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The New York Giants were founded in 1883 by John B. Day and Jim Mutrie. Their home field was Polo Grounds III. Their team colors were black and orange. -
In the year 1905 the Giants played against the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1905 World Series. The World Series started on October 9th and ended on October 14th. The Giants won the World Series four games to one. -
New York Giants played the New York Yankees in the 1921 World Series games. From October 1st to October 13th The Giants won the World Series five games to three. -
A year after winning the 1921 World Series against the New York Yankees they went head to head again in the 1922 World Series. The New York Giants won four games to zero. -
In 1933 The Giants played their 4th World Series against The Washington Senators. The games started on October 3rd and ended on October 7th to the Giants winning four games to one. -
In 1954 The Giants played their 5th World Series against The Cleveland Indians. The games started on September 29th and ended on October 2nd to the Giants winning four games to zero -
After the 1957 baseball season, the New York Giants team moved to San Francisco and became the San Francisco Giants. -
Willie Mays was elected to the hall of fame in 1979. He ranks 5th in Major League history behind greats like Babe Ruth and his god son Barry Bonds. -
The Crazy Crab of the San Francisco Giants made his debut in the 1984 baseball season. The Crazy Crab mascot was meant as an anti-mascot. Fans booed and threw bottles at him. The mascot only lasted one year due to the job being very dangerous. Two of the San Diego Padres attacked the mascot leading Wayne Doba to sue. -
In 1993 Barry Bonds joined the San Francisco Giants. Barry is known to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball. In 2007 he hit his 756th career home run at AT&T park. -
On July 25th, 1996, Lou Seal made his first appearance as mascot. The mascot is a seal due to the large amount of seals in San Francisco. -
In 2010 the San Francisco Giants played in the 106th World Series against the Texas Rangers. The games started on October 27 and ended on November 1st with the Giants winning four games to one. This was their 6th World Series win. -
In 2012 The Giants played in the 108th edition of World Series against The Detroit Tigers.The games started on October 24th and ended on October 28th to the Giants winning four games to zero. -
In 2014 The Giants played in the 110th edition of the World Series against The Kansas City Royals. The games started on October 21st and ended on October 29th to the Giants winning four games to three. -
On October 1st, 2021, San Francisco Giants tied a franchise record of 106 games won in a season. They're on track to making a new record of number of wins in a season.