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The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. ... The Giants have retired 11 numbers in the history of the franchise ...
San Francisco 49ers. retired numbers displayed at Candlestick Park in June 2009. Teams in the National Football League (NFL) retire jersey numbers of players who either are considered by the team to have made significant contributions to that team's success, or who have experienced untimely deaths during their playing career.
In 2023, the Dodgers announced that his number would be officially retired. The San Francisco Giants are currently keeping four numbers; Tim Lincecum's #55, Buster Posey's #28, Madison Bumgarner's #40, and former manager Bruce Bochy's #15, out of circulation. [17] The New York Yankees have not issued CC Sabathia's #52 since he retired in 2019.
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.
The Giants retired his uniform number, 24, and set their AT&T Park in San Francisco on Willie Mays Plaza. For millions in the 1950s and ’60s and after, the smiling ball player with the friendly, high-pitched voice was a signature athlete and showman during an era when baseball was still the signature pastime.
On July 23, 2005, the Giants retired Perry's uniform number 36. [69] Perry was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame on March 9, 2009. [ 70 ] Perry was honored on April 9, 2011, at AT&T Park with a 2010 World Series ring along with other San Francisco Giants greats Willie McCovey , Orlando Cepeda , and Willie Mays . [ 71 ]
Former San Francisco Giants great Willie Mays speaks at the ceremony to retire the number 25 of his godson, Barry Bonds, before a Major League Baseball game in 2018.
Monte Irvin's number 20 was retired by the San Francisco Giants in 2010. On June 26, 2010, the San Francisco Giants officially retired his number 20 uniform. He was joined by fellow Hall of Famers Willie Mays , Willie McCovey , Juan Marichal , Gaylord Perry and Orlando Cepeda in the pre-game ceremony . [ 26 ]