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National League West · 2017

San Francisco Giants

Team WAR
20.6
7.6 bat / 13.1 pitch
Win %
.395
pyth .412
Run diff
-137
3.94 / 4.79 per g
wRC+
88
ERA
4.52
FIP 4.26
Home runs
140

The San Francisco Giants went 64-98 in 2017, a .395 winning percentage — the second worst record in baseball. They scored 639 runs and allowed 776, a run differential of -137. The offence ranked the second worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.52 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 88 team wRC+ was 12% below league average — the second worst in MLB. Buster Posey led the position players at 4.3 WAR, and Jeff Samardzija the rotation at a 4.42 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,445 team hits
Buster Posey158Buster Posey — 158 hits (10.9%)Joe Panik147Joe Panik — 147 hits (10.2%)Eduardo Núñez146Eduardo Núñez — 146 hits (10.1%)Denard Span135Denard Span — 135 hits (9.3%)Brandon Crawford131Brandon Crawford — 131 hits (9.1%)Hunter Pence128Hunter Pence — 128 hits (8.9%)Brandon Belt92Brandon Belt — 92 hits (6.4%)Gorkys Hernández79Gorkys Hernández — 79 hits (5.5%)Nick Hundley70Nick Hundley — 70 hits (4.8%)Pablo Sandoval57Pablo Sandoval — 57 hits (3.9%)Kelby Tomlinson50Kelby Tomlinson — 50 hits (3.5%)Jarrett Parker41Jarrett Parker — 41 hits (2.8%)Austin Slater33Austin Slater — 33 hits (2.3%)Ryder Jones26Ryder Jones — 26 hits (1.8%)Arroyo24Christian Arroyo — 24 hits (1.7%)16Mac Williamson — 16 hits (1.1%)13Justin Ruggiano — 13 hits (0.9%)13Conor Gillaspie — 13 hits (0.9%)10Ty Blach — 10 hits (0.7%)9Aaron Hill — 9 hits (0.6%)8Miguel Gómez — 8 hits (0.6%)8Carlos Moncrief — 8 hits (0.6%)8Jae-Gyun Hwang — 8 hits (0.6%)7Madison Bumgarner — 7 hits (0.5%)Michael Morse — 7 hits (0.5%)Orlando Calixte — 7 hits (0.5%)Matt Moore — 6 hits (0.4%)Jeff Samardzija — 6 hits (0.4%)Matt Cain — 5 hits (0.3%)Chris Marrero — 5 hits (0.3%)
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

38 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Buster PoseyC14056815812676.320.400.462.3691374.3
Eduardo Núñez3B114491146125824.313.341.460.3451192.6
Joe Panik2B13857314710534.288.347.421.3321102.4
Denard SpanCF128542135124312.272.329.427.3291082.1
Brandon Belt1B1044519218513.241.355.469.3571281.7
Brandon CrawfordSS14457013114773.253.305.403.305901.4
Nick HundleyC100303709350.244.272.418.293820.7
Austin SlaterLF34127333160.282.339.402.3251050.3
Kelby Tomlinson2B100222501119.258.332.314.288790.1
Hunter PenceRF13353912813672.260.315.385.306910.1
Tim FederowiczC10143230.231.286.692.3981570.1
Madison BumgarnerP15367350.206.250.471.303890.1
Gorkys HernándezLF1153487902212.255.327.326.291810.0
Jarrett ParkerLF51177414232.247.294.416.303890.0
Steven OkertP110000.000.000.000.000-127-0.0
Ty BlachP245310170.227.286.341.27569-0.0
Cory GearrinP220000.000.000.000.000-127-0.0
George KontosP220000.000.000.000.000-127-0.0
Albert SuárezP220000.000.000.000.000-127-0.0
Mac WilliamsonRF277316361.235.288.397.29181-0.1
Miguel Gómez2B22348020.242.235.303.22936-0.2
Chris StrattonP9162000.143.143.143.125-38-0.2
Michael Morse1B24407130.194.250.306.24447-0.2
Drew StubbsCF9242000.091.167.091.132-33-0.3
Justin RuggianoRF196313241.217.238.333.24548-0.3
Carlos MoncriefRF28438050.211.256.237.22131-0.3
Pablo Sandoval3B77279579320.220.265.367.27468-0.3
Jae-Gyun Hwang3B17578150.154.228.231.21224-0.3
Matt CainP20345020.156.156.219.161-12-0.3
Aaron Hill3B34809170.132.250.235.22936-0.4
Chris MarreroLF15415150.132.171.211.169-7-0.4
Conor Gillaspie3B428713280.163.218.287.22433-0.5
Christian Arroyo3B33135243141.192.244.304.23943-0.5
Orlando CalixteLF25557061.143.185.163.160-13-0.6
Matt MooreP29536040.128.163.128.136-30-0.6
Johnny CuetoP25524030.087.104.087.088-65-0.8
Jeff SamardzijaP31676120.094.094.172.112-48-0.9
Ryder Jones1B5216426251.173.244.273.22634-1.0

Pitching

21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Jeff Samardzija3232207.291502054.423.611.148.93.7
Madison Bumgarner1717111.04901013.323.951.098.21.6
Ty Blach3424163.28120734.784.421.364.01.2
Johnny Cueto2525147.18801364.524.491.458.31.2
Matt Moore3231174.161501485.524.751.537.60.9
George Kontos65066.1161703.393.721.229.50.8
Hunter Strickland68061.1431582.643.631.438.50.8
Chris Stratton131058.2441513.684.011.487.80.7
Cory Gearrin68068.0430641.993.891.258.50.7
Mark Melancon32030.01211294.503.221.438.70.5
Albert Suárez18031.2031345.123.791.239.70.3
Kyle Crick30032.1000283.063.901.217.80.3
Bryan Morris20021.0200156.433.921.676.40.2
Derek Law41037.1414355.064.311.588.40.2
Roberto Gómez405.100068.441.471.8810.10.2
Matt Cain2723124.13110755.435.061.665.40.2
Reyes Moronta706.2000112.703.161.3514.80.1
Steven Okert44027.0110225.674.531.307.30.1
Dan Slania101.000000.003.160.000.00.0
Josh Osich54043.1320436.235.211.738.9-0.2
Sam Dyson55054.241014346.095.631.775.6-0.5
Record versus run differential

San Francisco Giants are 64-98, a .395 win rate, while their -137 run differential implies .412. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.