1989 San Francisco Giants season

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1989 San Francisco Giants
National League West Champions
National League Champions
DivisionWestern Division
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco
OwnersBob Lurie
ManagersRoger Craig
TelevisionKTVU
(Duane Kuiper, Steve Physioc, Hank Greenwald)
GiantsVision
(Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
RadioKNBR
(Ron Fairly, Hank Greenwald)
KLOK
(Tito Fuentes, Julio Gonzalez)
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The 1989 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 107th season in Major League Baseball, their 32nd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 30th at Candlestick Park. The Giants finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses. It was their second division title in three years. The Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs in five games in the National League Championship Series. However, they were swept by their cross-Bay rivals, the Oakland Athletics, in an earthquake-marred World Series.

Offseason

  • December 8, 1988: Mike Aldrete was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Montreal Expos for Tracy Jones.[1]
  • February 27, 1989: Ernie Camacho was signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.[2]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 92 70 0.568 — 53–28 39–42
San Diego Padres 89 73 0.549 3 46–35 43–38
Houston Astros 86 76 0.531 6 47–35 39–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 77 83 0.481 14 44–37 33–46
Cincinnati Reds 75 87 0.463 17 38–43 37–44
Atlanta Braves 63 97 0.394 28 33–46 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1989 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 5–7 8–10 8–10 6–10 6–6 2–10 8–4 4–8 7–11 6–12 3–9
Chicago 7–5 — 7–5 5–7 7–5 10–8 10–8 10–8 12–6 8–4 6–6 11–7
Cincinnati 10–8 5–7 — 8–10 8–10 4–8 4–8 4–8 7–5 9–9 8–10 8–4
Houston 10–8 7–5 10–8 — 10–8 4–8 6–6 9–3 7–5 8–10 8–10 7–5
Los Angeles 10–6 5–7 10–8 8–10 — 7–5 5–7 6–6 7–5 6–12 10–8 3–9
Montreal 6–6 8–10 8–4 8–4 5–7 — 9–9 9–9 11–7 5–7 7–5 5–13
New York 10–2 8–10 8–4 6–6 7–5 9–9 — 12–6 9–9 5–7 3–9 10–8
Philadelphia 4–8 8–10 8–4 3–9 6–6 9–9 6–12 — 10–8 2–10 4–8 7–11
Pittsburgh 8–4 6–12 5–7 5–7 5–7 7–11 9–9 8–10 — 3–9 5–7 13–5
San Diego 11–7 4–8 9–9 10–8 12–6 7–5 7–5 10–2 9–3 — 8–10 2–10
San Francisco 12–6 6–6 10–8 10–8 8–10 5–7 9–3 8–4 7–5 10–8 — 7–5
St. Louis 9–3 7–11 4–8 5–7 9–3 13–5 8–10 11–7 5–13 10–2 5–7 —


Notable transactions

  • April 14, 1989: Goose Gossage was signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.[3]
  • June 5, 1989: Clay Bellinger was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1989.[4]
  • June 16, 1989: Tracy Jones was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Detroit Tigers for Pat Sheridan.[5]
  • June 18, 1989: Charlie Hayes was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Dennis Cook and Terry Mulholland to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later and Steve Bedrosian. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Rick Parker (August 7, 1989) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.[6]
  • August 2, 1989: Bob Brenly signed as a Free Agent.
  • August 10, 1989: Goose Gossage was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the San Francisco Giants.[3]

Major League debuts

  • Batters: Mike Benjamin (July 7) Greg Litton (May 2)
  • Pitchers: Randy McCament (June 28) Russ Swan (August 3) Stu Tate (September 20) [7]

Game log and schedule

Legend
  Giants win
  Giants loss
  Postponement
Bold Giants team member
1989 Game Log (92–70) (Home: 53–28; Road: 39–42)

Postseason

1989 Postseason Game Log

Roster

1989 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Dave Dravecky

The previous season, a cancerous desmoid tumor was found in Dravecky's pitching arm. He underwent surgery on October 7, 1988, removing half of the deltoid muscle in his pitching arm and freezing the humerus bone in an effort to eliminate all of the cancerous cells. By July 1989, he was pitching in the minors, and on August 10, he made a highly publicized return to the major leagues, pitching 8 innings and defeating Cincinnati 4-3. In his following start five days later against the Expos, Dravecky pitched three no-hit innings, but in the fifth inning, he felt a tingling sensation in his arm. In the sixth inning he started off shaky, allowing a home run to the lead off batter and then hitting the second batter. Then, on his first pitch to Tim Raines, his humerus bone snapped, ending his career.

