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San Francisco Giants
1958-Team 2632-2462, 517
The Giants moved from New York to San Francisco after the 1957 season, with Horace
Stoneham continuing as club president and controlling stockholder. Their home in
1958-59 was Seals Stadium; they played their first game at Candlestick Park on April
12, 1960. Led by centerfielder Willie Mays, first baseman Willie McCovey, and pitcher
Juan Marichal, the Giants had several powerful clubs in the 1960s, and won a pennant
under manager Alvin Dark in 1962. Charlie Fox piloted them to a division title in
1971. In January of 1976, Stoneham negotiated to sell the team to Labatt's Breweries
of
Toronto, but a court order prevented the club's transfer to Canada. Native San
Franciscan Bob Lurie stepped in, and with Arizona cattleman Bud Herseth, purchased
the Giants and kept them in San Francisco. Lurie bought out Herseth in 1978. In 1987,
under the astute presidency of Al Rosen, the Giants, managed by Roger Craig, won
their second NL West title. They made it to the World Series in 1989, aided by the
strong bats of Will Clark and Kevin Mitchell. The Series was interrupted for ten
days when an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck just before Game
Three was to begin at Candlestick Park. Oddly, the 1962 World Series was also delayed
in San Francisco, for three days, due to rain.
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