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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 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.
The first Opening Day game for the San Francisco Giants was played against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 15, 1958, at Seals Stadium, the Giants' first home ball park in San Francisco. [6] Rubén Gómez was the Giants' Opening Day starting pitcher that day, in a game the Giants lost 8–0. [6] That was the Giants' only Opening Day game at ...
On May 20, in a 4–0 win over the Dodgers, Lincecum pitched seven shutout innings and passed Hall of Famer Carl Hubbell for fourth place in franchise history on the Giants all-time career strikeouts list. [124] On June 27, Lincecum was hit in his pitching elbow with a line drive off the bat of DJ LeMahieu and left the game with an injury. [125]
In 1904, the Giants won the National League championship but no World Series was played. Christy Mathewson was the Giants' Opening Day starting pitcher that season. [3] The Giants also won the 19th century World Series twice, in 1888 and 1889. Ledell Titcomb and Mickey Welch were the Giants Opening Day starting pitchers in 1888 and 1889 ...
A three-time World Series champion and a three-time National League All-Star, he is widely regarded as a central figure of the Giants' success in the 2010s for his pitching and leadership. The Giants drafted Cain out of high school in 2002, and he made his MLB debut at age 20 in 2005, becoming the youngest player in the National League (NL ...
The New York Giants all-time roster is split by name into the following two lists: New York Giants all-time roster (A–Kim) New York Giants all-time roster (Kin–Z)
Cy Young is the all-time leader in wins. In Major League Baseball, the 300-win club is the group of pitchers who have won 300 or more games. Twenty-four pitchers have reached this milestone. This list does not include Bobby Mathews who won 297 in the major leagues plus several more in 1869 and 1870 before the major leagues were established in 1871.