1979 San Francisco Giants Starters
(71-91) 
Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Vida Blue Apr 4 CIN 9.0 39 W 5 5 9 2 4 0 None None None None
John Montefusco Apr 6 CIN 5.2 22 W 2 2 6 4 0 1 None None None None
Bob Knepper Apr 7 CIN 6.2 28 2 2 7 5 2 0 None None None None
Ed Halicki Apr 8 CIN 5.0 24 0 6 7 1 2 2 None None None None
Vida Blue Apr 10 @SDP 9.0 36 W 2 2 7 6 3 1 None None None None
John Montefusco Apr 11 @SDP 7.0 30 L 3 3 6 1 4 0 None None None None
Bob Knepper Apr 12 @SDP 7.2 36 W 2 3 6 7 6 1 None None None None
Ed Halicki Apr 13 @HOU 7.0 29 W 3 3 7 4 1 1 None None None None
Vida Blue Apr 14 @HOU 9.0 35 W 1 1 9 8 0 0 None None None None
John Montefusco Apr 15 @HOU 7.0 26 L 4 4 6 2 0 1 92 62 30 .67
Tom Griffin Apr 15 (2) @HOU 5.0 24 L 5 5 5 6 3 1 None None None None
Bob Knepper Apr 17 SDP 7.0 31 L 4 4 10 7 0 1 None None None None
Ed Halicki Apr 18 SDP 4.0 20 4 4 7 0 2 0 None None None None
Vida Blue Apr 19 SDP 8.0 39 W 9 10 11 4 4 1 None None None None
John Montefusco Apr 20 @LAD 7.0 27 1 1 6 4 2 0 None None None None
Bob Knepper Apr 21 @LAD 8.0 34 1 1 8 2 3 0 None None None None
Ed Halicki Apr 22 @LAD 3.2 20 L 5 5 8 5 1 1 None None None None
Vida Blue Apr 24 NYM 6.1 28 L 6 7 5 2 4 1 99 55 44 .56
Tom Griffin Apr 25 NYM 5.0 19 L 2 2 2 3 2 1 75 41 34 .55
Bob Knepper Apr 27 MON 3.0 17 L 5 5 7 1 1 2 52 33 19 .63
Ed Halicki Apr 28 MON 6.0 25 L 5 5 7 4 0 1 None None None None
Vida Blue Apr 29 MON 5.0 23 L 6 6 5 4 3 2 None None None None
Phil Nastu Apr 30 PHI 4.1 21 L 4 4 7 3 1 2 None None None None
Bob Knepper May 1 PHI 9.0 35 W 0 0 5 3 3 0 122 73 49 .60
Ed Halicki May 3 @NYM 6.0 29 W 5 5 8 3 3 0 101 65 36 .64
Vida Blue May 4 @NYM 9.0 32 W 3 3 6 3 3 0 113 76 37 .67
Phil Nastu May 5 @NYM 5.1 23 1 1 8 0 0 0 74 47 27 .64
Bob Knepper May 6 @NYM 7.0 31 3 4 6 3 4 0 113 62 51 .55
Ed Halicki May 8 @MON 6.0 23 L 1 1 4 4 1 0 77 48 29 .62
Vida Blue May 9 @MON 9.0 37 W 1 2 10 6 2 0 113 77 36 .68
Phil Nastu May 10 @MON 6.0 23 L 2 3 6 2 0 1 74 47 27 .64
Bob Knepper May 11 @PHI 7.2 30 W 1 1 9 1 1 0 90 53 37 .59
Ed Halicki May 12 @PHI 9.0 33 W 0 1 2 8 3 0 120 80 40 .67
Vida Blue May 13 @PHI 5.0 21 L 4 4 5 3 2 1 73 47 26 .64
Phil Nastu May 15 HOU 9.0 34 W 1 1 5 4 3 0 112 72 40 .64
Bob Knepper May 16 HOU 5.0 24 3 3 6 1 3 1 83 51 32 .61
Ed Halicki May 17 HOU 9.0 34 W 0 0 2 0 5 0 101 56 45 .55
Vida Blue May 18 ATL 4.2 24 L 4 5 5 2 4 3 87 45 42 .52
