San Francisco Giants (English: San Francisco Giants) is a professional baseball team located in San Francisco, affiliated with the West Side of the Major League National League. The team's home court is Oracle Stadium. The team
- team was first founded in New York. In 1883, it joined the National League with New York Gothams. In 1886, it was renamed New York Giants. In 1958, it moved to San Francisco to become the San Francisco giant.
- Giants have won 23 national league championships and advanced to 20 World Series since their establishment, which is the most common among all national league teams. The Giants have won 8 World Series championships so far, the fifth most in the major leagues and the second most in the national leagues, second behind the New York Yankees 27 times, the St. Louis Cardinals 11 times, and the Oakland Athlete and the Boston Red Sox 9 times. After 56 years of interruption, the Giants won the first World Series championship after moving to San Francisco in 2010, and then won the championship in 2012 and 2014, achieving a surprising three championships in five years and an even-year legend.
History of the New York Giants (1883-1957)
Giants are one of the most legendary teams, they are the second team founded in New York, established by John B. Day and Jim Matrie. In 1883 they joined the National League under the name of Gothams, and the New York Metropolitans (the first Mets), another team in New York, joined the American Association. Nearly half of Gotham's players were transferred from the disbanded Troyers; Gotham also inherited the original Troyers' position in the National League. At that time, the Metropolitans were relatively successful teams, and Day and Mutrie began to poach star players to Gaotan; the team won the first National League championship in 1888.
- It is said that after a satisfying victory, Mutrie (the head coach at the time) rushed into the locker room and shouted, "My big guys! My giants! (My big fellows! My giants!)" From that point on, the team was called "Giants". The original home court of the Giants, Polo Grounds, was also built during this period. Polo Stadium was originally located at the corner of 110th Street and 6th Street in Manhattan, and to the north of Central Park . After the Giants were forced to move out of the Polo Stadium in 1888, the team moved to several stadiums between the residential areas of Harlem, Upper Manhattan and the 155th and 8th Streets in Washington High Area, and renamed them all as Polo Stadium. The Giants used the Racecourse until the end of the 1957 season, after which they moved to San Francisco.
- Although he was considered "the worst boss in the world" in the days of Andrew Fleeman, he changed the fate of the giant. In 1902, after the Giants were tragic in 53 and 1/2 wins, Freedman signed John McGraw as player and head coach. McGroll will serve as the Giants' head coach for more than 30 years, which is a long-term position in professional sports. Under McGraw's leadership, the Giants will win 10 National League titles and 3 World Series titles.
- In the team history that is still short, the Giants have produced several star players, such as "Smiling" Mickey Welch, Roger Connor, Tim Keefe, Jim O'Rourke, and Monte Ward. Ward later became a lawyer and founded the Players League outside the league in 1890 to protest the unfair player contracts at the time. McGroll also trained several star players during his tenure. players such as Christie Matthewson, "Iron Man" Joe McGinnity, Bill Terry, Jim Thorpe, Mel Ott, Casey Stengel, and Red Ames are just examples of them. Their skills are all honed under the leadership of McGroll.
The Giants led by McGraw, the famous one in history, refused to win the American League championship in 1904, and the Boston Americans (now Red Sox) played for the Giants' first modern world competition, because McGraw believed that the new American League was only a little better than the minor league. The reason he didn't want to compete with the AFC Champions was that he didn't want to compete with his rival in New York, who looked to be winning the AFC Champions at the time. The Highlanders lost to the Americans on the last day of the season, but McGraw still refused to play. McGraw served as head coach for the first two seasons of the Highlanders, still known as the Baltimore Orioles.
1905, the first World Championship champion in the history of the New York Giants team.
criticism followed one after another, and Giants owner John T. Brush began to discuss with the league how to formalize and standardize the rules for the World Series. In 1905, the Giants returned to the World Series and defeated the Philadelphia Athlete with 4 wins and 1 loss to win the championship. Pitcher Christie Matthewson took charge of three wins. This is the last time the Giants have beaten the Athletics in the playoffs so far.
After a few discouraging years, the Giants and the Chicago Cubs ended the season with the same record in 1908, so they needed to play a game with the Cubs at the Polo Stadium; this game was actually a draw, which was caused by a controversial platoon error by Fred Merkle. But they lost to the bears and were unable to enter the World Championship. This single playoff game was full of doubts because some legends said that the Giants tried to bribe referee Bill Klem, but this was forgotten because Klem was fairly hosting the game and the Giants lost.
1917 lost to Chicago White Sox (the last World Series won by the White Sox before 2005) , the Giants entered the World Series for four consecutive years in the 1920s, winning against the Yankees in the first two years, but losing to the Yankees in the year when the Yankees Stadium was opened in 1923. Losing to Washington Senator in 1924, the only World Series win the Senator won before moving to Minnesota.
