1979 Hostess #10 - Terry Whitfield

• Terry Whitfield's 1979 season started off in a promising manner. Terry went 4 for 5 as the Giants beat up on Cincinnati starter Tom Seaver and won 11-5. 
• Whitfield hit an inside-the-park home run off of Philadelphia starter Nino Espinosa on May 1.
• The Giants had a disappointing season in 1979. Whitfield didn't do as well as he did in 1978, but he still batted .287 in 133 games
• Terry would go on to play one more season with the Giants before going to Japan for three years.
• Whitfield came back in 1984 and played from 1984-1986 with the Los Angeles Dodgers

1978 Hostess #136 - Terry Whitfield

• The Giants acquired Terry Whitfield on March 14, 1977 in a trade with the New York Yankees. The Giants sent 2B Marty Perez to the Yankees in exchange for Whitfield.
• When this card was printed Terry was coming off of his first full season as a major league player. He had a nice year for the Giants, batting .285 in 114 games.
• Whitfield was injured on July 31 when he collided with Houston 2B Art Howe. They both had forehead lacerations and were taken to a hospital. Terry made a pinch hitting appearance and finished the game the next day and then returned to the Giants' lineup.
• Terry had another good year for the Giants in 1978. He played in 149 games and batted .289 with 10 HR.

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! :)

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)

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)

1981 Topps Giants Part 3

• Bill North .221 in 46 games in 1981. He stole 26 bases. North played his last major league game on June 11, 1981 and was released on August 4, 1981.

• Jim Wohlford batted .162 in 50 games (68 AB).

• Jack Clark batted .268 in 99 games in 1981. He led the Giants in runs scored (60), home runs (17), and RBI (53)
  
  
  

• Larry Herndon batted .288 in 98 games
  
  

• Terry Whitfield didn't play for the Giants in 1981. He was purchased by the Seibu Lions of the Japanese Pacific League in March of 1981.
  
  
  
  

• Max Venable batted 36 times and had a .188 average. He spent most of the season in AAA Phoenix, where he batted .285 with 33 stolen bases.

• Others who played OF for the Giants but didn't get a regular issue Topps SF Giants card:

• Jeffrey Leonard (.307 in 127 AB)
• Chili Davis (.133 in 15 AB)

• Jerry Martin (.241 in 72 games)