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SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 2016 END OF SEASON NOTES 24 Willie Mays Plaza • San Francisco, CA 94107 • Phone: 415-972-2000 sfgiants.com • sfgigantes.com • sfgiantspressbox.com • @SFGiants • @SFGigantes • @SFG_Stats THE GIANTS: Finished the 2016 campaign (59th in San Francisco and 134th GIANTS BY THE NUMBERS overall) with a record of 87-75 (.537), good for second place in the National NOTE 2016 League West, 4.0 games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers...the 2016 Series Record .............. 23-20-9 season marked the 10th time that the Dodgers and Giants finished in first and Series Record, home ..........13-7-6 second place (in either order) in the NL West...they also did so in 1971, 1994 Series Record, road ..........10-13-3 (strike-shortened season), 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2014 and 2015. Series Openers ...............24-28 Series Finales ................29-23 OCTOBER BASEBALL: San Francisco advanced to the postseason for the Monday ...................... 7-10 fourth time in the last sevens seasons and for the 26th time in franchise history Tuesday ....................13-12 (since 1900), tied with the A's for the fourth-most appearances all-time behind Wednesday ..................10-15 the Yankees (52), Dodgers (30) and Cardinals (28)...it was the 12th postseason Thursday ....................12-5 appearance in SF-era history (since 1958). Friday ......................14-12 Saturday .....................17-9 Sunday .....................14-12 WILD CARD NOTES: The Giants and Mets faced one another in the one-game April .......................12-13 wild-card playoff, which was added to the MLB postseason in 2012...it was the May .........................21-8 second time the Giants played in this one-game playoff and the second time that June ....................... 17-10 they advanced as the wild-card winner...the Giants defeated the Mets, 3-0, on July ........................ 11- 13 Conor Gillaspie's three-run homer off Jeurys Familia in the ninth inning. August ..................... 11- 16 September ..................13-15 GIANTS LOSE TO CUBS IN DIVISION SERIES: The Giants lost to the Chicago Cubs October .......................2-0 in the Division Series, losing three-games-to-one in the best-of-five set...SF lost Day ........................33-22 Game 1 by a 1-0 count as Javier Baez's solo HR in the eighth gave RHP Johnny Night .......................24-27 Cueto a losing bid despite his complete-game performance...RHP Jeff Samardzija After A Day Off ................ 6-11 was touched for four runs on six hits in 2.0 innings in a Game 2 loss (5-2)...IF Joe Giants Score First ............56-28 Opp. Score First ..............31-47 Panik gave the Giants a 6-5 win in 13.0 innings in Game 3 on a walk-off double... Leading After 6 ...............68-16 San Francisco then blew a three-run lead in the ninth to lose 6-5 in Game 4. Trailing After 6 ................6-48 Tied After 6 .................. 13-11 STREAK ENDS AT 11: Prior to the Giants' loss to the Cubs in the NLDS, the team Leading After 7 ...............70-12 had won 11 straight postseason series (including the 2014 and 2016 WC games), Trailing After 7 ................5-57 tied with the Yankees (1998-2001) for the longest such streak in MLB history. Tied After 7 ...................12-6 Leading After 8 ................71-9 DID YOU KNOW?: Only two other teams in the NFL, NBA or NHL won at least 10 Trailing After 8 ................ 0-62 consecutive postseason games when facing elimination: the Boston Celtics (11 in Tied After 8 ...................16-4 a row, 1959-67) and New England Patriots (10, 2002-06). Extra-Inning Games ............ 11- 7 One-run Games ..............28-27 Two-run Games ..............18-16 STANDINGS INFO: The Giants spent a total of 123 days in first place (last on Aug. Giants Score 5 or more ........55-17 20, counts all days of the season including off days)...San Francisco's largest lead Giants Score 4 or more ........63-24 in the NL West was 8.0 games following the June 26 contest...their largest deficit Giants Score 3 or less .........24-51 was 8.0 games following the game of Sept. 25...SF spent a total of 49 days in Giants Score 2 or less .........13-39 second place, five in third and five in fourth. Giants No Errors .............56-47 Giants Make Error(s) ..........31-28 BEFORE & AFTER: SF led by 6.5 games at the All-Star break but lost the lead to LA Giants Outhit Opp. ............62-17 on Aug. 21 after having spent 111 of the previous 115 days in first place...SF had the Opp. Outhits Giants ...........14-52 best record in the Majors at the break at 57-33 (.633), a season-high 24 games over Giants hit 0 HR ...............29-42 .500 and a plus 73 run differential...however, the Giants went 30-42 (.417) in the Giants hit at least 1 HR ........58-33 second half, the fourth-worst record in baseball with a plus 11 run differential...the Giants hit 2+ HRs ............. 