All Giants team, 1965-2016

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While the Giants were absolutely stacked with position players since 1965, they weren't quite so loaded with pitchers, though a few really stood out. Here's a look at what they've had:

Starting pitcher: Juan Marichal Not only was Juan great, he was fun to watch. Juan had an extremely high leg kick and a myriad of pitches in his repertoire. Like Willie Mays and Willie McCovey, Juan had some great years for the Giants before 1965 and continued on afterward. Before 1965, Juan had two 20 win seasons. From 1965 onward, he added four more 20 plus win seasons. Juan peaked in 1968 when he went 25-6 and led the league in innings pitched with 325.2. In 1969 Juan led the NL in ERA with a mark of 2.10. Juan finished his 14 years with the Giants with a mark of 243-146 and an ERA of 2.89. Juan's WAR for those years with the Giants was 62.5. Juan was one of the best pitchers MLB has seen from the 60's onward.

Starting pitcher: Madison Bumgarner Mad Bum has been excellent during the regular season, but has really made his mark in baseball's post season. His post season run in 2014 was historically good. Madison was the MVP in both the NLCS and WS. His overall record in post season play is 8-3 with an ERA of 2.11. As for regular season play, his record currently sits at 101-71 with an ERA of 3.00. Madison slots in nicely behind Marichal in this rotation.

Starting pitcher: Gaylord Perry Gaylord spent 10 of his 22 years in the majors with the Giants. Perry started his career with the Giants in 1962, but was effective for years beyond 1965. In 1966 Perry went 21-8. In 1970 Gaylord led the league in wins with 23. In six of his last eight seasons with the Giants, Perry had an ERA of below 3.00. Gaylord's final totals with the Giants were a won-lost record of 134-109 and an ERA of 2.96. Gaylord wasn't big strikeout, but was nevertheless effective.

Starting pitcher: Jason Schmidt Jason had a nice run with the Giants from 2001-06. Jason's best season was 2003 when he went 17-5 with a league leading ERA of 2.34. Jason was in double digit wins from 2002-2006. He finished with an impressive won and lost record of 78-37 with an ERA of 3.36. While Jason didn't have a real long run as a Giant, it was an effective one.

Starting pitcher: Jim Barr Filling this fifth slot was tough. Nobody really jumped out at me. I finally settled on Jim Barr. Barr started with the Giants in 1971 and stayed their through 1977. He saw a little more action with them in 1982-83. During his prime Jim won in double digits and had an ERA of a little over 3.00. His overall record with the Giants was 90-96 so there is obviously more to his story than that.

Relief pitcher: Rob Nen Over the years the Giants have had some relievers who have had some nice seasons, but not a lot of real long term shut down guys. Rob Nen is the exception. From 1998-2002 his save total ranged from 37-45. His strike out rate for his time with the Giants was 10.9 per 9 innings. Rob was an easy choice as the Giants top reliever.

Relief pitcher: Gary Lavelle Gary had a long, steady career as a left hander out of the Giants pen. Gary spent 11 years with the Giants with a record of 73-67 with 127 saves. His ERA for those season was 2.83. In five of those seasons Gary pitched over 100 innings out of the pen. While Gary didn't have the stats of some higher profile relievers, he was an excellent left hander that any team would be happy to have in their pen.

Relief pitcher: Greg Minton Greg's time with the Giants overlapped in large part with that of Gary Lavelle. Like Gary, Greg amassed quite a few innings out of the Giants pen. From 1982-84 Greg pitched over 100 innings. From 1980-84 Greg totaled 111 saves. His ERA was 3.23 and I don't know how he did it. His strikeouts per 9 innings 3.6 while his walk rate was 3.9. Huh? Anyway, somehow he was effective.

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