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San Francisco Giants Team History

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  • SF Giants Staff at Candlestick Park 1957

    Move to San Francisco

    The Giants’ final three years in New York City were unmemorable. They stumbled to third place the year after their World Series win, and attendance fell off precipitously. While seeking a new stadium to replace the crumbling Polo Grounds, the Giants began to contemplate a move from New York, initially considering Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, which was home to ...
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  • Candlestick Park 1960

    Candlestick Park Opens

    In 1960, the Giants moved to Candlestick Park sometimes known simply as “The ‘Stick”, a stadium built on Candlestick Point in San Francisco’s southeast corner overlooking San Francisco Bay. The new stadium quickly became known for its strong, swirling winds, cold temperatures, and thick evening fog that made for a formidable experience for brave fans and players. Its built-in radiant ...
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  • AT&T Park - San Francisco

    AT&T Park

    In 2000, after forty years, the Giants bade farewell to Candlestick Park and, has long advocated, moved into a privately financed downtown stadium (AT&T Park, originally Pacific or “Pac” Bell Park and later renamed SBC Park) on that part of the shoreline of China Basin known to Giant fans as McCovey Cove, at the corner of 3rd and King Streets ...
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  • World Series Game 5

    World Series Winner 2010

    The 2010 World Series was the 106th edition of Major League Baseball’s championship series. The best-of-seven playoff played between the American League champion Texas Rangers and the National League champion San Francisco Giants, began on Wednesday, October 27, and ended on Monday, November 1, with the Giants winning the series 4–1 to secure their first World Series championship since 1954 ...
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  • World Series - 2012 SF Giants

    World Series Winner 2012

    The 2012 World Series was the 108th edition of Major League Baseball’s championship series. The San Francisco Giants, the National League champion, won the best-of-seven playoff in a four-game sweep over the American League champion Detroit Tigers. The 2012 title marked the Giants’ seventh World Series title in franchise history, their second in San Francisco (the New York Giants won ...
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  • World Series - 2014 Giants

    World Series Winner 2014

    The 2014 World Series was the 110th edition of Major League Baseball’s championship series, a best-of-seven playoff between the National League champion San Francisco Giants and the American League champion Kansas City Royals. The Royals had a home-field advantage for the series as a result of the American League’s 5–3 victory in the All-Star Game. The Giants defeated the Royals, ...
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The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball franchise based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1883 as the New York Gothams, and renaming three years later to the New York Giants, the team eventually moved to San Francisco in 1958. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division.





Established
1883

City
New York – San Francisco

League History
2000 – Present / Major League Baseball
1883 – 1999 / National League

Team History
1958 – Present / San Francisco Giants
1885 – 1957 / New York Giants
1883 – 1885 / New York Gothams

Nickname
Giants – The New York Giants moved to San Francisco in 1957 and retained their nickname, which dates back to 1885. It was during that 1885 season, according to legend, that after one particularly satisfying victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, that New York Gothams manager Jim Mutrie stormed into the dressing room and exclaimed, “My big fellows! My giants!”

Championship
World Series 3
2014, 2012, 2010, 1954, 1933, 1922, 1921, 1905

Stadium
2020 - Present / Oracle Park
2006 - 2019 / AT&T Park
2004 - 2005 / SBC Park
2000 - 2003 / Pacific Bell Park
1960 – 1999 / Candlestick Park
1958 – 1960 / Seals Stadium

*New York*
1883 – 1957 / Polo Grounds

Owner
2012 – Present / San Francisco Baseball Associates LLC
2008 – 2011 / Bill Neukom
1993 – 2008 / Peter Magowan
1976 – 1993 / Bob Lurie
1936 – 1976 / Horace Stoneham
1919 – 1936 / Charles Stoneham
1912 – 1919 / Harry Hempstead
1902 – 1912 / John Brush
1895 – 1902 / Andrew Freedman
1893 – 1895 / C. C. Van Cott
1883 – 1893 / John Day

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Retired Number
3 / Bill Terry
4 / Mel Ott
11 / Carl Hubbell
20 / Monte Irvin
24 / Willie Mays

25 / Barry Bonds
27 / Juan Marichal
30 / Orlando Cepeda
36 / Gaylord Perry
42 / Jackie Robinson
44 / Willie McCovey

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