2016 San Francisco Giants season

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2016 San Francisco Giants
National League Wild Card Winners
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkAT&T Park
CitySan Francisco, California
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersLarry Baer (managing general partner)
ManagersBruce Bochy
TelevisionKNTV (NBC Bay Area 11)
(Jon Miller, Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
CSN Bay Area
(Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow, Dave Flemming, Jon Miller)
RadioKNBR (680 AM)
(Jon Miller, Dave Flemming, Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow)
KTRB (860 AM, Spanish)
KKSF (910 AM, Spanish)
(Erwin Higueros, Tito Fuentes, Marvin Benard)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2016 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 134th year in Major League Baseball, their 59th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 17th at AT&T Park. They reached the postseason, where they defeated the New York Mets in the NLWC Game but lost in four games to the eventual World Series champion Chicago Cubs in the NLDS.

Events[edit]

Season standings[edit]

National League West[edit]

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 91 71 0.562 53–28 38–43
San Francisco Giants 87 75 0.537 4 45–36 42–39
Colorado Rockies 75 87 0.463 16 42–39 33–48
Arizona Diamondbacks 69 93 0.426 22 33–48 36–45
San Diego Padres 68 94 0.420 23 39–42 29–52


National League Division Standings[edit]

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Chicago Cubs 103 58 0.640
Washington Nationals 95 67 0.586
Los Angeles Dodgers 91 71 0.562
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
New York Mets 87 75 0.537
San Francisco Giants 87 75 0.537
St. Louis Cardinals 86 76 0.531 1
Miami Marlins 79 82 0.491
Pittsburgh Pirates 78 83 0.484
Colorado Rockies 75 87 0.463 12
Milwaukee Brewers 73 89 0.451 14
Philadelphia Phillies 71 91 0.438 16
Arizona Diamondbacks 69 93 0.426 18
Atlanta Braves 68 93 0.422 18½
San Diego Padres 68 94 0.420 19
Cincinnati Reds 68 94 0.420 19


Record vs. opponents[edit]


Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2016
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona 5–2 2–5 3–3 10–9 7–12 2–4 3–4 5–1 4–3 1–5 10–9 6–13 4–3 2–5 5–15
Atlanta 2–5 3–3 3–4 1–6 1–5 11–7 2–5 10–9 11–8 3–4 4–2 3–4 2–4 4–15 8–12
Chicago 5–2 3–3 15–4 2–4 4–3 4–3 11–8 2–5 5–1 14–4 4–2 4–3 10–9 5–2 15–5
Cincinnati 3–3 4–3 4–15 5–2 2–5 3–4 11–8 0–6 4–2 9–10 3–4 3–3 9–10 3–4 5–15
Colorado 9–10 6–1 4–2 2–5 7–12 2–5 1–5 6–1 2–5 2–5 10–9 9–10 2–4 4–2 9–11
Los Angeles 12–7 5–1 3–4 5–2 12–7 1–6 5–2 4–3 4–2 2–5 11–8 8–11 4–2 5–1 10–10
Miami 4–2 7–11 3–4 4–3 5–2 6–1 4–2 7–12 9–10 6–1 3–3 2–4 4–3 9–10 6–14
Milwaukee 4–3 5–2 8–11 8–11 5–1 2–5 2–4 2–5 3–4 9–10 3–4 1–5 6–13 4–2 11–9
New York 1–5 9–10 5–2 6–0 1–6 3–4 12–7 5–2 12–7 3–3 4–3 4–3 3–3 7–12 12–8
Philadelphia 3–4 8–11 1–5 2–4 5–2 2–4 10–9 4–3 7–12 3–4 5–2 3–3 2–5 5–14 11–9
Pittsburgh 5–1 4–3 4–14 10–9 5–2 5–2 1–6 10–9 3–3 4–3 3–3 4–3 9–10 2–4 9–11
San Diego 9–10 2–4 2–4 4–3 9–10 8–11 3–3 4–3 3–4 2–5 3–3 8–11 1–6 4–3 6–14
San Francisco 13–6 4–3 3–4 3–3 10–9 11–8 4–2 5–1 3–4 3–3 3–4 11–8 3–4 3–4 8–12
St. Louis 3–4 4–2 9–10 10–9 4–2 2–4 3–4 13–6 3–3 5–2 10–9 6–1 4–3 2–5 8–12
Washington 5–2 15–4 2–5 4–3 2–4 1–5 10–9 2–4 12–7 14–5 4–2 3–4 4–3 5–2 12–8


Game log and schedule[edit]

All schedule and scores taken from MLB.com.[18]

