National League West · 2020

San Francisco Giants 2020

29-313rd in the NL WestOracle ParkNational League West National League

Team WAR: 15.7
Win %: .483
Run diff: +2
wRC+: 112
ERA: 4.59
Home runs: 81

The San Francisco Giants went 29-31 in 2020, a .483 winning percentage — 17th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 299 runs and allowed 297, a run differential of +2. The offence ranked 8th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.59 staff ERA was 17th of 30. Their 112 team wRC+ was 12% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Mike Yastrzemski led the position players at 2.4 WAR, and Kevin Gausman the rotation at a 3.62 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished 3rd in the NL West, 14 games back. They were as far as 14 games back on September 27. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 12-12, their worst August at 13-15. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from August 18 to August 25 and a 5-game losing streak from August 12 to August 17. They were 17-13 at home and 12-18 on the road, 8-8 in one-run games and 7-19 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 23-5 at the Rockies on September 1; the heaviest defeat, 15-3 against the Athletics on August 16.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	4	4	.500	36	47	-11
August	13	15	.464	136	144	-8
Sept/Oct	12	12	.500	127	106	+21

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	17-13	.567
Road	12-18	.400
One-run games	8-8	.500
Extra innings	2-3	.400
Within the division	18-22	.450
Against .500+ clubs	7-19	.269
Decided by 5+ runs	10-11	.476
Last 10	4-6	.400

National League West standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

National League West, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Los Angeles Dodgers	43	17	.717	—	349	213	+136	22.9
San Diego Padres	37	23	.617	6	325	241	+84	19.3
San Francisco Giants	29	31	.483	14	299	297	+2	15.7
Colorado Rockies	26	34	.433	17	275	353	-78	6.4
Arizona Diamondbacks	25	35	.417	18	269	295	-26	8.0

2020 San Francisco Giants roster

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.

Catchers 4

Joey BartC · 32 G · 0.1 WAR
Tyler HeinemanC · 15 G · 0.1 WAR
Chadwick TrompC · 21 G · -0.0 WAR
Rob BrantlyC · 1 G · -0.1 WAR

Infielders 5

Brandon Belt1B · 48 G · 1.9 WAR
Donovan Solano2B · 51 G · 1.5 WAR
Brandon CrawfordSS · 53 G · 1.1 WAR
Evan Longoria3B · 51 G · 0.4 WAR
Daniel RobertsonSS · 10 G · 0.2 WAR

Outfielders 9

Mike YastrzemskiRF · 54 G · 2.4 WAR
Alex DickersonLF · 52 G · 1.4 WAR
Darin RufLF · 40 G · 0.7 WAR
Mauricio DubónCF · 50 G · 0.5 WAR
Luis Alexander BasabeRF · 6 G · -0.0 WAR
Jaylin DavisRF · 4 G · -0.0 WAR
Joey RickardRF · 4 G · -0.1 WAR
Joe McCarthyLF · 3 G · -0.3 WAR
Steven DuggarLF · 13 G · -0.3 WAR

Designated hitters 4

Austin SlaterDH · 28 G · 1.0 WAR
Wilmer FloresDH · 55 G · 1.0 WAR
Pablo SandovalDH · 32 G · -0.5 WAR
Hunter PenceDH · 16 G · -0.6 WAR

Starting pitchers 7

Kevin Gausman10 GS · 1.6 WAR
Drew Smyly5 GS · 1.0 WAR
Logan Webb11 GS · 0.8 WAR
Tyler Anderson11 GS · 0.8 WAR
Johnny Cueto12 GS · 0.7 WAR
Trevor Cahill6 GS · 0.3 WAR
Jeff Samardzija4 GS · -0.6 WAR

Relief pitchers 15

Tyler Rogers29 G · 0.6 WAR
Jarlín García19 G · 0.4 WAR
Caleb Baragar24 G · 0.3 WAR
Sam Selman24 G · 0.3 WAR
Wandy Peralta25 G · 0.3 WAR
Tony Watson21 G · 0.1 WAR
Rico Garcia12 G · 0.1 WAR
Sam Coonrod18 G · 0.0 WAR
Tyler Heineman1 G · 0.0 WAR
Andrew Suárez6 G · -0.0 WAR
Dany Jiménez2 G · -0.1 WAR
Conner Menez7 G · -0.1 WAR
Shaun Anderson18 G · -0.1 WAR
Dereck Rodríguez2 G · -0.3 WAR
Trevor Gott15 G · -0.9 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

532 team hits

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.

