- 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
Batting
38 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Buster Posey | C | 140 | 568 | 158 | 12 | 67 | 6 | .320 | .400 | .462 | .369 | 137 | 4.3 |
| Eduardo Núñez | 3B | 114 | 491 | 146 | 12 | 58 | 24 | .313 | .341 | .460 | .345 | 119 | 2.6 |
| Joe Panik | 2B | 138 | 573 | 147 | 10 | 53 | 4 | .288 | .347 | .421 | .332 | 110 | 2.4 |
| Denard Span | CF | 128 | 542 | 135 | 12 | 43 | 12 | .272 | .329 | .427 | .329 | 108 | 2.1 |
| Brandon Belt | 1B | 104 | 451 | 92 | 18 | 51 | 3 | .241 | .355 | .469 | .357 | 128 | 1.7 |
| Brandon Crawford | SS | 144 | 570 | 131 | 14 | 77 | 3 | .253 | .305 | .403 | .305 | 90 | 1.4 |
| Nick Hundley | C | 100 | 303 | 70 | 9 | 35 | 0 | .244 | .272 | .418 | .293 | 82 | 0.7 |
| Austin Slater | LF | 34 | 127 | 33 | 3 | 16 | 0 | .282 | .339 | .402 | .325 | 105 | 0.3 |
| Kelby Tomlinson | 2B | 100 | 222 | 50 | 1 | 11 | 9 | .258 | .332 | .314 | .288 | 79 | 0.1 |
| Hunter Pence | RF | 133 | 539 | 128 | 13 | 67 | 2 | .260 | .315 | .385 | .306 | 91 | 0.1 |
| Tim Federowicz | C | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .231 | .286 | .692 | .398 | 157 | 0.1 |
| Madison Bumgarner | P | 15 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .206 | .250 | .471 | .303 | 89 | 0.1 |
| Gorkys Hernández | LF | 115 | 348 | 79 | 0 | 22 | 12 | .255 | .327 | .326 | .291 | 81 | 0.0 |
| Jarrett Parker | LF | 51 | 177 | 41 | 4 | 23 | 2 | .247 | .294 | .416 | .303 | 89 | 0.0 |
| Steven Okert | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.0 |
| Ty Blach | P | 24 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .227 | .286 | .341 | .275 | 69 | -0.0 |
| Cory Gearrin | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.0 |
| George Kontos | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.0 |
| Albert Suárez | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.0 |
| Mac Williamson | RF | 27 | 73 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .235 | .288 | .397 | .291 | 81 | -0.1 |
| Miguel Gómez | 2B | 22 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .242 | .235 | .303 | .229 | 36 | -0.2 |
| Chris Stratton | P | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .125 | -38 | -0.2 |
| Michael Morse | 1B | 24 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .194 | .250 | .306 | .244 | 47 | -0.2 |
| Drew Stubbs | CF | 9 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .132 | -33 | -0.3 |
| Justin Ruggiano | RF | 19 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .217 | .238 | .333 | .245 | 48 | -0.3 |
| Carlos Moncrief | RF | 28 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .211 | .256 | .237 | .221 | 31 | -0.3 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 3B | 77 | 279 | 57 | 9 | 32 | 0 | .220 | .265 | .367 | .274 | 68 | -0.3 |
| Jae-Gyun Hwang | 3B | 17 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .154 | .228 | .231 | .212 | 24 | -0.3 |
| Matt Cain | P | 20 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .219 | .161 | -12 | -0.3 |
| Aaron Hill | 3B | 34 | 80 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .132 | .250 | .235 | .229 | 36 | -0.4 |
| Chris Marrero | LF | 15 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .132 | .171 | .211 | .169 | -7 | -0.4 |
| Conor Gillaspie | 3B | 42 | 87 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .163 | .218 | .287 | .224 | 33 | -0.5 |
| Christian Arroyo | 3B | 33 | 135 | 24 | 3 | 14 | 1 | .192 | .244 | .304 | .239 | 43 | -0.5 |
| Orlando Calixte | LF | 25 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .143 | .185 | .163 | .160 | -13 | -0.6 |
| Matt Moore | P | 29 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .128 | .163 | .128 | .136 | -30 | -0.6 |
| Johnny Cueto | P | 25 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .087 | .104 | .087 | .088 | -65 | -0.8 |
| Jeff Samardzija | P | 31 | 67 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .172 | .112 | -48 | -0.9 |
| Ryder Jones | 1B | 52 | 164 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .173 | .244 | .273 | .226 | 34 | -1.0 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jeff Samardzija | 32 | 32 | 207.2 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 205 | 4.42 | 3.61 | 1.14 | 8.9 | 3.7 |
| Madison Bumgarner | 17 | 17 | 111.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 101 | 3.32 | 3.95 | 1.09 | 8.2 | 1.6 |
| Ty Blach | 34 | 24 | 163.2 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 73 | 4.78 | 4.42 | 1.36 | 4.0 | 1.2 |
| Johnny Cueto | 25 | 25 | 147.1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 136 | 4.52 | 4.49 | 1.45 | 8.3 | 1.2 |
| Matt Moore | 32 | 31 | 174.1 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 148 | 5.52 | 4.75 | 1.53 | 7.6 | 0.9 |
| George Kontos | 65 | 0 | 66.1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 3.39 | 3.72 | 1.22 | 9.5 | 0.8 |
| Hunter Strickland | 68 | 0 | 61.1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 58 | 2.64 | 3.63 | 1.43 | 8.5 | 0.8 |
| Chris Stratton | 13 | 10 | 58.2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 3.68 | 4.01 | 1.48 | 7.8 | 0.7 |
| Cory Gearrin | 68 | 0 | 68.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 1.99 | 3.89 | 1.25 | 8.5 | 0.7 |
| Mark Melancon | 32 | 0 | 30.0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 4.50 | 3.22 | 1.43 | 8.7 | 0.5 |
| Albert Suárez | 18 | 0 | 31.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 5.12 | 3.79 | 1.23 | 9.7 | 0.3 |
| Kyle Crick | 30 | 0 | 32.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.06 | 3.90 | 1.21 | 7.8 | 0.3 |
| Bryan Morris | 20 | 0 | 21.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.43 | 3.92 | 1.67 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
| Derek Law | 41 | 0 | 37.1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 5.06 | 4.31 | 1.58 | 8.4 | 0.2 |
| Roberto Gómez | 4 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8.44 | 1.47 | 1.88 | 10.1 | 0.2 |
| Matt Cain | 27 | 23 | 124.1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 75 | 5.43 | 5.06 | 1.66 | 5.4 | 0.2 |
| Reyes Moronta | 7 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2.70 | 3.16 | 1.35 | 14.8 | 0.1 |
| Steven Okert | 44 | 0 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5.67 | 4.53 | 1.30 | 7.3 | 0.1 |
| Dan Slania | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Josh Osich | 54 | 0 | 43.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 6.23 | 5.21 | 1.73 | 8.9 | -0.2 |
| Sam Dyson | 55 | 0 | 54.2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 6.09 | 5.63 | 1.77 | 5.6 | -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.