1930-1957: 5 league champions in 28 seasons
1932 McGroll handed over the position of head coach to Bill Terry. Terry's player and head coach has been in total for 10 years, winning 3 league championships and 1 World Championship. In addition to Terry, other stars of this era include Otter and Carl Hubbell (one of the pitchers of three mastered spiral balls in the history of baseball , and the other two are Mathewson and Fernando Valenzuela). Hubbell, also known as "King Carl" and "The Meal Ticket", left a famous moment in the 1934 Star Game - struck out Babe Ruth , Lou Jarig, Jimmy Fax, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin.
1942 Mel Ott became the head coach after Terry, but the era of war was difficult for the giants. In 1948, Leo Durocher became the Giants' head coach under some controversy - Durocher was originally the head coach of the Giants' rival Brooklyn Dodge, but he was accused of gambling in 1947 and was suspended, and the following year Dodge released him. Durocher served as head coach at the Giants until 1955, and these eight years were the most memorable for fans, because of Willie Mays' joining and two famous games: "The Strike That Shocked the World" and "The Catch".
The sound of the world's blow (1951)
An event that left its name in major league history, "The Shot Heard 'Round The World" was the name of the goodbye home run given to Bobby Townsend. The Giants relied on this goodbye home run to defeat their rival Brooklyn Dodge and won the 1951 National League Championship. The match was the final match of the three National League Championships considered “one of the most nostalgic championship matches.”In August, the Giants were once behind the Dodgers, which were ranked first, 13 and 1/2 games, but with Durocher's leadership and 16 consecutive games, the Giants tied the Dodgers on the last day.
This game is most missed by the report by WMCA radio broadcaster Russ Hodges:
Bobby Thomson up there swinging... He's had two out of three, a single and a double, and Billy Cox is playing him right on the third-base line... One out, last of the ninth... Branca pitches... Bobby Thomson takes a strike called on the inside corner... Bobby hitting at .292... He's had a single and a double and he drove in the Giants' first run with a long fly to center... Brooklyn leads it 4-2...Hartung down the line at third not taking any chances... Lockman without too big of a lead at second, but he'll be running like the wind if Thomson hits one... Branca throws...
There's a long drive, it's gonna be, I believe...THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! Bobby Thomson hits into the lower deck of the left-field stands! The Giants win the pennant and they're going crazy, they're going crazy! Ohhhhhh-oh!!!
This is a long play and it will become, I believe... Giants won the championship! Giants won the championship! Giants won the championship! Giants won the championship! Giants won the championship!...Baby Townsend scored in the first floor audience in the left field!... Giants won the championship and they were crazy! They were crazy!... Ohohohoh!!!
Despite the dramatic end of the season with winning the National League Championship, the Giants finally lost to the New York Yankees in the 1951 World Series and failed to win the world championship.
The Catch (1954)
In the first game of the 1954 World Championship held at the Polo Stadium, Willy Metz made "The Catch" - Metz dramatically hit the flat-fly ball from Vic Wertz, and received the kill with his back to the ball in the far-reaching middle and outfield. If that ball makes a hit, the Cleveland Indians can score and win that game. After that, the Giants were not favored by the time, won the World Championship that year with all four games.
Moving to California (1957)
The Giants' last three years in New York City are not worth remembering. They only finished the season with third place the following year when they won the World Championship, and the number of viewers entering the court to watch the game was much smaller. While seeking to replace the new stadium in Polo Stadium, the Giants are also considering moving out of New York, with the first place to consider is Minneapolis /Saint Paul.
San Francisco began to contact the Giants at this time. Under the opposition of some team shareholders such as Joan Whitney, majority shareholder Horace Stoneham began to talk with San Francisco Mayor George Christopher about the Giants' move to San Francisco, while Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley also studied the possibility of moving to Los Angeles with Los Angeles. O'Malley needed another team to move to the West Coast too to make the Dodgers' move successful, so he tried to convince Stoneham to move the Giants to the West Coast too. In the summer of 1957, the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodge announced at the same time that they would move to San Francisco and Los Angeles in , California, and the golden age of baseball in New York City also came to an end.
Before 1962, New York, which is the city of Yankees, was a single team. That year, Joan Whitney created New York Metropolitan to bring the National League game back to New York. The Giants' old "NY" logo and orange team color, and the blue background with the Dodgers, became the Mets' logo and representative color. The Mets still use these two colors, and later added black in 1998 - the Giants orange and black combined with the Dodgers blue.
San Francisco Giants History
The difference between the New York period is that the Giants' record in San Francisco is sometimes good and sometimes bad; although the Giants have achieved good results in recent years, there have been many periods before that only achieved unsatisfactory results, and the team has threatened to move to other cities twice.
