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Additionally, the Giants' starting rotation boasted three Cy Young Award winners: Randy Johnson, Tim Lincecum, and Barry Zito. After the season ended, Lincecum won his second straight Cy Young. [7] The Giants would build on their surprising 2009 season the following year, winning the World Series. It would be their first in San Francisco.
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in San Francisco, California.The team was originally formed in 1883 as the New York Gothams, then the club was renamed the New York Giants in 1885. 75 years later, in 1958, the franchise moved to its current day city, San Francisco.
MLB All-Star Game NL Starting Pitcher: 1 2009 [50] NL Pitcher of the Month: 1 June 2009 [11] NL Player of the Week: 3 2009, 2013–2014 [11] Major League Baseball Starter of the Year 1 2008 [151] Players Choice Award for NL's Outstanding Pitcher 1 2008 [152] [153] San Francisco Giants Opening Day starting pitcher: 4 2009–2012 [154]
It was the first perfect game for the Giants franchise (first in San Francisco), the ninth in NL history, the fifth no-hitter thrown by MLB pitchers in 2012, and the second of three perfect games of the season, a Major League record, after Chicago White Sox pitcher Philip Humber threw one on April 21. Cain threw 125 pitches, the most by a ...
He went 3 for 4 with a double and 3 RBIs, including a bunt single that drove home the first and thus winning run in the seventh inning—easily the best offensive performance by a perfect game pitcher. At 22 years and 30 days old, Hunter was the youngest pitcher to throw a perfect game in the modern era.
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The 2009 models are red as opposed to the navy blue caps from the previous season. For the home opener for the Pirates vs the Astros, the Pirates wore the caps of the Pittsburgh Police Department (PPD) which had lost three officers and had two injured in a shootout on April 4, 2009. The Astros had them on before the game.
Keaton Winn had a career-high nine strikeouts in six innings to get his first major league win, and the San Francisco Giants completed a three-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies with a 6-3 victory ...