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National League West · 2017

San Francisco Giants 2017

Team WAR
25.8
11.6 bat / 14.2 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 4.2 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%)8Jae-Gyun Hwang — 8 hits (0.6%)8Carlos Moncrief — 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 PoseyC14056815812676.320.400.462.3691374.2
Eduardo Núñez3B114491146125824.313.341.460.3451192.8
Joe Panik2B13857314710534.288.347.421.3321102.7
Brandon Belt1B1044519218513.241.355.469.3571282.2
Denard SpanCF128542135124312.272.329.427.3291082.0
Brandon CrawfordSS14457013114773.253.305.403.305901.5
Ty BlachP245310170.227.286.341.275690.6
Nick HundleyC100303709350.244.272.418.293820.5
Madison BumgarnerP15367350.206.250.471.303890.5
Hunter PenceRF13353912813672.260.315.385.306910.5
Austin SlaterLF34127333160.282.339.402.3251050.3
Jarrett ParkerLF51177414232.247.294.416.303890.1
Tim FederowiczC10143230.231.286.692.3981570.1
Matt CainP20345020.156.156.219.161-120.1
Gorkys HernándezLF1153487902212.255.327.326.291810.0
Kelby Tomlinson2B100222501119.258.332.314.288790.0
Chris StrattonP9162000.143.143.143.125-380.0
Steven OkertP110000.000.000.000.000-127-0.0
George KontosP220000.000.000.000.000-127-0.0
Albert SuárezP220000.000.000.000.000-127-0.0
Cory GearrinP220000.000.000.000.000-127-0.0
Matt MooreP29536040.128.163.128.136-30-0.1
Mac WilliamsonRF277316361.235.288.397.29181-0.1
Miguel Gómez2B22348020.242.235.303.22936-0.2
Jeff SamardzijaP31676120.094.094.172.112-48-0.2
Michael Morse1B24407130.194.250.306.24447-0.2
Johnny CuetoP25524030.087.104.087.088-65-0.2
Jae-Gyun Hwang3B17578150.154.228.231.21224-0.3
Justin RuggianoRF196313241.217.238.333.24548-0.3
Carlos MoncriefRF28438050.211.256.237.22131-0.3
Drew StubbsCF9242000.091.167.091.132-33-0.3
Aaron Hill3B34809170.132.250.235.22936-0.4
Christian Arroyo3B33135243141.192.244.304.23943-0.5
Conor Gillaspie3B428713280.163.218.287.22433-0.5
Chris MarreroLF15415150.132.171.211.169-7-0.6
Orlando CalixteLF25557061.143.185.163.160-13-0.6
Pablo Sandoval3B77279579320.220.265.367.27468-0.6
Ryder Jones1B5216426251.173.244.273.22634-1.0

Pitching

21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Jeff Samardzija3232207.291502054.423.611.148.94.0
Madison Bumgarner1717111.04901013.323.951.098.21.7
Johnny Cueto2525147.18801364.524.491.458.31.4
Ty Blach3424163.28120734.784.421.364.01.4
Matt Moore3231174.161501485.524.751.537.61.1
George Kontos65066.1161703.393.721.229.50.8
Hunter Strickland68061.1431582.643.631.438.50.8
Chris Stratton131058.2441513.684.011.487.80.8
Cory Gearrin68068.0430641.993.891.258.50.7
Mark Melancon32030.01211294.503.221.438.70.5
Albert Suárez18031.2031345.123.791.239.70.4
Kyle Crick30032.1000283.063.901.217.80.3
Matt Cain2723124.13110755.435.061.665.40.3
Bryan Morris20021.0200156.433.921.676.40.2
Derek Law41037.1414355.064.311.588.40.2
Roberto Gómez405.100068.441.471.8810.10.2
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

Attendance

Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2017.

Average
40,786
81 home dates
Median
41,193
Total
3,303,652
Best
42,862
2017-04-29
Quietest
37,797
2017-09-01
On the road
31,377
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 home8140,78641,19337,79742,862
Night5040,67241,18037,79742,862
Day3140,96941,21638,47642,371
Weekend3940,75341,21637,79742,862
Weekday4240,81741,18038,72742,129
On the road8131,37728,45314,67553,495

Through the season

Average home crowd by month.
MonthGamesAverage
Apr1441,857
May1341,530
Jun1141,289
Jul1340,860
Aug1640,101
Sep1339,380
Oct138,847

By season

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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, 2017.

Regulation
2:58
143 games
All games
3:04
Extra innings
3:51
19 of them
Longest
5:28
2017-05-12, 17 inn
Shortest
2:26
2017-04-15

By situation

Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
SplitGamesAvgMedFastestLongest
All1623:042:592:055:28
Regulation1432:582:552:054:01
Extra innings193:513:422:585:28
Home813:042:582:265:28
Road813:043:012:054:22
Day573:022:552:234:22
Night1053:063:012:055:28

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
MonthGamesAverage
Apr143:00
May133:00
Jun113:14
Jul133:16
Aug162:59
Sep132:59
Oct12:55

By season

187.093.50.0151617181920212223242526

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