Phil Nastu May 19 ATL 5.0 25 2 2 6 1 4 0 103 51 52 .50
Dave Roberts May 19 (2) ATL 5.0 22 1 1 5 1 1 0 66 37 29 .56
Bob Knepper May 20 ATL 9.0 32 W 1 1 3 4 1 0 104 59 45 .57
Ed Halicki May 22 @CIN 9.0 38 W 2 2 9 5 3 0 144 85 59 .59
Vida Blue May 23 @CIN 6.0 25 L 4 4 6 5 1 3 90 63 27 .70
Phil Nastu May 24 @CIN 7.2 32 W 1 1 8 2 3 0 111 62 49 .56
Bob Knepper May 25 @ATL 7.1 29 W 4 4 5 5 4 2 95 57 38 .60
Ed Halicki May 26 @ATL 6.0 27 3 3 10 3 1 1 93 64 29 .69
Vida Blue May 27 @ATL 4.0 21 5 5 4 2 5 1 66 37 29 .56
Phil Nastu May 28 @ATL 8.0 32 L 3 4 6 4 3 1 106 63 43 .59
Bob Knepper May 29 LAD 5.0 22 3 3 7 3 1 2 80 49 31 .61
John Curtis May 30 LAD 7.0 30 5 5 7 6 0 2 105 76 29 .72
Vida Blue May 31 LAD 3.1 22 L 9 9 8 1 4 0 72 39 33 .54
Phil Nastu Jun 1 CHC 4.0 19 L 5 5 4 1 3 1 None None None None
Bob Knepper Jun 2 CHC 5.2 27 5 5 8 3 3 3 81 47 34 .58
John Curtis Jun 3 CHC 6.0 27 L 2 2 8 3 2 1 97 64 33 .66
Vida Blue Jun 5 STL 6.0 28 3 4 10 3 2 1 84 59 25 .70
Phil Nastu Jun 6 STL 5.2 24 3 3 7 2 1 2 80 47 33 .59
Bob Knepper Jun 7 STL 3.0 21 7 7 9 5 3 1 62 37 25 .60
John Curtis Jun 8 PIT 7.2 31 L 3 3 7 4 3 2 100 60 40 .60
Vida Blue Jun 9 PIT 9.0 35 W 2 2 5 6 5 0 117 69 48 .59
Phil Nastu Jun 10 PIT 4.2 21 2 2 6 4 2 0 64 39 25 .61
Bob Knepper Jun 12 @CHC 9.0 44 W 2 2 9 6 7 1 163 101 62 .62
John Montefusco Jun 13 @CHC 5.0 21 1 1 6 2 1 0 68 48 20 .71
Vida Blue Jun 14 @CHC 8.0 38 4 6 9 3 6 0 103 60 43 .58
Phil Nastu Jun 15 @STL 5.2 25 3 4 7 6 1 0 92 65 27 .71
John Curtis Jun 16 @STL 9.0 33 W 1 1 5 6 1 0 105 73 32 .70
Bob Knepper Jun 17 @STL 7.1 34 4 4 9 9 2 1 127 84 43 .66
John Montefusco Jun 19 @PIT 2.2 18 L 6 6 8 2 2 0 65 41 24 .63
Vida Blue Jun 20 @PIT 3.0 18 5 5 8 2 2 2 56 31 25 .55
Phil Nastu Jun 22 CIN 8.2 34 W 2 2 7 2 1 2 101 60 41 .59
John Curtis Jun 23 CIN 6.0 23 W 1 2 6 6 0 1 92 54 38 .59
Bob Knepper Jun 24 CIN 6.0 29 6 6 11 5 1 1 105 67 38 .64
John Montefusco Jun 25 @ATL 6.0 25 L 5 5 6 4 1 2 99 64 35 .65
Vida Blue Jun 26 @ATL 6.1 27 4 4 6 3 3 0 95 53 42 .56
Phil Nastu Jun 27 @HOU 6.0 23 2 2 4 2 2 1 80 48 32 .60
Ed Halicki Jun 28 @HOU 3.1 18 4 4 4 1 4 1 85 45 40 .53
Bob Knepper Jun 29 @CIN 6.0 30 4 4 9 3 4 0 104 66 38 .63
John Montefusco Jun 30 @CIN 6.0 22 0 0 3 5 2 0 86 58 28 .67
John Curtis Jul 1 @CIN 7.0 29 W 1 1 6 4 2 0 89 54 35 .61
Phil Nastu Jul 1 (2) @CIN 1.0 8 3 3 3 2 2 0 None None None None
Ed Halicki Jul 3 ATL 1.2 14 L 3 5 5 1 2 1 None None None None
Bob Knepper Jul 4 ATL 4.0 19 2 2 5 2 3 0 69 40 29 .58
