1981 Topps Stickers Giants

Greg Minton

Terry Whitfield

Larry Herndon

Milt May

Darrell Evans

Jack Clark

Vida Blue

Ed Whitson

Stickers are great! Here are the Giants stickers from the 1981 set. These were available in my area and I collected about 2/3 of the set. One of these days I need to get a box, open the packs, and stick them in an album. Fun! :)

1982 Topps Giants - Part 5 (more pitchers)

Tom Griffin (#777) didn't pitch for the Giants in 1982. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates before the season for Doug Boyland. Griffin pitched in 6 games for the Pirates and was released on May 15. That was it for Griffin's career.

Rich Gale (#38T) was 7-14 with a 4.23 ERA in 33 games (29 starts). Renie Martin (#66T) was 7-10 with a 4.65 ERA in 29 games (25 starts) in 1982.

Greg Minton (#687) was 10-4 with 30 saves and an ERA of 1.88 in 78 games.

Eddie Whitson (#656) didn't pitch for the Giants in 1982. He was traded to the Cleveland Indians before the season for Duane Kuiper.

The Giants made a lot of off-season moves with their pitching staff. Even though Topps caught two of the new pitchers on its traded set, several others didn't get 1982 Topps Giants cards:

Atlee Hammaker (12-8, 4.11 ERA in 29 games - 27 starts)

Alan Fowlkes (4-2, 5.19 ERA in 21 games - 15 starts)

Fred Breining (11-6, 3.08 ERA in 54 games - 9 starts)

Dan Schatzeder (1-4, 7.29 ERA in 13 games - 3 starts)

Mike Chris (0-2, 4.85 ERA in 9 games - 6 starts)

Andy McGaffigan (1-0, 0.00 ERA in 4 games)

Mark Dempsey (0-0, 7.94 ERA in 3 games - 1 start)

Scott Garrelts (0-0, 13.50 ERA in 1 game)

1980 Topps Giants - Part 5 (more pitchers)

Tom Griffin (#649) was 5-1 with a 2.76 ERA in 42 games (4 starts) as a right-handed setup man in 1980.

Pedro Borbon (#627) didn't pitch for the Giants in 1980. He was released at the end of spring training in 1980. Borbon signed with the St. Louis Cardinals on April 30 and was 1-0 with 1 save in 10 games before being released on May 27. That was Borbon's last stint in the major leagues.

Greg Minton (#588) was 4-6 with 19 saves and a 2.46 ERA in 68 games.

Ed Whitson (#561) was 11-13 with a 3.10 ERA in 34 starts. He was an NL All Star but didn't pitch in the game.

Randy Moffitt (#359) was 1-1 with a 4.86 ERA in 13 games. He didn't pitch between May 10 and August 17.

Ed Halicki (#217) was 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA in 11 games (2 starts). He was placed on waivers and selected by the California Angels on June 20, 1980. Ed finished the season with the Angels then was released after the season.

Others who pitched for the Giants but did not receive a 1980 Topps Giants card:

Allen Ripley (9-10, 4.15 ERA, 23 games-20 starts)

Alan Hargesheimer (4-6, 4.32 ERA, 15 games-13 starts)

Al Holland (5-3, 7 saves, 1.75 ERA, 54 games)

Mike Rowland (1-1, 2.33 ERA, 19 games)

Bill Bordley (2-3, 4.70 ERA, 8 games-6 starts)

Fred Breining (0-0, 5.40 ERA, 5 games)

Phil Nastu (0-0, 6.00 ERA, 6 games)

Jeff Stember (0-0, 3.00 ERA, 1 start)

1981 Topps Giants Part 4

Gary Lavelle was 2-6 with an ERA of 3.84 and 4 saves.





Randy Moffitt was 0-0 with a 7.94 ERA in 10 games. He was released on August 4.

Tom Griffin was 8-8 with a 3.76 ERA in 22 starts. He was the only SF pitcher to hit a home run in 1981.

Bob Knepper did not pitch for the Giants in 1981. He was traded to the Houston Astros before the season.

Allen Ripley was 4-4 with a 4.07 ERA in 19 games (14 starts).

Vida Blue was 8-6 with a 2.45 ERA. He was the only All Star for the Giants in 1981.

John Montefusco did not pitch for the Giants in 1981. He was traded to the Atlanta Braves before the season for Doyle Alexander.

Greg Minton was 4-5 with a 2.88 ERA and had 21 saves in 1981.

Ed Whitson was 6-9 with a 4.02 ERA in 22 starts.

Al Holland was 7-5 with a 2.41 ERA and had 7 saves.

Other pitchers for the Giants who didn't get 1981 Topps Giants cards:

Doyle Alexander (11-7, 2.89, 24 starts, led the Giants in wins)

Fred Breining (5-2, 2.55, 45 games)

Bob Tufts (0-0, 3.52, 11 games)