Season review: Hunter Pence

Santiago Mejia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty ImagesNext up on the San Francisco Giants season reviews is right-handed outfielder Hunter Pence.

Season stats

17 games, 56 plate appearances, .096/.161/.250, .411 OPS, 2 home runs, 6 RBI, 3 walks to 15 strikeouts

12 OPS+, 11 wRC+, -0.7 rWAR, -0.6 fWAR

Status throughout the season

Pence made the Opening Day roster, and was designated for assignment a month later, on Aug. 23.

Season review

Let’s get the ugly out of the way first. Hunter Pence was, by any measure, one of the worst players on the Giants this season.

He struggled massively out of the gates; after seven games he was 0-23 with 0 walks and 7 strikeouts. It didn’t get much better after…