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The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team in San Francisco, California. They were founded in 1883, and have been in San Francisco since 1958. They are in the West Division of National League in baseball.

San Francisco Giants
2024 San Francisco Giants season
Established 1883
Based in San Francisco since 1958
Major league affiliations
Retired numbers NY, NY, 3, 4, 11, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 30, 36, 42, 44
Colors
  • Black, Orange, Cream
         
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
Major league titles
World Series titles (8) 2014

 • 2012 • 2010 • 1954
1933 • 1922 • 1921
1905 

NL Pennants (23) 2014 • 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 • 1997 • 1989
1987 • 1971
Wild card berths (3) 2002 • 2014 • 2016
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 Scott Harris
General Manager Gabe Kapler

The Giants play at Oracle Park. They have been playing there since 2000 when it opened as Pacific Bell Park.[2] The Giants have won eight World Series championship titles. They most recently won the World Series in 2014, defeating the Kansas City Royals in seven games. It was their third win in five years after beating the Texas Rangers and the Detroit Tigers in 2010 and 2012, respectively.

The Giants were originally from New York City. There they were called the New York Giants. They played their games in several stadiums called the Polo Grounds. They were a very good team in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Under John McGraw, the Giants won the 1905, 1921 and 1922 World Series. At that time, some of their players were Christy Mathewson and Bill Terry. Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe also briefly played for the team. By the 1950s, the Polo Grounds were old, and the Giants wanted a new stadium. Since they could not get one in New York, they moved to San Francisco.

After the move to San Francisco, the Giants lost three World Series in 1962, 1989, and 2002. But they won three Series in 2010, 2012, and 2014. In 2016, they had another shot at winning the Series in an even year; but they lost in the first round of the playoffs to the eventual champion Chicago Cubs.

San Francisco Giants Media

  • Fans celebrating the Giants' 2014 World Series victory at San Francisco City Hall.

  • Baseball card of Christy Mathewson. Card set: White Borders (T206).

  • 1933 Goudey baseball card of Mel Ott of the New York Giants #127. PD-not-renewed.

  • Barry Bonds on deck in 1993.

  • Madison Bumgarner

  • San Francisco Giants first baseman en:Orlando Cepeda in a 1962 issue of Baseball Digest.

  • Color postcard from the 1986 San Francisco Giants postcard set of professional baseball player Will Clark

  • Professional baseball player Jeffrey Leonard

  • Tim Lincecum

  • Professional baseball player, Willie Mays

References

  1. ↑ Sue Burns obituary, San Francisco Chronicle, July 20, 2009.
  2. ↑ "AT&T Park history". mlb.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2008-06-23.

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