1958-1962: Seal Stadium and Candlestick Stadium
- When the Giants moved to San Francisco, the Seal Stadium was used as the home court in the first two years. In 1958, Latino beater Orlando Cepeda won the Newcomer King award. In 1959, Willy McCauvey won the same award.
- In 1960, the Giants moved to the candlestick stadium often called "The Stick". The stadium was built in the southeast corner of San Francisco, overlooking San Francisco Bay . The often-fried whirlwind , the extremely cold temperature and the thick fog in the evening made the new stadium quickly gain a bad reputation that was the least suitable for playing baseball stadiums; the newly installed radiant heat furnace never worked. This bad name was even more imprinted in the hearts of fans in the 1961 Star Game; after a good day, the stadium began to blew. In the ninth inning, Giants' aid pitcher Stu Miller slipped off the pitcher board due to a strong gust of wind, causing a pitcher foul. Some fans said that Miller was "blowed" away from the pitcher mound.
1962 World Series
Main entry: 1962 World Series
1962, the Giants once again competed with the Dodgers for the National League Championship, and finally it must be decided by the series. After defeating the Dodgers, the Giants brought the World Series to San Francisco, but ended up losing to , New York Yankees with 3 wins and 4 losses. In Game 7, both teams hit the bottom of nine innings, the Yankees led 1-0, the Giants were two out but Matty Alou was at first base, Willie Mays then hit a two-base hit from the right field sideline. Yankees right fielder Roger Maris, who hit 61 home runs in 1961 and is usually considered to be better than defense, quickly passed the ball back to the infield to prevent Alou from getting a tie at home.
- has a fast-paced Metz on second base , and any hits from next hitter Willy McCauvey will win this World Series for the Giants. McCauvey hit a powerful fly ball in the second base, but was picked up by Bobby Richardson and quickly ended the entire series. Earlier in this inning, a sacrifice and strike by Felipe Alou made Matty Alou unable to get Metz back from second base to score; this was the beginning of Felipe Alou's strict requirements on basic skills in his later career as a player and coach. Furthermore, perhaps by applying salt to the wound, Richardson could not receive the ball in his previous guard position. He moved three steps to the left after McCauvey hit the previous ball out of bounds, just in the position where he could catch McCauvey's flying ball.
- Giants fans and famous cartoonist Charles Schutz, who lives in Santa Rosa near San Francisco, recorded this ball in his subsequent Peanuts comic (Peanuts) serial. in the first three grids serialized on December 22, Charlie Brown and Nelles Panbeirut sat upset on the front yard balcony steps. In the last Gerry, Charlie Brown cried to the sky, "Why could not McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?" In the series a few weeks later, the same scene, but Charlie Brown said this time: "Or why couldn't McCovey hit the ball just "two" feet higher?"
1963-1985: Always bridesmaids, not brides
Although the Giants failed to enter the World Championship before 1989, because there were several future Hall of Fame members in the team at that time, the Giants in the 1960s were a team that had the strength to enter the playoffs every year.These players include Gaylord Perry who threw a hit-free game in the 1968 season, Juan Marichal, who has a famous high kick-off pose, Willie McCowey, the 1969 Most Valuable Player, and Willie Mess, who hit his career 600th home run in 1969.
- Giants got a chance to enter the playoffs in 1971. After winning the division championship, the Giants easily defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates who had Roberto Clemente in the league championship game. The Pirates then defeated the Baltimore Orioles in the 1971 World Series to win the championship. In the past decade, the Giants released many players who later performed well in their team, including Garry Maddox, George Foster, Dave Kingman, and Gaylord Perry. But the Giants also developed two league newcomers during this period: Garry Matthews Sr. in 1973 and John Montefusco in 1975.
- Bob Lurie bought the Giants in 1976, allowing the team to move to Toronto ; Toronto gained the power to establish and expand the team a year later, which is the current Toronto Bluebirds. But Giants fans still can't feel completely at ease about the Giants' future in San Francisco. The Giants performed poorly for the rest of the 1970s, and did not end the season with a third or above in a year; the Giants won this third place in the 1978 season. This year, the Giants had young star Jack Clark and veteran Vida Blue on the team; the Giants led the most half of the division this season, but the Los Angeles Dodgers gradually became popular and finally won the West Division Championship and the National League Championship.
- In 1981, the Giants became the first National League team to hire a black head coach, with the head coach Frank Robinson. But Robinson was head coach for only four years due to his poor record. In the season shortened by the strike in 1981, the Giants completed the season with a winning rate of only one more than 0.500. The team invited veterans Joe Morgan and Regis Smith in the 1982 season. The Giants competed for the West Division championship with , Warriors, and Dodgers this year; Morgan hit a home run against the Dodgers at the end of the season, allowing the Warriors to win the West Division championship.
