1977 Hostess #47 - Larry Herndon

• Larry Herndon was coming off a pretty good rookie season in 1976. He batted .288 in 115 games.
• Herndon had a sophomore jinx in 1977. He was batting .239 when he was placed on the disabled list in mid June. 
• Larry wasn't happy with the Giants because they didn't take him off of the disabled list and went AWOL in late August. The Giants asked the commissioner's office for permission to place him on the disqualified list. Herndon remained on the disqualified list until November 1.

1982 Topps Baseball Stickers - Giants

Darrell Evans

Vida Blue

Milt May

Johnnie LeMaster

Greg Minton

Larry Herndon

Enos Cabell

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Jack Clark

The 1982 Topps Stickers. I like the 1981 stickers better, probably because I collected them. By 1982 I had started buying complete sets instead of buying from the packs. The packs were a lot more fun, but they were expensive if I wanted to collect more than 1-2 sets a year.

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 3 (outfielders)

Jerry Martin (#722) didn't play for the Giants in 1982. He was traded to the Kansas City Royals before the 1982 season for Rich Gale and Bill Laskey.

Jack Clark (#460) batted .274 with 27 HR and 103 RBI in 1982. Clark was 7th in MVP voting.

Larry Herndon (#182) didn't play for the Giants in 1982. He was traded to the Detroit Tigers before the 1982 season for Dan Schatzeder and Mike Chris.

Jim Wohlford (#116) batted .256 with 2 HR and 25 RBI in 250 at bats. He got the majority of the playing time in LF while Jeffrey Leonard was injured.

Champ Summers (#115T) batted .248 with 4 HR and 19 RBI in 125 at bats. He started several games in LF in May and July while Jeffrey Leonard was out.

Jeff Leonard (#47) batted .259 with 9 HR and 49 RBI in 80 games. He missed a big chunk of the season from early May to late July.

Chili Davis (#23T) was the starting center fielder and batted .261 with 19 HR and 76 RBI in 154 games. He finished fourth in NL Rookie of the Year voting behind Steve Sax, Johnny Ray, and Willie McGee.

Others who played outfield for the Giants in 1982 but didn't get a 1982 Topps card:

Max Venable (.224 in 125 at bats)

John Rabb (1 for 2)

1980 Topps Giants - Part 3 (outfielders)

Terry Whitfield (#713) batted .296 in 321 at bats and spent most of his time in left field.

Bill North (#408) led the Giants with 45 stolen bases. He batted .251 in 415 AB and walked 81 times for a .373 on base percentage.

Larry Herndon (#257) played all three outfield positions. He shared time with Terry Whitfield in LF and Bill North in CF and also occasionally spelled Jack Clark in RF. Larry batted .258 in 493 AB and led the Giants with 11 triples.

Jack Clark (#167) batted .284 with 22 HR and 82 RBI.

Others who played OF but who didn't get a 1980 Topps Giants card:

Jim Wohlford (.280 in 193 AB)

Max Venable (.268 in 138 AB)

Chris Bourjous (.227 in 22 AB)

1977 Topps Giants - Part 3 (outfielders)

L Willie Crawford (#642) didn't play for the Giants in 1977. He had been traded to the Giants after the 1976 season but before he could play with them Willie was traded with Rob Sperring to the Houston Astros for Rob Andrews and cash.


Jack Clark (#488) batted .252 with 13 HR and 51 RBI in his first full season.

Gary Thomasson (#496) batted .256 with 17 HR and 71 RBI in 145 games.

Larry Herndon (#397) played in 49 games and batted .239 in 109 at bats. He didn't play after June 18.

Bobby Murcer (#40) didn't play for the Giants in 1977. Before the season he was traded to the Chicago Cubs with Steve Ontiveros and an minor leaguer for Bill Madlock and Rob Sperring.

Others who played OF for the Giants but who didn't get a 1977 Topps Giants card:

Terry Whitfield (.285 with 7 HR in 326 AB)

Randy Elliott (.240 with 7 HR in 167 AB)

1979 Topps Giants - Part 3 (outfielders)

• Larry Herndon (#624) batted .257 with 7 HR and 36 RBI in 354 at bats in 1979.
  
  
  

• Terry Whitfield (#589) batted .287 with 5 HR and 44 RBI in 133 games.
  
  
  
  

• Jack Clark (#512) batted .273 with 26 HR and 86 RBI. This was one of the few years during this era when he didn't lead the Giants in home runs (Mike Ivie hit 27).
  
  
  
  
  

• Hector Cruz (#436) batted .120 in 25 at bats. He was traded to the Cincinnati Reds on June 28 for Pedro Borbon.
  
  
  
  

• Vic Harris (#338) didn't play for the Giants in 1979. He became a free agent after the 1978 season and signed with the Milwaukee Brewers. Vic ended up spending the 1979 season with Vancouver (Milwaukee's AAA club).
  
  
  

• Jim Dwyer (#236) didn't play for the Giants in 1979. He was purchased by the Boston Red Sox on March 15, 1979.

Others who played OF for the Giants in 1979 but who didn't get a '79 Topps Giants card:

• Max Venable (.165 in 85 AB)

• Greg Johnston (.203 in 74 AB) -- he's on the "rookies" card shown two entries ago
  
  
  
  
  
  

1978 Topps Giants - Part 3

• Randy Elliott (#719) didn't play for the Giants in 1978. He has no stats at all from 1978 and 1979. He played for the Giants in 1977 and then played for the Oakland A's (and their AAA team) in 1980. I wonder what happened to him during those two years.
  

• Gary Thomasson (#684) didn't play for the Giants in 1978. He was traded to the Oakland A's before the 1978 season as part of the Vida Blue trade.
  

• Larry Herndon (#512) was the starting center fielder and played in 151 games in 1978. He batted .259 with one home run and 32 RBI.
  
  

• Vic Harris (#436) batted .150 in 100 at bats as a utilityman in 1978.
  
  
  
  

• Jack Clark (#384) batted .306 with 25 HR and 98 RBI. The 22-year-old right fielder led the Giants in runs (90), hits (181), doubles (46), home runs, and RBI.
  
  
  
  

• Terry Whitfield (#236) batted .289 with 10 HR and 32 RBI in 149 games. Terry was the Giants' starting left fielder.

Others who played OF for the Giants but didn't get 1978 Topps Giants cards:

• Hector Cruz (.223 with 6 HR in 197 AB)
• Jim Dwyer (.225 in 173 AB)

1977 Burger Chef Giants

I don't remember this issue. Burger Chef wasn't in Arizona. I picked this set up off of eBay a few weeks ago for a buck or two.

The backs had Burger Chef cartoon characters.
Here are the rest of the Giants in the set: