1989 San Francisco Giants season

1989 San Francisco Giants
National League West Champions
National League Champions
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Owner(s) Bob Lurie
General manager(s) Al Rosen
Manager(s) Roger Craig
Local television KTVU
(Duane Kuiper, Steve Physioc, Hank Greenwald)
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(Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
Local radio KNBR
(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 9270 0.568 — 53–28 39–42
San Diego Padres 8973 0.549 3 46–35 43–38
Houston Astros 8676 0.531 6 47–35 39–41
Los Angeles Dodgers 7783 0.481 14 44–37 33–46
Cincinnati Reds 7587 0.463 17 38–43 37–44
Atlanta Braves 6397 0.394 28 33–46 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1989 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–78–108–106–106–62–108–44–87–116–123–9–1
Chicago 7–5—7–55–77–510–810–810–812–68–46–611–7
Cincinnati 10–85–7—8–108–104–84–84–87–59–98–108–4
Houston 10–87–510–8—10–84–86–69–37–58–108–107–5
Los Angeles 10–65–710–88–10—7–55–76–67–56–1210–83–9
Montreal 6–68–108–48–45–7—9–99–911–75–77–55–13
New York 10–28–108–46–67–59–9—12–69–95–73–910–8
Philadelphia 4-88–108–43–96–69–96–12—10–8–12–104–87–11
Pittsburgh 8–46–125–75–75–77–119–98–10–1—3–95–713–5–1
San Diego 11–74–89–910–812–67–57–510–29–3—8–102–10
San Francisco 12–66–610–810–88–105–79–38–47–510–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–3–17–114–85–79–313–58–1011–75–13–110–25–7—

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
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BoldGiants 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
CTerry Kennedy12535585.239534
1BWill Clark159588196.33323111
2BRobby Thompson148547132.2411350
3BErnest Riles12230284.278740
SSJosé Uribe151453100.221130
LFKevin Mitchell154543158.29147125
CFBrett Butler154594168.283436
RFCandy Maldonado12934575.217941

[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 Williams8429259.2021850
Kirt Manwaring8520042.210018
Donell Nixon9516644.265115
Pat Sheridan7016133.205314
Greg Litton7114336.252417
Ken Oberkfell8311637.319215
Tracy Jones409718.186012
Chris Speier28379.24302
Bill Bathe30329.28106
Bob Brenly12224.18203

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 Garrelts30193.11452.28119
Rick Reuschel32208.11782.94111
Don Robinson3419712113.4396
Kelly Downs1882.2484.7949
Mike Krukow843433.9818

[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 LaCoss45150.110103.1778
Atlee Hammaker2876.2663.7630
Bob Knepper1352323.4619
Mike Krukow843433.9818

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 Bedrosian4014172.6534
Goose Gossage312142.6824
Craig Lefferts7024202.6971
Jeff Brantley597104.0769

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 301 400 030 11130
Chicago 201 000 000 381
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 000 200 021 5100
Chicago 600 003 00X 9110
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 200 100 100 4100
San Francisco 300 000 20X 583
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 110 020 000 4121
San Francisco 102 120 00X 691
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 001 000 001 2101
San Francisco 000 000 12X 341
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

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 000 000 000 051
Oakland 031 100 00X 5111
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 001 000 000 140
Oakland 100 400 00X 570
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.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 200 241 040 13140
San Francisco 010 200 004 7103
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 130 031 010 9120
San Francisco 000 002 400 690
W: Mike Moore (2-0) L: Don Robinson (0-1) S:Dennis Eckersley

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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
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