Team: San Francisco Giants
Sport: Baseball
Background: The San Francisco Giants
are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco,
California. They are in the Western Division of the
National League.
Founded: either 1879 or 1883. The
Troy Haymakers (or sometimes Trojans) were expelled
from the National League after the 1882 season. New
York had been without a club since 1878, when its club
had been expelled; John B. Day was awarded the New York
franchise, and so bought up the defunct Troy club.
Formerly known as: New York Gothams (1883-1884),
New York Giants (1885-1957), moved to San Francisco
in 1958.
Home ballpark: SBC Park (formerly known as Pacific Bell
Park (2000-2003))
Uniform colors: Black, Orange, and
French Vanilla (off-white)
Logo design: The word "GIANTS"
superimposed over a baseball. Alternatively, a script
"G", or an intertwined "SF".
Wild Card titles won (1): 2002
Division titles won (6): 1971, 1987,
1989, 1997, 2000, 2003
National League pennants won (20):
1888, 1889, 1904, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1921,
1922, 1923, 1924, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1962,
1989, 2002
World Series championships won (5):
1905, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1954
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Franchise History
Early Success
(1880s; Temple Cup in 1894)
The Worst Owner in the World
(Andrew Freedman, abrasive and meddling --
the George Steinbrenner of his time -- 1890s)
"The team is McGraw"
(1903-1932, and on through the 30s as an influence)
The Shot Heard 'Round The World
(1951) One of the more famous episodes in major league
baseball history, "The Shot Heard 'Round The World"
is the name given to Bobby Thomson's home run that clinched
the National League pennant for the Giants over their
rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers. This game was the third
of a three-game playoff series that was called after
one of baseball's more memorable pennant races. The
Giants had been thirteen and a half games behind the
league-leading Dodgers, but under the guidance of manager
Leo Durocher the Giants caught up to tie the Dodgers
for the lead on the last day of the season.
The game is also remembered for Russ Hodges' commentary
for WMCA Radio. Hodges calls the winning home run:
