SF Giants Collector

Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T00:01:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th of July

2010-07-04T00:01:00.000-07:00

Thank you to those who have served or country

Update - Sad News

2010-02-13T01:31:00.000-08:00

I'm sorry I haven't been around lately - my dad went into the hospital last Thursday and then came home on Tuesday this week with Hospice. He died in the early hours on Friday.

He was ready and just wanted to get home to be with family.

Believe I 'll off for a little bit longer - will make sure that prize is awarded for the Magic Carpet Ride Contest.

#144 Will Clark 1986-1993

2010-01-09T21:46:00.000-08:00

Will Clark
William Nuschler Clark Jr. (the Thrill)

School: Mississippi State University
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft.

#550 Lance Niekro 2003, 2005-2007

2010-01-09T21:41:00.000-08:00

Lance Niekro
Lance Joseph Niekro

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 2000 amateur draft.

#675 Ray Sadecki 1966-1969

2010-01-09T21:39:00.000-08:00

Ray Sadecki
Raymond Michael Sadecki

May 8, 1966: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the San Francisco Giants for Orlando Cepeda.

December 12, 1969: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Dave Marshall to the New York Mets for Jim Gosger and Bob Heise.

#293 Ed Halicki 1974-1980

2010-01-09T21:35:00.000-08:00

Ed Halicki
Edward Louis Halicki

School: Monmouth University
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 24th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

#417 Dave LaPoint 1985

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Dave LaPoint
David Jeffrey LaPoint

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 10th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

February 1, 1985: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with David Green, Gary Rajsich and Jose Uribe to the San Francisco Giants for Jack Clark.

October 7, 1985: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Eric King and Matt Nokes to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later, Juan Berenguer and Bob Melvin. The Detroit Tigers sent Scott Medvin (December 11, 1985) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

Merry Christmas

2009-12-24T23:55:00.000-08:00

#430 Dick LeMay 1961-1962

2009-12-15T23:28:00.000-08:00

Dick LeMay
Richard Paul LeMay

School: University of Michigan
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1958.

Dick received an emergency call from the Giants June 1961 while he was pitching for the Rio Grande Valley in the minors. The youngster pitched impressively and became an important member of the bullpen brigade. Dick has a strong arm and good stuff.

In Dick's first major league performance he retired all 8 men he faced.

#120 Mike Caldwell 1974-1976

2009-12-15T23:23:00.000-08:00

Mike Caldwell
Ralph Michael Caldwell

School: North Carolina State University

Drafted: Padres #11 - June 1971, Aquired October 25, 1973: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the San Francisco Giants for Willie McCovey and Bernie Williams. (What a deal the Padres got)

#421 Bill Laskey 1982 - 1986

2009-12-15T23:15:00.000-08:00

Bill Laskey
William Alan Laskey

School: Kent State University

Acquired from the Kansas City Royals organization with Rich Gale in exchange for Jerry Martin December 10, 1981

Happy Thanksgiving 2009

2009-11-26T23:38:00.001-08:00

#827 Matt Williams 1987-1996

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Matt gave the Giants a formidable No.5 hitter behind Will Clark and Kevin Mitchell in '90. A big power hitter, he smashed 33 home runs and led the NL in RBS in his frst full major league season.

Matt wears his socks tucked in at the knees, also does uncanny imitation of the batting stances and swings of such bygone greats as Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson and Pete Rose.

#427 Craig Lefferts 1987-1989

2009-11-21T01:12:00.000-08:00

#263 Joe Gibbon 1966-1969

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The veteran southpaw was obtained by the San Francisco Giants on December 1, 1965. Joe has an excellent fastball and was the Intenational League strikeout leader in 1959. With Juan Marichal injured late in the season Joe stepped in to the Giant's rotation and won several key games.

#319 Ken Henderson 1965-1972

2009-11-07T01:06:00.001-08:00

Ken was named to All-San Diego prep team in 1963-4 and was chosen to play in County Prep All-Star Game in 1964. Voted PCL's best defensive outfielder in 1966.

