1989 San Francisco Giants June Recap

There was no June Swoon for these Giants, either in real life (18-10) or the replay (22-6). Three months of the season is now in the books, and the season is just shy of the halfway point. San Francisco is 59-20, 12 wins ahead of pace. The Giants enjoyed a 13-game winning streak at one point.

The team batting average was .242 at the start of the month and .242 at the end of the month, a far cry from the .259 they were actually hitting after three months. The simulation Giants had outscored their real-life counterparts by 17 runs heading into June, but are now six runs behind pace (not bad considering the much lesser batting average). It seems like the extra runs are probably coming via clutch hitting, as the Giants are batting .256 with runners in scoring position.

How did the Giants go 22-6 despite a drop in scoring? The pitching continues to be lights out. The team ERA dropped from 2.43 to 2.30 thanks to six more shutouts (that’s 15 on the season, when the real-life Giants only had one at this point). The triumverate of Scott Garrelts, Rick Reuschel and Don Robinson are a combined 37-8, and Garrelts (15-1, 0.81 ERA) and Reuschel (12-1, 1.48 ERA) are continuing their assault on the record books.

Season Stats

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Batting	G	AVG	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO
Sim	79	.242	350	114	23	66	331	37	232	554
Actual	79	.259	356	123	32	69	327	44	287	493

Pitching	G	W-L	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Sim	79	59-20	2.30	18	15	25	715.3	529	204	183	188	403
Actual	79	47-32	2.96	3	1	28	715.0	635	264	235	239	379

Batters	Sim Through June	Actual Through June
Will Clark	.329, 69 R, 101 H, 14 HR, 54 RBI	.342, 54 R, 97 H, 13 HR, 58 RBI
Brett Butler	.297, 51 R, 87 H, 15 RBI, 15 SB	.299, 44 R, 82 H, 19 RBI, 13 SB
Ernest Riles	.269, 25 R, 49 H, 4 HR, 21 RBI	.280, 22 R, 49 H, 4 HR, 23 RBI
Kevin Mitchell	.262, 47 R, 72 H, 24 HR, 75 RBI	.290, 52 R, 82 H, 25 HR, 72 RBI
Robby Thompson	.250, 52 R, 70 H, 7 HR, 37 RBI	.275, 57 R, 78 H, 9 HR, 27 RBI
Candy Maldonado	.232, 21 R, 47 H, 4 HR, 29 RBI	.212, 23 R, 43 H, 5 HR, 25 RBI
Kirt Manwaring	.200, 5 R, 24 H, 10 RBI	.235, 9 R, 27 H, 10 RBI
Terry Kennedy	.200, 13 R, 35 H, 16 RBI	.251, 16 R, 42 H, 21 RBI
Jose Uribe	.191, 17 R, 53 H, 22 RBI	.236, 20 R, 60 H, 17 RBI

Pitchers	Sim Through June	Actual Through June
Scott Garrelts	15-1, 0.81 ERA, 145.0 IP, 93 K	6-3, 2.75 ERA, 108.0 IP, 69 K
Goose Gossage	2-0, 1.33 ERA, 20.3 IP, 11 K, 7 SV	2-1, 1.93 ERA, 28.0 IP, 16 K, 3 SV
Rick Reuschel	12-1, 1.48 ERA, 145.7 IP, 69 K	12-2, 2.10 ERA, 124.0 IP, 66 K
Steve Bedrosian	0-0, 1.80 ERA, 5.0 IP, 5 K, 5 SV	0-1, 2.70 ERA, 6.7 IP, 4 K, 5 SV
Don Robinson	10-6, 2.46 ERA, 124.3 IP, 58 K	7-5, 2.89 ERA, 109.0 IP, 52 K
Mike LaCoss	8-2, 3.04 ERA, 80.0 IP, 47 K	3-5, 2.32 ERA, 54.7 IP, 24 K
Craig Lefferts	4-2, 3.18 ERA, 34.0 IP, 19 K, 11 SV	2-3, 2.30 ERA, 54.7 IP, 32 K, 14 SV
Atlee Hammaker	3-2, 3.33 ERA, 54.0 IP, 23 K	6-4, 3.41 ERA, 58.0 IP, 21 K
Jeff Brantley	2-0, 3.86 ERA, 18.7 IP, 17 K	1-0, 4.06 ERA, 44.3 IP, 27 K