Ed Whitson Jul 5 ATL 7.2 31 3 3 8 5 1 1 101 64 37 .63
John Curtis Jul 6 PHI 3.0 19 L 2 4 4 1 6 0 66 33 33 .50
John Montefusco Jul 7 PHI 5.0 22 5 5 4 3 3 3 76 40 36 .53
Bob Knepper Jul 8 PHI 6.2 30 L 3 4 7 7 2 2 120 74 46 .62
Vida Blue Jul 9 PHI 8.0 35 L 4 4 5 6 6 1 133 82 51 .62
Ed Whitson Jul 10 MON 2.0 12 4 4 5 1 2 1 None None None None
John Curtis Jul 11 MON 9.0 34 W 0 0 4 7 2 0 95 68 27 .72
John Montefusco Jul 12 MON 8.0 36 W 3 3 10 6 4 1 134 87 47 .65
Bob Knepper Jul 13 NYM 2.1 15 L 4 6 7 1 0 1 None None None None
Ed Halicki Jul 13 (2) NYM 4.2 21 L 3 3 6 4 2 0 None None None None
Vida Blue Jul 14 NYM 7.0 29 L 3 3 7 2 3 0 84 53 31 .63
Ed Whitson Jul 15 NYM 5.0 21 W 0 0 3 1 4 0 80 40 40 .50
John Curtis Jul 19 @PHI 9.0 33 W 0 0 7 5 0 0 102 72 30 .71
John Montefusco Jul 20 @PHI 6.0 26 3 3 9 1 3 2 79 51 28 .65
Bob Knepper Jul 21 @PHI 9.0 34 W 1 1 8 6 1 0 None None None None
Vida Blue Jul 22 @MON 8.1 38 W 5 6 9 8 4 1 153 91 62 .59
Ed Whitson Jul 22 (2) @MON 3.1 17 L 5 5 7 2 0 0 None None None None
John Curtis Jul 23 @MON 3.0 17 L 6 6 9 1 0 2 None None None None
John Montefusco Jul 24 @NYM 7.0 30 1 4 6 8 2 0 113 70 43 .62
Bob Knepper Jul 25 @NYM 6.0 26 L 2 3 7 5 1 1 82 50 32 .61
Ed Whitson Jul 26 SDP 7.2 32 W 2 2 6 5 4 0 128 77 51 .60
Vida Blue Jul 27 SDP 7.0 34 1 3 6 3 5 0 114 67 47 .59
John Curtis Jul 28 SDP 6.0 27 2 2 5 4 3 0 104 62 42 .60
John Montefusco Jul 29 SDP 8.1 33 W 2 2 6 1 3 0 102 62 40 .61
Bob Knepper Jul 30 HOU 9.0 32 W 0 0 5 3 1 0 112 72 40 .64
Ed Whitson Jul 31 HOU 1.1 11 L 6 6 5 0 2 0 None None None None
Vida Blue Aug 1 HOU 3.1 18 L 5 5 6 3 3 0 None None None None
John Curtis Aug 3 LAD 1.0 7 L 4 4 4 0 0 2 26 13 13 .50
John Montefusco Aug 4 LAD 8.0 35 3 3 11 2 3 0 115 73 42 .63
Bob Knepper Aug 5 LAD 3.0 19 L 5 7 9 1 1 1 50 30 20 .60
Ed Whitson Aug 6 LAD 9.0 36 W 1 1 7 4 3 0 None None None None
Vida Blue Aug 7 @SDP 8.1 33 W 2 2 5 3 2 0 104 72 32 .69
John Curtis Aug 8 @SDP 8.1 38 W 7 7 8 3 6 1 115 65 50 .57
John Montefusco Aug 9 @SDP 7.0 26 0 0 2 7 3 0 97 56 41 .58
Bob Knepper Aug 10 @LAD 1.1 10 L 5 6 4 1 1 3 None None None None
Ed Whitson Aug 11 @LAD 6.1 28 L 3 4 6 3 0 1 108 70 38 .65
Vida Blue Aug 12 @LAD 9.0 33 W 1 1 4 4 1 0 111 71 40 .64
John Curtis Aug 14 CHC 7.0 25 W 2 2 5 6 1 0 89 62 27 .70
John Montefusco Aug 15 CHC 4.0 19 3 3 7 0 1 0 None None None None
Bob Knepper Aug 16 CHC 3.1 18 L 4 4 7 0 3 0 None None None None