- 1984 Major League Star Game [1] was held at the Giants' home court Candlestick Stadium. The Giants' notorious former mascot, Crazy Crab, also made its only year in this year.
- Giants lost more than 100 games in the 1985 season, the worst record so far. For this reason, the team owner Bob Lurie invited Al Rosen as the new general manager. Under Al Rosen's management, the Giants have been promoted from a minor league to many promising new players, such as Will Clark and Robby Thompson, and traded with many famous players such as Kevin Mitchell, Dave Dravecky, Candy Maldonado, and Rick Reuschel.
new head coach Roger Craig served as the Giants' head coach from 1985 to 1992. In the first five full seasons led by Craig, the team never ended the season with more defeats and fewer defeats.
1986-1999: Lowest and Recovery
Led by head coach Roger Craig, and his unique mantra "Humm Baby", the Giants won 83 games in the 1986 season and won the National League West Championship in 1987, but the team lost to the St. Louis Cardinals after seven games. Although the game was lost, Giants outfielder Jeffrey Leonard was selected as the league championship MVP for his outstanding performance.
Entering the 21st century: downtown baseball, playoff tickets = World Series tickets
The Giants moved away from their 40-year-old home in 2000, the candlestick stadium that makes people feel love and hate, and moved to the Pacific Bell Stadium, which is located in downtown San Francisco, also known as McCovey Cove, and the intersection of Third Street and King Street. The stadium was later renamed SBC Stadium, and was renamed AT&T Stadium again in February 2006, at Willie Mays Plaza.Putting aside what happened on the court, this move brings the Giants and fans into a new era. The previous candlestick stadium was recognized as a stadium not suitable for baseball games, with a retro feel in the 60s and 70s multi-purpose stadiums, and in contrast, the Giants’ new home is recognized as one of the best professional sports stadiums.
- In this new baseball stadium that can accommodate about 43,000 people, the Giants' games are often full. Unlike when they were at the candlestick stadium, although the stadium can accommodate up to 60,000 people, the number of tickets purchased during the game occurs from time to time, even in 1999, the Giants' average number of spectators in a game was 25,000. Giants often have one of the most spectators in the major leagues after moving to the new stadium, in contrast to the team that had almost the fewest audiences in the league before.
- Although compared with other stadiums of MLB, strong winds still blew from time to time in summer, most pitchers agree that AT&T stadium is a "pitcher paradise". The advanced design of the stadium reduces the impact of the famous San Francisco cold wind on the stadium. Most fans can also take convenient public transportation to reach the stadium. Fans can also see the spectacular San Francisco Bay and San Francisco skylines and the Candlestick Stadium lost the scenery after the renovation of the San Francisco 49ers in the 1970s. AT&T Stadium is an important landmark in Mission Bay in San Francisco. Its construction has also driven urban renewal in southeastern San Francisco. But for Giants fans, the most important thing is that the Giants will continue to stay in San Francisco in the visible future.
- What surprised fans was that the San Francisco Giants won the division championship with the best record in the league in the first year of moving into the new stadium. In the year, even with the efforts of ace pitcher Lee Fan Hernandez, the Giants still lost to 1-3 in the division series. In 2001, the Giants were eliminated in the final day of the season in the 2001 season, in the qualifying for the playoffs, but Giants fans can still celebrate Berry Bonds hit 73 home runs, setting a record for the most home runs in a single season.
2002
Focus returned to the team in 2002, and the Giants won the National League wild card and were able to enter the playoffs. The Giants first defeated , 2, Atlanta Warriors, in the division series and advanced to the next playoffs, then defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4, 1, in the National League Championship, and advanced to the World Series. Led by Berry Bonds with a record-breaking 198 four-bad goals and a .582 on-base percentage, the Giants faced the Anahan Angels, who were also a wild card-promoted playoff in the World Series.
The entire event climaxed in the 6th battle, and the Giants still led 5:0 in the seventh inning, leaving only 6 outs to win the first championship after moving to San Francisco. Angels came from behind in the last two games, won that game, and then won the 7th game, winning the first championship in the history of the Angels, and also hurt the hearts of many Giants fans. Head coach Dusty Baker also left the team after the season and transferred to the head coach of the Chicago Cubs .
2003-2006
2003, led by head coach Felipe Alou, the Giants stood up again from the shadow of losing the 2002 World Series, and won more than 100 victories in the season, which was the seventh time in the team's history and the third time in San Francisco. The Giants were ranked first in the entire 2003 season, and the ninth time a team has reached this record. But just like in the 1997 season, the Giants lost to the Florida Marlins , which would become the champion of that season's World Series in the first round of the league division.
