Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. The results were infectious; the Giants came within one game of a NL pennant in 1987 and then conquered the circuit in 1989, before being flattened by the A’s in a ‘Bay Bridge’ Series painfully overshadowed by a 6.9 earthquake before Game Three that nearly cancelled the whole event.Fed up with Candlestick and unable to get a new ballpark built locally, Lurie sold the Giants to St. Petersburg investors who planned to move the team to Florida—but baseball nixed the deal in favor of a less expensive offer fronted by Peter Magowan, who kept the team in San Francisco, embraced the team’s storied past and brought in Barry Bonds, who continually improved and tightened his grip on the title of the game’s greatest active player. Both the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York/San Francisco Giants have appeared in the World Series 20 times. The immediate postwar years brought stability back to the Polo Grounds, but not much triumph as the Giants experienced their first pennantless decade of the century. Support for the team remained loyal at the Polo Grounds, which burned to the ground shortly after the start to the 1911 season—to be quickly replaced by a steel-and-concrete version of the stadium that would last into the 1960s.Fueled with an infusion of potent, highly talented hitters led by Ross Youngs, Frankie Frisch and George Kelly, the Giants dominated the early portion of the decade with four straight NL flags—winning two “Subway Series” in 1921-22 over the local rival Yankees, whom McGraw came to abhor with a touch of jealousy towards star bopper Babe Ruth. 1933 World Series New York Giants over Washington Senators (4-1) 1932 WS 1934 WS. The Giants remained competitive in late decade but failed to reach the top despite brief stints from star sluggers Hack Wilson and Rogers Hornsby.Aging and losing energy, McGraw stepped down in 1932 and gave the managerial reins to Bill Terry, the last NL player to hit .400 in 1930—the same year the Giants set an all-time mark with a .319 team average. A comprehensive list of MLB World Series Champions from 1903 to the present. Reaching into his late 30s, Bonds was expected to decline—but instead evolved from superstar to superhuman, breaking season and career home run records with startling ease (while nearly giving the Giants a championship in 2002); it was later revealed that his late career spurt was the result of steroid use. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. McGinnity was gone and Mathewson was fading, but McGraw replenished his corps with one solid roster after another that featured no superstars—and no weaknesses. THE GIANTS BY THE DECADE. Bonds’ departure in 2007 set the tone for a wholly different Giants team structure focused on rock solid pitching.The call-to-arms philosophy paid off in 2010 as rotation stars Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain and rookie Madison Bumgarner delivered the franchise’s first world title since moving to San Francisco 52 years earlier; they won another just two seasons years later with help at the plate from MVP catcher Buster Posey, and two more years after that did it once more with an astonishing postseason effort from the imposing Bumgarner.

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