SF Giants 1960's awards

I know that my previous blogs have been about the history of the SF Giants within a certain 10 year span, now I think that instead of getting too text booky like I have been doing, I am going to list different awards, hall of famers and all-stars if any within the next ten year span starting with the 1960 season.

 

 

(1960)


In the year of 1960, the Giants had one player win a Gold Glove for their performance on defense and had three all-star players. Willie Mays won a Gold Glove and the three Giants all-stars were first baseman Orlando Cepeda, outfielder Willie Mays and pitcher Mike McCormick.

 

(1961)

In the year of 1961, the Giants had one player win a Gold Glove for their performance on defense and had five all-star players. Willie Mays won his fifth straight Gold Glove and the five Giants all-stars were first baseman Orlando Cepeda, outfielder Willie Mays, pitcher Mike McCormick, catcher Ed Bailey and pitcher Stu Miller.

 

(1962)

In the year of 1962, the Giants had two players win a Gold Glove for their performance on defense and had five all-star players. Willie Mays and Jim Davenport won a Gold Glove and the five Giants all-stars were first baseman Orlando Cepeda, outfielder Willie Mays, outfielder Felipe Alou, third baseman Jim Davenport and pitcher Juan Marichal.

 

(1963)

In the year of 1963, the Giants had one player win a Gold Glove for their performance on defense and had five all-star players. Willie Mays won a Gold Glove again and the five Giants all-stars were catcher Ed Bailey, first baseman Orlando Cepeda, outfielder Willie Mays, first baseman Willie McCovey and pitcher Juan Marichal.

 

(1964)

In the year of 1964, the Giants had one player win a Gold Glove for their performance on defense, two players that were inducted into the Hall of Fame and had three all-star players. Willie Mays won a Gold Glove again, the two players inducted were shortstop Monte Ward pitcher Tim Keefe and the three Giants all-stars were first baseman Orlando Cepeda, outfielder Willie Mays, pitcher Juan Marichal and pitcher Mike McCormick.

 

(1965)

In the year of 1965, the Giants had one player win a Gold Glove for their performance on defense, one MVP, one Rookie of the Year and had two all-star players. Willie Mays won a Gold Glove, Willie Mays won the MVP award as baseball’s Most Valuable Player, Frank Linzy won the Rookie of the Year award as baseball’s top rookie and the two Giants all-stars were pitcher Juan Marichal and outfielder Willie Mays.

 

(1966)

In the year of 1966, the Giants had one player win a Gold Glove for their performance on defense and had six all-star players. Willie Mays won a Gold Glove and the six Giants all-stars were catcher Tom Haller, third baseman Jim Hart, pitcher Juan Marichal, first baseman Willie McCovey, outfielder Willie Mays and pitcher Gaylord Perry.

 

(1967)

In the year of 1967, the Giants had one player win a Gold Glove for their performance on defense, one Comeback Player of the Year and had three all-star players. Willie Mays won a Gold Glove, the Comeback Player of the Year was pitcher Mike McCormick and the three Giants all-stars were catcher Tom Haller, outfielder Willie Mays and pitcher Juan Marichal.

 

(1968)

In the year of 1968, the Giants had one player win a Gold Glove for their performance on defense and had three all-star players. Willie Mays won a Gold Glove and the three Giants all-stars were first baseman Willie McCovey, outfielder Willie Mays and pitcher Juan Marichal.

 

 (1969)

In the year of 1969, the Giants had three all-star players and one player win the MVP. Willie McCovey won the MVP award and the three Giants all-stars were first baseman Willie McCovey, outfielder Willie Mays and pitcher Juan Marichal.

 

The 1960’s consisted of many different awards but a lot of the similar players. Willie Mays, Willie McCovey and Juan Marichal attained most awards within the time period. Willie Mays and Willie McCovey are two huge Giant names and they are considered as two of the best players that have ever played the game. They both had bright futures the city of San Francisco will always know who Mays and McCovey are.

SF Giants History 1950's

For the next part of my blog about the SF Giants, I will be discussing the events between 1950 and 1960, starting with the 1951 season.

 

(1951)

The Giants erased a 13.5 game lead by the rivaled Dodgers to win in a 3 game series for the NL pennant with one of the most memorable homeruns in Giants history as well as baseball history. The Giants win 16 straight games and 37 out of the last 44 to force a tie with the Dodgers. The 3 game series came down to game 3 and it was a dandy. It was called “The Shot Heard Around The World.” The Giants saw themselves down 4-2 in the bottom of the 9^th inning. Bobby Thompson was at the plate with 2 on while Ralph Branca was the opposing pitcher. The Giants season was on the line and Thompson nailed a 3 run homerun to give the Giants the pennant! This would lead to a World Series battle with the Yankees with the Giants losing in 6 games. Hall of Famer Willie Mays made his debut in 1951 where he won the Rookie of the Year.

 

To watch the “Shot Heard Around The World,” click here.

(1954)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Giants capture their 5^th World Series Title and 1^st since 1933. Willie Mays led the way with quite possibly one of the best defensive catches that baseball had ever seen.  Mays made an over the shoulder catch in Game 1 of the World Series with the game tied at 2 apiece. The Giants went onto win the game 5-2 and blow away the Indians in a 4 game sweep to capture the title. The Indians led the majors with 111 wins in the season.   

 

 

(1957)

The Giants head out to the west coast in the 1957 campaign. The Giants see a decrease in fans compared to the New York Years.  The Giants officially moves to the Bay Area for the 1958 season. This starts the San Francisco Giants era.

 

(1958)

The new San Francisco Giants receive a parade and great welcome at their new stadium Seals Stadium. The opener was April 15 and fans filled the stadium quickly. The Giants defeat the rival Dodgers 8-0, which made the opener that much better. The Giants defeated the Dodgers 16 of 22 times in the season, making the 75 year old rivalry awesome.

I think that the 1950’s was a great building block for the Giants. With the upcoming players they had to go along with the move to San Francisco along with a new manager and a World Title, the 1950’s was a special decade. Willie Mays today is still known as one of the best baseball players to ever play the game and it was awesome that he was a Giant. The Giants were considered “underdogs” in all of its World Championships. I think that is pretty cool that everyone doubts em yet they go out and surprise the world. It only gets better from here.

 

Video Talking About "Shot Heard Around The World" and Willie Mays.

 

SF Giants history 1940's

For the next part of my blog about the SF Giants, I will be discussing the events between 1940 and 1940, starting with the 1942 season.

 

(1942)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mel Ott 1926-1947

 

 

Mel Ott takes over the reign of manager for the Giants. Ott had been a Giant for 22 years where he played right field. Ott managed while he played, where he compiled an NL best 30 home runs and 118 runs in the season. Other than this, the Giants lost many players to the military service because of the war years. Players like Harry Danning, Babe Young and Williard Marshall were all called to duty. The Giants lost 98 games in the campaign.

 

(1948)

The Giants made a stunning move where they hired former Dodgers manager Leo Durocher as the manger. Durocher replaced Ott as manager. Durocher stated in 1946 that “nice guys finish last.” This phrase was directed toward Ott. The new manager, over the next few years, shaped the Giants team which was built on speed and aggressiveness instead of all the power they had.

 

 

The 1940’s really didn’t prove to be so magical for the Giants as they collected no titles or championships, which was really strange since they were such a dominant team in the earlier years. It’s funny that I blog about Mel Ott, because as of today, it is Mel Ott’s birthday which is pretrty cool. I think even though no one agreed with the hiring of a Dodgers manager because of the rivalry, it turned out to be pretty good for the Giants, as their history gets better in the 1950’s.