- In 2004, the Giants were not eliminated until the last day of the season. In the end, they were unable to qualify for wild card by one win, and lost to the division champion Los Angeles Dodgers in two wins.The season ended in a dramatic game, with the Dodgers winning the game on Steve Finley’s slam home run in the ninth. Berry Bonds also broke his previous record with 232 four-bad goals and a .609 on-base percentage.
- Giants' 2005 season was the worst season since the team moved to the new stadium. Bonts missed almost the entire season, with Ace finisher Armando Benitez unable to play for four months due to injury, and Ace starter Jason Schummitt performed poorly after several injuries. But this season also gave several young players more opportunities to play, including pitchers Noah Lowry, Brad Hennessey, Kevin Correia, Scott Munter, Matt Cain, and Jeremy Accardo, first baseman Lance Niekro, and outfielders Jason Ellison and Todd Linden. Randy Winn, who has been trading in Seattle Mariners, also helped the team through the difficult schedule in time. The Giants held a celebration for Hall of Fame member Juan Marichal on May 21, 2005, and set up a statue of him outside the stadium. The Dominican President Leonel Fernández was also invited to attend the celebration. In the post-celebration game, the Giants players wore the "Giantes" home jersey embroidered in Spanish. On July 14 of the same year, the Giants defeated their long-time rival, Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3, and also achieved 10,000 wins in team history, making them the first professional team to win five figures.
- On September 28, 2005, after losing to the 2005 champion San Diego Padres , the Giants were officially eliminated in the N League West Division championship competition. The team's final result that year was third in the division, with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses. They ended the season with more defeats and fewer defeats, which was their worst result since 1996. Despite the poor record, the Giants still gave head coach Felipe Alou a one-year contract extension.
With the support of a strong starting lineup, the Giants were optimistic about entering the playoffs in the 2006 season. After May's consecutive defeats and the worst performance in his career with Berry Bonds, the Giants still have a good chance to win the West Division championship and also topped the first place on July 23. But on the same day, Giants Final Pitcher Armando Benitez was tied by the leading division Padres first, and the Giants lost the game in the playoffs. Unfortunately, it was also the start of three bad weeks; the Giants had 3 wins and 16 losses in those three weeks, with nine of them losing by one point.
As August approached the end of the year, the recovering Giants were once again close to the number one in wildcards and divisions. Bonds made a good result after his feet recovered: a .400 strike rate in 27 games from August 21 to September 23 - 34 hits in 85 hits; the starting pitcher group also scored the league's lowest defense ratio (ERA), and the team also found an effective finisher Mike Stanton from the trade at the end of July. But the Giants only won one win in the final nine off-court events of the season, even though Bonds and right fielder Moises Alou hit well during that period. The starting pitchers that had performed well before all failed at this time, and the opponent scored 93 points in these nine games, which was more than the 19 worse games in August. The Giants were officially eliminated on September 25.
Giants lost 13 of the last 15 games of the season, and was third in the division at the end of the season, with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses, including losing all three consecutive games against the Dodgers at the end of the season. The Dodgers successfully entered the playoffs because of these three games. According to the Giants' comments, this is the first time that the Dodgers have qualified the playoffs at home at the Giants. On October 2, 2006, the Giants announced that they would not extend the contract for head coach Felipe Alou, but would offer his position as a consultant for the team.
2007: The end of the Bonds era
The Giants' outlook for the winter after the end of the 2006 season is not very optimistic: In addition to Jason Schumett, who has signed a contract of about 1.5 million a year with the Los Angeles Dodgers, a total of 11 players on the team became free agents after the end of the 2006 season. New head coach Bruce Bochy has just transferred from the San Diego Padres, and the health of veteran catcher Mike Matheny is not clear. But after that, Pedro Feliz, Ray Durham, and Berry Bonds in the starting lineup successively renewed their contracts with the Giants. In addition, Rich Aurilia, who is loved by fans, signed with the team three years after leaving the Giants. The team also signed with outfielder Dave Roberts and catcher Bengie Molina. Giants also signed former Oakland Athletics ace pitcher and former Cy Young Award winner Barry Zito with a 7-year contract of 126 million. This contract is the best contract indicator for pitchers in history (starting the road to a top pitcher’s fat contract), and also includes the eighth year’s choice. On January 7, 2007, the Giants re-signed Russ Ortiz to make him win the fifth fixed starting pitcher in spring training. Because of Ortiz's outstanding performance in spring training, the team placed him in the starting pitcher lineup in March.
The Giants had a slow start in the 2007 season, scoring only 20 points in the first nine games and losing seven games. Zito performed poorly at the beginning of the season, not winning the first two main shots, and lost 10 points in 11 games. The starting pitcher lineup found their pace in Denver's match against Colorado Rockies. With the help of the relay pitcher's excellent performance, the Giants achieved a record of five wins and 8 losses in this round of home games, and the team's performance also improved to 9 wins and 8 losses. Bonds showed he was healthy, playing in night games and the next day's day games, and hitting home runs in succession, hitting .348 hits and 6 home runs in 15 games, which also brought his career home runs to only 15 behind Hank Allen. The Giants continue their strong performance and hope to continue their game in Los Angeles to allow them to rank ahead in the division. With excellent performances in the pitching group and rescue pitcher Armando Benitez succeeded in rescue without losing points in three consecutive games, the Giants swept the Dodgers. After these three consecutive games, the Giants took the lead in the division.
San Francisco's luck turned bad after they headed from Los Angeles to Phoenix, and was swept by the Rattlers. The lack of timely hits and poor performances in the back-up pitcher group was the main reason for losing these games. head coach Bochy tried to find hitters who could get on the base in front of Bonds, as Vizquel fell off as he got older, while Aurilia was in poor condition. The Giants also received a low number of walks to the base, and they were only 69 walks in their first 24 games, of which 1/3 of which was Bonds' walks, while the Giants gave 101 walks to their opponents. Bonds scored four hitters back in the May 2 game against the Rockies, allowing the team to catch up and win the game in the last of the first three-game tug-of-war in these 10 home games. The next night, the Giants faced the Phillies, who had recently become the Giants' nightmare, and starting pitcher Matt Cain lost 7 points in the first three innings, his worst performance in his major league career so far. Although the Giants recovered 6 points in the sixth inning, the Phillies won the game 9-7 in the end.
Giants won unsatisfactory 3 wins and 4 losses in seven home games against the Phillies and Mets, and later 10 away games against the Rockies, Astros, and Athletes were 4 wins and 6 losses. In the following six home games, the Giants swept Houston three games, but then were swept by Colorado. In 10 away games entering June, the Giants once again scored a normal 4-6 defeat, with three of them losing to a goodbye home run. Back at home AT&T Stadium, the Giants played three cross-league games against Upper Bay Area rival Athletics, but they were swept again, without any points in the last 21 innings, and the Giants fell into the seemingly endless abyss.
The next weekend, the Giants faced the Red Sox in Boston, which they had not met since 1912. In these three consecutive games, the Giants were unable to send runners in the scoring position back to home base scores 16 times in a row. In this season, the average score was only once in 30 times, while Barry Zito was beaten and lost 2-10, while young pitcher Matt Cain lost 0-1 in two consecutive games. After being swept by Boston, the Giants headed to Milwaukee and were also swept by the Brewers. On June 22, the Giants lost the game against the New York Yankees at home, which was the team's eighth straight defeat, but the Giants won the second and third games against the Yankees, winning the three-game winning streak. Although the team later won three consecutive victories, it was rare to lose three consecutive games, and the Giants before the Star Game was 12 wins behind the first place in the division. After the week of the Star Game, the Giants were swept by the Dodgers at home and took the team to Chicago to play a four-game battle with the Cubs. The team won the second game, and Berry Bonds hit his career 752nd and 753 home runs in Game 4, but the team still lost 8-9 to the Cubs. These two home runs brought Bonds' career home run count to just two away from Hank Allen's career 755 home runs league record.
Giants traded Mark Sweeney to the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 9 at the cost of a player or cash. This is the first player deal between the Giants and Dodgers in 1985 [2].
After a historic week at Willie Mays Square, the Giants embarked on a tired away journey, including a single-day double against Pittsburgh, a three-game streak against Atlanta, and a four-game streak against Florida to make up for the cancellation of the game in April. The games in these three cities have always dragged down the Giants in the past. However, even if the miserable 2007 season was an inevitable fact, the Giants surprisingly won 6 wins and 3 losses in this difficult away game. This included sweeping the Marlins in four games and 1 win and 1 defeat with the Buccaneers in the double game, with Rajai Davis, a young player who was exchanged for Pittsburgh, revengeing his former team with 7-3 hits. Davis also performed a beautiful ending game in these two games.
The frustrating 2007 atmosphere resurfaced after the Giants returned to San Francisco. In the August 21 game against the Chicago Cubs, starting pitcher Tim Linsken successfully blocked the Cubs' eight innings. But hitting the poor Giants only scored one point, unable to make up for the five points the Cubs scored in the ninth inning, destroying Tim Linsken's excellent performance game. The Giants lost 1:5.
On September 22, 2007, the Giants officially announced that the team will not renew their contract with Berry Bonds in 2008. After many speculations and debates, team owner Peter Magowan announced at a press conference that the team needed a younger and more efficient attack ability, which is why the team no longer renewed its contract with Bonds.
2010 World Series champion
In the last regular game of the 2010 season, the Giants defeated the Padres 3:0, successfully won the National League West Division championship, and successfully entered the playoffs, avoiding the need to extra games to decide the championship.
