1976 SSPC Giants - Part 1

1983 Topps Giants - Part 5 (more pitchers)

Fred Breining (#747) was 11-12 with a 3.82 ERA in 32 starts in 1983.

Mike Krukow (#58T) was 11-11 with a 3.95 ERA in 31 starts.

Bill Laskey (#518) was 13-10 with a 4.19 ERA in 25 starts.

Alan Fowlkes (#543) didn't pitch for the Giants in 1983. He spent the 1983 and 1984 seasons with AAA Phoenix and was released during spring training in 1985. Fowlkes signed with the California Angels and pitched in two games before going back to the minors for good.

Gary Lavelle (#791) was 7-4 with 20 saves and a 2.59 ERA in 56 games in 1983.

Rich Gale (#719) didn't pitch for the Giants in 1983. He was traded to the Cincinnati Reds before the 1983 season for Mike Vail.

Others who pitched for the Giants but didn't receive a 1983 Topps Giants card:

• Mark Davis (6-4, 3.49 in 20 starts)
• Mark Calvert (1-4, 6.27 in 18 games - 4 starts)
• Mike Chris (0-0, 8.10 in 7 games)
• Randy Lerch (1-0, 3.38 in 7 games)
• Pat Larkin (0-0, 4.35 in 5 games)
• Brian Kingman (0-0, 7.71 in 3 games)

1983 Topps Giants - Part 4 (pitchers)

Greg Minton (#470) was 7-11 with 22 saves and a 3.54 ERA in 73 games.

Andy McGaffigan (#68T) was 3-9 with 2 saves and a 4.29 ERA in 43 games (11 starts).

Al Holland (#58) didn't pitch for the Giants in 1983. He and Joe Morgan were traded to the Philadelphia Phillies after the 1983 season for Mike Krukow, Mark Davis, and a minor leaguer.

Atlee Hammaker (#342) was 10-9 with a NL-leading 2.25 ERA in 23 starts. He pitched in the All Star game and was rocked. He gave up seven hits in 2/3 of an inning, including a grand slam to Fred Lynn. Here is a "where are they now" article written in about 2005.

Renie Martin (#263) was 2-4 with 1 save and an ERA of 4.20 in 37 games (6 starts).

Jim Barr (#133) was 5-3 with 2 saves and a 3.98 ERA in 53 relief appearances in 1983.

1983 Topps Giants - Part 3 (outfielders)

Jack Clark (#210) batted .268 with 20 HR and 66 RBI.

Chili Davis (#115) batted .233 with 11 HR and 59 RBI.

Dave Bergman (#32) batted .286 with 6 HR and 24 RBI in 140 at bats. He played in 90 games as a backup first baseman and outfielder.

Jeff Leonard (#309) batted .279 with 21 HR and 87 RBI.

Champ Summers (#428) batted .136 in 22 at bats.

Max Venable (#634) batted .219 with 6 HR and 27 RBI in 94 games.

Jim Wohlford (#688) didn't play for the Giants in 1984.

Joel Youngblood (#130T) played all over the place for the Giants in 1983. In 124 games he batted .292 with 17 HR and 53 RBI.

Others who played OF for the Giants in 1983 but didn't get a 1983 Topps Giants card:

• Dan Gladden (.222 in 63 AB)

1983 Topps Giants - Part 2 (infielders)

Joe Morgan (#603) didn't play for the Giants in 1983. He and Al Holland were traded to the Philadelphia Phillies after the '82 season for Mark Davis, Mike Krukow, and a minor leaguer.

Joe Pettini (#143) batted .186 in 86 at bats in 1983. It was his last season in the majors. Joe played three more years in AAA before becoming a coach and minor league manager after the 1986 season.

Reggie Smith (#282) didn't play for the Giants in 1983. He played in Japan in 1983 and 1984. He played well in a part-time role  but had to deal with a lot of racially-fueled nonsense and retired after the 1984 season.

Johnnie LeMaster (#154) batted .240 in 141 games as the starting shortstop.

Tom O'Malley (#663) batted .259 with 5 HR and 40 RBI in 135 games as the starting third baseman.

Guy Sularz (#379) batted .100 in 20 at bats in 1983. He batted .316 in 134 games for AAA Phoenix in '83. This was his last season in the majors. After one more season in Phoenix, Sularz was released and hung 'em up.

Duane Kuiper (#767) batted .250 in 72 games as he shared time at second base with Brad Wellman.

Darrell Evans (#448) batted .277 with 30 home runs and 82 RBI. He played 113 games at first base, 32 at third base, and 9 games at shortstop. Evans was an NL All Star and was 0 for 1 in the game.

Others who played in the infield for the Giants but didn't get a 1983 Topps Giants card:

• Brad Wellman (2B) batted .214 in 82 games.
• Chris Smith (UT) batted .328 in 67 at bats.
• Mike Vail (UT) batted .154 in 26 at bats.
• Rich  Murray (1B) batted .200 in 10 at bats.
• Wallace Johnson (2B) batted .125 in 8 at bats

1983 Topps Giants - Part 1

After a promising 1982, the Giants (#171) stumbled in 1983. Joe  Morgan signed with the Philadelphia Phillies and his replacements (Brad Wellman and Duane Kuiper) didn't exactly strike fear into opponents. Other players weren't as productive in 1983 as they were in 1982, and the pitching faltered a bit. The Giants finished 79-83 and fell to 5th in the NL West.

Team Record: 79-83 (5th in NL West, 12 games behind the LA Dodgers)
Team Attendance: 1,251,530 (9th of 12 teams)
Team Batting: .247 (10th in NL)
Team Home Runs: 142 (2nd in NL)
Team ERA: 3.73 (9th in NL)
Team Fielding: .973 (12th in NL)
League Leaders: Atlee Hammaker (ERA, 2.25)
NL All Stars: Darrell Evans (1B), Atlee Hammaker (P), Gary Lavelle (P)

Frank Robinson (#576) managed the Giants from 1981 until the bottom fell out in 1984. He had some success at first (.558 and 3rd place in the second half of 1981, .537 and 3rd place in 1982), but the Giants struggled in 1983 (79-83) and fell down hard in 1984 (42-64, .396) before Frank was dismissed. Robinson also managed the Cleveland Indians from 1975-1977, the Baltimore Orioles from 1988-1991, and the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals from 2002-2006.

Milt May (#84) batted .247 with 6 HR and 20 RBI in 66 games. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 19 for Steve Nicosia.

Bob Brenly (#494) was the starting catcher and batted .224 with 7 HR and 34 RBI in 104 games.

Others who caught for the Giants in 1983 but didn't receive a 1983 Topps Giants card:

John Rabb (.231 with 1 HR and 14 RBI in 40 games)

Steve Nicosia (.333 in 15 games)

Jeff Ransom (.200 in 6 games)

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)