San Francisco Giants

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The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California. The team was founded in 1883 as the New York Gothams in the National League. Later, the team moved from New York to San Francisco before the start of the 1958 season. [1] [2] [3]

Retired Numbers

The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them. For non-players, the person's role in the organization is also listed. [4] [5]

  • (No number) Christy Mathewson
  • (No number) John McGraw (manager, also player)
  • (No number) Lon Simmons (broadcaster)
  • (No number) Russ Hodges (broadcaster)
  • 3 Bill Terry
  • 4 Mel Ott (player, also manager)
  • 11 Carl Hubbell
  • 20 Monte Irvin
  • 22 Will Clark
  • 24 Willie Mays
  • 25 Barry Bonds
  • 27 Juan Marichal
  • 30 Orlando Cepeda
  • 36 Gaylord Perry
  • 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)
  • 44 Willie McCovey

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