Batting

22 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Mike Yastrzemski	RF	54	225	57	10	35	2	.297	.400	.568	.410	159	2.4
Brandon Belt	1B	48	179	46	9	30	0	.309	.425	.591	.430	173	1.9
Donovan Solano	2B	51	203	62	3	29	0	.326	.365	.463	.359	124	1.5
Alex Dickerson	LF	52	170	45	10	27	0	.298	.371	.576	.395	149	1.4
Brandon Crawford	SS	53	193	44	8	28	1	.256	.326	.465	.336	109	1.1
Austin Slater	DH	28	104	24	5	7	8	.282	.408	.506	.399	151	1.0
Wilmer Flores	DH	55	213	53	12	32	1	.268	.315	.515	.348	117	1.0
Darin Ruf	LF	40	100	24	5	18	1	.276	.370	.517	.381	139	0.7
Mauricio Dubón	CF	50	177	43	4	19	2	.274	.337	.389	.320	98	0.5
Evan Longoria	3B	51	209	49	7	28	0	.254	.297	.425	.309	91	0.4
Daniel Robertson	SS	10	24	7	0	2	0	.333	.417	.333	.348	117	0.2
Joey Bart	C	32	111	24	0	7	0	.233	.288	.320	.274	67	0.1
Tyler Heineman	C	15	50	8	0	1	1	.190	.292	.214	.246	48	0.1
Luis Alexander Basabe	RF	6	18	2	0	1	2	.143	.333	.143	.258	56	-0.0
Jaylin Davis	RF	4	12	2	1	1	0	.167	.167	.417	.237	42	-0.0
Chadwick Tromp	C	21	64	13	4	10	0	.213	.219	.426	.264	60	-0.0
Rob Brantly	C	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-119	-0.1
Joey Rickard	RF	4	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.120	-37	-0.1
Joe McCarthy	LF	3	10	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-119	-0.3
Steven Duggar	LF	13	36	6	0	3	1	.176	.222	.235	.208	22	-0.3
Pablo Sandoval	DH	32	94	18	1	6	0	.214	.287	.262	.254	53	-0.5
Hunter Pence	DH	16	56	5	2	6	0	.096	.161	.250	.182	5	-0.6

Pitching

22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Kevin Gausman	12	10	59.2	3	3	0	79	3.62	3.09	1.11	11.9	1.6
Drew Smyly	7	5	26.1	0	1	0	42	3.42	2.01	1.10	14.4	1.0
Logan Webb	13	11	54.1	3	4	0	46	5.47	4.17	1.56	7.6	0.8
Tyler Anderson	13	11	59.2	4	3	0	41	4.37	4.36	1.39	6.2	0.8
Johnny Cueto	12	12	63.1	2	3	0	56	5.40	4.64	1.37	8.0	0.7
Tyler Rogers	29	0	28.0	3	3	3	27	4.50	3.26	1.32	8.7	0.6
Jarlín García	19	0	18.1	2	1	0	14	0.49	3.14	0.98	6.9	0.4
Trevor Cahill	11	6	25.0	1	2	0	31	3.24	4.19	1.20	11.2	0.3
Caleb Baragar	24	1	22.1	5	1	0	19	4.03	4.04	0.99	7.7	0.3
Sam Selman	24	0	19.1	1	1	1	23	3.72	3.86	1.14	10.7	0.3
Wandy Peralta	25	0	27.1	1	1	0	25	3.29	4.22	1.21	8.2	0.3
Tony Watson	21	0	18.0	1	0	2	15	2.50	4.36	0.89	7.5	0.1
Rico Garcia	12	0	10.0	1	1	0	7	5.40	4.29	1.70	6.3	0.1
Sam Coonrod	18	0	14.2	0	2	3	15	9.82	4.76	1.64	9.2	0.0
Tyler Heineman	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.19	1.00	0.0	0.0
Andrew Suárez	6	0	9.2	0	0	0	5	3.72	5.36	1.55	4.7	-0.0
Dany Jiménez	2	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	6.75	8.44	3.00	6.8	-0.1
Conner Menez	7	0	11.1	1	0	0	8	2.38	5.66	0.97	6.4	-0.1
Shaun Anderson	18	0	15.1	0	0	0	18	3.52	5.73	1.43	10.6	-0.1
Dereck Rodríguez	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	2	13.50	10.94	3.25	4.5	-0.3
Jeff Samardzija	4	4	16.2	0	2	0	6	9.72	9.01	1.50	3.2	-0.6
Trevor Gott	15	0	11.2	1	2	4	8	10.03	11.93	1.80	6.2	-0.9

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	21	0	0	0	0
Day	9	0	0	0	0
Weekend	15	0	0	0	0
Weekday	15	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 3:03
All games: 3:08
Extra innings: 3:59
Longest: 4:22
Shortest: 2:17

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	60	3:08	3:05	2:08	4:22
Regulation	55	3:03	3:04	2:08	3:48
Extra innings	5	3:59	4:04	3:23	4:22
Home	30	3:12	3:05	2:17	4:22
Road	30	3:03	3:01	2:08	3:52
Day	20	3:02	3:05	2:08	4:13
Night	40	3:10	3:05	2:27	4:22

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	4	3:16
Aug	13	3:12
Sep	13	3:12

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 29-31, a .483 win rate, while their +2 run differential implies .503. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.