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National League West · 2016

San Francisco Giants

Team WAR
34.6
17.3 bat / 17.3 pitch
Win %
.537
pyth .557
Run diff
+84
4.41 / 3.90 per g
wRC+
97
ERA
3.68
FIP 3.79
Home runs
127

The San Francisco Giants went 87-75 in 2016, a .537 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 715 runs and allowed 631, a run differential of +84. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.68 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. Buster Posey led the position players at 4.1 WAR, and Johnny Cueto the rotation at a 2.79 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,406 team hits
Buster Posey155Buster Posey — 155 hits (11.0%)Brandon Crawford152Brandon Crawford — 152 hits (10.8%)Denard Span152Denard Span — 152 hits (10.8%)Brandon Belt149Brandon Belt — 149 hits (10.6%)Ángel Pagán137Ángel Pagán — 137 hits (9.7%)Hunter Pence114Hunter Pence — 114 hits (8.1%)Joe Panik111Joe Panik — 111 hits (7.9%)Matt Duffy86Matt Duffy — 86 hits (6.1%)Grégor Blanco54Grégor Blanco — 54 hits (3.8%)Gillaspie50Conor Gillaspie — 50 hits (3.6%)Trevor Brown41Trevor Brown — 41 hits (2.9%)Tomlinson31Kelby Tomlinson — 31 hits (2.2%)Parker30Jarrett Parker — 30 hits (2.1%)Ramiro Pena26Ramiro Pena — 26 hits (1.8%)Williamson25Mac Williamson — 25 hits (1.8%)16Ehire Adrianza — 16 hits (1.1%)16Madison Bumgarner — 16 hits (1.1%)14Gorkys Hernández — 14 hits (1.0%)12Grant Green — 12 hits (0.9%)10Jeff Samardzija — 10 hits (0.7%)8Johnny Cueto — 8 hits (0.6%)5Jake Peavy — 5 hits (0.4%)Albert Suárez — 4 hits (0.3%)Matt Moore — 3 hits (0.2%)Ty Blach — 2 hits (0.1%)Matt Cain — 2 hits (0.1%)Cory Gearrin — 1 hits (0.1%)
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.

Batting

33 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Buster PoseyC14561415514806.288.362.434.3441154.1
Brandon Belt1B15565514917820.275.394.474.3781383.6
Brandon CrawfordSS15262315212847.275.342.430.3301053.4
Hunter PenceRF10644211413571.289.357.451.3521201.9
Denard SpanCF142637152115312.266.331.381.314951.9
Ángel PagánLF129543137125515.277.331.418.3271031.5
Joe Panik2B12552611110625.239.315.379.303871.3
Matt Duffy3B90366865288.258.310.357.295820.6
Conor Gillaspie3B99205506251.262.307.440.317970.4
Jarrett ParkerRF58151305140.236.358.394.3361090.4
Kelby Tomlinson2B4812031065.292.370.330.315950.4
Ramiro Pena2B2991261100.299.330.425.3251020.4
Trevor BrownC68184415190.237.283.364.285750.3
Mac WilliamsonRF54127256150.223.315.411.321990.2
Gorkys HernándezCF225714240.259.298.463.3281040.2
Ehire AdrianzaSS387116270.254.299.381.299850.1
Grant Green2B185012170.261.300.370.292800.1
Ty BlachP242000.500.500.500.4391790.1
Cory GearrinP1110001.0001.0001.000.8774740.0
Mike BroadwayP1100000.0
Chris StrattonP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Derek LawP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Javier LópezP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Steven OkertP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Vin MazzaroP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Madison BumgarnerP359716390.186.268.360.27870-0.0
Albert SuárezP13244020.190.190.286.20420-0.1
Jake PeavyP17315030.185.241.185.19917-0.2
Matt CainP15282150.074.074.222.124-34-0.3
Grégor BlancoRF98274541186.224.309.311.27468-0.4
Matt MooreP15353000.097.097.097.085-60-0.5
Jeff SamardzijaP316910090.156.164.234.170-2-0.6
Johnny CuetoP31848050.114.137.114.115-39-1.1

Pitching

22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Johnny Cueto3232219.218501982.792.961.098.15.2
Madison Bumgarner3434226.215902512.743.241.0310.04.7
Jeff Samardzija3232203.1121101673.813.851.207.42.8
Derek Law61055.0421502.132.530.968.21.3
Hunter Strickland72061.0333573.103.161.138.41.0
Jake Peavy3121118.25901025.544.361.437.70.8
Cory Gearrin56048.1323454.283.291.168.40.7
George Kontos57053.1320352.533.801.165.90.5
Santiago Casilla62058.02531653.573.941.1910.10.5
Sergio Romo40030.2104332.643.801.089.70.3
Ty Blach4217.0100101.063.620.765.30.2
Albert Suárez221284.0350544.294.631.315.80.2
Joe Nathan1006.120090.002.201.4212.80.2
Steven Okert16014.0000143.213.861.299.00.1
Matt Reynolds806.001037.504.652.004.5-0.0
Chris Stratton7010.010063.604.751.605.4-0.0
Vin Mazzaro201.0100054.009.158.000.0-0.1
Chris Heston405.0110310.805.553.005.4-0.1
Matt Cain211789.1480725.645.141.517.3-0.1
Mike Broadway405.1000411.817.081.886.8-0.1
Javier López68026.2131154.055.401.465.1-0.2
Josh Osich59036.1130254.716.091.386.2-0.6
Record versus run differential

San Francisco Giants are 87-75, a .537 win rate, while their +84 run differential implies .557. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.