National League West · 2018
San Francisco Giants 2018
- Team WAR
- 26.0 9.0 bat / 17.0 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.
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 | 2.0 |
| Brandon Crawford | SS | 150 | 594 | 135 | 14 | 54 | 4 | .254 | .325 | .394 | .309 | 93 | 1.9 |
| Brandon Belt | 1B | 112 | 456 | 101 | 14 | 46 | 4 | .253 | .342 | .414 | .330 | 108 | 1.2 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 124 | 512 | 117 | 16 | 54 | 3 | .244 | .281 | .412 | .298 | 86 | 1.0 |
| Nick Hundley | C | 96 | 305 | 68 | 10 | 31 | 2 | .241 | .298 | .408 | .307 | 92 | 0.9 |
| Alen Hanson | 2B | 104 | 310 | 74 | 8 | 39 | 7 | .252 | .274 | .425 | .301 | 88 | 0.6 |
| Steven Duggar | CF | 40 | 152 | 36 | 2 | 17 | 5 | .255 | .303 | .390 | .302 | 88 | 0.5 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 3B | 90 | 252 | 57 | 9 | 40 | 0 | .248 | .310 | .417 | .315 | 98 | 0.3 |
| Aramis Garcia | 1B | 19 | 65 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .286 | .308 | .492 | .343 | 117 | 0.3 |
| Ryder Jones | 3B | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .375 | .375 | 1.125 | .620 | 308 | 0.2 |
| Gorkys Hernández | CF | 135 | 451 | 97 | 15 | 40 | 8 | .234 | .285 | .391 | .294 | 83 | 0.2 |
| Madison Bumgarner | P | 21 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .159 | .174 | .205 | .166 | -5 | 0.1 |
| Joe Panik | 2B | 101 | 392 | 91 | 4 | 24 | 4 | .254 | .307 | .332 | .282 | 75 | 0.1 |
| Derek Law | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .879 | 487 | 0.1 |
| Mac Williamson | LF | 28 | 105 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 1 | .213 | .295 | .383 | .301 | 88 | 0.1 |
| Reyes Moronta | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -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 |
| Chris Stratton | P | 25 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .140 | .136 | .163 | .129 | -31 | -0.0 |
| Miguel Gómez | 2B | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .234 | 42 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Beede | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Roberto Gómez | P | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Chase d'Arnaud | 2B | 40 | 100 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 2 | .215 | .253 | .366 | .269 | 65 | -0.0 |
| Jeff Samardzija | P | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .088 | -59 | -0.0 |
| Casey Kelly | P | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Dereck Rodríguez | P | 20 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .125 | .095 | -55 | -0.1 |
| Johnny Cueto | P | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Austin Slater | LF | 74 | 225 | 50 | 1 | 23 | 7 | .251 | .333 | .307 | .290 | 80 | -0.1 |
| Chris Shaw | LF | 22 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .185 | .274 | .278 | .253 | 55 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Suárez | P | 26 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .064 | .102 | .064 | .083 | -63 | -0.2 |
| Ty Blach | P | 22 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .034 | .097 | .034 | .074 | -69 | -0.2 |
| Austin Jackson | CF | 115 | 375 | 85 | 3 | 32 | 3 | .245 | .299 | .326 | .277 | 71 | -0.3 |
| Derek Holland | P | 29 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .057 | .074 | .075 | .069 | -72 | -0.3 |
| 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 |
| Hunter Pence | LF | 97 | 248 | 53 | 4 | 24 | 5 | .226 | .258 | .332 | .257 | 57 | -0.8 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Derek Holland | 36 | 30 | 171.1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 169 | 3.57 | 3.87 | 1.29 | 8.9 | 2.5 |
| Dereck Rodríguez | 21 | 19 | 118.1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 2.81 | 3.74 | 1.13 | 6.8 | 1.9 |
