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  Titles:  Top San Francisco Players of the Sixties  
c 1962 NL Pennant (Lost to Yankees in World Series)  
    Pitchers:  
  BallPark:  Juan Marichal (55.33) -   122  
  Candelstick Park (1960 - 1969) Gaylord Perry (27.07) -   53  
    Mike McCormick (14.8) -   44  
c Team Name:  Jack Sanford (9.01) -   40  
   Giants Frank Linzy (10.38) -   35  
  Bob Bolin (14.08) -   28  
  Owner:  Billy O'Dell (8.26) -   26  
c Horace Stoneham Ray Sadecki (3.02) -   13  
    Bob Shaw (5.3) -   13  
  General Manager:  Ron Herbel (4.03) -   10  
c Chub Feeney  Billy Pierce (4.04) -  8  
    Stu Miller (3.48) -   8  
  Managers: Johnny Antonelli (0.64) -    4  
c  Bill Rigney (1960) Masanori Murakami (1.56) -   2  
  Tom Sheehan (1960) Eddie Fisher (0.42) -   0  
  Al Dark (1961 - 1964)    
  Herman Franks (1965-1968) Catchers:  
  Clyde King (1969) Tom Haller (19.01) -   45  
    Ed Bailey (6.68) -   23  
  No Hitters:  Jack Hiatt (5.9) -  8  
  Juan Marichal (1963) Dick Dietz (3.21) -  8  
  Gaylord Perry (1968)    
    First Basemen:  
  Hall of Famers: Willie McCovey (44.48) -   95  
  Juan Marichal    
  Gaylord Perry Second Baseman:  
  Willie Mays Hal Lanier (1.98) -   24  
  Orlando Cepeda Ron Hunt (8.7) -   10  
  Willie McCovey Tito Fuentes (3.03) -  8  
       
  Rookie of the Year ShortStop:  
  None Jose Pagan (3.16) -   17  
       
  MVP Third Base:  
  Willie Mays (1965) Jim Ray Hart (24.05) -   47  
  Willie McCovey (1969) Jim Davenport (15.15) -   32  
       
  MVP Outfield:  
  Mike McCormick (1967) Willie Mays (84.19) -   167  
    Orlando Cepeda (23.55) -   52  
  Notable Events: Felipe Alou (14.09) -   28  
    Bobby Bonds (9.06) -   26  
  1960 - After the Giants moved to San Francisco, they became a very entertaining  Harvey Kuenn (3.32) -   15  
  club thru their first dozen seasons. They were also reasonably successful Jesus Alou (0.02) -   15  
  averaging eighty nine wins, but only win one pennant. GM Chub Feeney was  Willie Kirkland (3.15) -  8  
  expert at signing young hard hitting outfielders. Not so good anywhere else.  Matty Alou (0.82) -   7  
  Adding outfielders to a squad that already had a young Willie Mays was    
  probably not what you wanted to prioritize. Anyway, they signed Willie Notable Events:  
  Kirkland, Willie McCovey, Leon Wagner, Orlando Cepeda, Bill White,    
    Felipe Alou, Jesus Alou, Matty Alou, Jim Ray Hart, Manny Mota, 1963 - Hall of Fame righthander Gaylord Perry, 23, is a rookie. He was   
   Ken Henderson, Jose Cardenal, Bobby Bonds, George Foster, signed in 1958  
   Gary Matthews and Gary Maddox.   San Francisco spent much of the    
   decade trading these guys to try to fill in gaps in other positions, particularly 1963 - Outfielder Jesus Alou, 21, is a rookie He was signed in 1958  
  pitching. They never could quite get over the hump    
   . The keepers on the 1960 Giants roster coming into the decade: 1963 - Third Baseman Jim Ray Hart, 21, is a rookie. He was signed in 1960  
  □  First  Base Willie McCovey, 22. ROY in 1959    
  □  Third Base Jim Davenport, 26, signed as a free agent in 1955 1963 - Outfielder Jose Cardenal, 19, is a rookie. He was signed in 1960  
  □  Centerfielder Willie Mays, 29, arguably the best player of all time    
  □  Outfield Orlando Cepeda, 22, signed as a free agent in 1955 1963 - Righty reliever Frank Linzy, 22, is a rookie. He was signed in 1960  
  □  Outfield Felipe Alou, 25, signed as a free agent in 1955    
  □  Shortstop Jose Pagan, 25, signed as a free agent in 1955 1963 - Giants field an all-brother outfield of Felipe, Matty and Jesus Alou  
  □  Pitcher Jack Sanford, 31, obtained from Philadelphia in 1959    
  □  Pitcher Mike McCormick, 21, signed as a free agent in 1956 1964 - Catcher Randy Hundley, 22, is a rookie. He was signed in 1960  
  □  Pitcher Sad Sam Jones, 34, obtained from St. Louis in 1959    
  □  Pitcher Stu Miller, 32, obtained from Phillies for Jim Hearn in 1957 1965 - Outfielder Ken Henderson, 19, is a rookie. He was signed in 1964  
  □  Pitcher Eddie Fisher, 23, signed as a free agent in 1958    
    1965 - 2B Tito Fuentes, 21, is a rookie. He was signed in 1962  
  1960 - Outfielder Matty Alou, 21, is a rookie. He was signed in 1957    
    1966 - Twenty five year old lefthander Ray Sadecki is obtained from the  
  1960 - Hall of Fame righthander Juan Marichal, 22, is a rookie. He was the Cards in exchange for Orlando Cepeda. This deal was a disaster.   
  ace of the staff in the Sixties. Juan was signed in 1957    
    1967 - Nineteen year old lefty Ron Bryant is a rookie. He was picked in the  
  1960 - Lefthander Billy O'Dell, 27, and righthander Billy Loes, 30, are obtained  22nd round of the 1965 amateur draft  
  from the Orioles for Jackie Brandt. This was a classic win-win deal as the    
  Orioles were swimming in good pitchers and the Giants were swimming 1967 - Mike McCormick wins Cy Young. He is also Comeback Player  
  in good outfielders. O'Dell would have a couple of nice seasons for SF of the year.   
       