Legend
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  Postponement
Bold Giants team member
2016 Game Log
April (12–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 4 @ Brewers 12–3 Bumgarner (1–0) Peralta (0–1) 44,318 1–0
2 April 5 @ Brewers 2–1 Cueto (1–0) Nelson (0–1) Casilla (1) 24,123 2–0
3 April 6 @ Brewers 3–4 Thornburg (1–0) López (0–1) Jeffress (1) 20,098 2–1
4 April 7 Dodgers 12–6 Heston (1–0) Wood (0–1) 41,940 3–1
5 April 8 Dodgers 3–2 (10) Casilla (1–0) Blanton (0–1) 41,742 4–1
6 April 9 Dodgers 2–3 (10) Hatcher (1–0) Kontos (0–1) Jansen (2) 41,224 4–2
7 April 10 Dodgers 9–6 Cueto (2–0) Coleman (0–1) Casilla (2) 41,656 5–2
8 April 12 @ Rockies 7–2 Samardzija (1–0) Chatwood (1–1) 20,814 6–2
9 April 13 @ Rockies 6–10 Rusin (1–0) Peavy (0–1) 21,891 6–3
10 April 14 @ Rockies 6–11 De La Rosa (1–0) Cain (0–1) 21,226 6–4
11 April 15 @ Dodgers 3–7 Kershaw (2–0) Bumgarner (1–1) 53,449 6–5
12 April 16 @ Dodgers 4–3 Cueto (3–0) Kazmir (1–1) Casilla (3) 53,409 7–5
13 April 17 @ Dodgers 1–3 Maeda (2–0) Samardzija (1–1) Jansen (5) 48,911 7–6
14 April 18 Diamondbacks 7–9 (11) De La Rosa (1–3) Heston (1–1) Ziegler (3) 41,432 7–7
15 April 19 Diamondbacks 0–3 Ray (1–0) Cain (0–2) Clippard (1) 41,218 7–8
16 April 20 Diamondbacks 1–2 Greinke (1–2) Bumgarner (1–2) Ziegler (4) 41,497 7–9
17 April 21 Diamondbacks 2–6 Wagner (1–0) Cueto (3–1) 41,052 7–10
18 April 22 Marlins 8–1 Samardzija (2–1) Cosart (0–1) 41,760 8–10
19 April 23 Marlins 7–2 Peavy (1–1) Fernández (1–2) 41,886 9–10
20 April 24 Marlins 4–5 Barraclough (1–0) Osich (0–1) Ramos (3) 41,509 9–11
21 April 25 Padres 5–4 Bumgarner (2–2) Pomeranz (2–2) Casilla (4) 41,266 10–11
22 April 26 Padres 1–0 Cueto (4–1) Shields (0–4) 41,413 11–11
23 April 27 Padres 13–9 Samardzija (3–1) Cashner (1–2) 41,357 12–11
24 April 29 @ Mets 1–13 Matz (3–1) Peavy (1–2) 39,764 12–12
25 April 30 @ Mets 5–6 deGrom (3–0) Cain (0–3) Familia (8) 44,666 12–13
May (21–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
26 May 1 @ Mets 6–1 Bumgarner (3–2) Syndergaard (2–1) 39,077 13–13
27 May 2 @ Reds 9–6 Mazzaro (1–0) Ramírez (0–2) Casilla (5) 13,829 14–13
28 May 3 @ Reds 3–1 Samardzija (4–1) Cotham (0–1) Casilla (6) 14,309 15–13
29 May 4 @ Reds 4–7 Straily (1–1) Peavy (1–3) 21,333 15–14
30 May 5 Rockies 7–17 Bergman (1–3) Cain (0–4) 41,477 15–15
31 May 6 Rockies 6–4 Bumgarner (4–2) Bettis (3–2) Casilla (7) 41,358 16–15
32 May 7 Rockies 2–1 (13) Law (1–0) Miller (1–1) 41,590 17–15
33 May 8 Rockies 0–2 Butler (1–1) Samardzija (4–2) McGee (8) 41,593 17–16
34 May 9 Blue Jays 1–3 Sanchez (3–1) Peavy (1–4) Osuna (7) 41,256 17–17
35 May 10 Blue Jays 0–4 Happ (5–0) Cain (0–5) Osuna (8) 41,464 17–18
36 May 11 Blue Jays 5–4 (13) Suárez (1–0) Tepera (0–1) 41,372 18–18
37 May 12 @ Diamondbacks 4–2 Cueto (5–1) Greinke (3–3) López (1) 19,461 19–18
38 May 13 @ Diamondbacks 3–1 Samardzija (5–2) Miller (1–4) Casilla (8) 21,753 20–18
39 May 14 @ Diamondbacks 5–3 Strickland (1–0) Hudson (1–1) Gearrin (1) 32,448 21–18
40 May 15 @ Diamondbacks 2–1 Strickland (2–0) Ziegler (1–2) Casilla (9) 25,007 22–18
41 May 17 @ Padres 5–1 Bumgarner (5–2) Rea (3–2) 24,433 23–18
42 May 18 @ Padres 2–1 Cueto (6–1) Pomeranz (4–4) 23,518 24–18
43 May 19 @ Padres 3–1 Samardzija (6–2) Shields (2–6) Casilla (10) 26,417 25–18
44 May 20 Cubs 1–8 Arrieta (8–0) Peavy (1–5) 41,750 25–19
45 May 21 Cubs 5–3 Cain (1–5) Lester (4–3) Casilla (11) 41,507 26–19
46 May 22 Cubs 1–0 Bumgarner (6–2) Hendricks (2–4) Casilla (12) 41,359 27–19
47 May 23 Padres 1–0 Cueto (7–1) Hand (1–1) 42,099 28–19
48 May 24 Padres 8–2 Samardzija (7–2) Cashner (2–4) 41,772 29–19
49 May 25 Padres 4–3 (10) Kontos (1–1) Hand (1–2) 41,363 30–19
50 May 27 @ Rockies 2–5 Chatwood (6–3) Suárez (1–1) McGee (14) 32,901 30–20
51 May 28 @ Rockies 10–5 Gearrin (1–0) Estévez (1–2) 39,253 31–20
52 May 29 @ Rockies 8–3 Cueto (8–1) Rusin (1–3) 42,307 32–20
53 May 30 @ Braves 3–5 Foltynewicz (2–2) Samardzija (7–3) 23,147 32–21
54 May 31 @ Braves 4–0 Peavy (2–5) Wisler (2–5) 15,723 33–21
June (17–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
55 June 1 @ Braves 4–5 (11) Withrow (1–0) Law (1–1) 15,107 33–22
