1998 San Francisco Giants Starters
(89-74) 
Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Shawn Estes Mar 31 HOU 3.2 21 2 4 8 3 3 1 None None None None
Orel Hershiser Apr 1 HOU 6.0 27 5 5 5 3 3 1 95 57 38 .60
Kirk Rueter Apr 2 HOU 5.0 23 W 2 2 3 3 6 0 91 44 47 .48
Mark Gardner Apr 3 ARI 6.0 25 W 2 2 4 8 3 0 96 53 43 .55
Danny Darwin Apr 4 ARI 6.0 25 W 3 3 5 2 3 1 73 41 32 .56
Shawn Estes Apr 5 ARI 7.1 30 L 3 3 8 3 3 0 99 59 40 .60
Orel Hershiser Apr 7 @HOU 5.1 23 2 2 3 6 4 0 80 48 32 .60
Kirk Rueter Apr 8 @HOU 6.2 30 L 6 6 10 3 2 2 107 62 45 .58
Mark Gardner Apr 9 @HOU 6.0 27 L 3 3 6 4 3 1 103 71 32 .69
Danny Darwin Apr 10 @STL 6.0 24 2 2 6 7 1 1 82 50 32 .61
Shawn Estes Apr 11 @STL 6.1 28 L 5 5 5 3 3 1 107 70 37 .65
Orel Hershiser Apr 12 @STL 7.0 27 1 1 6 6 0 0 86 52 34 .60
Kirk Rueter Apr 13 @STL 6.0 26 W 0 0 5 5 3 0 None None None None
Mark Gardner Apr 14 @SDP 4.0 23 6 6 9 4 2 2 89 58 31 .65
Danny Darwin Apr 15 @SDP 6.2 28 L 1 1 7 5 2 1 96 64 32 .67
Shawn Estes Apr 17 MIL 6.0 28 L 5 5 7 5 5 0 103 54 49 .52
Orel Hershiser Apr 18 MIL 6.0 28 L 2 3 5 4 3 1 112 67 45 .60
Kirk Rueter Apr 19 MIL 6.2 26 1 1 4 1 2 0 None None None None
Mark Gardner Apr 21 PIT 9.0 33 W 3 3 6 4 2 1 121 82 39 .68
Danny Darwin Apr 22 PIT 5.0 22 L 3 4 5 3 1 1 82 56 26 .68
Shawn Estes Apr 23 PIT 5.1 30 L 6 7 9 8 5 0 121 73 48 .60
Orel Hershiser Apr 24 @MIL 5.0 25 L 6 6 6 1 5 2 101 52 49 .51
Kirk Rueter Apr 25 @MIL 6.2 23 W 0 1 3 5 1 0 84 56 28 .67
Mark Gardner Apr 26 @MIL 2.0 15 6 6 9 1 1 2 58 34 24 .59
Danny Darwin Apr 27 @PIT 5.0 22 2 5 8 3 0 1 79 55 24 .70
Shawn Estes Apr 28 @PIT 6.1 25 W 0 0 2 6 4 0 None None None None
Orel Hershiser Apr 30 ATL 6.0 26 L 5 6 6 3 1 2 81 56 25 .69
Kirk Rueter May 1 ATL 6.0 26 L 5 5 9 4 1 2 89 52 37 .58
Mark Gardner May 2 ATL 6.0 28 3 3 9 2 1 2 106 65 41 .61
Danny Darwin May 3 ATL 5.0 25 W 6 6 8 2 2 1 87 54 33 .62
Shawn Estes May 4 FLA 9.0 31 W 0 0 4 4 1 0 112 70 42 .63
Orel Hershiser May 5 FLA 6.0 22 0 0 2 1 2 0 81 53 28 .65
Kirk Rueter May 6 FLA 5.0 24 7 7 7 1 2 3 90 54 36 .60
Mark Gardner May 8 CHC 6.1 27 2 3 5 3 5 0 101 55 46 .54
Danny Darwin May 9 CHC 6.2 27 W 0 0 7 4 2 0 94 58 36 .62
Shawn Estes May 9 (2) CHC 5.1 28 L 6 6 9 7 2 1 98 57 41 .58
Orel Hershiser May 10 CHC 8.0 27 W 0 0 2 6 2 0 102 63 39 .62
Kirk Rueter May 11 @MON 6.0 24 W 1 2 8 3 1 0 87 55 32 .63
Mark Gardner May 13 @MON 2.1 18 L 8 8 11 0 0 4 None None None None
Shawn Estes May 14 @MON 6.0 27 W 1 1 5 6 5 0 None None None None
Danny Darwin May 14 (2) @MON 8.0 27 W 0 0 4 4 1 0 None None None None
Orel Hershiser May 15 @NYM 7.0 26 W 2 2 4 2 3 1 92 51 41 .55
Kirk Rueter May 16 @NYM 3.0 17 L 4 4 6 3 2 1 73 38 35 .52
Mark Gardner May 17 @NYM 6.1 26 W 1 1 4 7 2 0 113 64 49 .57
Shawn Estes May 19 MIL 5.0 25 5 6 7 5 2 1 16 6 10 .38
Orel Hershiser May 20 MIL 7.0 26 W 1 1 5 5 2 0 96 59 37 .61
Kirk Rueter May 21 MIL 8.0 27 W 1 1 1 2 3 1 105 58 47 .55
Mark Gardner May 22 STL 7.0 26 2 2 4 5 1 1 89 62 27 .70
Danny Darwin May 23 STL 1.1 14 7 7 7 0 3 1 43 23 20 .53
Shawn Estes May 24 STL 7.0 31 3 3 5 7 6 0 130 70 60 .54
Orel Hershiser May 25 CIN 8.0 29 W 1 1 4 7 1 0 101 67 34 .66
Kirk Rueter May 26 CIN 6.0 24 W 2 2 5 1 1 1 77 43 34 .56
Mark Gardner May 27 CIN 6.2 28 4 4 7 3 4 1 116 66 50 .57
Danny Darwin May 28 @ARI 6.1 31 L 7 7 9 7 4 2 116 68 48 .59
Shawn Estes May 29 @ARI 8.0 29 W 1 1 4 8 1 1 115 72 43 .63
Orel Hershiser May 30 @ARI 6.0 27 W 0 1 2 6 5 0 91 51 40 .56
Kirk Rueter May 31 @ARI 7.0 28 W 1 1 6 5 1 0 110 67 43 .61
Mark Gardner Jun 1 @CIN 7.0 28 W 3 3 6 6 3 1 106 66 40 .62
Danny Darwin Jun 2 @CIN 6.2 27 W 2 2 5 5 0 1 84 62 22 .74
Shawn Estes Jun 3 @CIN 6.2 28 W 5 5 8 5 2 1 None None None None
Orel Hershiser Jun 5 STL 6.0 28 W 2 2 6 4 5 1 100 55 45 .55
Kirk Rueter Jun 6 STL 4.2 24 2 2 8 6 3 0 110 64 46 .58
Mark Gardner Jun 7 STL 6.0 28 W 5 5 8 0 2 0 93 56 37 .60
Danny Darwin Jun 8 @SEA 6.1 30 W 3 3 9 3 1 0 94 62 32 .66
Shawn Estes Jun 9 @SEA 3.2 21 3 3 4 2 5 2 93 48 45 .52
Orel Hershiser Jun 10 @SEA 4.0 22 L 4 4 6 2 5 0 80 39 41 .49
Kirk Rueter Jun 12 SDP 5.1 25 2 2 8 6 1 1 102 60 42 .59
Mark Gardner Jun 13 SDP 6.0 29 L 4 4 6 5 5 0 111 60 51 .54
Danny Darwin Jun 14 SDP 6.0 23 L 2 3 5 6 0 1 89 61 28 .69
Shawn Estes Jun 15 @COL 9.0 32 1 1 3 11 3 0 116 75 41 .65
Orel Hershiser Jun 16 @COL 6.1 30 3 3 8 5 2 1 None None None None
Kirk Rueter Jun 17 @COL 6.0 24 W 3 3 5 3 2 0 None None None None
Mark Gardner Jun 18 @SDP 7.0 28 3 4 5 8 2 1 102 68 34 .67
Danny Darwin Jun 19 @SDP 5.2 25 L 6 6 7 3 3 2 99 54 45 .55
Shawn Estes Jun 20 @SDP 7.1 29 W 2 2 5 6 5 0 115 68 47 .59
Orel Hershiser Jun 21 @SDP 3.0 17 L 4 4 6 2 2 0 61 34 27 .56
Kirk Rueter Jun 22 OAK 5.1 26 W 5 5 7 2 3 0 110 65 45 .59
Mark Gardner Jun 23 OAK 7.0 29 W 2 2 7 3 1 1 99 63 36 .64
Danny Darwin Jun 24 @OAK 6.1 28 3 3 8 1 1 1 110 69 41 .63
Shawn Estes Jun 25 @OAK 6.1 30 L 3 4 5 10 6 0 127 80 47 .63
Orel Hershiser Jun 26 @TEX 6.1 31 L 6 6 9 5 3 2 103 64 39 .62
Kirk Rueter Jun 27 @TEX 2.0 17 4 5 7 1 3 2 66 40 26 .61
Mark Gardner Jun 28 @TEX 9.0 29 W 0 0 3 5 0 0 105 65 40 .62
Shawn Estes Jun 30 ANA 7.1 31 L 4 4 9 7 1 1 118 78 40 .66
Danny Darwin Jul 1 ANA 6.1 24 0 0 4 3 2 0 84 45 39 .54
Kirk Rueter Jul 2 ANA 5.1 25 W 1 1 9 4 0 1 100 59 41 .59
Orel Hershiser Jul 3 @LAD 7.0 28 W 3 3 4 1 3 2 93 55 38 .59
Mark Gardner Jul 4 @LAD 4.1 23 L 7 7 9 3 1 0 95 55 40 .58
Shawn Estes Jul 5 @LAD 6.2 29 W 0 0 8 8 3 0 101 62 39 .61
Shawn Estes Jul 10 COL 4.0 22 L 7 7 11 1 0 1 71 45 26 .63
Orel Hershiser Jul 11 COL 6.2 30 L 5 5 8 1 2 1 81 50 31 .62
Kirk Rueter Jul 12 COL 6.0 25 L 2 4 6 1 1 1 88 51 37 .58
Danny Darwin Jul 13 LAD 5.2 29 L 6 7 11 1 0 2 79 52 27 .66
Mark Gardner Jul 14 LAD 6.0 22 1 1 4 5 2 1 89 52 37 .58
Orel Hershiser Jul 15 LAD 6.0 25 W 2 3 5 4 2 0 78 44 34 .56
Kirk Rueter Jul 17 HOU 3.1 21 L 6 7 8 2 0 0 66 40 26 .61
Danny Darwin Jul 18 HOU 6.0 24 L 3 3 6 4 1 2 88 60 28 .68
Mark Gardner Jul 19 HOU 7.0 27 3 3 4 3 2 1 83 47 36 .57
Russ Ortiz Jul 20 @ARI 7.0 29 2 3 3 7 6 1 116 65 51 .56
Orel Hershiser Jul 21 @ARI 6.1 29 L 4 4 7 1 2 0 90 57 33 .63
Kirk Rueter Jul 22 @STL 7.0 26 L 3 3 5 5 1 2 96 59 37 .61
Danny Darwin Jul 23 @STL 5.1 25 L 3 3 7 3 3 0 None None None None
Mark Gardner Jul 24 @CIN 8.0 30 W 2 2 5 4 1 0 102 71 31 .70
Russ Ortiz Jul 25 @CIN 4.2 21 L 5 5 6 2 2 1 77 41 36 .53
Orel Hershiser Jul 26 @CIN 7.0 26 1 1 4 3 1 0 104 63 41 .61
Kirk Rueter Jul 28 MON 9.0 30 W 1 1 2 4 2 0 103 69 34 .67
Danny Darwin Jul 29 MON 4.2 23 L 6 6 8 3 1 1 60 39 21 .65
Mark Gardner Jul 30 MON 4.1 21 L 6 7 5 6 2 1 79 45 34 .57
Russ Ortiz Jul 31 PHI 4.1 23 6 6 8 3 2 0 93 57 36 .61
Orel Hershiser Aug 1 PHI 5.2 27 5 5 9 5 2 1 104 63 41 .61
Kirk Rueter Aug 2 PHI 7.0 28 W 3 3 6 5 0 2 106 66 40 .62
Danny Darwin Aug 3 PHI 5.0 23 W 0 0 4 3 3 0 90 52 38 .58
Mark Gardner Aug 4 NYM 5.1 26 3 3 7 6 2 0 102 56 46 .55
Russ Ortiz Aug 5 NYM 8.0 33 W 4 4 6 8 4 0 119 75 44 .63
Orel Hershiser Aug 6 NYM 6.0 27 4 4 10 5 0 2 97 63 34 .65
Kirk Rueter Aug 7 @ATL 5.0 26 L 3 5 9 2 1 3 81 50 31 .62
Danny Darwin Aug 8 @ATL 3.1 21 L 7 7 10 0 1 1 69 44 25 .64
Mark Gardner Aug 9 @ATL 7.0 28 5 5 4 8 2 3 108 68 40 .63
Russ Ortiz Aug 10 @CHC 5.0 24 L 6 6 6 7 3 4 98 59 39 .60
Orel Hershiser Aug 11 @CHC 5.0 23 2 3 6 3 3 0 None None None None
Kirk Rueter Aug 12 @CHC 4.0 20 L 5 5 4 3 4 3 None None None None
Mark Gardner Aug 14 @FLA 9.0 34 W 0 0 6 8 2 0 133 87 46 .65
Russ Ortiz Aug 15 @FLA 6.0 26 3 3 6 4 2 1 102 68 34 .67
Orel Hershiser Aug 16 @FLA 6.0 29 W 2 2 10 6 1 1 85 62 23 .73
Kirk Rueter Aug 18 ATL 6.0 27 L 5 5 7 1 2 0 100 57 43 .57
Mark Gardner Aug 19 ATL 6.0 26 W 2 2 7 0 2 0 98 61 37 .62
Russ Ortiz Aug 20 CHC 4.2 26 L 5 5 7 5 4 0 99 57 42 .58
Orel Hershiser Aug 21 CHC 4.2 24 4 4 6 1 2 1 72 39 33 .54
Danny Darwin Aug 22 FLA 5.2 22 4 4 5 2 2 1 105 66 39 .63
Kirk Rueter Aug 23 FLA 7.0 27 W 2 3 5 5 0 0 99 60 39 .61
Mark Gardner Aug 24 FLA 6.0 27 4 4 8 5 1 2 83 53 30 .64
Russ Ortiz Aug 25 @NYM 7.0 29 W 2 3 6 8 1 1 112 73 39 .65
Orel Hershiser Aug 26 @NYM 6.0 27 L 4 4 8 1 2 1 101 67 34 .66
Danny Darwin Aug 27 @NYM 5.2 22 W 3 3 6 2 1 1 None None None None
Kirk Rueter Aug 28 @PHI 6.0 23 0 0 2 2 2 0 82 46 36 .56
Mark Gardner Aug 29 @PHI 9.0 35 W 3 3 8 5 1 2 128 77 51 .60
Russ Ortiz Aug 30 @PHI 5.2 23 L 4 4 4 4 3 0 84 46 38 .55
Orel Hershiser Aug 31 @PHI 7.0 28 1 1 4 8 2 0 107 67 40 .63
Danny Darwin Sep 1 @MON 3.1 19 4 4 4 2 5 1 76 48 28 .63
Kirk Rueter Sep 2 @MON 5.1 24 W 2 2 5 2 3 0 None None None None
Shawn Estes Sep 4 LAD 5.0 24 L 6 6 6 3 3 1 81 48 33 .59
Orel Hershiser Sep 5 LAD 2.0 16 L 6 6 8 1 2 1 59 35 24 .59
Mark Gardner Sep 6 LAD 8.0 30 W 2 2 5 5 2 1 103 71 32 .69
Russ Ortiz Sep 7 SDP 5.0 26 3 3 8 4 3 2 95 60 35 .63
Kirk Rueter Sep 8 SDP 5.0 18 W 1 1 2 4 1 1 68 39 29 .57
Shawn Estes Sep 9 SDP 3.2 22 L 4 4 5 2 5 2 81 47 34 .58
Orel Hershiser Sep 11 @COL 5.1 27 4 4 6 4 5 0 100 55 45 .55
Mark Gardner Sep 12 @COL 8.0 30 0 0 6 8 1 0 109 70 39 .64
Russ Ortiz Sep 13 @COL 7.0 27 3 3 6 6 3 1 107 66 41 .62
Shawn Estes Sep 14 ARI 1.2 15 L 7 7 8 2 2 0 53 29 24 .55
Kirk Rueter Sep 15 ARI 6.0 25 4 4 7 3 1 1 98 56 42 .57
Orel Hershiser Sep 16 ARI 6.0 26 3 4 6 6 2 0 86 57 29 .66
Mark Gardner Sep 18 @LAD 7.0 30 2 3 5 4 4 0 123 70 53 .57
Russ Ortiz Sep 19 @LAD 6.1 30 W 4 4 11 4 0 0 111 66 45 .59
Shawn Estes Sep 20 @LAD 8.0 25 L 1 1 2 10 1 1 112 74 38 .66
Orel Hershiser Sep 21 @PIT 7.0 29 W 1 1 6 5 3 0 121 77 44 .64
Kirk Rueter Sep 22 @PIT 6.0 25 W 2 2 5 4 2 0 98 53 45 .54
Mark Gardner Sep 23 @PIT 8.0 29 W 1 1 5 11 2 0 None None None None
Russ Ortiz Sep 24 @PIT 5.0 22 W 1 1 4 3 3 0 None None None None
Shawn Estes Sep 25 COL 4.2 20 4 4 3 4 4 0 94 55 39 .59
Orel Hershiser Sep 26 COL 5.1 25 W 4 4 8 3 3 1 83 48 35 .58
Kirk Rueter Sep 27 COL 4.1 22 5 5 9 1 0 0 78 49 29 .63
Mark Gardner Sep 28 CHC 5.1 21 L 4 4 6 2 1 1 73 46 27 .63