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The 1972 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 90th year in Major League Baseball, 15th in San Francisco, and 13th at Candlestick Park.The defending division champions, the Giants fell to fifth in the National League West with a record of 69–86.
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 seasons (1903–14 and 1916–1925). In San Francisco the Giants have had 39 winning seasons, including their first fourteen in the city.
After signing with the Giants, Kingman played for the Class AA Amarillo Giants in 1970 after the College World Series victory. He hit .295 with 15 home runs and 45 RBIs in 60 games. Moving to the Class AAA Phoenix Giants in 1971, he hit .278 with 26 home runs and 99 RBIs in 105 games before being called up by the San Francisco Giants. [10]
May 11 – The San Francisco Giants trade Willie Mays to the New York Mets for minor league pitcher Charlie Williams and cash. May 14 – In front of a Mother's Day crowd of 35,000 in New York's Shea Stadium , Willie Mays makes a triumphant return to New York with the Mets, hitting a game-winning home run against his old teammates (the Giants).
San Francisco Giants: National League: Atlanta Braves [129] 171 Freddie Patek: July 9, 1971: Kansas City Royals: American League: Minnesota Twins [130] 172 Dave Kingman: April 16, 1972: San Francisco Giants: National League: Houston Astros [131] 173 César Cedeño (1) August 2, 1972: Houston Astros: National League: Cincinnati Reds [132] 174 ...
San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame James Ray Hart (October 30, 1941 – May 19, 2016) was an American baseball player who was a third baseman in Major League Baseball . He played for the National League 's San Francisco Giants from 1963 to 1973 and the American League 's New York Yankees in 1973 and 1974.
The Old Farmer's Almanac has been providing extended weather forecasts to help readers prepare for the upcoming winter since 1972. Today, their predictions are compared to 30-year weather averages ...
The Giants originated in New York City as the New York Gothams in 1883, and were known as the New York Giants from 1885 until the team relocated to San Francisco after the 1957 season. During most of their 75 seasons in New York City, the Giants played home games at various incarnations of the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan .