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The Giants moved from New York to San Francisco in 1958, with Bill Rigney as their manager. [10] [11] They won their first National League championship in San Francisco under Alvin Dark in 1962 but lost the World Series that year. [12] In their first 28 years in San Francisco, they had 14 managers (including two terms by Rigney). [1]
The San Francisco Giants have had nine general managers. [1] [2] [3] The general manager controls player transactions, hiring and firing of the coaching staff, and negotiates with players and agents regarding contracts. [4] [5] The first person to officially hold the title of general manager for the Giants was Chub Feeney, who assumed the title ...
Selected in the first round, second overall, by the Detroit Tigers in the secondary phase of the 1981 draft, Melvin was a catcher for the Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Chicago White Sox during a 10-year playing career from 1985 through 1994.
Bochy has won the World Series three times as manager, all with the San Francisco Giants. His team won in 2010 over the Texas Rangers (4 games to 1), in 2012 over the Detroit Tigers (4-0) and in ...
Matt Williams is returning to the San Francisco Giants as the third-base coach on new manager Bob Melvin's staff. The team announced its coaching staff Friday. Williams spent the first 10 of his ...
[8] [9] In 2019, he joined the San Francisco Giants front office in the same role, became vice president of professional scouting in 2022, [9] and was elevated to general manager before the 2025 season began. [8] [10] Zack and Perry Minasian are the first siblings to serve simultaneously as general managers in Major League Baseball. [4]
San Francisco announced last year that Melvin was returning to the Giants, this time as manager.Melvin spent three seasons with the Bay Area team as a catcher between 1986-88, playing the most ...
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 .