The one large quantity from 2021 was 107.
In 2022, the story of why the Giants weren’t in a position to replicate that success — or, wanting that unrealistic aim, why they regressed by 26 video games — might be advised by numerous little numbers. Thirty two of them, precisely, listed beneath, with some room reserved for the intense spots, too.
2,482,686 followers to move by way of the gates of Oracle Park in 2022, the primary yr since 2019 with out pandemic-era restrictions. Nevertheless, the 30,650 per recreation was the Giants’ lowest common attendance in a traditional season because the ballpark opened in 2000.
Seven losses in a row popping out of the All-Star break, the proverbial finish of the Giants’ playoff hopes and one among two seven-game dropping streaks within the month of July. The Giants received a minimum of 5 video games in a row seven instances, however in addition they ran dropping streaks of 5 video games or extra six instances.
15 losses to the Dodgers, probably the most because the Giants moved to San Francisco.
66 gamers used, breaking a franchise report additionally set underneath Farhan Zaidi (64 in 2019). The primary, by nature of his first profession Opening Day begin, was Logan Webb. The final, Andrew Vasquez, was one among 45 gamers to cycle between San Francisco and Triple-A Sacramento, which shattered the major-league membership’s determine with 97 gamers used.
1,397 participant video games misplaced to accidents, not totally sudden when fielding the Nationwide League’s oldest group of place gamers, with a median age of 30.0. Whereas that was the ninth-most video games within the majors missed resulting from accidents, it was really fewer time on the IL than final season; these Giants simply had a tougher job plugging the holes.
Two video games that includes the Giants’ projected beginning infield — Brandon Belt, Tommy La Stella, Brandon Crawford and Evan Longoria — in the identical lineup. The 4 by no means appeared within the discipline collectively.
1.63 pinch-hitters used per recreation, or 133% greater than the typical main league group. It took till July for the Giants’ first pinch-hit house run — they completed the season with 5 — after setting a major-league report with 18 in 2021.
197 plate appearances with the bases loaded, greater than another group within the majors. Regardless of main the league in these prime scoring alternatives, the Giants’ 4.42 runs per recreation ranked a pedestrian seventh place within the NL.
16 house runs by Giants first basemen, the second-fewest within the NL and 32 fewer than final season, when Belt, LaMonte Wade Jr. and Darin Ruf mixed to slug 48 homers, probably the most by any first base group within the NL. Saddled by accidents, Belt and Wade had been unable to duplicate that manufacturing, whereas Ruf was shipped away at midseason.
183 house runs, sixth-most within the Nationwide League however 58 fewer than final season. A lot of their success in 2021 might be attributed to being one of the best at two issues: hitting house runs and protecting their opponents within the park, each of which they led the league in. In 2022, they bought just one half of the equation: their pitchers’ 132 homers allowed had been the fewest within the majors. In actual fact, Giants pitchers have the led the majors in house run suppression for consecutive seasons for the primary time since they did so in three straight years from 2000-02. The 67 allowed by their starters will go down because the second-fewest by any major-league beginning workers prior to now 30 years.
-52 defensive runs saved, the worst run prevention within the majors, based on Sports activities Information Options. Their worst positional perpetrator: left discipline, the place Joc Pederson manned nearly all of the innings. In response to FanGraphs’ catch-all defensive metric, 2022 was the second-worst defensive season in Giants’ franchise historical past, behind solely 1984.
2.25 FIP for Carlos Rodón, one of the best mark within the majors in a metric that outlined his electrical season in San Francisco: racking up strikeouts whereas limiting house runs. Decide any quantity to summarize Rodón’s season: his 11 double-digit strikeout video games (a franchise report), 237 complete punchouts (second within the NL and most by a Giants pitcher since Madison Bumgarner) or 31 begins, a career-high, however an important is likely to be 178, his variety of innings pitched (additionally a career-high), which permits him to decide out and change into a free agent.
50.4% of the time Jakob Junis threw his slider, the best utilization of any offspeed pitch by any starter within the majors. Rodón’s four-seamer was probably the most worthwhile pitch on workers, producing -22 run worth, the third-best fastball and seventh-best pitch within the majors.
104 mph, a quantity Camilo Doval clocked on radar weapons twice this season, the 2 quickest pitches thrown by a Big within the pitch-tracking period (since 2008). Doval added a 3rd pitch, elevated his velocity and set career-highs in almost each statistical class, together with 27 saves, sixth-most within the NL and the second-most by any Giants nearer age 25 or youthful.
21 stolen bases by Thairo Estrada, the primary Giants participant to succeed in the 20-steal threshold since Hunter Pence in 2013 and their first infielder to take action since Omar Vizquel in 2006. Mixed together with his 14 house runs, Estrada was the primary Giants infielder to succeed in each marks in a single season because the late Corridor of Famer Joe Morgan in 1982.
71 RBIs by Wilmer Flores, probably the most on the the group. Flores grew to become the fourth Giants participant since 1920 to guide the group in RBIs whereas showing in a minimum of 25 video games at three completely different positions, nevertheless it was additionally the fourth-lowest complete for a Giants RBI chief since 1920.
$66.9 million coming off the books after this season.
142 days till the Giants’ first Cactus League recreation of 2023.