56 June 2 @ Braves 6–0 Bumgarner (7–2) Blair (0–4) 15,983 34–22
57 June 3 @ Cardinals 5–1 Cueto (9–1) Wainwright (5–4) 43,560 35–22
58 June 4 @ Cardinals 4–7 Lyons (2–0) Samardzija (7–4) Rosenthal (9) 45,453 35–23
59 June 5 @ Cardinals 3–6 Martinez (6–5) Peavy (2–6) Rosenthal (10) 44,907 35–24
60 June 7 Red Sox 3–5 (10) Tazawa (1–1) Casilla (1–1) Kimbrel (14) 41,512 35–25
61 June 8 Red Sox 2–1 Gearrin (2–0) Price (7–3) Strickland (1) 41,635 36–25
62 June 10 Dodgers 2–3 Kershaw (9–1) Casilla (1–2) Jansen (17) 41,208 36–26
63 June 11 Dodgers 5–4 (10) Stratton (1–0) Jansen (2–2) 41,358 37–26
64 June 12 Dodgers 2–1 Peavy (3–6) Urías (0–2) Casilla (13) 41,583 38–26
65 June 13 Brewers 11–5 Suárez (2–1) Knebel (0–1) 41,543 39–26
66 June 14 Brewers 3–2 Bumgarner (8–2) Smith (1–1) Casilla (14) 41,750 40–26
67 June 15 Brewers 10–1 Cueto (10–1) Nelson (5–6) 41,811 41–26
68 June 17 @ Rays 5–1 Samardzija (8–4) Archer (4–9) 40,135 42–26
69 June 18 @ Rays 6–4 Strickland (3–0) Colomé (1–2) Gearrin (2) 23,948 43–26
70 June 19 @ Rays 5–1 Law (2–1) Cedeño (3–2) 17,361 44–26
71 June 20 @ Pirates 0–1 Locke (6–5) Bumgarner (8–3) Melancon (20) 27,906 44–27
72 June 21 @ Pirates 15–4 Cueto (11–1) Boscán (1–1) 27,729 45–27
73 June 22 @ Pirates 7–6 Law (3–1) Hughes (0–1) Casilla (15) 33,747 46–27
74 June 23 @ Pirates 5–3 Suárez (3–1) Niese (6–5) Casilla (16) 29,986 47–27
75 June 24 Phillies 5–4 Peavy (4–6) Araújo (1–1) Casilla (17) 42,238 48–27
76 June 25 Phillies 2–3 Hellickson (5–6) Bumgarner (8–4) Gómez (20) 41,928 48–28
77 June 26 Phillies 8–7 Gearrin (3–0) González (0–1) 41,479 49–28
78 June 27 Athletics 3–8 Mengden (1–3) Samardzija (8–5) 41,442 49–29
79 June 28 Athletics 11–13 Neal (1–1) López (0–2) Madson (15) 41,730 49–30
80 June 29 @ Athletics 1–7 Manaea (3–4) Peavy (4–7) 32,810 49–31
81 June 30 @ Athletics 12–6 Bumgarner (9–4) Overton (1–1) 36,067 50–31
July (11–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
82 July 1 @ Diamondbacks 6–4 Cueto (12–1) Miller (2–8) Casilla (18) 24,859 51–31
83 July 2 @ Diamondbacks 5–6 Barrett (1–0) Strickland (3–1) Ziegler (17) 30,683 51–32
84 July 3 @ Diamondbacks 5–4 (11) Osich (1–1) Burgos (0–1) Casilla (19) 26,171 52–32
85 July 4 Rockies 3–1 Peavy (5–7) Anderson (0–3) Casilla (20) 41,874 53–32
86 July 5 Rockies 3–7 Lyles (2–2) Gearrin (3–1) 41,753 53–33
87 July 6 Rockies 5–1 Cueto (13–1) de la Rosa (5–6) 42,076 54–33
88 July 8 Diamondbacks 6–2 Samardzija (9–5) Corbin (4–7) 41,576 55–33
89 July 9 Diamondbacks 4–2 Kontos (2–1) Ray (4–8) Casilla (21) 41,571 56–33
90 July 10 Diamondbacks 4–0 Bumgarner (10–4) Bradley (3–5) 42,075 57–33
87th All-Star Game in San Diego, California
91 July 15 @ Padres 1–4 Cashner (4–7) Bumgarner (10–5) Maurer (2) 38,522 57–34
92 July 16 @ Padres 6–7 (10) Quackenbush (6–3) Casilla (1–3) 40,550 57–35
93 July 17 @ Padres 3–5 Jackson (1–1) Cueto (13–2) Maurer (3) 35,784 57–36
94 July 19 @ Red Sox 0–4 Porcello (12–2) Peavy (5–8) 38,082 57–37
95 July 20 @ Red Sox 7–11 Barnes (3–3) Cain (1–6) 38,201 57–38
96 July 22 @ Yankees 2–3 Miller (6–1) Osich (1–2) Chapman (20) 45,304 57–39
97 July 23 @ Yankees 2–1 (12) Casilla (2–3) Swarzak (1–1) Strickland (2) 46,727 58–39
98 July 24 @ Yankees 2–5 Eovaldi (9–6) Samardzija (9–6) Green (1) 34,143 58–40
99 July 25 Reds 5–7 DeSclafani (6–0) Peavy (5–9) Cingrani (11) 42,147 58–41
100 July 26 Reds 9–7 Cain (2–6) Reed (0–5) Casilla (22) 41,896 59–41
101 July 27 Reds 1–2 Straily (6–6) Bumgarner (10–6) Cingrani (12) 42,079 59–42
102 July 28 Nationals 2–4 Roark (10–6) Cueto (13–3) Kelley (5) 42,001 59–43
103 July 29 Nationals 1–4 Scherzer (11–6) Samardzija (9–7) Kelley (6) 41,959 59–44
104 July 30 Nationals 5–3 Law (4–1) Petit (3–2) Casilla (23) 41,743 60–44
105 July 31 Nationals 3–1 Cain (3–6) González (6–9) Casilla (24) 41,795 61–44
August (11–16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
106 August 2 @ Phillies 8–13 Neris (4–3) Smith (0–1) 23,351 61–45
107 August 3 @ Phillies 4–5 (12) García (1–0) Kontos (2–2) 23,162 61–46
108 August 4 @ Phillies 3–2 (10) Romo (1–0) González (0–2) Casilla (25) 30,229 62–46
109 August 5 @ Nationals 1–5 González (7–9) Samardzija (9–8) 34,036 62–47
