Name San Francisco Giants (1958–present) New York Giants (1885–1957) New York Gothams (1883–85) Other nicknames The Orange and Black, Los Gigantes, The G-Men, The Jints, The Gyros, Boys from the Bay Ballpark AT&T Park (2000–present) Candlestick Park (1960–99) Seals Stadium (1958–59) Polo Grounds (New York) (1883–57) Major league titles World Series titles (6) 2010 • 1954 • 1933 1922 • 1921 • 1905 NL Pennants (22) 2012 • 2010 • 2002 1989 • 1962 • 1954 1951 • 1937 • 1936 1933 • 1924 • 1923 1922 • 1921 • 1917 1913 • 1912 • 1911 1905 • 1904 • 1889 1888 West Division titles (8) 2012 • 2010 • 2003 2000 •! 0;1997 • 1989 1987 • 1971 Wild card berths (1) 2002 Front office Owner(s) Ownership group led by Larry Baer, Chief Executive Officer Sue Burns, died July 2009.[1] Former Senior General Partner (largest shareholder, estimated 35–40% share) Manager Bruce Bochy General Manager Brian Sabean The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division . Originally known as the New York Giants, the team moved to San Francisco in 1958. As one of the oldest baseball teams, they have won the most games of any team in the history of American baseball, and any North American professional sports team.[2] They have won 22 National League pennants and appeared in 19 World Series competitions – both records in the National League. The Giants' 6 World Series Championships are also tied for second in the National League with the Dodgers (the St. Louis Cardinals have wo! n 11). The Giants have played in the World Series an NL record! 19 times, but boycotted the event in 1904. With their history, the Giants have the most Hall of Fame players in all of professional baseball.[3] The Giants' rivalry with the Dodgers is one of the longest-standing rivalries and is regarded one of the biggest in American baseball.[4][5] The Giants played at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York, until the close of the 1957 season, after which they moved west to California to become the San Francisco Giants. As the New York Giants, they won 14 pennants and 5 World Championships, from the era of John McGraw and Christy Mathewson to that of Bobby Thomson and Willie Mays. The Giants have won five pennants and the 2010 World Series since arriving in San Francisco. Contents 1 Early days and the John McGraw era 2 1930–57: Five pennants in 28 seasons 2.1 1951: The "Shot Heard 'Round the World" 2.2 Mays' catch and the 1954 Series 2.3 Memorable New York Giants of the 1950s 2.4 1957: The move to California 3 1958: The San Francisco! Giants history begins 3.1 1958–61: Seals Stadium and Candlestick Park 3.2 1962 World Series 3.3 1963–84: Always a bridesmaid, never the bride 3.4 1985–89: Nadir and resurrection 3.4.1 1989: The "Thrill", World Series and the Earthquake 3.5 1992: Farewell San Francisco? 3.6 1993: "The last pure pennant race" 3.7 1994–96 seasons 3.8 1997–1999: Rebuilding 3.8.1 1997 3.8.2 1998 3.8.3 1999 3.9 2000–01: Downtown baseball begins 3.9.1 2002: National League Championship Season and World Series 3.9.2 2003: Wire to wire 3.9.3 2004–06: Playoff drought 3.10 2007–2009: Losing ways & Milestones 3.10.1 2007: End of the Bonds era 3.10.2 2008: Without Bonds & Golden anniversary 3.10.3 2009: A mix of Old & New and a No-Hitter 3.11 2010: Torture and triumph 3.11.1 2011 3.11.2 2012 4 Rivalries 4.1 Los Angeles Dodgers 4.2 Oakland Athletics 4.3 New York Yankees 4.4 Historic Subway Series 5 Baseball Hall of Famers 5.1 Ford C. Frick Award recipients 5.2 Other 6 San Fra! ncisco Giants Wall of Famers 7 Retired numbers 7.1 Also honored 8 Splas! h hits 9 Season records 10 Current roster 11 Minor league affiliations 12 Radio and television 12.1 Home run call glitch 13 See also 14 References 14.1 General reference 15 External links [edit] Early days and the John McGraw era Main article: History of the New York Giants (NL) The Giants began as the second baseball club founded by millionaire tobacconist John B. Day and veteran amateur baseball player Jim Mutrie. The Gothams, as the Giants were originally known, entered the National League in 1883, while their other club, the Metropolitans (the original Mets) played in the American Association. Nearly half of the original Gotham players were members of the disbanded Troy Trojans, whose place in the National League the Gothams inherited. While the Metropolitans were initially the more successful club, Day and Mutrie began moving star players to the Gothams and the team won its first National League pennant in 1888, as well as a victory over the St. Louis Browns in an earl! y incarnation of the World Series. They repeated as champions the next year with a pennant and World Series victory over the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. It is said that after one particularly satisfying victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, Mutrie (who was also the team's manager) stormed into the dressing room and exclaimed, "My big fellows! My giants!"