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The 1960 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 78th year in Major League Baseball. The team moved their home games from Seals Stadium to the new Candlestick Park. In their third season in the Golden Gate City, the Giants finished in fifth place in the National League, 16 games behind the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates. The Giants hit ...
This is a list of players, both past and present, who appeared in at least one game for the New York Giants or the San Francisco Giants. Players in bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in italics have had their numbers retired by the team.
He then spent the entire 1960 season on the San Francisco roster, working in 17 games, with four starts. On August 21, he earned his first MLB win when he went seven innings in a start at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs, and held the home team to seven hits and three earned runs. The Giants won the game, 5–3. [3]
He appeared in six games in Major League Baseball for the 1960 San Francisco Giants as a catcher, starting in two games (on April 20 and 22). The native of Lexington, Tennessee, batted left-handed, threw right-handed and was listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall [1] and 175 pounds (79 kg). Wilson was signed by the then-New York Giants in 1956.
April 5 – The San Francisco Giants purchase first baseman Dale Long from the Chicago Cubs. April 12: With 42,269 fans in attendance, the San Francisco Giants edge the St. Louis Cardinals, 3–1, in the first game at San Francisco's Candlestick Park.
The San Francisco Giants have had nine general managers. [1] [2] [3] The general manager controls player transactions, hiring and firing of the coaching staff, and negotiates with players and agents regarding contracts. [4] [5] The first person to officially hold the title of general manager for the Giants was Chub Feeney, who assumed the title ...
Two San Francisco police officers were investigating reports of a woman screaming. Bassist Peter Albin recalls the band raising the roof off one day in the 1960s when their playing was interrupted ...
With 42,269 fans in attendance, the San Francisco Giants edge the St. Louis Cardinals, 3–1, in the first game at San Francisco's Candlestick Park. Sam Jones pitches a three-hitter, and Cardinals outfielder Leon Wagner hits the first home run in the $15 million stadium.