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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 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. Through the 2017 season, the Giants have played 20,528 games, winning 11,015, and losing 9,513 for a winning percentage of approximately .537. [1]
The Giants won the series 2–1 on a walk-off home run by Bobby Thomson in game 3, a moment remembered as the Shot Heard 'Round the World. They went on to lose in the World Series to the Yankees. A 4–0 series sweep of the Cleveland Indians in the 1954 World Series earned the Giants their fifth title.
In Game 2 of the NLDS against the Cincinnati Reds, Lincecum threw two shutout innings, though the Giants would lose 9–0. [94] He picked up the win in Game 4 of the NLDS, throwing 4 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings of relief and allowing just one run as the Giants won 8–3 to force a deciding Game 5, which they would also win. [95]
For the 2014 regular season and postseason combined, in 40 appearances, Bumgarner started 39 games, the most by a Giants pitcher since Ron Bryant started 41 games in both 1973 and 1974, according to Fox Sports. [91] [92] He posted a 22–11 win–loss record and he struck out 264 batters in 270 total innings pitched. His 270 total innings ...
October 10 – Larry Jansen, 89, two-time All-Star pitcher for the New York Giants (1947–1954) and Cincinnati Reds (1956), who won 21 games in his rookie season while leading the National League with a .808 winning percentage, and was the winning pitcher in the 1951 playoff game decided by Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round the World; later ...
Ryan Andrew Vogelsong (born July 22, 1977), nicknamed "Vogey", [1] is an American former professional baseball pitcher.He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers (2007–2008) and Orix Buffaloes (2009).
In Game 3 of the NLCS against the Cardinals on October 17, Cain allowed three runs in 6 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings and was charged with the loss as the Giants lost 3–1. [82] On October 29, in Game 7, Cain threw 5 + 2 ⁄ 3 shutout innings and earned the win as the Giants won 9–0, marking the second time in the playoffs that Cain had won a series ...