SF Giants 3 World Series Championship Rosters

Here are all the 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Series Giants players that played in the WS for that year.  While some bench players may have got a start here or there, I listed starters that played the majority of the time.

2014

C Buster Posey

1B Brandon Belt

2B Joe Panik

SS Brandon Crawford

3B Pablo Sandoval

LF Travis Ishikawa

CF Gregor Blanco

RF Hunter Pence

DH Mike Morse

Bench:

Juan Perez (PH, LF)

Andrew Susac (PH, C)

Joaquin Arias (PH, SS)

Matt Duffy (PH, SS)

Mike Morse

SP

Madison Bumgarner (MVP)

Jake Peavy

Tim Hudson

Ryan Vogelsong

RP

Javier Lopez

Hunter Strickland

Jean Machi

Jeremy Affeldt

Tim Lincecum

Santiago Casilla

Sergio Romo

Yusmeiro Petit

2012 

C Buster Posey

1B Brandon Belt

2B Marco Scutaro

SS Brandon Crawford

3B Pablo Sandoval (MVP)

LF Gregor Blanco

CF Angel Pagan

RF Hunter Pence

DH Ryan Theriot / Hector Sanchez

Bench:

Ryan Theriot (PH)

Joaquin Arias (3B)

Aubrey Huff (PH)

Hector Sanchez (C)

SP

Matt Cain

Madison Bumgarner

Ryan Vogelsong

Barry Zito

RP

Tim Lincecum

Jose Mijares

George Kontos

Jeremy Affeldt

Santiago Casilla

Sergio Romo (C) 

2010 

C Buster Posey

1B Aubrey Huff

2B Freddy Sanchez

SS Edgar Renteria (MVP)

3B Juan Uribe

LF Pat Burrell

CF Andres Torres

RF Cody Ross

DH Pablo Sandoval / Aubrey Huff / Pat Burrell

Bench:

Pablo Sandoval (PH)

Nate Schierholtz (RF)

Travis Ishikawa (PH, 1B)

Mike Fontenot (PH)

Aaron Rowand (PH, CF)

SP

Tim Lincecum

Matt Cain

Jonathan Sanchez

Madison Bumgarner

RP

Santiago Casilla

Sergio Romo

Javier Lopez

Ramon Ramirez

Jeremy Affeldt

Brian Wilson (C)

Guillermo Mota

The seven players who have played in all three Series':

Buster Posey

Madison Bumgarner 

Pablo Sandoval 

Tim Lincecum 

Jeremy Affeldt

Sergio Romo

Santiago Casilla

- Affeldt, Romo and Casilla were relievers for all 3 Series'.  (Note: Javier Lopez was on the 2012 roster, but did not play).

- Lincecum was the starting pitcher (the ace) in 2010, but sadly has regressed as a reliever in the other 2 Series'.

- Sandoval was a DH in 2010 for 1 game, but did not start at 3B in that Series.  Obviously he was the MVP in 2012 and has set a record for hits in a postseason this year.
- Buster is the player to appear in all 16 Giants' WS games, and is the only non-pitcher to play a critical role in all 3 World Series'.

- Madison's career World Series ERA is down to 0.25 (1 run in 36 innings pitched), the lowest in history, minimum 25 innings.

2-time World Series participants:

Brandon Belt ('12, '14)

Brandon Crawford ('12, '14)

Gregor Blanco ('12, '14)

Hunter Pence ('12, '14)

Joaquin Arias ('12, '14)

Ryan Vogelsong ('12, '14)

Travis Ishikawa ('10, '14) 

Javier Lopez ('10, '14)
Aubrey Huff ('10, '12) 
Matt Cain ('10, '12)

Posey, Bumgarner, Sandoval, Lincecum, Affeldt, Romo, Santiago - all 3 Series'

 

- So 13 players played in both '12 and '14 Series'.

- 6 of the 8 field positions were returnees from 2 years ago: Buster, Belt, Crawford, Sandoval, Blanco and Pence.

- Bumgarner and Vogelsong were the 2 returning starting pitchers for those 2 runs.

- Angel Pagan was injured late this year, otherwise he would have been our starter again (instead of Ishikawa).

- In contrast, only 9 played in both '10 and '12 Series'.

- In addition to the seven 3-time participants, Matt Cain and Aubrey Huff played in those two championships.
- Cain would have played this year had it not been for injury.  It probably would have made this championship a bit easier.
- Aubrey Huff started at 1B in '10 and as a pinch hitter in '12.

- Brian Wilson would have likely been our closer still in '12 but suffered a season-ending injury early on.

- In terms of field positions, only Posey was a fulltime player in both, while Sandoval came off the bench in '10.  That means that Brian Sabean basically built a championship winning lineup then completely did it again within two years for a 2nd championship.  Amazing.

- Travis Ishikawa was a bench guy in '10 (1B) and part-time starter in '14 as he got pushed in the left-field role late in this season.

- Javier Lopez also didn't play the '12 Series but he was on the roster.  Giants only played 4 games, and it just happened that he wasn't needed.