1968 San Francisco Giants
88 - 74
1967 / 1969 (Organization)
2nd place in the NL (9 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		42 - 39 (.519)
46 - 35 (.568)		 +0.6 wins
+6.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 599 / 545 ( +54 )
Allowed/Expected: 529 / 547 ( +18 )
Pyth Record: 90 - 72 (-2)
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Candlestick Park
Attendance: 837,220 Avg Att: 10,336 (0.71)
Att Rank: 7 / 10 Lg Avg: 14,496
       
Park Factor: 0.98    
HR Factor: 1.00 R/L HR: 0.97 / 1.06
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Willie Mays
CF
37.2
6.2
31.2
19.1
17
Y
6
20
1950
 Free Agency (Amateur)
2 Jim Davenport
3B
34.9
0.1
2.7
-3.7
11
Y
1
1
1955
 Free Agency (Amateur)
3 Willie McCovey
1B
30.5
7.0
33.6
22.6
10
Y
3
12
1955
 Free Agency (Amateur)
4 Juan Marichal
SP
30.7
5.6
24.0
13.2
9
Y
1
1
1957
 Free Agency (Amateur)
5 Bobby Bolin
SP
29.4
4.5
14.9
8.7
8
Y
12
10
1956
 Free Agency (Amateur)
6 Gaylord Perry
SP
29.8
4.8
19.3
9.7
7
Y
6
3
1958
 Free Agency (Amateur)
7 Ron Herbel
RP
30.5
-0.6
0.2
-1.6
6
Y
1
1
1958
 Free Agency (Amateur)
8 Jesus Alou
RF
26.3
-0.8
6.0
-2.2
6
Y
8
25
1958
 Free Agency (Amateur)
9 Jim Ray Hart
3B
26.7
2.8
19.1
8.5
6
Y
1
1
1960
 Free Agency (Amateur)
10 Frank Linzy
RP
27.8
1.8
10.8
6.5
5
Y
1
1
1960
 Free Agency (Amateur)
11 Hal Lanier
SS
26.0
-0.1
8.4
-4.5
5
Y
1
1
1961
 Free Agency (Amateur)
12 Bob Barton
C
26.9
0.6
2.5
-0.1
4
Y
1
1
1959
 Free Agency (Amateur)
13 Ollie Brown
RF
24.4
-0.5
1.4
-0.6
4
Y
1
1
1962
 Free Agency (Amateur)
14 Bob Schroder
2B
23.5
-0.1
0.5
-0.6
4
Y
1
1
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
15 Ken Henderson
LF
22.0
-0.0
0.4
0.3
4
Y
6
20
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
16 Jack Hiatt
C
25.9
1.8
8.5
2.4
4
N
11
21
1964
 Trade CAL AL
17 Bill Henry
SW
40.7
-0.1
0.0
-0.2
4
N
3
29
1967
 Free Agency
18 Dick Dietz
C
26.8
1.0
12.2
4.2
3
Y
1
1
1960
 Free Agency (Amateur)
19 Frank Johnson
3B
25.9
-1.0
1.3
-2.6
3
Y
1
1
1961
 Free Agency (Amateur)
20 Rich Robertson
SP
23.7
-0.1
0.3
-0.0
3
Y
6
8
1965
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 5
21 Don Mason
2B
23.5
-0.2
0.1
-0.3
3
N
11
29
1965
 Draft (Rule 5) WS2 AL
22 Joe Gibbon
RP
33.2
1.0
3.4
1.6
3
N
12
1
1965
 Trade PIT NL
23 Lindy McDaniel
RP
32.6
-0.6
0.0
-0.9
3
N
12
2
1965
 Trade CHN NL
24 Ray Sadecki
SP
27.5
2.3
12.3
3.9
3
N
5
8
1966
 Trade SLN NL
25 Dave Marshall
LF
25.5
-0.2
5.8
2.0
2
N
4
6
1966
 Trade CAL AL
26 Mike McCormick
SP
29.8
-0.3
6.1
-0.6
2
N
12
13
1966
 Trade WS2 AL
27 Ty Cline
LF
29.0
0.0
2.9
-2.9
2
N
5
31
1967
 Purchased ATL NL
28 Bobby Bonds
RF
22.3
2.8
14.8
7.9
1
Y
8
4
1964
 Free Agency (Amateur)
29 Ron Hunt
2B
27.4
4.6
20.9
6.6
1
N
2
13
1968
 Trade LAN NL
30 Nate Oliver
2B
27.6
-0.7
0.5
-1.2
1
N
2
13
1968
 Trade LAN NL
31 Bill Monbouquette
RP
31.9
-0.3
0.0
-0.6
1
N
7
12
1968
 Trade NYA AL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Jesus Alou RF Santo Domingo (DO)
Bob Barton C Norwood, OH (USA)
Bobby Bolin SP York, SC (US)
Bobby Bonds RF Riverside, CA (US)
Ollie Brown RF Long Beach, CA (US)
Ty Cline LF Charleston, SC (US)
Jim Davenport 3B Alabaster, AL (US)
Dick Dietz C Greenville, SC (US)
Joe Gibbon RP Hickory, MS (US)
Jim Ray Hart 3B Hookerton, NC (USA)
Ken Henderson LF San Diego, CA (US)
Bill Henry SW Pasadena, TX (US)
Ron Herbel RP Brighton, CO (US)
Jack Hiatt C Pacoima, CA (US)
Ron Hunt 2B St. Louis, MO (US)
Frank Johnson 3B El Paso, TX (US)
Hal Lanier SS St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Frank Linzy RP Porter, OK (US)
Juan Marichal SP Laguna Verde (D.R.)
Dave Marshall LF Lakewood, CA (US)
Don Mason 2B Boston, MA (USA)
Willie Mays CF Fairfield, AL (US)
Mike McCormick SP Alhambra, CA (US)
Willie McCovey 1B Mobile, AL (US)
Lindy McDaniel RP Hollis, OK (US)
Bill Monbouquette RP Medford, MA (US)
Nate Oliver 2B St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Gaylord Perry SP Williamston, NC (US)
Rich Robertson SP Napa, CA (US)
Ray Sadecki SP Kansas City, KS (US)
Bob Schroder 2B Ridgefield, NJ (USA)

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