![]() I lived in the city, I went out to night clubs. Orlando Cepeda won the Rookie of the Year award for 1958, and was voted Most Valuable Giant by the local fans: "I loved San Francisco. Francis Wood neighborhood met with racist restrictions. Not only did the fans expect him to prove himself anew, but his initial attempt to buy a home in the posh St. Willie Mays, already established as one of the greatest players of all time, was less happy with the move to San Francisco. That first year in San Francisco, the Giants started four rookies: Orlanda Cepeda (the "baby bull") at first base, Jimmy Davenport at 3rd base, Bob Schmidt at catcher, and Willie Kirkland in right field. Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library San Francisco welcomes the Giants with a tickertape parade on Montgomery Street in 1958. Women would go into the supermarket and ask what the Giants' score was." For the first two years the Giants played at Seals Stadium, seating just under 22,000 at full capacity. Lon Simmons, then a first-year announcer, describes the city's transformation: "On the street, at the opera, people would have plugs from transistor radios in their ears, listening to the games. San Francisco embraced its new major league team. Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8 to 0. Ray Jablonsky gets a hit with Willie Mays on first base, Seals Stadium, June 1958.īaseball in Candlestick Park's first year, 1960, when the outfield was still open to the bay.Ĭandlestick Park 1960, first season of Giants baseball at the new stadium, described as "the best stadium ever built for baseball."Īpril 15, 1958- First game of the San Francisco Giants, played in Seals Stadium. Photo: Marshall Moxom, SF MUNI Photographer ![]() Seals Stadium, April 29, 1958, with the 22-Fillmore bus bringing fans to see the Giants in the first month in San Francisco. 1958, during the first year of the Giants in San Francisco. Seals Stadium from corner of Bryant and 16th looking northeast, c. ![]()
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