2010 National League Division Championship, the Giants defeated the Atlanta Warriors 3:1 and advanced to the National League Championship.
3 The opponent of the 2010 National League Championship was last year's National League champion Philadelphia Phillies, with the first match between Tim Linsken and Loy Halleday, and the Giants won 4:3. The pitcher in Game 5 is the same as in Game 1, so the Phillies defeated the Giants 4:2, and after the end of the game, the Giants led by 3 wins and 2 losses. In Game 6, the Giants defeated the Phillies 3-2 and successfully won the National League championship at home, and will compete with the Texas Rangers in the 2010 World Series. The 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was won by the NFC, and the Giants had a home advantage.
World Series Game 1 was Linsken against Cliff Lee. Both players did not show their due performance. In the end, the Giants defeated the Rangers 11:7 and won the first victory, while Lee swallowed the first defeat in the playoffs. In this game, Freddy Sanchez hit 3 second bases. Game 2 Giants won 9:0, and the starting pitcher Matt Kane lost no points in 7.2 innings, and performed well [5]. The starting pitcher in Game 5 is the same as in Game 1. Two starters perform the pitcher battle, but in the end, Edgar Rentería hit a 3-point home run to help the team win, winning the World Series championship that violated 56 years, and Rentería also won the World Series MVP.
2012: Win the second World Championship in 3 years
June 13, 2012 In the game against the Astros at home, Matt Kane made a complete game, becoming the first pitcher in the history of the Giants to make a complete game.
On September 22, 2012, the Giants defeated the Padres 8:4 and confirmed to enter the playoffs with the NFC West Championship. The last time they won the division championship and entered the playoffs was 2 years ago (2010).
The opponent in the 2012 National League Divisional Tournament was the Heroes. Although the Giants lost at home in the first two games, they lost three consecutive games away from Cincinnati in the next 3-5 games. Among them, in the 5th game held on October 11, the Giants relied on the 5th game to build the foundation for the victory by relying on the main battle catcher Buster Posey to hit a slam home run in the 5th inning, defeating the Reds 6-4. The Giants became the first team in the National League to reverse the three consecutive wins after two consecutive losses in the divisional playoffs in 1995.
- The opponent of the 2012 National League Championship is the defending army St. Louis Cardinals. In the 7th game of the National League Championship, the Cardinals finally finished 9:0. After the divisional competition, he once again won three consecutive victories under the pressure of 1 win and 3 losses, becoming the National League champion, winning tickets to the 2012 World Championships.
- The Giants relied on "Kung Fu Pandas" Pablo Sandoval to score 3 home runs in a single game, winning 8-3 to open the red set. Pablo Sandoval also became the fourth player in MLB history to achieve a three-fire single shot in the World Series.
- In the end, the Giants swept the FA Champion Detroit Tigers with a straight-down 4 in the World Series, winning the second World Series championship in 3 years, and Sandoval won the World Series MVP.
2014: Win the World Championship for the third time in 5 years, the Giant Dynasty was born, and the team's combat power was not as good as before. With the courageous playoff performance of ace pitcher Madison Bangana and the cohesion of unity, they passed the game continuously. Finally, with Takashi Ishikawa's 3-point goodbye, the Giants defeated the Cardinals again in the National League Championship with 4 wins and 1 loss. World Series followed the wild card battle again in 2002. Facing the powerful bullpen iron triangle of Kansas Royal and the amazingly destructive fast-legged troops, the Giants relied on Madison Bumgarner's good shots in the first 7th game in the first 5th game, plus the good performance of a man who blocked 9 games in the fifth game, and led the lead in 3 wins and 2 losses after the first 5th game. After the 6th game of
2014 World Series champion San Francisco giant visited the White House and was received by President Obama.
Bangana left 21 innings in the 2014 World Series, 9 ams and 1 loss of responsibility 17K ERA 0.43 WHIP 0.48 291 ball count 2 wins 1 rescue result (the 7th victory after 3 wins and 7th defeat was changed to relay pitcher Jeremy Efitt). In the 2014 playoffs, Bongana scored a total of 52.2 innings and broke Curt Schilling's single-season record.
2016: Losing the championship
significantly strengthened the starting rotation before the season. The giants quickly became the leader in the division at the beginning of the season, but unfortunately, they were eventually reversed by the Dodge. However, relying on the old capital he has won the wild card and fought a desperate battle with the New York Metropolis.
Both sides were indeed the pitching match as expected. In the end, Jeurys Familia was shot out by Conor Gillaspie on 9 and laid the foundation for victory. In addition, Madison Bumgarner won the 9th game and won the championship after 9 games. He will face the best-record Chicago Bears in the division series. The third game of the division series, the San Francisco Giants who lost 0 wins and 2 defeats the San Francisco Giants returned to their home AT&T Stadium on October 11 to have a wonderful showdown with the Chicago Bears. Finally, after 13 games of hard fighting, the Giants relied on Brandon Crawford and Joe Panik to defeat the Bears 6-5, winning the series into 1 win and 2 losses, and retaining a glimmer of hope.