17- 11 Giants never fell out of playoff position after the 2016 Midsummer Classic. Opponent above .500 .........31-36 Opponent below .500 .........56-39 SELLOUT STREAK AT AT&T PARK: Every Giants home game was sold out again GIANTS HIGHS AND LOWS in 2016...the Giants currently have a sellout streak of 489 regular season dates, TEAM BATTING 2016 plus 25 dates in the post-season, for a total of 514...this is a record-high sellout Most Hits ............22, 6/21 @PIT streak for a National League team and it's the second longest in MLB history Fewest Hits ....2 (3x), last: 9/5 at COL behind the Boston Red Sox (794 dates)...SF's sellout streak began with the last Most Runs ...........15, 6/21 @PIT three regular season dates in 2010, starting on October 1, and has continued Most Runs, Inning ..8, 8/28 vs. ATL (7th) through the next six full seasons...the longest overall baseball sellout streak is Most HRs ... 4 (3x), last: 8/28 vs. ATL by the Dayton Dragons, still going at 1,188 consecutive dates (including playoffs Most LOB ......18, 8/8 @MIA (14inn) and two All-Star Games). TEAM PITCHING 2016 Fewest Hits Allowed ..1 (3x), last: 8/25 @LAD THREE MILLION FANS: The Giants have topped three million in attendance in 15 Most Hits Allowed ....18, 4/13 @COL seasons...the only teams to draw three million more often than the Giants are the Most Runs Allowed ...17, 5/5 vs. COL Dodgers (30 times), the Cardinals (20), and the Yankees (18)...all these teams play Most HRs Allowed ........5, 7/20 @BOS Most Walks Issued ....8, 6/28 vs.OAK in ballparks with a higher capacity than AT&T Park. Most Strikeouts ...... 15, 9/11 at ARI AT HOME: The Giants went 45-36 (.556) at home, the fourth-best home winning GIANTS MISCELLANEOUS percentage in the NL...SF had their best home stretch from May 21-June 24, NOTE 2016 where they won 12 of 14 home games. Longest Win Streak .. 8 (2x), last: 6/11-19 Longest Losing Streak ........6, 7/16-7/22 ON THE ROAD: San Francisco posted a record of 42-39 (.519) on the road, the fifth- Longest Game By Inn . 14.0, 8/8 @MIA best record in the NL...after going 28-16 (.636) through the first 44 road games Longest Game By Time . 5:34, 8/8 @MIA (through July 3) in the first half, the Giants went just 14-23 (.378) in 37 second Quickest Game By Time . 2:15 (10/1 vs. LAD) half road games...SF won just two road series in that span and their .378 winning Most Games Over .500 ......24, last: (7/10) percentage was the fifth-worst in the Majors. Most Games Under .500 ..... 3 (4/21) Sweeps by Giants ................9 WITH THE BATS: The Giants finished the regular season by averaging 4.41 runs Sweeps by Opponent .............6 per game (SF averaged 4.3 runs a game last season)...the Giants' .258 batting Times Shutout by Opponent ......13 Times Opponent Shutout .........11 average was the fourth-best in the NL as well as their .303 on-base percentage Come-From-Behind Wins .........40 and .392 slugging percentage...SF hit .250 with runners in scoring position. C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+) ..... 8 (9/9) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+) .... 5 (8/18) ON THE MOUND: The Giants were one of the top pitching teams in the National C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+) .... 2 (6/22) League with a team ERA of 3.65, the fourth-best figure in the league behind Blown Leads ....................37 Chicago (3.15), Washington (3.51) and New York (3.57). Largest Blown Lead ..... 6, 8/14 vs. BAL World Champions (8): 1905, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1954, 2010, 2012, 2014 NL Pennants (21): 1904, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1962, 1989, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2014 NL Division Champions (8): 1971, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2012 END OF SEASON NOTES STARTING STRONG: Giants starters finished the regular season with the fifth- MANAGER BRUCE BOCHY best starting staff ERA in the Majors at 3.71...only the Cubs (2.96), Nationals (3.60), Bruce Bochy completed his 10th Mets (3.61) and Blue Jays (3.64) had better ERAs than the Giants' starting staff. season at the helm of the Giants, guiding San Francisco to its fourth IN THE BULLPEN: Giants relievers combined for a 3.54 ERA (188er, 478.0ip), good playoff appearance in the last seven for fifth in the National League...the team went 43-for-73 in save opportunities seasons...2016 marked the first time and led the Majors with 30 blown saves, the most in franchise history.