110 August 6 @ Nationals 7–1 Cain (4–6) Strasburg (15–2) 36,404 63–47
111 August 7 @ Nationals 0–1 Roark (12–6) Bumgarner (10–7) Melancon (31) 32,790 63–48
112 August 8 @ Marlins 8–7 (14) Kontos (3–2) McGowan (1–3) 22,806 64–48
113 August 9 @ Marlins 0–2 Koehler (9–8) Moore (0–1) Rodney (19) 19,636 64–49
114 August 10 @ Marlins 1–0 Samardzija (10–8) Phelps (5–6) Casilla (26) 21,096 65–49
115 August 12 Orioles 2–5 Bundy (6–3) Cain (4–7) Britton (36) 41,479 65–50
116 August 13 Orioles 6–2 Bumgarner (11–7) Gausman (3–10) Casilla (27) 41,456 66–50
117 August 14 Orioles 7–8 Brach (7–1) Casilla (2–4) Britton (37) 41,268 66–51
118 August 15 Pirates 5–8 Vogelsong (2–2) Moore (0–2) 41,850 66–52
119 August 16 Pirates 3–4 Bastardo (1–0) Law (4–2) Watson (6) 41,185 66–53
120 August 17 Pirates 5–6 Nicasio (9–6) Cain (4–8) Watson (7) 41,139 66–54
121 August 18 Mets 10–7 Bumgarner (12–7) deGrom (7–6) Casilla (28) 41,517 67–54
122 August 19 Mets 8–1 Cueto (14–3) Lugo (0–2) 41,434 68–54
123 August 20 Mets 5–9 Colón (11–7) Moore (0–3) 41,125 68–55
124 August 21 Mets 0–2 Syndergaard (11–7) Samardzija (10–9) Familia (41) 41,377 68–56
125 August 23 @ Dodgers 5–9 Maeda (13–7) Bumgarner (12–8) Jansen (36) 46,899 68–57
126 August 24 @ Dodgers 0–1 Hill (1–0) Cueto (14–4) Jansen (37) 43,957 68–58
127 August 25 @ Dodgers 4–0 Moore (1–3) Stripling (3–5) 53,297 69–58
128 August 26 Braves 7–0 Samardzija (11–9) De La Cruz (0–7) 41,283 70–58
129 August 27 Braves 1–3 Foltynewicz (7–5) Suárez (3–2) Johnson (13) 41,635 70–59
130 August 28 Braves 13–4 Bumgarner (13–8) Blair (0–6) 41,675 71–59
132 August 30 Diamondbacks 3–4 Greinke (12–4) Cueto (14–5) Hudson (2) 41,443 71–60
133 August 31 Diamondbacks 4–2 Moore (2–3) Miller (2–10) Casilla (29) 41,447 72–60
September (13–15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
134 September 1 @ Cubs 4–5 Smith (1–0) Strickland (3–2) Edwards (1) 38,536 72–61
135 September 2 @ Cubs 1–2 Lester (15–4) Suárez (3–3) 40,818 72–62
136 September 3 @ Cubs 3–2 Bumgarner (14–8) Arrieta (16–6) Casilla (30) 41,250 73–62
137 September 4 @ Cubs 2–3 (13) Cahill (4–4) Reynolds (0–1) 41,293 73–63
138 September 5 @ Rockies 0–6 Bettis (12–7) Moore (2–4) 26,574 73–64
138 September 6 @ Rockies 3–2 López (1–2) Ottavino (0–2) Casilla (31) 22,437 74–64
140 September 7 @ Rockies 5–6 Lyles (4–4) Osich (1–3) 23,961 74–65
140 September 9 @ Diamondbacks 7–6 (12) Nathan (2–0) Leone (0–1) Gearrin (3) 26,492 75–65
141 September 10 @ Diamondbacks 11–3 Cueto (15–5) Bradley (6–9) 32,301 76–65
142 September 11 @ Diamondbacks 5–3 Moore (3–4) Greinke (12–6) Strickland (3) 26,008 77–65
143 September 12 Padres 0–4 Clemens (3–5) Samardzija (11–10) 41,233 77–66
144 September 13 Padres 4–6 Smith (1–0) Strickland (3–3) Quackenbush (2) 41,231 77–67
145 September 14 Padres 1–3 Perdomo (8–9) Bumgarner (14–9) Maurer (10) 41,183 77–68
146 September 15 Cardinals 6–2 Cueto (16–5) Wainwright (11–9) 41,210 78–68
147 September 16 Cardinals 8–2 Moore (4–4) Weaver (1–3) 41,278 79–68
148 September 17 Cardinals 2–3 Oh (5–3) Casilla (2–5) 41,403 79–69
149 September 18 Cardinals 0–3 Reyes (3–1) Suárez (3–4) Oh (18) 41,324 79–70
150 September 19 @ Dodgers 1–2 Blanton (6–2) López (1–3) 43,435 79–71
151 September 20 @ Dodgers 2–0 Cueto (17–5) Hill (3–2) Romo (1) 53,621 80–71
152 September 21 @ Dodgers 3–9 Maeda (16–9) Moore (4–5) 45,983 80–72
153 September 22 @ Padres 2–1 Samardzija (12–10) Friedrich (5–11) Romo (2) 25,789 81–72
154 September 23 @ Padres 2–7 Jackson (5–6) Suárez (3–5) 28,404 81–73
155 September 24 @ Padres 9–6 (10) Smith (1–1) Quackenbush (7–7) Romo (3) 31,171 82–73
156 September 25 @ Padres 3–4 Morrow (1–0) Gearrin (3–2) Hand (1) 28,456 82–74
157 September 27 Rockies 12–3 Moore (5–5) Márquez (1–1) 41,582 83–74
158 September 28 Rockies 0–2 Chatwood (12–9) Samardzija (12–11) Ottavino (9) 41,426 83–75
159 September 29 Rockies 7–2 Cueto (18–5) Gray (10–10) 41,275 84–75
160 September 30 Dodgers 9–3 Bumgarner (15–9) McCarthy (2–3) 41,359 85–75
October (2–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
161 October 1 Dodgers 3–0 Blach (2–0) Kershaw (12–4) Romo (4) 41,320 86–75
162 October 2 Dodgers 7–1 Moore (6–5) Maeda (16–11) 41,445 87–75

