.5 0.7
LF *Bruce Bochte 29 147 535 87 158 24 3 15 102 2 1 62 48 .295 .366 .436 .802 80.4 19.1 2.0
CF #Jerry Hairston 28 151 484 66 119 30 0 6 65 1 0 71 62 .246 .339 .345 .684 61.9 11.8 3.5
C  Brian Downing 29 141 476 81 128 31 3 25 103 1 1 73 55 .269 .370 .504 .874 83.0 20.2 4.6
SS #Larry Lintz 30 152 463 64 123 8 4 5 34 66 31 50 63 .266 .337 .333 .670 57.7 9.5 4.2
CF *Mike Easler 29 142 479 71 142 24 6 8 68 1 3 51 76 .296 .361 .422 .783 68.3 15.9 1.6
SS  Dave Chalk 29 148 437 61 122 14 4 2 55 0 2 34 56 .279 .339 .343 .682 48.9 8.6 6.4
3B  Ron Cey 32 112 295 47 61 7 2 18 57 1 0 37 61 .207 .295 .427 .722 40.8 7.2 2.0
2B  Lee Lacy 32 111 286 42 86 16 5 2 40 8 3 26 41 .301 .354 .413 .767 40.7 9.3 1.4
C  Steve Yeager 31 81 196 28 54 7 1 8 29 0 1 23 40 .276 .355 .444 .798 29.1 6.7 1.2
SS  Phil Garner 31 64 81 13 14 0 0 2 9 1 1 7 11 .173 .247 .247 .494 4.6 0.0 1.1
CF  Jim Tyrone 31 41 41 10 6 1 1 1 8 4 0 4 10 .146 .229 .293 .522 3.9 0.0 0.7
C  John Stearns 28 21 11 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 .545 .643 .545 1.188 3.8 1.2 0.1
DH #Joe Wallis 28 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.3 1773 5561 867 1502 246 44 155 842 129 64 670 718 .270 .348 .414 .762 799.7 174.1 33.9
  Rank among 12 NL teams 6 1 5 6 2 2 1 3 10 1 4 5 1 2 1 1  
* - 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
 Eduardo Rodriguez 28 16 10 .615 35 35 0 254.7 233 104 13 113 164 3.68 13.6
 Bob Apodaca 30 14 13 .519 34 34 0 252.3 256 87 13 61 131 3.10 16.3
*Lance Rautzhan 27 21 5 .808 35 35 0 240.3 195 68 2 67 171 2.55 21.1
 Dave Goltz 31 14 10 .583 30 30 0 237.3 235 99 20 70 128 3.75 11.3
 David Palmer 22 8 5 .615 18 18 0 108.7 112 67 12 54 62 5.55 1.2
 Jim Slaton 30 14 13 .519 68 0 22 99.3 96 43 5 49 54 3.90 9.5
*Rick Honeycutt 26 3 3 .500 39 4 5 74.7 88 44 10 18 28 5.30 1.5
 Rick Sutcliffe 24 3 3 .500 53 0 6 73.7 84 41 6 36 37 5.01 2.0
*Jerry Reuss 31 3 0 1.000 5 5 0 38.0 37 13 1 13 23 3.08 2.7
 Steve Stone 32 0 1 .000 26 0 4 37.3 39 21 7 15 17 5.06 0.7
 Adrian Devine 28 0 2 .000 14 0 0 23.7 27 21 3 12 11 7.99 0.0
 Eric Rasmussen 28 0 0 .000 6 0 0 12.7 16 6 1 2 7 4.27 0.1
*Will McEnaney 28 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 4 4 2 0 0 109.09 0.0
Team Totals 28.1 96 65 .596 364 161 37 1452.9 1422 618 95 510 833 3.83 80.0
Rank among 12 NL teams 2 2 11 2 2 8 3 8 6 3 8  
* - 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 .988 31.5
B.Downing 1068.0 120 120 653 47 2 0 .997 26.6
S.Yeager 378.7 41 42 205 13 5 1 .978 26.3
J.Stearns 5.3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Tyrone 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1453.0 161 167 860 60 7 1 .992 26.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.90
J.White 1238.3 142 143 1486 98 9 135 .994 11.51
R.Cey 64.0 8 8 88 9 0 8 1.000 13.64
B.Bochte 60.7 6 13 82 6 1 7 .989 13.06
B.Downing 52.7 3 14 63 6 0 7 1.000 11.79
S.Kemp 22.3 1 6 30 2 0 4 1.000 12.90
S.Yeager 15.0 1 3 18 0 0 1 1.000 10.80
J.Wallis 2.5 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 14.40
Team Total 1455.5 162 188 1771 121 10 162 .995 11.70
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.93
L.Lintz 1230.0 147 149 267 534 21 118 .974 5.86
L.Lacy 159.7 10 49 34 81 2 17 .983 6.48
P.Garner 45.7 4 15 11 16 1 4 .964 5.32
R.Cey 12.0 0 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 6.00
J.Tyrone 3.0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00
D.Chalk 2.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1453.0 161 225 316 637 25 140 .974 5.90
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.98
J.Burroughs 929.0 102 103 57 210 8 17 .971 2.59
R.Cey 484.0 57 57 37 121 10 10 .940 2.94
P.Garner 26.0 2 10 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.38
J.Stearns 14.0 0 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.21
Team Total 1453.0 161 174 96 338 18 28 .960 2.69
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.35
D.Chalk 1223.0 147 148 174 544 27 99 .964 5.28
P.Garner 157.7 14 38 28 71 2 14 .980 5.65
R.Cey 46.7 0 24 8 27 0 5 1.000 6.75
L.Lintz 12.7 0 9 5 7 0 2 1.000 8.53
J.Tyrone 12.0 0 6 3 10 0 3 1.000 9.75
L.Lacy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.0 161 226 218 659 29 123 .968 5.43
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.90
M.Easler 987.7 112 112 202 1 6 0 .971 1.85
S.Kemp 382.7 43 43 74 3 2 1 .975 1.81
