1978 San Francisco Giants roster

29 players appeared for the San Francisco Giants in the 1978 MLB season.

1978 Giants roster: batting

1978 San Francisco Giants batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Jack ClarkDH15659290181259815.306.358.895
Darrell Evans1B1595478213320784.243.360.764
Terry WhitfieldCF1494887014110325.289.335.734
Larry HerndonLF1514715212213213.259.311.646
Bill MadlockDH12244776138154416.309.378.859
Marc HillC11735820873361.243.329.645
Willie McCovey1B108351328012641.228.298.694
Mike Ivie1B117318349811553.308.363.838
Johnnie LeMaster3B10127223641146.235.293.627
Rob Andrews—7917721391115.220.299.588
Mike SadekC401091526291.239.303.624
Vic Harris3B531008151110.150.230.450
Tom Heintzelman—273528260.229.270.699
Skip James—412152031.095.240.383
Art Gardner—7320000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1978 Giants roster: pitching

1978 San Francisco Giants pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Bob KnepperSP363517112.63260.01471.170
Vida BlueSP353518102.79258.01711.170
John MontefuscoRP36361193.81238.21771.260
Ed HalickiRP29289102.85199.01051.061
Jim BarrRP32258113.53163.0441.321
Gary LavelleRP67013103.3297.2631.4314
Randy MoffittRP700843.3181.2521.3712
John CurtisRP460433.7163.0381.411
Charlie WilliamsP251135.4448.0221.830
Greg MintonRP110018.0415.261.910
Phil NastuRP31015.638.051.250
Ed PlankP50004.056.211.200
Terry CornuttP10000.003.000.330

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.