San Francisco Giants Best Single Seasons

In: Best Single Seasons By Franchise, Teams

These are the greatest individual seasons in San Francisco Giants history, including New York Giants and San Francisco Giants, broken down by player and position. Since we’re celebrating standout seasons, players can show up multiple times especially if they logged meaningful time at different spots on the field. Outfielders and pitchers may also appear for multiple seasons when those performances rank as the franchise’s best at their respective positions.

Catcher

  • Buster Posey – 2012MVP

    Buster Posey Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.6 164 148 610 530 78 178 39 1 24 103 69 96 1 1 .336 .408 .549 .957

    • First Base

  • Willie McCovey – 1969HOFMVP

    Willie McCovey Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    8.1 194 149 623 491 101 157 26 2 45 126 121 66 0 0 .320 .453 .656 1.108

    • Second Base

  • Rogers Hornsby – 1927HOF

    Rogers Hornsby Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    10.2 174 155 684 568 133 205 32 9 26 125 86 38 9 .361 .448 .586 1.035

    • Third Base

  • Mel Ott – 1938HOF

    Mel Ott Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    8.9 178 150 652 527 116 164 23 6 36 116 118 47 2 .311 .442 .583 1.024

    • Shortstop

  • Rich Aurilia – 2001

    Rich Aurilia Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.7 144 156 689 636 114 206 37 5 37 97 47 83 1 3 .324 .369 .572 .941

    • Outfield

  • Barry Bonds – 2002MVP

    Barry Bonds Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    11.7 244 143 612 403 117 149 31 2 46 110 198 47 9 2 .370 .582 .799 1.381

    • Outfield

  • Barry Bonds – 2001MVP

    Barry Bonds Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    11.9 235 153 664 476 129 156 32 2 73 137 177 93 13 3 .328 .515 .863 1.379

    • Outfield

  • Barry Bonds – 2004MVP

    Barry Bonds Hitting Stats
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
    10.6 233 147 617 373 129 135 27 3 45 101 232 41 6 1 .362 .609 .812 1.422

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Juan Marichal – 1965HOF

    Juan Marichal Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    10.3 60 39 37 22 13 2.13 295.1 24 10 1 78 70 46 240 20.8% 0.91

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Christy Mathewson – 1905HOF

    Christy Mathewson Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    9.6 42 43 37 31 9 1.28 338.2 32 8 2 85 48 64 206 0.93

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Juan Marichal – 1966HOF

    Juan Marichal Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    9.1 62 37 36 25 6 2.23 307.1 25 4 0 88 76 36 222 18.8% 0.86

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Christy Mathewson – 1908HOF

    Christy Mathewson Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    11.8 61 56 44 37 11 1.43 390.2 34 11 5 85 62 42 259 0.84

    • Starting Pitcher

  • Christy Mathewson – 1909HOF

    Christy Mathewson Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    9.7 44 37 33 25 6 1.14 275.1 26 8 2 57 35 36 149 0.83

    • Relief Pitcher

  • Greg Minton – 1982

    Greg Minton Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    5.4 51 78 0 10 4 1.83 123 0 0 30 30 25 42 58 11.7% 1.22

    • Relief Pitcher

  • Frank Linzy – 1965

    Frank Linzy Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    3.8 41 57 0 9 3 1.43 81.2 0 0 21 19 13 23 35 10.5% 1.21

    • Relief Pitcher

  • Marv Grissom – 1956

    Marv Grissom Pitching Stats
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG ShO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    3.9 42 43 2 1 1 1.56 80.2 0 0 7 15 14 16 49 15.2% 1.08

    • Honorable Mention

  • Catcher – Dick Dietz, 1970
  • First Base – Will Clark, 1989
  • Second Base – Jeff Kent, 2000
  • Third Base – Matt Williams, 1995
  • Shortstop – Brandon Crawford, 2021
  • Outfield – Barry Bonds, 2003
  • Outfield – Willie Mays, 1965
  • Outfield – Barry Bonds, 1993
  • Starting Pitcher – Johnny Antonelli, 1954
  • Starting Pitcher – Juan Marichal, 1969
  • Starting Pitcher – Tim Lincecum, 2008
  • Starting Pitcher – Joe McGinnity, 1903
  • Starting Pitcher – Tim Lincecum, 2009
  • Relief Pitcher – Robb Nen, 1998
  • Relief Pitcher – Jeff Brantley, 1990

    • All underlying data used in this analysis is available in The Baseball Scholar Data Library.

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