B.Bochte 45.0 5 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Downing 15.0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Lacy 9.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.80
J.Burroughs 7.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Tyrone 6.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1453.0 161 170 298 4 8 1 .974 1.87
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.48
J.Hairston 1270.0 149 149 348 14 1 4 .997 2.57
J.Tyrone 94.7 8 19 39 2 0 1 1.000 3.90
B.Bochte 38.7 3 11 10 0 1 0 .909 2.33
J.White 16.7 0 7 8 1 0 1 1.000 4.86
M.Easler 13.0 0 8 2 0 1 0 .667 1.38
S.Yeager 7.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Wallis 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29
J.Stearns 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Lintz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.7 160 199 409 17 3 6 .993 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.96
B.Bochte 978.7 112 114 200 5 1 2 .995 1.89
L.Lacy 410.3 48 55 84 2 1 1 .989 1.89
M.Easler 35.0 1 15 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.03
J.Hairston 7.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Burroughs 6.3 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
J.Tyrone 5.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
B.Downing 5.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Wallis 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.8 161 201 291 7 2 3 .993 1.85
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.05
E.Rodriguez 254.7 35 35 17 34 4 3 .927 1.80
B.Apodaca 252.3 34 34 20 52 1 7 .986 2.57
L.Rautzhan 240.3 35 35 16 31 1 2 .979 1.76
D.Goltz 237.3 30 30 12 40 3 4 .945 1.97
D.Palmer 108.7 18 18 4 17 0 1 1.000 1.74
J.Slaton 99.3 0 68 8 18 0 1 1.000 2.36
R.Honeycutt 74.7 4 39 1 16 1 0 .944 2.05
R.Sutcliffe 73.7 0 53 7 11 0 3 1.000 2.20
J.Reuss 38.0 5 5 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.13
S.Stone 37.3 0 26 4 5 0 1 1.000 2.17
A.Devine 23.7 0 14 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.38
E.Rasmussen 12.7 0 6 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.42
W.McEnaney 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.9 161 364 92 233 10 23 .970 2.01
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Easler .296
On-Base Pct Downing .370
Slugging Pct Downing .504
OPS Downing .874
XR Burroughs 102.2
Games Burroughs 156
At-Bats Burroughs 603
Runs Kemp 103
Hits Burroughs 173
Total Bases Burroughs 292
Singles White 121
Doubles Burroughs, Downing 31
Triples Kemp 7
Homeruns Burroughs 28
RBIs Burroughs 107
Stolen Bases Lintz 66
Caught Stealing Lintz 31
Walks Burroughs 79
Strikeouts Burroughs 79
ERA Rautzhan 2.55
Wins Rautzhan 21
Losses Apodaca, Slaton 13
Winning Pct Rautzhan .808
Saves Slaton 22
Games Pitched Slaton 68
Games Started Rautzhan, Rodriguez 35
Complete Games Rodriguez 9
Shutouts Apodaca, Rodriguez 2
Innings Pitched Rodriguez 254.7
Hits Allowed Apodaca 256
Homeruns Allowed Goltz 20
Strikeouts Rautzhan 171
Walks Allowed Rodriguez 113
Walks per 9IP Apodaca 2.2
Hits per 9IP Rautzhan 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Rautzhan 6.4
WHiP Rautzhan 1.09
OAVG Rautzhan .220
OOBP Rautzhan .275
OSLG Rautzhan .296
OOPS Rautzhan .571
Team All-Stars
Bruce Bochte
Jeff Burroughs
Brian Downing
Lance Rautzhan
Player Salaries
Brian Downing $ 7,500,000
Bob Apodaca $ 6,006,006
Eduardo Rodriguez $ 5,071,429
Jeff Burroughs $ 4,940,000
Dave Goltz $ 3,940,000
Bruce Bochte $ 3,570,000
Jerry White $ 3,178,571
Mike Easler $ 2,800,000
Jim Slaton $ 2,685,714
Lee Lacy $ 2,400,000
Steve Yeager $ 1,542,857
Phil Garner $ 870,000
Jerry Hairston $ 550,000
Steve Stone $ 387,857
Jim McAndrew $ 350,000
Dave Chalk $ 300,000
Adrian Devine $ 300,000
Rick Honeycutt $ 300,000
Steve Kemp $ 300,000
Larry Lintz $ 300,000
Will McEnaney $ 300,000
David Palmer $ 300,000
Eric Rasmussen $ 300,000
Lance Rautzhan $ 300,000
John Stearns $ 300,000
Rick Sutcliffe $ 300,000
Jim Tyrone $ 300,000
Wayne Krenchicki $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/6 Signed     Bob Apodaca
3/4 Traded Ken Henderson Indianapolis Derek Bryant
5/1 Released Derek Bryant    
5/1 Released Pete Hamm    
5/1 Released Greg Thayer    
5/1 Traded Joe Wallis
Jerry Reuss
Indianapolis David Palmer
Tito Landrum
10/31 Released Ron Cey    
10/31 Released Ed Goodson