| Madison Bumgarner | 21 | 21 | 129.2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 109 | 3.26 | 3.99 | 1.24 | 7.6 | 1.8 |
| Tony Watson | 72 | 0 | 66.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 2.59 | 2.45 | 1.03 | 9.8 | 1.7 |
| Andrew Suárez | 29 | 29 | 160.1 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 130 | 4.49 | 4.30 | 1.30 | 7.3 | 1.7 |
| Will Smith | 54 | 0 | 53.0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 71 | 2.55 | 2.07 | 0.98 | 12.1 | 1.6 |
| Ty Blach | 47 | 13 | 118.2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 75 | 4.25 | 3.83 | 1.47 | 5.7 | 1.4 |
| Chris Stratton | 28 | 26 | 145.0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 112 | 5.09 | 4.48 | 1.43 | 7.0 | 1.1 |
| Reyes Moronta | 69 | 0 | 65.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 2.49 | 3.24 | 1.09 | 10.9 | 1.1 |
| Sam Dyson | 74 | 0 | 70.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 2.69 | 3.47 | 1.08 | 7.2 | 1.0 |
| Mark Melancon | 41 | 0 | 39.0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 3.23 | 3.39 | 1.59 | 7.2 | 0.6 |
| Johnny Cueto | 9 | 9 | 53.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 3.23 | 4.71 | 1.11 | 6.5 | 0.3 |
| Roberto Gómez | 5 | 0 | 9.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7.71 | 2.09 | 2.25 | 7.7 | 0.3 |
| 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 |
| Pierce Johnson | 37 | 0 | 43.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 5.56 | 4.51 | 1.37 | 7.4 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Beede | 2 | 2 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8.22 | 4.33 | 2.22 | 10.6 | 0.1 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chase d'Arnaud | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Derek Law | 7 | 0 | 13.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7.42 | 5.34 | 1.80 | 8.1 | -0.1 |
| Jeff Samardzija | 10 | 10 | 44.2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 6.25 | 5.44 | 1.63 | 6.0 | -0.1 |
| Josh Osich | 12 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8.25 | 5.91 | 2.25 | 7.5 | -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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 38,965 81 home dates
- Median
- 39,057
- Total
- 3,156,185
- Best
- 42,582 2018-04-04
- Quietest
- 35,041 2018-04-11
- On the road
- 33,916 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 38,965 | 39,057 | 35,041 | 42,582 |
| Night | 48 | 38,336 | 37,933 | 35,285 | 41,970 |
| Day | 33 | 39,881 | 40,334 | 35,041 | 42,582 |
| Weekend | 39 | 40,391 | 40,491 | 37,800 | 42,374 |
| Weekday | 42 | 37,641 | 37,186 | 35,041 | 42,582 |
| On the road | 81 | 33,916 | 34,720 | 5,928 | 56,310 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 15 | 39,278 |
| May | 9 | 38,173 |
| Jun | 16 | 38,093 |
| Jul | 14 | 40,170 |
| Aug | 13 | 39,770 |
| Sep | 14 | 38,184 |
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, 2018.
- Regulation
- 2:55 141 games
- All games
- 3:01
- Extra innings
- 3:44 21 of them
- Longest
- 5:16 2018-04-07, 14 inn
- Shortest
- 2:18 2018-08-11
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:01 | 2:58 | 2:05 | 5:16 |
| Regulation | 141 | 2:55 | 2:53 | 2:05 | 3:53 |
| Extra innings | 21 | 3:44 | 3:38 | 2:56 | 5:16 |
| Home | 81 | 2:59 | 2:57 | 2:18 | 5:16 |
| Road | 81 | 3:03 | 2:59 | 2:05 | 4:49 |
| Day | 56 | 3:08 | 3:02 | 2:23 | 5:16 |
| Night | 106 | 2:57 | 2:54 | 2:05 | 4:20 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 15 | 3:12 |
| May | 9 | 3:04 |
| Jun | 16 | 2:52 |
| Jul | 14 | 3:04 |
| Aug | 13 | 2:53 |
| Sep | 14 | 2:52 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 175 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.
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.