1976 San Francisco Giants season

1976 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Horace Stoneham and Bob Lurie
General manager(s) Spec Richardson
Manager(s) Bill Rigney
Local television KTVU
(Al Michaels, Gary Park)
Local radio KSFO
(Al Michaels, Lon Simmons)
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The 1976 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 94th season in Major League Baseball, their 19th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 17th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with an 74–88 record, 28 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason

Team movement discussion

During the first half of the 1970s, attendance at cold and windy Candlestick Park plummeted, and Giants owner Horace Stoneham had faced financial hardship. Finally, in 1976, he put the team up for sale. In January 1976, Stoneham agreed to sell the team for $13.25 million to a Toronto group consisting of Labatt's Breweries of Canada, Ltd., Vulcan Assets Ltd., and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The team would begin play with the 1976 season at Exhibition Stadium and be called the Giants.[1] In addition, it was briefly rumored they considered a return to the New York metropolitan area, perhaps to a new baseball stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands. Instead, Bob Lurie led a group to buy the Giants from Horace Stoneham for $8 million, thereby saving the team from potentially being sold to a Canadian brewery and moved to Toronto.[2]

Notable transactions

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 102 60 0.630 — 49–32 53–28
Los Angeles Dodgers 92 70 0.568 10 49–32 43–38
Houston Astros 80 82 0.494 22 46–36 34–46
San Francisco Giants 74 88 0.457 28 40–41 34–47
San Diego Padres 73 89 0.451 29 42–38 31–51
Atlanta Braves 70 92 0.432 32 34–47 36–45

Record vs. opponents

1976 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 6–6 6–12 7–11 8–10 8–4 4–8 5–7 3–9 10–8 9–9 4–8
Chicago 6–6 — 3–9 5–7 3–9 11–7 5–13 8–10 8–10 6–6 8–4 12–6
Cincinnati 12–6 9–3 — 12–6 13–5 9–3 6–6 5–7 8–4 13–5 9–9 6–6
Houston 11–7 7–5 6–12 — 5–13 10–2 6–6 4–8 2–10 10–8 10–8 9–3
Los Angeles 10–8 9–3 5–13 13–5 — 10–2 7–5 5–7 9–3 6–12 8–10 10–2
Montreal 4–8 7–11 3–9 2–10 2–10 — 8–10 3–15 8–10 4–8 7–5 7–11
New York 8–4 13–5 6–6 6–6 5–7 10–8 — 5–13 10–8 7–5 7–5 9–9
Philadelphia 7-5 10–8 7–5 8–4 7–5 15–3 13–5 — 8–10 8–4 6–6 12–6
Pittsburgh 9–3 10–8 4–8 10–2 3–9 10–8 8–10 10–8 — 7–5 9–3 12–6
San Diego 8–10 6–6 5–13 8–10 12–6 8–4 5–7 4–8 5–7 — 8–10 4–8
San Francisco 9–9 4–8 9–9 8–10 10–8 5–7 5–7 6–6 3–9 10–8 — 5–7
St. Louis 8–4 6–12 6–6 3–9 2–10 11–7 9–9 6–12 6–12 8–4 7–5 —

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1976 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C Rader, DaveDave Rader 88 255 67 .263 1 22
3B Reitz, KenKen Reitz 155 577 154 .267 5 66
SS Speier, ChrisChris Speier 145 495 112 .226 3 40
LF Matthews, GaryGary Matthews 156 587 164 .279 20 84
RF Murcer, BobbyBobby Murcer 147 533 138 .259 23 90

Other batters

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
Thomas, DerrelDerrel Thomas 81 272 63 .232 2 19
Montañez, WillieWillie Montañez 60 230 71 .309 2 20
Joshua, VonVon Joshua 42 156 41 .263 0 2
Sadek, MikeMike Sadek 55 93 19 .204 0 7
Ontiveros, SteveSteve Ontiveros 59 74 13 .176 0 5
Robinson, ChrisChris Robinson 15 13 4 .308 0 2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Montefusco, JohnJohn Montefusco 37 253.1 16 14 2.84 172
Barr, JimJim Barr 37 252.1 15 12 2.89 75
Dressler, RobRob Dressler 25 107.2 3 10 4.43 33
D'Acquisto, JohnJohn D'Acquisto 28 106 3 8 5.35 53
Riccelli, FrankFrank Riccelli 4 16 1 1 5.63 11

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Caldwell, MikeMike Caldwell 50 107.1 1 7 4.86 55

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Williams, CharlieCharlie Williams 48 2 0 1 2.96 34

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Rocky Bridges
AA Lafayette Drillers Texas League John VanOrnum
A Fresno Giants California League Andy Gilbert
A Cedar Rapids Giants Midwest League Salty Parker
Rookie Great Falls Giants Pioneer League Ernie Rodriguez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Great Falls[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Giants Moving: Toronto". St. Petersburg Times. January 9, 1976.
  2. ↑ Gordon Sakamoto (February 11, 1976). "Giants will stay in San Francisco". Bryan Times. p. 14.
  3. ↑ Dennis Littlejohn page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Von Joshua page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Darrell Evans page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Joe Strain page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Casey Parsons page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Randy Elliott page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Jeff Stember page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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