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Record: 71-91 .438.... 4th in National League West
Stadium: Candlestick Park
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,456,402

Top Draft Pick: Scott Garrelts (#15) MLB
Manager - 0 -, Joe Altobelli

Affiliates - AAA Phoenix Giants AA Shreveport Captains A+ Fresno Giants A Cedar Rapids Giants Rk Great Falls Giants

Team Leaders

HR: Ivie [27]
RBI: Ivie [89]
2B: Clark [25]
SB: North [58]
W: Blue [14]
SV: Lavelle [20]
SO: Blue [138]

Oldest Player: Willie McCovey [41]
Youngest Player: Max Venable [22]
Longest Tenure: Randy Moffitt [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Greg Johnston (Jul 27) Bob Kearney (Sep 25) Joe Strain (Jun 28) Max Venable (Apr 8)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Rob Andrews	2B	26	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Thomas Anthony			Fresno	A+
Greg Baker	OF		Cedar Rapids	A
Jose Barrios	1B	22	Shreveport	AA
Kenny Barton			Shreveport	AA
Mark Benson			Cedar Rapids	A
Vida Blue	P	30	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Tony Bolla	C		Fresno	A+
	C		Great Falls	Rk
Charles Boothe			Cedar Rapids	A
Pedro Borbon	P	32	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Chris Bourjos	OF	25	Phoenix	AAA
Rick Bradley	C		Phoenix	AAA
Fred Breining	P	23	Shreveport	AA
Bob Brenly	C	25	Shreveport	AA
	C		Fresno	A+
Keith Brooks	OF		Fresno	A+
Chris Brown	3B	18	Great Falls	Rk
Scott Budner	P		Shreveport	AA
Dewayne Buice	P	22	Fresno	A+
Frank Burdi			Great Falls	Rk
Mark Calvert	P	23	Shreveport	AA
Donald Carr	P-OF		Phoenix	AAA
Jose Chue			Great Falls	Rk
Jack Clark	OF-1B	23	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Russell Cleland	C-P		Great Falls	Rk
Steve Cline	P		Shreveport	AA
Joe Coleman	P	32	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Hector Cruz	OF-3B	26	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Jesus Cruz			Cedar Rapids	A
Bob Cummings	C		Shreveport	AA
	C		Fresno	A+
	C		Cedar Rapids	A
Charles Curry	IF		Cedar Rapids	A
John Curtis	P	31	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Rick Cyburt	SS		Fresno	A+
Chili Davis	OF-LF	19	Fresno	A+
Rob Deer	RF-OF	19	Cedar Rapids	A
	RF-OF		Great Falls	Rk
Cordie Dillard	2B		Great Falls	Rk
Richard Doss	IF		Fresno	A+
	IF		Cedar Rapids	A
Steven Duckhorn			Cedar Rapids	A
James Dunn	2B-P		Fresno	A+
James Elrod			Shreveport	AA
Darrell Evans	3B-1B	32	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Kenneth Feinberg			Fresno	A+
Scott Garrelts	P	17	Great Falls	Rk
Dan Gladden	LF-OF	22	Fresno	A+
Mike Glinatsis	P		Shreveport	AA
Tom Griffin	P	31	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Ed Halicki	P	28	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Al Hargesheimer	P	22	Shreveport	AA
Craig Hedrick			Cedar Rapids	A
Gorman Heimueller	P	24	Shreveport	AA
Tom Heintzelman	2B-3B	32	Phoenix	AAA
Larry Herndon	OF	25	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Marc Hill	C	27	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Al Holland	P	27	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Kyle Hypes	P-OF	27	Shreveport	AA
Mike Ivie	1B	27	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Don Jamerson	OF		Fresno	A+
Kevin Johnson	OF		Great Falls	Rk
Greg Johnston	OF	24	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	OF		Phoenix	AAA
Bob Kearney	C	22	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	C		Phoenix	AAA
	C		Shreveport	AA
Ricky Kittrell	P		Fresno	A+
Bob Knepper	P	25	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Mark Kuecker	SS		Phoenix	AAA
Randy Kutcher	RF-OF	19	Great Falls	Rk
Craig Landis	SS		Shreveport	AA
Jerry Lane	IF		Fresno	A+
Gary Lavelle	P	30	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Johnnie LeMaster	SS	25	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Jeff Little	P	24	Phoenix	AAA
Dennis Littlejohn	C	24	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	C		Phoenix	AAA
Joseph Lorena			Great Falls	Rk
Mark Loureiro			Fresno	A+
Bill Madlock	3B	28	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Louis Marietta	P		Cedar Rapids	A
Willie McCovey	1B	41	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Darryl McNealy	1B		Great Falls	Rk
David Mendoza			Shreveport	AA
Roger Metzger	SS	31	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Greg Minton	P	28	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Howard Mitchell	2B		Shreveport	AA
Randy Moffitt	P	30	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Jorge Monroig			Great Falls	Rk
John Montefusco	P	29	San Francisco Giants	MLB
James Morley			Fresno	A+
Stanley Morton			Cedar Rapids	A
Rich Murray	1B	22	Phoenix	AAA
Philip Nastu	P	24	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Billy North	OF	31	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Bruce Oliver	3B-OF		Cedar Rapids	A
Tom O'Malley	3B	18	Great Falls	Rk
Robert Omo			Fresno	A+
Juan Oppenheimer			Cedar Rapids	A
Casey Parsons	OF	25	Phoenix	AAA
Wayne Pechek	OF		Shreveport	AA
Ronald Perodon	OF		Great Falls	Rk
Ed Plank	P	27	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	P		Phoenix	AAA
Paul Plinski	IF		Cedar Rapids	A
John Rabb	C-1B	19	Cedar Rapids	A
Ned Raines	2B		Cedar Rapids	A
Len Randle	3B-2B	30	Phoenix	AAA
Jeff Ransom	C	18	Shreveport	AA
	C		Fresno	A+
Dennis Rathjen			Great Falls	Rk
Mike Rex	SS		Phoenix	AAA
Kean Rich			Cedar Rapids	A
			Great Falls	Rk
Dave Roberts	P	35	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Francisco Rojas			Cedar Rapids	A
James Rothford			Fresno	A+
Harold Rowe	SS		Fresno	A+
Mike Rowland	P	26	Phoenix	AAA
Patrick Roy			Shreveport	AA
Tom Runnells	SS-2B	24	Shreveport	AA
Mike Sadek	C	33	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Rick Sanderlin	OF	27	Phoenix	AAA
Doug Schaefer	P	25	Phoenix	AAA
Michael Scheetz			Shreveport	AA
Gene Schmidt	P		Phoenix	AAA
James Shadid			Great Falls	Rk
Joe Strain	2B	25	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	2B		Phoenix	AAA
Guy Sularz	SS-2B	23	Phoenix	AAA
Philip Sutton			Cedar Rapids	A
Paul Szymarek			Shreveport	AA
			Cedar Rapids	A
			Great Falls	Rk
John Tamargo	C	27	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Francis Thon			Fresno	A+
			Cedar Rapids	A
George Torassa	C		Fresno	A+
	C		Cedar Rapids	A
Michael Tucker			Shreveport	AA
Bob Tufts	P	23	Shreveport	AA
Max Venable	OF-CF	22	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	OF-CF		Phoenix	AAA
	OF-CF		Shreveport	AA
Mike Wardlow	OF		Fresno	A+
Terry Whitfield	OF	26	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Eddie Whitson	P	24	San Francisco Giants	MLB
David Wiggins	P-OF		Fresno	A+
Steve Wilkins	OF		Shreveport	AA
John Wojcik	OF		Great Falls	Rk
James Wojeik			Shreveport	AA
Mark Woodbrey	2B		Shreveport	AA
Michael Woods	SS		Fresno	A+
John Ziccardi	1B-OF		Fresno	A+

