| The San Francisco have a rich and storied history | | | | make the playoffs, in 1987 they took the St.Louis |
| that is filled with many great moments and players, | | | | Cardinals to a seventh game in the National League |
| as they have five World Championships to their | | | | Championship series before succumbing, in 1989 the |
| credit and have had such greats as Carl Hubbell, | | | | San Francisco Giants had a powerhouse squad led by |
| Bobby Thomson, Wille McCovey, and Juan | | | | NL MVP Kevin Mitchell who belted 47 HRS and 125 |
| Marichal.The San Francisco Giants can arguably say | | | | RBI and powered the San Francisco Giants past the |
| that they have had the two best all around players | | | | Chicago Cubs in the NLCS and into the World Series |
| to ever play the game with the great Willie Mays and | | | | against Bay Area rival the Oakland Athletics, who |
| the incomparable Barry Bonds of the San Francisco | | | | boasted a virtual all-star with AL MVP Jose Canseco |
| Giants, Mays belted 660 home runs in his illustrious | | | | and slugger Mark McGwire to go along with an award |
| career and is thought of by many to be the best | | | | winning pitching staff, the San Francisco Giants were |
| player to ever play due to his ability to be able to | | | | no match for the Oakland Athletics and were beaten |
| play every aspect of the game at a high level and | | | | in four straight games.The San Francisco Giants would |
| possessing no weaknesses, as for Barry Bonds of | | | | make the playoffs in 1997 and 2000 but lose in the |
| the San Francisco Giants all hes done is his award | | | | opening round to the Florida Marlins and New York |
| winning career is win the National League Most | | | | Mets respectively,in 2002 they would once again |
| Valuable Player award seven times, win eight gold | | | | qualify for the National League playoffs, this time |
| gloves, twelve silver slugger awards, be voted to the | | | | behind the mighty bat of Barry Bonds of the San |
| National League all-star team thirteen times, and belt | | | | Francisco Giants who batted .370 with 46 home runs, |
| 708 home runs which is only 47 shy of Henry Aaron's | | | | 110 runs batted in, 198 walks, and a on base |
| all time mark of 755.In the 1930s the San Francisco | | | | percentage of .582, the San Francisco Giants |
| Giants would participate in three World Series, winning | | | | defeated the Atlanta Braves three games to two in |
| the 1933 World Championship, with NL MVP Carl | | | | the divisonal playoffs and went on to defeat the |
| Hubbell of the San Francisco Giants leading the way in | | | | St.Louis Cardinals in the NLCS and earn the right to |
| an upset of the powerful Washington Senators, the | | | | face the upstart Anaheim Angels.The 2002 World |
| San Francisco Giants pitching staff totally thwart the | | | | Series was one for the ages as the San Francisco |
| Washington Senators vaunted offense as they allow | | | | Giants and Anaheim Angels dueled and battled to a |
| only eight earned runs all series long en route to a | | | | seventh game, where the Anaheim Angels narrowly |
| four games to one rout.It would take until 1951 for | | | | defeated the San Francisco Giants to win their World |
| the San Francisco Giants to return to prominence, as | | | | Series.The 2006 San Francisco Giants will be a |
| they qualified for the fall classic again but were | | | | National League powerhouse with Barry Bonds and |
| denied by New York Yankees, but in 1954 against | | | | pitcher Jason Schmidt returning to health and |
| the Cleveland Indians the San Francisco Giants with | | | | newcomer OF Steve Finley adding punch to an |
| Willie Mays of the San Francisco returning from his | | | | already potent lineup, the off-season acqusition of P |
| tour of duty with the US Army rout the heavily | | | | Matt Morris from the St.Louis Cardinals will be a major |
| favored Clevealand Indians who won 111 games in | | | | boost, one that could give the San Francisco Giants |
| the regular season, one play perhaps changed the | | | | the dege in the National League West with many san |
| entire complexion of the '54 World Series, as Willie | | | | francisco giants tickets being sold.Great moment in |
| Mays of the San Francisco Giants made perhaps the | | | | team historyAfter trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers |
| greatest defensive play ever, tied with the Cleveland | | | | by 13 1/2 games on Aug. 11, manager Leo Durocher's |
| Indians a 2 in the eighth inning of Game 1 at the Polo | | | | troops rattled off 16 straight victories and won 37 of |
| Grounds and two Indians runners on base, the Hall of | | | | their final 44 regular-season contests to force a tie |
| Fame center fielder made an over-the-shoulder catch | | | | with Brooklyn. The two teams met in a three game |
| of a 460-foot smash off the bat of the Cleveland | | | | elimination to see who go on to the playoffs, the San |
| Indians Vic Wertz, the San Francisco Giants went on | | | | Francisco Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers split the first |
| to win 5-2 in ten innings, and the series turned into a | | | | two games setting a winner take all game 3 at the |
| runaway for the San Francisco Giants.The San | | | | polo grounds, the San Francisco Ginats trailed the |
| Francisco Giants made a World Series appearance in | | | | Brooklyn Dodgers 4-2 with two on and one out in |
| 1962 but were defeated by the New York Yankees | | | | the ninth inning when Bobby Thomson of the San |
| in six games, and would not make the playoffs again | | | | Francisco Giants stepped to the plate, the rest is |
| until 1971 a year in which the San Francisco Giants did | | | | history, Thomson drilled an 0-1 pitch off reliever Ralph |
| not have a pitcher who won 20 games or batter | | | | Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers to left field and |
| with a .300 average and were eliminated by the | | | | jumped onto home plate to put an exclamation on |
| Pittsburgh Pirates, their would be a drought of 16 | | | | "The Miracle of Coogan's Bluff," as called by |
| years before the San Francisco Giants would again | | | | legendary Giants announcer Russ Hodges. |