[6] From then on, the club was known as the Giants. The Giants' original home stadium, the Polo Grounds, also dates from this early era. The first of the Polo Grounds was located north of Central Park adjacent to Fifth and Sixth Avenues and 110th and 112th Streets in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. Upon eviction from the Polo Grounds after the 1888 season, the Giants moved uptown and renamed various fields the Polo Grounds which were located between 155th and 159th Streets in the New York City neighborhoods of Harlem and Washington Heights. The Giants played at the Polo Grounds until the end of the 1957 season, when th! ey moved to San Francisco. 1908–16, 1919–22, 1928–29 1923–27, 1! 930–31 1948–57. A similar logo was later used by the New York Mets. The Giants remained a powerhouse during the last half of the 1880s, culminating in their first league pennant in 1888 and another in 1889. However, in 1890, nearly all of the Giants' stars jumped to the upstart Players' League, whose New York franchise was also named the Giants. The new team even built its park next door to the National League Giants' Polo Grounds. With a decimated roster, the Giants finished a distant sixth. Attendance took a nosedive, and the financial strain affected Day's tobacco business as well. The Players' League dissolved after the season, and Day sold a minority interest to the PL Giants' principal backer, Edward Talcott. As a condition of the sale, Day had to fire Mutrie as manager. Although the Giants rebounded to third in 1891, Day was forced to sell controlling interest to Talcott at the end of the season. Four years later, Talcott sold the Giants to Andrew Freedman, a rea! l estate developer with ties to Tammany Hall. Freedman was one of the most detested owners in baseball history, getting into heated disputes with other owners, writers and his own players. The most famous one was with star pitcher Amos Rusie. When Freedman only offered Rusie $2,500 for 1896, Rusie sat out the entire season. Attendance fell off throughout the league due to the loss of Rusie, prompting the other owners to chip in $50,000 to get him to return for 1897. Freedman hired former owner Day as manager for part of 1899. In 1902, after a series of disastrous moves that left the Giants 53½ games behind, Freedman signed John McGraw as a player-manager, convincing him to jump in mid-season from the Baltimore Orioles of the American League and to bring with him several Orioles' players. McGraw would go on and manage the Giants for three decades, one of the longest and most successful tenures in professional sports. McGraw's hiring was one of Freedman's last significant mo! ves as owner of the Giants; after the season he was forced to sell his ! interest to John T. Brush. Under McGraw the Giants won ten National League pennants and three World Series championships. The Giants already had their share of stars during its brief history at this point, such as Smiling Mickey Welch, Roger Connor, Tim Keefe, Jim O'Rourke and John Montgomery Ward, the player-lawyer who formed the renegade Players League in 1890 to protest unfair player contracts. McGraw would also cultivate his own crop of baseball heroes during his time with the Giants. Names such as Christy Mathewson, Iron Man Joe McGinnity, Bill Terry, Jim Thorpe, Mel Ott, Casey Stengel, and Red Ames are just a sample of the many players who honed their skills under McGraw. The Giants under McGraw famously snubbed their first modern World Series chance in 1904—an encounter with the reigning world champion Boston Americans (now known as the "Red Sox")—because McGraw considered the new American League as little more than a minor league. His original reluctance was bec! ause the intra-city rival New York Highlanders looked like they would win the AL pennant. The Highlanders lost to Boston on the last day, but the Giants stuck by their refusal. McGraw had also managed the Highlanders in their first two seasons, when they were known as the Baltimore Orioles. The ensuing criticism resulted in Brush leading an effort to formalize the rules and format of the World Series. The Giants won the 1905 World Series over the Philadelphia Athletics, with Christy Mathewson nearly winning the series single-handedly. The Giants then had several frustrating years. In 1908, they finished in a tie with the Chicago Cubs and had a one-game playoff at the Polo Grounds. The game was a replay of a tied game that resulted from the
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