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.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL West, 18.5 games back. They spent 3 of 187 days in first place and were as far as 18.5 games back on October 1. Their best month was June at 18-10, their worst Sept/Oct at 5-21. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from May 30 to June 4 and an 11-game losing streak from September 1 to September 12. They were 42-39 at home and 31-50 on the road, 26-30 in one-run games and 47-63 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-1 against the Mariners on April 4; the heaviest defeat, 15-0 against the Dodgers on September 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
14
.517
106
124
-18
May
11
16
.407
124
155
-31
June
18
10
.643
118
84
+34
July
11
14
.440
93
106
-13
August
13
14
.481
93
104
-11
Sept/Oct
5
21
.192
69
126
-57
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
42-39
.519
Road
31-50
.383
One-run games
26-30
.464
Extra innings
11-10
.524
Within the division
38-38
.500
Against .500+ clubs
47-63
.427
Decided by 5+ runs
16-22
.421
Last 10
1-9
.100
National League West standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 2018. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
3:01
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
