San Francisco Giants

The left section features position players, while the right side features pitchers. Active roster players are on top, followed by injured players, restricted players, and inactive players. See (click the arrow to expand) the legends at the bottom of the page for explanations of highlighted names/positions and statistics.

Giants By the Numbers

The table breaks down the roster across all types of categories, including their age, handedness, salary, value, awards received, and how they were acquired. The graphs show when teams acquired both quantity (graph #1) and quality (graph #2) of players. See (click the arrow to expand) the legends at the bottom of the page for further explanations.

Color Legend

Active Snub: Player is on real life active roster but not restored roster

Wrong Position: Player is forced off real life position on restored roster (for bullpen, player is forced into/out-of closer role)

Origin Player: Player is with original franchise (either never left or returned)

Not Active: Player is not on real life active roster but on restored roster

Platoon: Player would platoon with bench player on restored roster

Statistics Legend

#: Position in lineup, rotation or bullpen (0 means bench player)

Pos.: Position on field or pitching staff

Role: Player's general area of field for role players

B/T: Batting hand for position players, throwing hand for pitchers

2021 Age: Player's age on June 30, 2021 (cutoff used by Baseball-Reference for age seasons)

Opts: Minor league options remaining (0 means a player must be exposed to waivers when optioned off active roster)

2021 PA: Plate appearances during 2021 season

2021 IP: Innings pitched during 2021 season

2021 wRC+: Weighted Runs Created Plus during 2021 season (100 is league average, 150 is 50 percent above league average so higher is better)

2021 ERA-: ERA Minus during 2021 season (100 is league average Earned Run Average, 50 is 50 percent below league average so lower is better)

2021 fWAR: Wins above replacement during 2021 season according to Fangraphs

2021 Real fWAR: Total team wins above replacement for actual 2021 team roster

2021 New fWAR: Total team wins above replacement for restored 2021 team roster (bigger than real fWAR means restored team is better)

No Opts. Left: Number of players without minor league options remaining

Total AAV: Sum of all average annual contract values for restored 2021 team roster (used to determine competitive balance tax penalties)

LHH: Left-handed hitter

RHH: Right-handed hitter

SHH: Switch hitter

LHP: Left-handed pitcher

RHP: Right-handed pitcher

Average Annual Value: Average annual value for player's contract (if multi-year), or total value for one year contracts

Active IRL: Player is on an actual 2021 26 man active roster

Forced Down: Player is forced to minor leagues even though he is active in real life (higher number means team has more MLB-ready talent)

Forced Up: Player is forced to active roster even though he is in the minor leagues in real life (higher number means team has less MLB-ready talent)

Injured List: Player is on 7-Day, 10-Day, or 60-Day Injured List

Inactive: Player is either on optional assignment in the minor leagues, on team approved leave of absence, or suspended while part of 40 man roster

Drafted: Player acquired in Rule 4 (college) draft

Free Agent: Player signed as minor league free agent from USA

International: Player signed as minor league free agent from another country

Original Team: Player is with originally signed franchise (so no restoring required)

Lg. Avg +: Number of players who have 100 or higher wRC+ or below 100 ERA- (league average)

Total Awards: Sum of all awards received by restored players

Unique Awards: Number of players to receive an award on restored roster