  1960 - The Giants move out of Seals Stadium and into Candlestick Park 1967 - Orlando Cepeda, who was traded away by the Giants the  
   Candlestick Park was a typical Stoneham not think it thru blunder. It was a cold, previous season, wins the NL MVP Award as he leads St. Louis to a  
  dank venue with high winds - you have to wonder if Stoneham didn't have a deed World Series title. Giant fans are understandably unhappy particularly  
  for the Golden Gate Bridge that someone sold him buried amongst his posessions because the guy he was traded for, Ray Sadecki, stunk up the place  
       
   1961 - Catcher Tom Haller, 24, is a rookie. He was signed in 1958 1968 - Outfielder Gary Matthews,17, is selected in the first round of the  
    draft. He is a rookie four years hence  
  1961 - Righthander Bobby Bolin, 22, is a rookie. He was signed in 1956    
    1968 - Outfielder Gary Maddox, 18, is selected in the second round of the  
  1961 - Stu Miller is blown off the mound in one of the two all star games played draft. He is a rookie four years hence.  
  that season - this one took place in Candlestick Park    
    1968 - Outfielder Bobby Bonds, 22, is a rookie. He was signed in 1964.  
  1962 - Outfielder Manny Mota, 24, is a rookie. He was signed in 1957 People thought Bonds would be the next Willie Mays. They were wrong.  
    Altho' that was an unfair comparison to put on any player and Bobby turned  
  1962 - Ace Lefty Billy Pierce, 35, is obtained in a deal with the White Sox out to be a pretty good player, but always disappointed because he was  
  He was a big contributor to the pennant drive going 16-6 not Mays.  
       
  1962 -The Giants beat the Dodgers in best of three playoff to win the pennant 1969 - Outfielder George Foster, 20, is a rookie. He was drafted in the   
  This was their first World Series appearance in San Francisco.  The next one  third round of the 1968 draft.  
  would be 27 years hence in 1989.    
    1969 - The Giants finish second for the fifth season in a row  
  1962 - San Francisco loses a tight seven game World Series to the Yankees    
  ending on a screaming liner by Willie McCovey right at Yankee second 1969 - Chub Feeney leaves as Giants GM to become NL Commissioner.   
  baseman Bobby Richardson off of Yankee ace Ralph Terry with  This is a real blow to the franchise as he was never really replaced.  
  Mays on third.   During Chub's twenty three year tenure, the Giants  were perennial  
     contenders.