To see a pitcher break his arm with a loud cracking sound while doing something as ordinary as throwing a pitch, then fall to the ground rolling in agonizing pain, was shocking, unusual, and upsetting, especially for those who had followed his touching story. The pitch was replayed on television repeatedly over the following days.

The Giants won the National League pennant in 1989, and in the post-game celebration, Dravecky's arm was broken a second time. A doctor examining Dravecky's x-rays noticed a mass in his arm. Cancer had returned. Eighteen days later, Dravecky retired from baseball, aged 33, leaving a 64-57 record with 558 strikeouts and a 3.13 ERA in 1,062.2 innings. He won the 1989 Willie Mac Award honoring his spirit and leadership.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

= Indicates team leader
Pos. Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Terry Kennedy 125 355 85 .239 5 34
1B Will Clark 159 588 196 .333 23 111
2B Robby Thompson 148 547 132 .241 13 50
3B Ernest Riles 122 302 84 .278 7 40
SS José Uribe 151 453 100 .221 1 30
LF Kevin Mitchell 154 543 158 .291 47 125
CF Brett Butler 154 594 168 .283 4 36
RF Candy Maldonado 129 345 75 .217 9 41

[8]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Matt Williams 84 292 59 .202 18 50
Kirt Manwaring 85 200 42 .210 0 18
Donell Nixon 95 166 44 .265 1 15
Pat Sheridan 70 161 33 .205 3 14
Greg Litton 71 143 36 .252 4 17
Ken Oberkfell 83 116 37 .319 2 15
Tracy Jones 40 97 18 .186 0 12
Ed Jurak 30 42 10 .238 0 1
Chris Speier 28 37 9 .243 0 2
Bill Bathe 30 32 9 .281 0 6
Bob Brenly 12 22 4 .182 0 3
Mike Laga 17 20 4 .200 1 7
Jim Weaver 12 20 4 .200 0 2
Jim Steels 13 12 1 .083 0 0
Mike Benjamin 14 6 1 .167 0 0
Charlie Hayes 3 5 1 .200 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Scott Garrelts 30 193.1 14 5 2.28 119
Rick Reuschel 32 208.1 17 8 2.94 111
Don Robinson 34 197 12 11 3.43 96
Kelly Downs 18 82.2 4 8 4.79 49
Mike Krukow 8 43 4 3 3.98 18
Dennis Cook 2 15 1 0 1.80 9
Dave Dravecky 2 13 2 0 3.46 5
Russ Swan 2 6.2 0 2 10.80 2

[8]

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike LaCoss 45 150.1 10 10 3.17 78
Atlee Hammaker 28 76.2 6 6 3.76 30
Bob Knepper 13 52 3 2 3.46 19
Trevor Wilson 14 39.1 2 3 4.35 22
Joe Price 7 14 1 1 5.79 10
Terry Mulholland 5 11 0 0 4.09 6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Steve Bedrosian 40 1 4 17 2.65 34
Goose Gossage 31 2 1 4 2.68 24
Craig Lefferts 70 2 4 20 2.69 71
Jeff Brantley 59 7 1 0 4.07 69
Randy McCament 25 1 1 0 3.93 12
Ernie Camacho 13 3 0 0 2.76 14
Stu Tate 2 0 0 0 3.38 4

National League Championship Series

Main article: 1989 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 4 at Wrigley Field in Chicago

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 11 13 0
Chicago 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1
W: Scott Garrelts (1-0)   L: Greg Maddux (0-1)   S: None
HR: SF – Will Clark (1), (2), Kevin Mitchell (1)  CHC – Mark Grace (1), Ryne Sandberg (1)
Pitchers: SF – Garrelts, Brantley (8), Hammaker (9)  CHC – Maddux, Kilgus (5), Wilson (8)
Attendance: 39,195