Postseason[edit]

2016 Postseason Game Log
Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series
1 October 5 @ Mets 3–0 Bumgarner (1–0) Familia (0–1) 44,747 1–0
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series
1 October 7 @ Cubs 0–1 Lester (1–0) Cueto (0–1) Chapman (1) 42,148 0–1
2 October 8 @ Cubs 2–5 Wood (1–0) Samardzija (0–1) Chapman (2) 42,392 0–2
3 October 10 Cubs 6–5 (13) Blach (1–0) Montgomery (0–1) 43,571 1–2
4 October 11 Cubs 5–6 Rondón (1–0) Smith (0–1) Chapman (3) 43,166 1–3
Giants lose series 1–3

Roster[edit]

2016 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Postseason[edit]

Wild Card[edit]

Despite having claimed the Wild Card spot on the final day of the regular season, the Giants were able to tab ace Madison Bumgarner for the Wild Card game start. Bumgarner had an excellent regular season for the Giants, finishing with a career-low in ERA and a career-high in strikeouts, finishing fourth in the National League in both categories. On the hill for the New York Mets was Noah Syndergaard, who himself finished 3rd in the NL in ERA and 9th in strikeouts. The pitching matchup didn't disappoint, it took until the bottom of the third inning for the game's first hit and baserunner, with Syndergaard striking out four straight batters on two occasions. The closest either side came to scoring was in the top of the 6th when, after Denard Span singled and stole second base with two outs, Brandon Belt hit a long fly ball to center field which was caught on the dead run by Curtis Granderson, smashing into the wall and holding on. Syndergaard exited after 7 innings, having struck out 10. Crucially as it turned out, the Giants had forced Syndergaard out of the game with Bumgarner still going strong. Another golden opportunity was squandered by the Giants in the top of the 8th inning, when Addison Reed struck out Hunter Pence to end the inning with the bases loaded. After Bumgarner left a runner in scoring position in the bottom of the 8th, the game moved to the 9th with the Mets bringing in closer Jeurys Familia. Brandon Crawford led the inning off with a double to left-center, but Ángel Pagán couldn't lay down the sacrifice bunt and then struck out. Joe Panik worked a walk and Conor Gillaspie stepped up to the plate to launch a three-run home run to right field. Gillaspie had only started the game because Eduardo Núñez was still dealing with a hamstring injury and had to be left off the roster. Bumgarner then got the final three outs, completing the shutout just as he had done in the 2014 Wild Card Game. Bumgarner made 119 pitches, allowed just 6 total baserunners, striking out 6 and setting an MLB record of 23 consecutive scoreless innings pitched in postseason elimination games.[19] With the win, the Giants equalled the Major League record for consecutive postseason series wins with 11, also extending their streak of postseason elimination game wins to 9.[20]