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Patrick Alexander		Fresno	A+
Kelly Anderson		Cedar Rapids	A
William Bellorno		Cedar Rapids	A
Vida Blue	30	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Pedro Borbon	32	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Bill Bordley	21	Phoenix	AAA
Fred Breining	23	Shreveport	AA
Craig Bricker		Great Falls	Rk
Scott Budner		Shreveport	AA
Dewayne Buice	22	Fresno	A+
Michael Bungarz		Fresno	A+
Mark Calvert	23	Shreveport	AA
Donald Carr		Phoenix	AAA
Jose Chue		Cedar Rapids	A
		Great Falls	Rk
Steve Cline		Phoenix	AAA
		Shreveport	AA
Joe Coleman	32	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Terry Cornutt	26	Phoenix	AAA
Ray Cosio		Cedar Rapids	A
John Curtis	31	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Steven Duckhorn		Cedar Rapids	A
Jerald Felt		Great Falls	Rk
Glenn Fisher	23	Fresno	A+
	23	Cedar Rapids	A
Scott Garrelts	17	Great Falls	Rk
Mike Glinatsis		Shreveport	AA
Chris Goodchild		Great Falls	Rk
Tom Griffin	31	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Tim Hagemann		Great Falls	Rk
Ed Halicki	28	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Randy Hammon		Phoenix	AAA
Al Hargesheimer	22	Shreveport	AA
Dan Hartwig		Fresno	A+
Gorman Heimueller	24	Shreveport	AA
Robert Henderson		Cedar Rapids	A
Phillip Hinrichs		Great Falls	Rk
Al Holland	27	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Kyle Hypes	27	Phoenix	AAA
	27	Shreveport	AA
Ricky Kittrell		Fresno	A+
Bob Knepper	25	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Gary Lavelle	30	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Jeff Little	24	Phoenix	AAA
Arthur Maebe		Great Falls	Rk
Louis Marietta		Fresno	A+
		Cedar Rapids	A
Michael Martinez		Cedar Rapids	A
Ronald Matrisciano		Cedar Rapids	A
David Mendoza		Shreveport	AA
Greg Minton	28	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Randy Moffitt	30	San Francisco Giants	MLB
John Montefusco	29	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Greg Moyer		Fresno	A+
Rob Murphy		Fresno	A+
Philip Nastu	24	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	24	Phoenix	AAA
David Nobles		Fresno	A+
Robert Omo		Fresno	A+
Ron Pisel		Fresno	A+
Ed Plank	27	San Francisco Giants	MLB
	27	Phoenix	AAA
Dennis Rathjen		Great Falls	Rk
Dave Roberts	35	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Mike Rowland	26	Phoenix	AAA
Patrick Roy		Shreveport	AA
Rick Sanderlin	27	Phoenix	AAA
Doug Schaefer	25	Phoenix	AAA
Gene Schmidt		Phoenix	AAA
		Shreveport	AA
William Schopp		Fresno	A+
Dave Sensenbrenner		Great Falls	Rk
Jeff Stadler		Cedar Rapids	A
Jeff Stember	21	Fresno	A+
	21	Cedar Rapids	A
Jerry Stovall		Great Falls	Rk
Matt Sutherland		Cedar Rapids	A
David Thornton		Cedar Rapids	A
		Great Falls	Rk
Michael Tucker		Shreveport	AA
		Fresno	A+
Bob Tufts	23	Shreveport	AA
Mike Wardlow		Fresno	A+
Eddie Whitson	24	San Francisco Giants	MLB
Frank Williams	21	Great Falls	Rk
Harry Wing		Cedar Rapids	A
		Great Falls	Rk