1989 San Francisco Giants April Recap

Twenty-four games into the season, and the Giants are five games ahead of pace with their 17-7 record. In real life, San Francisco won just three of the final 11 games played in April, but the simulation Giants flipped that, going 8-3 over the same 11 games.

The batting average has actually been a little worse than real life (.254 to .245) but the simulation Giants have made the most of their hits, averaging 4.9 runs, nearly a run better than the 4.0 average actually scored in April 1989.

Pitching has been the biggest difference, as Scott Garrelts, Rick Reuschel and Don Robinson have been near unhittable. With APBA grades of A, B and B, they’ve been extremely tough on the opposition and each has an ERA under two after five or six starts. The result has been a team ERA nearly a run and a half better than reality.

Season Stats

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Batting	G	AVG	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO
Sim	24	.245	117	50	7	22	110	12	60	174
Actual	24	.254	97	43	9	17	89	10	93	157

Pitching	G	W-L	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Sim	24	17-7	2.29	8	5	6	216.3	158	66	55	55	120
Actual	24	12-12	3.64	1	1	5	217.1	203	94	88	89	120

Batters	Sim April	Actual April
Will Clark	.347, 30 R, 4 HR, 19 RBI	.375, 20 R, 4 HR, 18 RBI
Ernest Riles	.326, 5 RBI	.290, 3 RBI
Kevin Mitchell	.322, 16 R, 8 HR, 34 RBI	.292, 10 R, 6 HR, 25 RBI
Candy Maldonado	.256, 2 HR, 11 RBI	.228, 0 HR, 9 RBI
Brett Butler	.250, 18 R, 4 RBI, 5 SB	.344, 14 R, 6 RBI, 4 SB
Robby Thompson	.250, 17 R, 2 HR, 12 RBI	.242, 17 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI
Jose Uribe	.227, 5 R, 4 RBI	.244, 4 R, 6 RBI
Terry Kennedy	.196, 4 R, 6 RBI	.275, 4 R, 10 RBI
Matt Williams	.153, 5 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI	.132, 4 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI

Pitchers	Sim April	Actual April
Scott Garrelts	5-0, 1.02 ERA, 44.0 IP, 25 K	2-1, 3.25 ERA, 27.2 IP, 12 K
Rick Reuschel	4-0, 1.63 ERA, 49.2 IP, 22 K	3-2, 3.68 ERA, 36.2 IP, 23 K
Don Robinson	3-2, 1.98 ERA, 41.0 IP, 17 K	1-2, 4.03 ERA, 29.0 IP, 13 K
Mike LaCoss	1-1, 2.57 ERA, 14.0 IP, 9 K	1-1, 3.14 ERA, 14.1 IP, 9 K
Craig Lefferts	1-1, 3.72 ERA, 9.2 IP, 7 K, 4 SV	1-0, 0.51 ERA, 17.2 IP, 13 K, 3 SV
Kelly Downs	2-2, 4.06 ERA, 31.0 IP, 25 K	2-3, 5.14 ERA, 28.0 IP, 18 K