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Citi Field in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 0
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
WP: Madison Bumgarner (1–0)   LP: Jeurys Familia (0–1)
Home runs:
SF: Conor Gillaspie (1)
NYM: None
Attendance: 44,747

Division Series[edit]

Game 1, October 7[edit]

The Giants started 18-game winner Johnny Cueto in Game 1 of the NLDS, while the Cubs countered with 19-game winner Jon Lester. Just as in the Wild Card game, both starting pitchers lived up to the billing, and dominated the opposing team's lineup. Also as in that game, the Giants had slightly more opportunities to score in the early innings, but were unable to take advantage of them. The Giants had the leadoff man on base in each of the first three innings, but the Cubs, with the help of a caught stealing and a successful pickoff play at first base were able to wipe the runners off base quickly. Lester seemed to improve as the game went on, and the Giants found it difficult to have extended at bats against him. After 8 dominant innings in which he made just 86 pitches, Lester looked set to come out of the game, as his spot in the lineup along with the spot of his catcher David Ross were due up, and it looked as though Cubs manager Joe Maddon would decide to pinch-hit for them both. In the end before the game reached that point, Javier Báez cranked a home run to left-field off Cueto which would ultimately seal the game. Cueto nonetheless pitched superbly, striking out 10 in his 8 innings of work and allowing just three hits in total. Neither starter walked a batter. Though Buster Posey doubled with two outs off Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman to give the Giants a faint hope, Hunter Pence grounded out to end the game and give the Cubs the lead in the series.

October 7, 2016 9:15 PM EDT at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 1 3 0
WP: Jon Lester (1–0)   LP: Johnny Cueto (0–1)   Sv: Aroldis Chapman (1)
Home runs:
SF: None
CHC: Javier Báez (1)
Attendance: 42,148

Game 2, October 8[edit]

The Giants started former Cub, Jeff Samardzija in Game 2. Samardzija had pitched well for the Giants down the stretch, but only lasted four innings in his last appearance at Wrigley Field. Unfortunately for the Giants, Samardzija produced a similar effort this time. Dexter Fowler led off the bottom of the 1st inning with a double and was eventually brought in to score on a two-out base hit by Ben Zobrist. The second inning proved Samardzija's undoing as he loaded the bases with nobody out on the way to giving up three more runs in the frame. A 4-run deficit to the Major League leader in ERA Kyle Hendricks appeared to be a large one already, but the Giants did bring themselves briefly back into the game. Joe Panik produced a leadoff double and that was followed by another from pinch-hitter Gregor Blanco spelling the end of the night for Samardzija. Blanco was brought in to score on a sacrifice fly from Brandon Belt and the Giants had halved the deficit. However, those were to be the only runs they would score. In the 4th inning, Hendricks took a line drive off the bat of Ángel Pagán off his arm and eventually decided to leave the game. This proved not to help the Giants as, not only did the Cubs bullpen shut them down the rest of the way, but also Travis Wood, brought on to relieve Hendricks, launched a solo home-run off George Kontos to pad the Cubs lead in the bottom half of the 4th. This was just the second time a relief pitcher has homered in a postseason game, the last time being in 1924.[21] Aroldis Chapman locked down the save again, and the Giants were faced with elimination in Game 3.

October 8, 2016 8:08 PM EDT at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco Giants 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
Chicago Cubs 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 x 5 9 3
WP: Travis Wood (1–0)   LP: Jeff Samardzija (0–1)   Sv: Aroldis Chapman (2)
Home runs:
SF: None
CHC: Travis Wood (1)
Attendance: 42,392

Game 3, October 10[edit]

