

The Giants faced the Yankees in six World Series and played the league rival Dodgers multiple times per season. The Giants had intense rivalries with their fellow New York teams, the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Famous moments in the Giants' New York history include the 1922 World Series, in which the Giants swept the Yankees in four games, the 1951 home run by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", and the defensive feat by Mays during Game 1 of the 1954 World Series known as "the Catch". During the club's tenure in New York, they produced five of the franchise's eight World Series wins ( 1905, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1954) and 17 of its 23 National League pennants. Numerous inductees of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum played for the New York Giants, including John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, Mel Ott, Bill Terry, Willie Mays, Monte Irvin, and Travis Jackson. During most of their 75 seasons in New York City, the Giants played home games at various incarnations of the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan. The Giants originated in New York City as the New York Gothams in 1883, and were known as the New York Giants from 1885 until the team relocated to San Francisco after the 1957 season. The team's current manager is Gabe Kapler. The drought finally ended in the early 2010s under manager Bruce Bochy, the Giants embraced sabermetrics and eventually formed a baseball dynasty that saw them win the World Series in 2010, 2012, and 2014, making the Giants the second team in NL history to win three championships in five years. ĭespite the efforts of Mays and Barry Bonds, regarded as two of baseball's all-time best players, the Giants endured a 56-year championship drought following the move west, a stretch that included three World Series losses. The Giants' rivalry with the Los Angeles Dodgers, one of the longest-standing and most famed rivalries in American sports, began in New York and continued when both teams relocated to California in 1958. New York-era star players including Christy Mathewson, Carl Hubbell, Mel Ott, and Willie Mays join 63 other Giants in the Baseball Hall of Fame, the most of any franchise. The franchise won 17 pennants and five World Series championships while in New York, led by managers John McGraw, Bill Terry, and Leo Durocher. The Giants' eight World Series championships are second-most in the NL and fifth-most of any franchise. In 2014, the Giants won their then-record 23rd National League pennant this mark has since been equaled and then eclipsed by the rival Dodgers, who as of 2022 lay claim to 24 NL crowns. The Giants have played in the World Series 20 times. The team was the first major-league organization based in New York City, most memorably playing home games at several iterations of the Polo Grounds.
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The franchise is one of the oldest and most successful in professional baseball, with more wins than any team in the history of major American sports. Founded in 1883 as the New York Gothams, the team was renamed the New York Giants three years later, eventually relocating from New York City to San Francisco in 1958. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco.