Ed Whitson Aug 17 STL 5.0 24 L 3 3 7 3 2 0 80 55 25 .69
Vida Blue Aug 18 STL 8.1 36 L 5 5 10 6 3 0 126 82 44 .65
John Curtis Aug 19 STL 4.0 16 L 1 1 3 1 1 1 None None None None
John Montefusco Aug 20 PIT 5.0 24 5 5 8 2 2 1 None None None None
Bob Knepper Aug 21 PIT 9.0 33 W 1 1 6 2 3 1 95 58 37 .61
Ed Whitson Aug 22 PIT 4.1 22 4 4 6 2 4 0 None None None None
Vida Blue Aug 24 @CHC 5.2 26 L 4 4 7 5 4 1 104 59 45 .57
John Curtis Aug 25 @CHC 7.0 28 W 2 2 7 9 0 2 103 69 34 .67
John Montefusco Aug 26 @CHC 7.0 31 L 2 2 7 6 4 0 103 63 40 .61
Bob Knepper Aug 28 @STL 7.0 29 L 2 2 8 5 0 1 86 61 25 .71
Vida Blue Aug 29 @STL 8.0 38 L 4 5 14 7 2 1 113 76 37 .67
Ed Whitson Aug 30 @STL 9.0 32 W 2 2 4 6 1 0 99 68 31 .69
John Curtis Aug 31 @PIT 4.0 19 L 4 5 3 3 4 0 63 33 30 .52
John Montefusco Sep 1 @PIT 5.1 24 L 4 4 8 3 0 2 91 58 33 .64
Bob Knepper Sep 1 (2) @PIT 8.0 34 L 4 5 9 7 1 1 None None None None
Vida Blue Sep 2 @PIT 7.0 29 L 4 4 5 5 4 0 None None None None
Ed Whitson Sep 3 SDP 6.0 28 L 2 3 5 7 4 0 98 55 43 .56
John Curtis Sep 4 SDP 8.0 30 W 1 1 4 8 3 0 104 66 38 .63
John Montefusco Sep 5 CIN 5.0 25 L 5 5 6 2 6 2 100 54 46 .54
Bob Knepper Sep 6 CIN 0.1 7 L 6 6 5 0 1 2 None None None None
Vida Blue Sep 7 HOU 9.0 38 W 2 2 7 4 4 0 127 73 54 .57
Ed Whitson Sep 8 HOU 6.0 24 1 1 7 1 0 0 65 47 18 .72
Ed Halicki Sep 9 HOU 6.0 22 0 0 4 5 1 0 None None None None
John Montefusco Sep 11 @ATL 8.0 32 L 1 2 5 4 3 0 99 64 35 .65
Vida Blue Sep 12 @ATL 8.1 34 W 3 3 8 6 2 0 113 74 39 .65
Ed Whitson Sep 13 @ATL 5.0 26 L 3 3 6 6 5 0 None None None None
Ed Halicki Sep 14 @HOU 6.0 28 L 3 5 6 3 2 0 89 57 32 .64
Bob Knepper Sep 15 @HOU 5.1 26 3 3 5 6 5 0 108 64 44 .59
John Montefusco Sep 16 @HOU 7.0 31 1 1 9 7 2 0 101 61 40 .60
Vida Blue Sep 17 @CIN 7.0 31 W 4 4 11 3 1 1 105 65 40 .62
Ed Whitson Sep 18 @CIN 8.1 33 W 1 1 6 6 2 1 128 80 48 .63
Ed Halicki Sep 19 LAD 4.1 21 L 6 6 8 2 1 0 65 39 26 .60
Bob Knepper Sep 20 LAD 7.0 30 L 3 3 6 3 3 0 None None None None
Vida Blue Sep 22 ATL 4.2 26 L 5 5 6 3 5 1 None None None None
Ed Whitson Sep 23 ATL 6.0 24 0 1 4 7 1 0 None None None None
Ed Halicki Sep 25 @LAD 1.2 14 L 3 8 7 2 0 1 None None None None
Tom Griffin Sep 26 @LAD 4.0 25 L 6 6 10 3 4 0 None None None None
Vida Blue Sep 27 @LAD 8.1 35 W 3 3 8 5 5 1 93 52 41 .56
Ed Whitson Sep 28 @SDP 7.1 30 L 2 2 5 2 2 1 99 63 36 .64
Bob Knepper Sep 29 @SDP 6.2 30 5 5 9 1 2 1 96 57 39 .59
Ed Halicki Sep 30 @SDP 7.0 26 2 2 4 8 1 0 93 62 31 .67