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National League West · 2016

San Francisco Giants 2016

Team WAR
40.2
20.5 bat / 19.7 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. Brandon Belt led the position players at 3.8 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%)16Madison Bumgarner — 16 hits (1.1%)16Ehire Adrianza — 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.

Brandon Belt1B15565514917820.275.394.474.3781383.8
Buster PoseyC14561415514806.288.362.434.3441153.7
Brandon CrawfordSS15262315212847.275.342.430.3301053.2
Denard SpanCF142637152115312.266.331.381.314952.0
Hunter PenceRF10644211413571.289.357.451.3521202.0
Ángel PagánLF129543137125515.277.331.418.3271031.5
Joe Panik2B12552611110625.239.315.379.303871.2
Madison BumgarnerP359716390.186.268.360.278701.0
Conor Gillaspie3B99205506251.262.307.440.317970.5
Kelby Tomlinson2B4812031065.292.370.330.315950.4
Jarrett ParkerRF58151305140.236.358.394.3361090.4
Ramiro Pena2B2991261100.299.330.425.3251020.4
Matt Duffy3B90366865288.258.310.357.295820.4
Mac WilliamsonRF54127256150.223.315.411.321990.3
Gorkys HernándezCF225714240.259.298.463.3281040.2
Trevor BrownC68184415190.237.283.364.285750.2
Jeff SamardzijaP316910090.156.164.234.170-20.2
Albert SuárezP13244020.190.190.286.204200.1
Jake PeavyP17315030.185.241.185.199170.1
Ty BlachP242000.500.500.500.4391790.1
Ehire AdrianzaSS387116270.254.299.381.299850.1
Cory GearrinP1110001.0001.0001.000.8774740.1
Mike BroadwayP110000—————0.0
Derek LawP110000.000.000.000.000-1170.0
Steven OkertP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Javier LópezP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Vin MazzaroP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Matt CainP15282150.074.074.222.124-34-0.0
Grant Green2B185012170.261.300.370.29280-0.0
Chris StrattonP110000.000.000.000.000-117-0.0
Matt MooreP15353000.097.097.097.085-60-0.2
Johnny CuetoP31848050.114.137.114.115-39-0.3
Grégor BlancoRF98274541186.224.309.311.27468-0.5

Pitching

22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Johnny Cueto3232219.218501982.792.961.098.15.8
Madison Bumgarner3434226.215902512.743.241.0310.05.2
Jeff Samardzija3232203.1121101673.813.851.207.43.2
Derek Law61055.0421502.132.530.968.21.4
Hunter Strickland72061.0333573.103.161.138.41.1
Jake Peavy3121118.25901025.544.361.437.71.0
Cory Gearrin56048.1323454.283.291.168.40.8
George Kontos57053.1320352.533.801.165.90.6
Santiago Casilla62058.02531653.573.941.1910.10.5
Albert Suárez221284.0350544.294.631.315.80.3
Sergio Romo40030.2104332.643.801.089.70.3
Ty Blach4217.0100101.063.620.765.30.3
Joe Nathan1006.120090.002.201.4212.80.2
Steven Okert16014.0000143.213.861.299.00.1
Matt Reynolds806.001037.504.652.004.50.0
Chris Stratton7010.010063.604.751.605.4-0.0
Matt Cain211789.1480725.645.141.517.3-0.0
Chris Heston405.0110310.805.553.005.4-0.0
Vin Mazzaro201.0100054.009.158.000.0-0.1
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

Attendance

Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2016.

Average
41,546
81 home dates
Median
41,479
Total
3,365,256
Best
42,238
2016-06-24
Quietest
41,052
2016-04-21
On the road
32,164
what they drew away

By situation

Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
SplitGamesAvgMedLowHigh
All home8141,54641,47941,05242,238
Night5241,56541,48841,18542,238
Day2941,51341,47941,05242,079
Weekend3941,54641,50741,12542,238
Weekday4241,54641,47141,05242,147
On the road8132,16431,17113,82953,621

Through the season

Average home crowd by month.
MonthGamesAverage
Apr1441,497
May1341,535
Jun1341,632
Jul1341,888
Aug1541,421
Sep1141,319
Oct241,383

By season

41678.020839.00.0151617181920212223242526

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, 2016.

Regulation
3:03
144 games
All games
3:10
Extra innings
4:02
18 of them
Longest
4:35
2016-04-18, 11 inn
Shortest
2:15
2016-10-01

By situation

Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
SplitGamesAvgMedFastestLongest
All1623:103:062:155:34
Regulation1443:033:042:153:53
Extra innings184:024:022:585:34
Home813:083:072:154:35
Road813:123:052:245:34
Day563:143:132:154:28
Night1063:073:022:245:34

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
MonthGamesAverage
Apr143:13
May133:09
Jun133:11
Jul133:07
Aug153:08
Sep112:59
Oct22:40

By season

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Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 87-75, a .537 win rate, while their +84 run differential implies .557. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.