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.
The 2017 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL West, 40 games back. They were as far as 41 games back on September 1. Their best month was May at 13-16, their worst June at 9-18. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from June 26 to July 2 and a 7-game losing streak from June 13 to June 19. They were 38-43 at home and 26-55 on the road, 23-24 in one-run games and 36-54 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-0 at the Phillies on June 2; the heaviest defeat, 14-2 at the Reds on May 6.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
17
.346
87
120
-33
May
13
16
.448
96
133
-37
June
9
18
.333
141
160
-19
July
9
16
.360
95
125
-30
August
13
16
.448
113
123
-10
Sept/Oct
11
15
.423
107
115
-8
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
38-43
.469
Road
26-55
.321
One-run games
23-24
.489
Extra innings
12-7
.632
Within the division
29-47
.382
Against .500+ clubs
36-54
.400
Decided by 5+ runs
18-28
.391
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League West standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 2017. 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
40,786
41,193
37,797
42,862
Night
50
40,672
41,180
37,797
42,862
Day
31
40,969
41,216
38,476
42,371
Weekend
39
40,753
41,216
37,797
42,862
Weekday
42
40,817
41,180
38,727
42,129
On the road
81
31,377
28,453
14,675
53,495
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
41,857
May
13
41,530
Jun
11
41,289
Jul
13
40,860
Aug
16
40,101
Sep
13
39,380
Oct
1
38,847
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, 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.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
3:04
2:59
2:05
5:28
Regulation
143
2:58
2:55
2:05
4:01
Extra innings
19
3:51
3:42
2:58
5:28
Home
81
3:04
2:58
2:26
5:28
Road
81
3:04
3:01
2:05
4:22
Day
57
3:02
2:55
2:23
4:22
Night
105
3:06
3:01
2:05
5:28
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
3:00
May
13
3:00
Jun
11
3:14
Jul
13
3:16
Aug
16
2:59
Sep
13
2:59
Oct
1
2:55
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 64-98, a .395 win rate, while their -137 run differential implies .412. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
