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The Giants are one of the most successful teams in Major League Baseball history, having won more games than any other team and having the second highest winning percentage. [4] In New York, the Giants enjoyed 55 winning seasons, with only 3 losing seasons between 1903 and 1939, a stretch which included two runs of 10 or more straight winning ...
San Francisco Giants (7) 92–70 .568 Won NLDS 3–1 Won NLCS 4–2 Won World Series 4–1 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks (5) 94–68 .580 Lost NLDS 3–2 2012 San Francisco Giants (8) 94–68 .580 Won NLDS 3–2 Won NLCS 4–3 Won World Series 4–0 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers (12) 92–70 .568
The Giants had won NL pennants in 2010, 2012, and 2014 (they won the World Series in each of these seasons), while the Cardinals won pennants in 2011 and 2013 (winning the World Series in 2011). The Cardinals dedicated the 2015 season to Taveras after his tragic death and they posted the best record in the National League.
The Dodgers have also won the National League West 14 more times than the Giants since the start of division play in 1969. Both teams have made the postseason as a National League wild card three times. The Giants won their first world championship in California in 2010, while the Dodgers won their last world title in 2024.
The 2002 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB)'s 2002 season.The 98th edition of the World Series, [1] it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Anaheim Angels and the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants; the Angels defeated the Giants, four games to three, to win their first, and, to date, only World Series ...
The 2014 National League Division Series was two best-of-five-game series to determine the participating teams in the 2014 National League Championship Series.The Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and St. Louis Cardinals (seeded 1–3 based on record, respectively) and San Francisco Giants—played in two series.
Game 5 remained tied at three going into the bottom of the ninth, until San Francisco's Travis Ishikawa won the pennant for the Giants with a walk-off three-run home run. With the win, the Giants became the first fifth-seeded team to reach the World Series. To date, this is the last time the Giants won the NL pennant.
The Dodgers and Giants divisional race became only the fourth time a pair of 100 win teams in the same division were separated by one game, the others being: 1915 Red Sox/Tigers; 1962 Giants/Dodgers; and 1993 Braves/Giants. [9] The Giants won the season series, 10–9. [10]