- Team WAR
- 22.1 7.5 bat / 14.6 pitch
- Win %
- .451 pyth .433
- Run diff
- -96 3.72 / 4.31 per g
- wRC+
- 83
- ERA
- 3.94 FIP 3.97
- Home runs
- 141
The San Francisco Giants went 73-89 in 2018, a .451 winning percentage — 21st of 30 record in baseball. They scored 603 runs and allowed 699, a run differential of -96. The offence ranked the second worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.94 staff ERA was 13th of 30. Their 83 team wRC+ was 17% below league average — the worst in MLB. Andrew McCutchen led the position players at 3.1 WAR, and Derek Holland the rotation at a 3.57 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,394 team hits
Batting
38 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Andrew McCutchen | RF | 155 | 682 | 145 | 20 | 65 | 14 | .255 | .368 | .424 | .352 | 123 | 3.1 |
| Buster Posey | C | 105 | 448 | 113 | 5 | 41 | 3 | .284 | .359 | .382 | .329 | 107 | 2.5 |
| Brandon Crawford | SS | 150 | 594 | 135 | 14 | 54 | 4 | .254 | .325 | .394 | .309 | 93 | 2.1 |
| Nick Hundley | C | 96 | 305 | 68 | 10 | 31 | 2 | .241 | .298 | .408 | .307 | 92 | 1.3 |
| Brandon Belt | 1B | 112 | 456 | 101 | 14 | 46 | 4 | .253 | .342 | .414 | .330 | 108 | 1.1 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 124 | 512 | 117 | 16 | 54 | 3 | .244 | .281 | .412 | .298 | 86 | 1.1 |
| Alen Hanson | 2B | 104 | 310 | 74 | 8 | 39 | 7 | .252 | .274 | .425 | .301 | 88 | 0.6 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 3B | 90 | 252 | 57 | 9 | 40 | 0 | .248 | .310 | .417 | .315 | 98 | 0.5 |
| Gorkys Hernández | CF | 135 | 451 | 97 | 15 | 40 | 8 | .234 | .285 | .391 | .294 | 83 | 0.5 |
| Steven Duggar | CF | 40 | 152 | 36 | 2 | 17 | 5 | .255 | .303 | .390 | .302 | 88 | 0.4 |
| Aramis Garcia | 1B | 19 | 65 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .286 | .308 | .492 | .343 | 117 | 0.3 |
| Joe Panik | 2B | 101 | 392 | 91 | 4 | 24 | 4 | .254 | .307 | .332 | .282 | 75 | 0.3 |
| Ryder Jones | 3B | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .375 | .375 | 1.125 | .620 | 308 | 0.2 |
| Derek Law | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .879 | 487 | 0.0 |
| Mac Williamson | LF | 28 | 105 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 1 | .213 | .295 | .383 | .301 | 88 | 0.0 |
| Austin Jackson | CF | 115 | 375 | 85 | 3 | 32 | 3 | .245 | .299 | .326 | .277 | 71 | 0.0 |
| Austin Slater | LF | 74 | 225 | 50 | 1 | 23 | 7 | .251 | .333 | .307 | .290 | 80 | -0.0 |
| D.J. Snelten | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Pierce Johnson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Reyes Moronta | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Abiatal Avelino | SS | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .240 | 45 | -0.0 |
| Roberto Gómez | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Beede | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Miguel Gómez | 2B | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .234 | 42 | -0.1 |
| Chase d'Arnaud | 2B | 40 | 100 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 2 | .215 | .253 | .366 | .269 | 65 | -0.1 |
| Casey Kelly | P | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Jeff Samardzija | P | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .088 | -59 | -0.2 |
| Chris Shaw | LF | 22 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .185 | .274 | .278 | .253 | 55 | -0.2 |
| Johnny Cueto | P | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.3 |
| Madison Bumgarner | P | 21 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .159 | .174 | .205 | .166 | -5 | -0.4 |
| Grégor Blanco | LF | 66 | 203 | 41 | 2 | 12 | 6 | .217 | .262 | .317 | .258 | 58 | -0.4 |
| Kelby Tomlinson | 2B | 61 | 152 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .207 | .265 | .264 | .242 | 47 | -0.5 |
| Ty Blach | P | 22 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .034 | .097 | .034 | .074 | -69 | -0.6 |
| Dereck Rodríguez | P | 20 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .125 | .095 | -55 | -0.6 |
| Chris Stratton | P | 25 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .140 | .136 | .163 | .129 | -31 | -0.6 |
| Hunter Pence | LF | 97 | 248 | 53 | 4 | 24 | 5 | .226 | .258 | .332 | .257 | 57 | -0.8 |
| Andrew Suárez | P | 26 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .064 | .102 | .064 | .083 | -63 | -0.8 |
| Derek Holland | P | 29 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .057 | .074 | .075 | .069 | -72 | -1.0 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Derek Holland | 36 | 30 | 171.1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 169 | 3.57 | 3.87 | 1.29 | 8.9 | 2.1 |
| Dereck Rodríguez | 21 | 19 | 118.1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 2.81 | 3.74 | 1.13 | 6.8 | 1.7 |
| Tony Watson | 72 | 0 | 66.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 2.59 | 2.45 | 1.03 | 9.8 | 1.6 |
| Madison Bumgarner | 21 | 21 | 129.2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 109 | 3.26 | 3.99 | 1.24 | 7.6 | 1.5 |
| Will Smith | 54 | 0 | 53.0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 71 | 2.55 | 2.07 | 0.98 | 12.1 | 1.5 |
| Andrew Suárez | 29 | 29 | 160.1 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 130 | 4.49 | 4.30 | 1.30 | 7.3 | 1.3 |
| Ty Blach | 47 | 13 | 118.2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 75 | 4.25 | 3.83 | 1.47 | 5.7 | 1.2 |
| Reyes Moronta | 69 | 0 | 65.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 2.49 | 3.24 | 1.09 | 10.9 | 1.0 |
| Sam Dyson | 74 | 0 | 70.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 2.69 | 3.47 | 1.08 | 7.2 | 0.9 |
| Chris Stratton | 28 | 26 | 145.0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 112 | 5.09 | 4.48 | 1.43 | 7.0 | 0.9 |
| Mark Melancon | 41 | 0 | 39.0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 3.23 | 3.39 | 1.59 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
| Roberto Gómez | 5 | 0 | 9.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7.71 | 2.09 | 2.25 | 7.7 | 0.3 |
| Johnny Cueto | 9 | 9 | 53.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 3.23 | 4.71 | 1.11 | 6.5 | 0.2 |
| Cory Gearrin | 62 | 0 | 57.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 3.77 | 4.31 | 1.34 | 8.3 | 0.2 |
| Ray Black | 26 | 0 | 23.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 6.17 | 3.97 | 1.16 | 12.7 | 0.2 |
| Casey Kelly | 7 | 3 | 23.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3.04 | 4.22 | 1.39 | 6.1 | 0.2 |
| Steven Okert | 10 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.23 | 2.75 | 0.55 | 9.8 | 0.2 |
| Hunter Strickland | 49 | 0 | 45.1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 3.97 | 4.42 | 1.41 | 7.3 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Beede | 2 | 2 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8.22 | 4.33 | 2.22 | 10.6 | 0.1 |
| Pierce Johnson | 37 | 0 | 43.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 5.56 | 4.51 | 1.37 | 7.4 | 0.0 |
| Chase d'Arnaud | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Derek Law | 7 | 0 | 13.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7.42 | 5.34 | 1.80 | 8.1 | -0.1 |
| Josh Osich | 12 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8.25 | 5.91 | 2.25 | 7.5 | -0.2 |
| Jeff Samardzija | 10 | 10 | 44.2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 6.25 | 5.44 | 1.63 | 6.0 | -0.2 |
| D.J. Snelten | 4 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10.38 | 9.39 | 2.77 | 8.3 | -0.2 |
| José A. Váldez | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12.60 | 9.96 | 1.80 | 7.2 | -0.3 |
Record versus run differential
San Francisco Giants are 73-89, a .451 win rate, while their -96 run differential implies .433. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.