#298 Atlee Hammaker 1982-1990

2009-11-07T01:02:00.001-08:00

Drafted: Royals #1 - June , 1979 Acquired: Trade 3-10-82

#298 Atlee Hammaker 1982-1990

2009-11-07T01:00:00.001-08:00

In '83 was first Giants pitcher to lead NL in EAR since Juan Marichal in '69, ans was member of NL All-Star Team.

#561 Billy O'Dell 1960-1964

2009-11-07T00:55:00.001-08:00

Billy reeled off 8 straight wins to start the '63 season.

#442 Frank Linzy 1963-1970

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In 1965, the hard throwing righthander was name the top NL rookie pitcher of the year. His 1.43 earned run average was the lowest in the majors but he did no qualify for the title because he hadn't pitched the required 162 innings.

#431 Jeff Leonard 1981-1988

2009-11-07T00:43:00.001-08:00

Signed by Dodgers - 1973 as a Free Agent Acquired: Trade 4-20-81

#474 Milt May 1980-1983

2009-11-07T00:36:00.000-08:00

Drafted: Pirates #10 - June, 1968 Acquired: Free Agent 12-12-79

Milt hit safely in 7 of his 1st 8 games for the Giants

#517 Kevin Mitchell 1987-1991

2009-11-07T00:32:00.000-08:00

Kevin Mitchell

Kevin Darrell Mitchell

Acquired: Traded from Padres to Giants 7/4/87 with P Craig Lefferts, and P Dave Dravecky for P Mark Davis, P Mark Grant, P Keith Comstock and 3B Chris Brown

Appeared in the '89 and '90 All Star games

# 293 Ed Halicki 1974-1980

2009-11-05T01:59:00.000-08:00

Drafted by Giants #24 - June, 1972

# 211 Jason Ellison 2003-2007

2009-11-05T01:54:00.000-08:00

I sent this during spring training and got back on 5-30-05

#231 Pedro Feliz 2000-2007

2009-11-05T01:47:00.000-08:00

I sent the index cards during Spring training and got the index cards back unsigned, but he did send the trading card signed on May 30 2005

#222 Darrell Evans 1976-1983

2009-11-05T01:44:00.001-08:00

Drafted by A's #6 (Special) - June 1967, acquired by trade 6-14-1976

#177 Jim Davenport 1958-1970

2009-11-05T01:38:00.000-08:00

Jim Davenport contributed mightily to his team's cause right from his rookie year (1958)when he slugged 12 homers and scored 70 runs while appearing in 134 games. Always a Giant for every one of his 13 seasons, Jim played every inield position, but was primarily used at third base.

During Davenport's career, the Giants were in World Series play only once 162, which, it turns out, was Jim's best yea at the plate. That year he turned in career highs in at bats, hits, homers, runs scored, walks, BA and slugging.

Jim mangaged the Giants during the '85 season.

#177 Jim Davenport 1958-1970

2009-11-05T01:36:00.001-08:00

Jim Davenport
James Houston Davenport

One of the orginal San Francisco Giants in 1958. Jim set a World Series mark by starting four DP's at 3rd base in the 1962 classic.

#145 Royce Clayton 1991-1995

2009-11-05T01:22:00.000-08:00

Drafted by Giants #1 - June 1988

#143 Jack Clark 1975-1984

2009-11-05T01:18:00.000-08:00

A fine outfielder, Jack has also seen minor league action at 3rd base. Has fine speed and quickness on basepaths and gets good wood on ball at plate.

#143 Jack Clark 1975-1984

2009-11-05T01:16:00.000-08:00

Drafted by Giants #13 - June 1973

#92 Fred Breining 1980-1983

2009-11-05T01:12:00.000-08:00

Drafted by Pirates #3 - Jan 1974, Acquired: Trade 6-28-79

A native San Franciscan - not the first hometown boy to play for the team - that was "Dirty Al" Gallagher.

