1993 San Francisco Giants season

The 1993 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 111th season in Major League Baseball, their 36th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 34th season at Candlestick Park. It was the first season with Dusty Baker as manager, having been promoted from previously serving as the hitting coach under Roger Craig. In the offseason, under new ownership and general manager, Barry Bonds left the Pittsburgh Pirates to sign a lucrative free agent contract worth a then-record $43.75 million over six years with the Giants, with whom his father, Bobby Bonds, spent the first seven years of his career, and with whom his godfather Willie Mays played 22 of his 24 Major League seasons. The deal was, at that time, the largest in baseball history, in terms of both total value and average annual salary.[1] To honor his father, Bonds switched his jersey number to 25 once he signed with the Giants, as it had been Bobby's number in San Francisco (His number during most of his stay with the Pirates, 24, was already retired in honor of Mays).[2] Bonds hit .336 in 1993, leading the league with 46 home runs and 123 RBI en route to his second consecutive MVP award[3] and third overall (of an eventual seven).

1993 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersPeter Magowan
General managersBob Quinn
ManagersDusty Baker
Local televisionKTVU
SportsChannel Pacific
(Ted Robinson, Mike Krukow, Joe Morgan)
Local radioKNBR
(Ted Robinson, Hank Greenwald, Barry Tompkins, Mike Krukow)
SP Radio
(Edgard Martinez, Julio Gonzalez, Rene De La Rosa)
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As good as the Giants were (winning 103 games), the Atlanta Braves won 104 in what some call the last great pennant race (due to the Wild Card being instituted the following season).[4][5]

In the first half of the season prior to the All-Star Game, the Giants had taken 5 out of the 7 games against the Braves. Prior to the series beginning on August 23rd, the Giants had only lost 5 series all year long and had not lost more than 4 games in any 7-day period. After leading the National League West by ten games on July 22, and still holding a 7+1⁄2-game lead a month later, the Giants went 6–15 and relinquished the division lead to the Braves. The Giants then went on a 14–2 run, which left them tied with the Braves with one game remaining, which they lost 12–1 to the 80–81 Los Angeles Dodgers to become the only National League team to win 100 or more games and not make the playoffs in the divisional play era.

Offseason

On November 10, 1992, National League owners voted 9–4 against allowing Giants owner Bob Lurie to sell the team for $115 million to a Tampa Bay group, which would have moved the Giants to the Florida Suncoast Dome in time for the 1993 season.[6]

  • November 17, 1992: Steve Decker was drafted by the Florida Marlins from the San Francisco Giants as the 35th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.[7]
  • December 8, 1992: Barry Bonds signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.[8]
  • December 10, 1992: Jim Pena was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the San Diego Padres for Paul Faries.[9]

Regular season

During the season, John Burkett and Bill Swift would be the last pitchers to win at least 20 games in one season for the Giants in the 20th century.[10]

Opening Day Starters

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 10458 0.642 — 51–30 53–28
San Francisco Giants 10359 0.636 1 50–31 53–28
Houston Astros 8577 0.525 19 44–37 41–40
Los Angeles Dodgers 8181 0.500 23 41–40 40–41
Cincinnati Reds 7389 0.451 31 41–40 32–49
Colorado Rockies 6795 0.414 37 39–42 28–53
San Diego Padres 61101 0.377 43 34–47 27–54

Record vs. opponents
1993 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —7–510–313–07–58–58–57–59–36–67–59–47–66–6
Chicago 5–7—7–58–46–74–87–55–8–18–57–65–88–46–68–5
Cincinnati 3–105–7—9–47–56–75–84–86–64–88–49–42–115–7
Colorado 0–134–84–9—7–511–27–63–96–63–98–46–73–105–7
Florida 5–77–65–75–7—3–95–75–84–94–96–77–54–84–9
Houston 5–88–47–62–119–3—9–45–711–15–77–58–53–106–6
Los Angeles 5–85–78–56–77–54–9—6–68–42–108–49–47–66–6
Montreal 5–78–5–18–49–38–57–56–6—9–46–78–510–23–97–6
New York 3–95–86–66–69–41–114–84–9—3–104–95–74–85–8
Philadelphia 6-66–78–49–39–47–510–27–610–3—7–66–64–88–5
Pittsburgh 5–78–54–84–87–65–74–85–89–46–7—9–35–74–9
San Diego 4–94–84–97–65–75–84–92–107–56–63–9—3–107–5
San Francisco 6–76–611–210–38–410–36–79–38–48–47–510–3—4–8
St. Louis 6–65–87–57–59–46–66–66–78–55–89–45–78–4—