Facing a possible sweep, the Giants were able to call on Madison Bumgarner to take the mound and try to extend their streak of elimination game wins. As a mark of the strength of the Cubs rotation, they were able to start an 18-game winner and the reigning Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta. Bumgarner wasn't especially sharp and he struggled to put away hitters in the second inning, culminating in a three-run home run with two strikes to Arrieta. The Giants were staring down the barrel with a 3–0 deficit. Buster Posey singled home Denard Span in the third and the Giants narrowed the gap to one in the 5th inning, with Span again the catalyst, tripling and scoring on Brandon Belt's sacrifice fly. Bumgarner left the game after five innings and the bullpen managed to keep the Cubs in check. There looked to be a major turning point in the bottom of the 6th inning, when a play at first was reviewed. After a spectacular sliding save from Javier Báez at one end, it appeared from multiple angles that first baseman Anthony Rizzo may have taken his foot off the base, but much to the consternation of the crowd, the call stood as called, wiping out a lead-off runner as the Giants were running out of time. In the bottom of the 8th inning, Belt singled to lead off the inning off Travis Wood, and Héctor Rondón walked Posey. With two on and nobody out, Joe Maddon called on Aroldis Chapman for a six out save. After Hunter Pence struck out, Wild Card hero Conor Gillaspie lined a two-run triple to the gap in right-center to turn the tables and give the Giants the one-run lead. Brandon Crawford then singled through the drawn-in infield and the Giants had an insurance run to lead 5–3. Crawford then stole second base, and advanced to third on an errant throw but the Giants weren't able to cash him in. Sergio Romo came in to try to close out the game, but Dexter Fowler drew a walk on 8 pitches and Kris Bryant sent a deep fly ball to left field that hit the top of the wall and bounced over for a game-tying two-run home run. The 9th inning had been a huge problem for the Giants all season, and that problem had surfaced again at a crucial time. Romo did manage to pitch through the inning without surrendering the lead, and the game went to extra innings. In the end, it was a battle of two left-handed long relievers to see who would crack first, Ty Blach for the Giants and Mike Montgomery for the Cubs. Crawford led off the bottom of the 13th inning with a double, and that was followed by a walk-off double off the high wall in right field by Joe Panik, and the Giants ensured there would be a Game 4 in the series.

October 10, 2016 9:38 PM EDT at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E
Chicago Cubs 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 10 2
San Francisco Giants 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 13 1
WP: Ty Blach (1–0)   LP: Mike Montgomery (0–1)
Home runs:
CHC: Jake Arrieta (1), Kris Bryant (1)
SF: None
Attendance: 43,571

Game 4, October 11[edit]

The Giants turned to trade deadline acquisition Matt Moore to keep them in the series. Moore, who had pitched in the Game 162 win to see the Giants into the postseason would be opposed by John Lackey for the Cubs. The early going was good for the Giants as Denard Span doubled to lead off the Giants half of the 1st, and came into score on a sacrifice fly from Buster Posey. Though David Ross would homer to lead off the 3rd inning, the Giants would soon be back on top. With the bases loaded and 1 out in the bottom of the 4th, Moore singled home the go-ahead run, and another would come into score as Lackey couldn't maintain contact with first base as the Cubs attempted to double up Span. A throwing error from Brandon Crawford that allowed Javier Báez to reach third led to a Ross sacrifice fly that immediately cut the Giants lead to 1 in the 5th. The Giants were to hit right back as, after Hunter Pence singled with one out in the bottom half of the inning, Crawford made amends by launching a double that would have been a home run were it not for a short section of railing on the top of the wall of Levi's Landing. Both runners would come into score anyway as Conor Gillaspie came through again with an RBI base hit (one of four hits in the game for him), and Joe Panik hit a sacrifice fly to give the Giants a 5–2 lead. The Cubs bullpen again shut the Giants down the rest of the way, but Moore was gradually becoming the story in the game. After 8 innings, Moore had delivered 120 pitches, surrendering just 2 hits, 2 walks and 2 runs (one unearned) whilst striking out 10. However, in a stunning turn of events, five Giants relief pitchers combined to blow the game and the season in the 9th inning. Derek Law allowed a leadoff hit to Kris Bryant, Javier López walked Anthony Rizzo and Sergio Romo gave up an RBI double to Ben Zobrist setting up the tying runs in scoring position. Will Smith then entered to allow the tying hit to pinch-hitter Willson Contreras. Finally an out was recorded as Jason Heyward's sacrifice bunt ended up in a force play at second, but another Crawford error allowed Heyward to reach second base. Baez then came through for the Cubs again to bring in Heyward for the go-ahead run off Hunter Strickland. The Giants had blown another 9th inning lead, and didn't have a win in the 9th inning when trailing all season. Aroldis Chapman promptly struck out the side to eliminate the Giants. With the loss several streaks ended, the Giants equal MLB record 11 straight postseason series win streak, their MLB record 10 game elimination game win streak, and also their even-year World Series win streak dating back to 2010.

October 11, 2016 8:40 PM EDT at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago Cubs 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 6 6 0
San Francisco Giants 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 11 2
WP: Héctor Rondón (1–0)   LP: Will Smith (0–1)   Sv: Aroldis Chapman (3)
Home runs:
CHC: David Ross (1)
SF: None
Attendance: 43,166

Postseason rosters[edit]

Playoff rosters

Statistics[edit]

