The San Francisco Giants went 94-68 in 2012, a .580 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 718 runs and allowed 649, a run differential of +69. The offence ranked 12th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.67 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Buster Posey led the position players at 7.0 WAR, and Matt Cain the rotation at a 2.79 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL West, 8 games clear. They spent 86 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 11 games on September 22 and were as far as 7.5 games back on May 26. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 20-10, their worst July at 12-12. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from September 17 to September 22 and a 5-game losing streak from July 25 to July 30. They were 48-33 at home and 46-35 on the road, 30-20 in one-run games and 44-42 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-0 at the Cardinals on August 8; the heaviest defeat, 14-2 against the Nationals on August 13.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
10
.545
90
86
+4
May
15
14
.517
114
116
-2
June
17
11
.607
109
96
+13
July
12
12
.500
99
108
-9
August
18
11
.621
157
126
+31
Sept/Oct
20
10
.667
149
117
+32
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
46-35
.568
One-run games
30-20
.600
Extra innings
8-5
.615
Within the division
45-27
.625
Against .500+ clubs
44-42
.512
Decided by 5+ runs
24-18
.571
Last 10
5-5
.500
2012 postseason
In October the San Francisco Giants beat the Reds 3-2 in the NLDS, beat the Cardinals 4-3 in the NLCS, then beat the Tigers 4-0 in the World Series. They won the 2012 World Series.
NLDS vs Reds3-2 W
Game 1, October 6 L 2-5 vs Reds
Game 2, October 7 L 0-9 vs Reds
Game 3, October 9 W 2-1 at Reds
Game 4, October 10 W 8-3 at Reds
Game 5, October 11 W 6-4 at Reds
NLCS vs Cardinals4-3 W
Game 1, October 14 L 4-6 vs Cardinals
Game 2, October 15 W 7-1 vs Cardinals
Game 3, October 17 L 1-3 at Cardinals
Game 4, October 18 L 3-8 at Cardinals
Game 5, October 19 W 5-0 at Cardinals
Game 6, October 21 W 6-1 vs Cardinals
Game 7, October 22 W 9-0 vs Cardinals
World Series vs Tigers4-0 W
Game 1, October 24 W 8-3 vs Tigers
Game 2, October 25 W 2-0 vs Tigers
Game 3, October 27 W 2-0 at Tigers
Game 4, October 28 W 4-3 at Tigers
National League West standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 2012. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
41,696
41,679
41,035
42,664
Night
47
41,678
41,645
41,035
42,664
Day
34
41,721
41,751
41,112
42,483
Weekend
39
41,730
41,728
41,082
42,483
Weekday
42
41,665
41,601
41,035
42,664
On the road
80
32,890
32,805
12,835
56,000
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
41,667
May
16
41,411
Jun
16
41,820
Jul
12
42,012
Aug
12
41,879
Sep
16
41,500
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2012.
Regulation
2:58
149 games
All games
3:02
Extra innings
3:42
13 of them
Longest
4:19
2012-09-04, 11 inn
Shortest
2:10
2012-04-13
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
3:02
3:00
2:10
4:34
Regulation
149
2:58
2:58
2:10
4:15
Extra innings
13
3:42
3:41
2:27
4:34
Home
81
2:56
2:55
2:10
4:19
Road
81
3:07
3:05
2:21
4:34
Day
65
2:59
2:59
2:10
4:15
Night
97
3:04
3:00
2:18
4:34
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
2:38
May
16
3:03
Jun
16
2:42
Jul
12
3:04
Aug
12
2:58
Sep
16
3:07
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
San Francisco Giants are 94-68, a .580 win rate, while their +69 run differential implies .546. That is about 6 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