Notable Transactions
  • August 3, 1993: Scott Sanderson was selected off waivers by the San Francisco Giants from the California Angels.[12]
  • August 28, 1993: Jim DeShaies was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later, Aaron Fultz, and Andres Duncan (minors). The San Francisco Giants sent Greg Brummett (September 1, 1993) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.[13]

Draft picks
  • June 3, 1993: Steve Soderstrom was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 1993.[14]
  • June 3, 1993: Bill Mueller was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 15th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1993.[15]

Major League debuts

Roster
1993 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H HR RBI Avg.
CKirt Manwaring130432119549.275
1BWill Clark1324911391473.283
2BRobby Thompson1284941541965.312
3BMatt Williams14557917038110.294
SSRoyce Clayton153549155670.282
LFBarry Bonds15953918146123.336
CFDarren Lewis136522132248.253
RFWillie McGee130475143446.301

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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
Dave Martinez9124158.241527
Todd Benzinger8617751.288626
Mark Carreon7815049.327733
Mike Benjamin6314629.199416
Jeff Reed6611931.261612
Steve Scarsone4410326.252215
Craig Colbert23376.16215
Paul Faries15368.22204
Luis Mercedes18254.16003
Andy Allanson13244.16702
John Patterson16163.18812
J.R. Phillips11165.31314
Rikkert Faneyte7152.13300
Jim McNamara471.14301
Erik Johnson452.40000
Steve Hosey321.50001

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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
Bill Swift34232.22182.82157
John Burkett34231.22273.65145
Trevor Wilson22110.0753.6057
Bud Black1693.2823.5645
Greg Brummett846.0234.7020
Salomon Torres844.2354.0323

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
Bryan Hickerson47120.1754.2669
Jeff Brantley53113.2564.2876
Scott Sanderson1148.2423.5136
Jim Deshaies517.0224.245
Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Rod Beck7679.131482.1686
Mike Jackson8177.16613.0370
Dave Burba5495.110304.2588
Kevin Rogers6480.22202.6862
Dave Righetti5147.11115.7031
Gino Minutelli914.10103.7710
Terry Bross22.00019.001
Tim Layana12.000022.501

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Carlos Alfonso
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Ron Wotus
A San Jose Giants California League Dick Dietz
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Jack Mull
Short-Season A Everett Giants Northwest League Norm Sherry
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Alan Bannister

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References
  1. Chass, Murray. "Giants Make Investment: $43 Million in Bonds", The New York Times, published December 6, 1992, accessed January 31, 2008.
  2. Pearlman, Jeff (2006). Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Antihero. Google Book Search. p. 143. ISBN 9780060797522. Retrieved April 17, 2008. bobby bonds number 25 barry.
  3. "1993 National League Most Valuable Player Award". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2008.
  4. Weintraub, Robert. "E-ticket: The Last Real Race". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved December 6, 2008.
  5. Neyer, Rob (October 1, 2001). "What makes a great Pennant Race?". ESPN Classic. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
  6. Murray Chass (November 11, 1992). "BASEBALL; Look What Wind Blew Back: Baseball's Giants". New York Times. p. B11.
  7. Steve Decker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. Barry Bonds Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  9. "Jim Pena Stats".
  10. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  11. 1993 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac
  12. Scott Sanderson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  13. Jim Deshaies Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  14. "Steve Soderstrom Stats".
  15. "Bill Mueller Stats".
  16. "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".
  17. 1993 San Francisco Giants Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com
  18. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.59, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  19. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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