San Francisco Giants

San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Giants
2024 San Francisco Giants season
	Established in 1883
	Based in San Francisco since 1958
Major league affiliations
	National League (1883–present) West Division (1969–present); ; ; ;
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
	Oracle Park (2000–present); Candlestick Park (1960–99); Seals Stadium (1958–59); Polo Grounds (New York) (1883–57);
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. Former Senior General Partner (largest shareholder, estimated 35–40% share);
Manager	Scott Harris
General Manager	Gabe Kapler

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.

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.

References

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

Other websites

Official Website
San Francisco Giants at Sportiki Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
San Francisco Giants Forum^{[permanent dead link]}
San Francisco Giants 2000-present Archived 2006-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
San Francisco Giants on Scout.com Archived 2007-07-19 at the Wayback Machine

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[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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