Game 2

October 5 at Wrigley Field in Chicago

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 5 10 0
Chicago 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 X 9 11 0
W: Les Lancaster (1-0)   L: Rick Reuschel (0-1)   S: None
HR: SF – Kevin Mitchell (2), Matt Williams (1), Robby Thompson (1)  CHC – None
Pitchers: SF – Reuschel, Downs (1), Lefferts (6), Brantley (7), Bedrosian (8)  CHC – Bielecki, Assenmacher (5), Lancaster (6)

Attendance: 39,195

Game 3

October 7 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 0
San Francisco 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 5 8 3
W: Don Robinson (1-0)   L: Les Lancaster (1-1)   S: Steve Bedrosian (1)
HR: CHC – None  SF – Robby Thompson (2)
Pitchers: CHC – Sutcliffe, Assenmacher (7), Lancaster (7)  SF – LaCoss, Brantley (4), Robinson (7), Lefferts (8), Bedrosian (9)
Attendance: 62,065

Game 4

October 8 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 12 1
San Francisco 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 X 6 9 1
W: Kelly Downs (1-0)   L: Steve Wilson (0-1)   S: Steve Bedrosian (2)
HR: CHC – Luis Salazar (1)  SF – Matt Williams (2)
Pitchers: CHC – Maddux, Wilson (4), Sanderson (6), Williams (8)  SF – Garrelts, Downs (5), Bedrosian (9)
Attendance: 62,078

Game 5

October 9 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1
San Francisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 X 3 4 1
W: Rick Reuschel (1-1)   L: Mike Bielecki (0-1)   S: Steve Bedrosian (3)
HR: CHC – None  SF – None
Pitchers: CHC – Bielecki, Williams (8), Lancaster (8)  SF – Reuschel, Bedrosian (9)
Attendance: 62,084

The Giants made it to their first World Series since 1962 with a 3-2 win over the Cubs to win the 1989 National League pennant, four games to one. The final game pitted Mike Bielecki against a well-rested (due to his quick exit from Game 2) Rick Reuschel. Reuschel made amends for his poor start in Game 2 by giving up only one run over eight innings. The one run Reuschel gave up was an unearned run the Cubs scored when Walton reached on an error by Mitchell and then scored on Sandberg's double. The Cubs held the 1-0 lead until the seventh inning when Will Clark tripled and scored on Mitchell's sacrifice fly.

With two outs in the eighth, the Cubs appeared ready to perhaps send the series back to Chicago. But Candy Maldonado pinch-hit for Reuschel and walked. Bielcki then proceeded the load the bases by walking both Butler and Thompson. Don Zimmer sent for Mitch Williams to end the jam, but Clark drove a single to center that gave the Giants a 3-1 lead. The Cubs strung together three straight singles with two outs in the ninth to pull within a run, but Bedrosian got Sandberg to ground out to second to end the game and the series.

The Giants were in their first World Series since 1962. Clark's stellar performance earned him Most Valuable Player honors for the Giants. Clark hit .650 with eight RBIs.

World series

Main article: 1989 World Series

It was the first World Series in which the losing team never had the lead and never had the tying run at the plate in its final turn at-bat.[9]

Game 1

October 14, 1989, at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Oakland 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 5 11 1
W: Dave Stewart (1-0) L: Scott Garrelts (0-1)

Game 2

October 15, 1989, at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Oakland 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 X 5 7 0
W: Mike Moore (1-0) L: Rick Reuschel (0-1)

Game 3

October 17, 1989, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

The game was delayed until October 27, or about ten days, due to the Loma Prieta earthquake.

See also: Al Michaels § 1989 World Series, and Fay Vincent § 1989 World Series
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 4 0 13 14 0
San Francisco 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 10 3
W: Dave Stewart (2-0) L: Scott Garrelts (0-2)

Game 4

October 28, 1989, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 9 12 0
San Francisco 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 6 9 0
W: Mike Moore (2-0) L: Don Robinson (0-1) S:Dennis Eckersley

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Gordon Mackenzie
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Bill Evers
A San Jose Giants California League Duane Espy
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Keith Bodie
A-Short Season Everett Giants Northwest League Joe Strain
Rookie Pocatello Giants Pioneer League Deron McCue

[11]

References

  1. ^ Mike Aldrete Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ "Ernie Camacho Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Rich Gossage Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  4. ^ "Clay Bellinger Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  5. ^ "Tracy Jones Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  6. ^ Charlie Hayes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1989/25.shtml
  8. ^ a b "1989 San Francisco Giants Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 16, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  9. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.366, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  10. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

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