The fourth game, the Giants relied on Matt Moore's suppression and timely firepower in the first 8 games, and had a great opportunity to equalize the series, but the Giants' broken bullpen messed up everything in 9 games. The Bears scored 4 points in the game, and finally ended the Giants' surprise in a few years and entered the National League Championship, ending the record of winning consecutive championships in even-numbered years in the 21st 10s.
Poch announced retirement
Giants head coach Bruce Bochy announced that he would retire after the end of this season. This year is also the last year for the 63-year-old champion's contract.
on September 18 at the Giants' visit to Fenway Stadium in Boston, 11-3. Head coach Poch won his 2000th victory in his coaching career, becoming the 11th head coach in MLB history to achieve 2,000 wins in his coaching career.
Kepler took office
A few days ago, San Francisco Giant found the new GM SCOTT HARRIS, San Francisco Giant announced that former Philadelphia Kepler (Gabe) Kapler returned to California where he was born and raised, and seamlessly took over as the head coach of San Francisco Giants
Giants won the Padres 9:1 today. Not only won eight consecutive victories, but also confirmed to advance to the playoffs after winning today. It is the first team to advance to the playoffs this season. It is also the first team to win the playoffs since 2016. It defeated the Padres who missed the playoffs 11:4 in the last game of the season. It is determined to win the throne of the National League West District after 2012, interrupting the Los Angeles Dodgers in the same district dominate the division for eight consecutive years. The Giants are determined to fight with their nemesis Los Angeles Dodgers in the NFC Division.
Giants and their old rival Dodgers had their historic first encounter in the NFC Division Series. The 24-year-old Logan Webb led the battle and scored 7.2 innings and 10 strikeouts without losing points, helping the Giants win the first victory 4:0.
Before the game, the Giants invited Travis Ishikawa, who sent the Giants to the World Championship with one baton in 2014, to kick off, but failed to bring good luck to the team. The opponent Dodgers had both offense and defense tonight. In the end, the Giants defeated the Dodgers with a big score of 2:9 and were asked to return to the home advantage of the series.
Dodges strike out with Xue Zhe's goodbye strikeout in the 9th in the 5th game of the National League Division Series today, losing to Dodges 1:2, but in the end, this K was caused by Gabe Morales's ruling to swing more than half of the baton, but the obvious misjudgment through the replay also left a controversial ending for the game.
competitors
- Los Angeles Dodge (a century-old feud)
- Oakland Athlete (cross league)
- New York Yankees New York Yankees
Retirement number
- 3 Bill Terry
- 4 Mill Otter
- 11 Carl Haber
- 20 Monty Irvin
- 22 Will Clark
- 24 Willy Metz
- 25 Berry Bonds
- 27 Juan Maricol
- 30 Orlando Sepesha
- 44 Willie McCorvey
- 42 Jackie Robinson (all Major League Baseball teams retire this number)
- John McGraw and Christie Matthewson: There are jerseys without numbers hanging on the outfield walls because there is no backing number in their playing days.
Single-season record
- hit rate: Bill Terry, .401 (1930)
- Home run: Berry Bonds, 73 (2001) "American Baseball Record"
- RBI: Mill Otter, 151 (1929)
- Score: Mike Tiernan, 147 (1889)
- hits: Bill Terry, 254 (1930)
- first home run: Bill Terry, 177 (1930)
- second home run: Jeff Kent, 49 (2001)
- third home run: George Davis, 27 (1893)
- long hits: Berry Bonds, 107 (2001)
- stolen base: John Montgomery Wade, 111 (1887)
- consecutive hits: Jack Clark, 26 (1978)
- 4 bad walks: Berry Bonds, 2 32 (2004) "American Baseball Record"
- strikeout: Bobby Bonds, 189 (1970)
- wins: Mickey Willch, 44 (1885)
- strikeout: Mickey Willch, 345 (1884)
- defense ratio: Christy Matthew Sen, 1.14 (1909)
- Rescue successful: Rod Baker, Brian Wilson, 48 (1993, 2010)
Minor League Relations Team
- AAA: Sakarta River Cats (Sacramento River Cats), Pacific Coast League
- AA: Richmond Flying Squirrels, Eastern League
- Advanced A: San Jose Giants, California League)
- A: A: Augusta GreenJackets, South Atlantic League (South Atlantic League)
- ShortA: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, Northwest League)
- Rookies : AZL Giants, Arizona League (Arizona League)
- Rookies : DSL Giants, Dominican Summer League (Dominican Summer League)