Batting[edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; OPS = On base plus slugging percentage; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OPS SB
Ehíré Adríanza, IF 40 63 3 16 2 0 2 7 2 13 .254 .679 0
Gordon Beckham, 3B 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 0
Brandon Belt, 1B 156 542 77 149 41 8 17 82 104 148 .275 .868 0
Ty Blach, P 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1.000 0
Gregor Blanco, OF 106 241 28 54 10 4 1 18 29 51 .224 .620 6
Trevor Brown, C 75 173 17 41 7 0 5 19 10 39 .237 .647 0
Madison Bumgarner, P 36 86 8 16 6 0 3 9 10 43 .186 .629 0
Matt Cain, P 21 27 1 2 1 0 1 5 0 17 .074 .296 0
Brandon Crawford, SS 155 553 67 152 28 11 12 84 57 115 .275 .772 7
Johnny Cueto, P 32 70 1 8 0 0 0 5 2 24 .114 .251 0
Matt Duffy, 3B 70 257 32 65 11 2 4 21 20 40 .253 .671 8
Cory Gearrin, P 56 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 2.000 0
Conor Gillaspie, 3B 101 191 24 50 8 4 6 25 12 28 .262 .747 1
Grant Green, 2B 18 46 7 12 2 0 1 7 3 8 .261 .670 0
Gorkys Hernández, OF 26 54 7 14 5 0 2 4 3 11 .259 .761 0
Derek Law, P 61 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
Javier López, P 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0
Vin Mazzaro, P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0
Matt Moore, P 12 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 .042 .083 0
Eduardo Núñez, 3B 50 182 24 49 9 3 4 20 14 30 .269 .744 13
Steven Okert, P 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0
Ángel Pagán, LF 129 495 71 137 24 5 12 55 42 66 .277 .750 15
Joe Panik, 2B 127 464 67 111 21 7 10 62 50 47 .239 .695 5
Jarrett Parker, OF 63 127 22 30 3 1 5 14 19 44 .236 .751 0
Jake Peavy, P 31 27 2 5 0 0 0 3 2 12 .185 .427 0
Ramiro Peña, IF 30 87 9 26 6 1 1 10 2 16 .299 .755 0
Hunter Pence, RF 106 395 58 114 23 1 13 57 43 95 .289 .808 1
Buster Posey, C,1B 146 539 82 155 33 2 14 80 64 68 .288 .796 6
Jeff Samardzija, P 34 64 4 10 5 0 0 9 1 28 .156 .399 0
Denard Span, CF 143 572 70 152 23 5 11 53 53 79 .266 .712 12
Chris Stratton, P 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
Albert Suárez, P 22 21 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 11 .190 .476 0
Rubén Tejada, 3B 13 32 3 5 3 0 0 2 5 5 .156 .520 0
Kelby Tomlinson, 2B 52 106 13 31 4 0 0 6 12 18 .292 .700 5
Mac Williamson, OF 54 112 14 25 3 0 6 15 13 35 .223 .726 0
Team Totals 162 5565 715 1437 280 54 130 675 572 1107 .258 .728 79

Pitching[edit]

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Ty Blach 1 0 1.06 4 2 0 17.0 8 2 2 1 5 10
Mike Broadway 0 0 11.81 4 0 0 5.1 9 7 7 2 1 4
Madison Bumgarner 15 9 2.74 34 34 0 226.2 178 79 69 26 54 251
Matt Cain 4 8 5.64 21 17 0 89.1 103 58 56 16 32 72
Santiago Casilla 2 5 3.57 62 0 31 58.0 50 23 23 8 19 65
Johnny Cueto 18 5 2.79 32 32 0 219.2 195 71 68 15 45 198
Cory Gearrin 3 2 4.28 56 0 3 48.1 42 24 23 4 14 45
Chris Heston 1 1 10.80 4 0 0 5.0 9 6 6 0 6 3
George Kontos 3 2 2.53 57 0 0 53.1 42 19 15 3 20 35
Derek Law 4 2 2.13 61 0 1 55.0 44 13 13 3 9 50
Javier López 1 3 4.05 68 0 1 26.2 24 13 12 3 15 15
Vin Mazzaro 1 0 54.00 2 0 0 1.0 7 9 6 0 1 0
Matt Moore 6 5 4.08 12 12 0 68.1 59 31 31 5 32 69
Joe Nathan 1 0 0.00 7 0 0 4.1 3 0 0 0 2 5
Steven Okert 0 0 3.21 16 0 0 14.0 14 5 5 2 4 14
Josh Osich 1 3 4.71 59 0 0 36.1 31 20 19 7 19 25
Jake Peavy 5 9 5.54 31 21 0 118.2 134 76 73 18 36 102
Matt Reynolds 0 1 7.50 8 0 0 6.0 7 5 5 0 5 3
Sergio Romo 1 0 2.64 40 0 4 30.2 26 9 9 5 7 33
Jeff Samardzija 12 11 3.81 32 32 0 203.1 190 88 86 24 54 167
Will Smith 1 1 2.95 26 0 0 18.1 13 6 6 0 9 26
Chris Stratton 1 0 3.60 7 0 0 10.0 11 4 4 1 5 6
Hunter Strickland 3 3 3.10 72 0 3 61.0 50 21 21 4 19 57
Albert Suárez 3 5 4.29 22 12 0 84.0 84 42 40 11 26 54
Team Totals 87 75 3.65 162 162 43 1460.1 1334 631 593 158 439 1309

Farm system[edit]

Level Team League Manager
AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast League José Alguacil
AA Richmond Flying Squirrels Eastern League Miguel Ojeda
A-Advanced San Jose Giants California League Lipso Nava
A Augusta GreenJackets South Atlantic League Nestor Rojas
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Kyle Haines
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Henry Cotto
Rookie DSL Giants Dominican Summer League

Notes[edit]

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