1993 San Francisco Giants season


The 1993 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 111th season in Major League Baseball, their 36th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 34th season at Candlestick Park. In the offseason, Barry Bonds left the Pittsburgh Pirates to sign a lucrative free agent contract worth a then-record $43.75 million over 6 years with the Giants, with whom his father, Bobby Bonds, spent the first 7 years of his career, and with whom his godfather Willie Mays played 22 of his 24 Major League seasons. The deal was, at that time, the largest in baseball history, in terms of both total value and average annual salary. To honor his father, Bonds switched his jersey number to 25 once he signed with the Giants, as it had been Bobby's number in San Francisco. Bonds hit.336 in 1993, leading the league with 46 home runs and 123 RBI en route to his second consecutive MVP award and third overall.
As good as the Giants were, the Atlanta Braves won 104 in what some call the last great pennant race. After going up by nine games on August 11 with a 77-38 record, the Giants went 12-18 and found themselves three-and-a-half games behind, a 12.5-game swing, by September 15. They then went on a 14-2 run, which left them tied with the Braves with one game remaining, which they lost 12-1 to the 80-81 Los Angeles Dodgers to become the only National League team to win 100 or more games and not make the playoffs in the divisional play era.

Offseason

On November 10, 1992, National League owners voted 9-4 against allowing Giants owner Bob Lurie to sell the team for $115 million to a Tampa Bay group, which would have moved the Giants to the Florida Suncoast Dome in time for the 1993 season.
During the season, John Burkett and Bill Swift would be the last pitchers to win at least 20 games in one season for the Giants in the 20th Century.

Opening Day Starters

Record vs. opponents

Notable Transactions

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; Avg.= Batting average
PlayerGABHHRRBIAvg.
Kirt Manwaring130432119549.275
Will Clark1324911391473.283
Robby Thompson1284941541965.312
Matt Williams14557917038110.294
Royce Clayton153549155670.282
Barry Bonds15953918146123.336
Darren Lewis136522132248.253
Willie McGee130475143446.301

Other batters

Starting pitchers

''Note: G= Games pitched; IP= Innings pitched: W= Wins; L= Losses; ERA= Earned run average; SO= Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bill Swift34232.22182.82157
John Burkett34231.22273.65145
Trevor Wilson22110753.6057
Bud Black1693.2823.5645
Greg Brummett846234.7020
Salomon Torres844.2354.0323

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers
''Note: G= Games pitched; IP= innings pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV= Saves; ERA= Earned Run Average; SO= Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Rod Beck7679.131482.1686
Dave Burba5495.110304.2588
Kevin Rogers6480.22202.6862
Mike Jackson8177.16613.0370
Dave Righetti5147.11115.7031
Gino Minutelli914.10103.7710
Terry Bross220019.001
Tim Layana1200022.501

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system