#65 Bud Black 1991-1994

2009-11-05T01:08:00.000-08:00

Drafted by Mariners #17 - June 1979, Acquired: Free Agent 11-9-90

So nice to have a local boy play for the team.

#857 Sean McGowan

2009-10-23T21:52:00.001-07:00

McGowan was selected by the Giants inthe thrid round of the 1999 draft out of Boston College. He batted .335 at Salem-Keizer (A) with 15 home runs and 62 RBI in just 257at-bats before advancing to San Jose (A). At 6-6, 240, Sean has developed a reputation for his prodigious batting practice displays. As senor at BC, he batted .430 with 25 hommers and 70 RBI, finishing second in Division I with a .916 slugging percentage. McGowan was rated San Francisco's seventh-best prospect by Baseball America prior to the 2000 season.

#517 Kevin Mitchell 1987 - 1991

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#422 Gary Lavelle 1974 - 1984

2009-10-23T21:48:00.001-07:00

Drafted #17 by the Giants - June 1967.

Fanned 2 battrs in 2 innings of work in 1977 All-Star Game in Yankee Stadium.

#361 Mike Jeffcoat 1985

2009-10-23T21:46:00.002-07:00

Beat Yankees for his first ML win in 1983 after being called up from Charleston for the Indians.

#330 Livan Hernandez 1999-2000

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#254 Rich Gale 1982

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Traded from the Royals to Giants 12/10/81 with Pitcher Bill Laskey for Outfielder Jerry Martin.

Re-emerged as a regular starter with Giants in 1982 after struggling with the Royals in 1981. Was the top rookie pitcher in the AL in 1978

#804 Colin Ward 1985

2009-10-23T21:40:00.001-07:00

1986 ProCards – Shreveport Captains – played in Phoenix and 6 games in San Francisco in 85

#697 Mackey Sasser 1987

2009-10-23T21:39:00.001-07:00

1986 ProCards – Shreveport Captains – play in Fresno in 85

#754 Stu Tate 1989

2009-10-23T21:37:00.001-07:00

1986 ProCards - Shreveport Captains - play in Fresno in 85

#445 Greg Litton 1989 - 1992

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1986 ProCards - Shreveport Captains - play in Fresno in 85

#311 Charlie Hayes 1988-1989, 1997- 1999

2009-10-23T21:34:00.001-07:00

1986 ProCards - Shreveport Captains - play in Fresno in 85

#214 Angel Escobar 1988

2009-10-23T21:33:00.001-07:00

1986 ProCards - Shreveport Captains - play in Fresno in 85

#111 John Burkett 1987, 1990-1994

2009-10-23T21:31:00.000-07:00

1986 ProSports - Shreveport Captains - played in Fresno in 85

#763 Gary Thomasson 1972- 1977

2009-10-23T21:29:00.000-07:00

Drafted by Giants #8 - June, 1969

#474 Milt May 1980 - 1983

2009-10-23T21:28:00.001-07:00

Drafted by the Pirates #10 - June, 1968

#91 Jeff Brantley 1988 - 1993

2009-10-23T21:26:00.000-07:00

1986 ProCards Shreveport Captains - in 85 he played in Fresno

#332 Larry Herndon 1976-1981

2009-10-23T21:23:00.001-07:00

Career Highlights - Led the Giants in hits, triples and stolen bases in '81....Giants acquired him from the Cardinals 5/9/75 in trade fo P Ron Bryant....Was named NL's top rookie of '76 by The Sporting News when he hit .288 for the Giants with 11 doubles and 12 stolen bases...Has played all three outfield positions...Led Texas League in stolen bases (50) and triples (10) in '74...Attended Tennessee A& I U

#817 Ed Whitson 1979-1981

2009-10-23T21:21:00.001-07:00

Drafted by Pirates #6 June 1974, Traded to Giants 6-28-79

#143 Jack Clark 1975 -1984

2009-10-23T21:20:00.001-07:00

1971 - Sign by Giants after compiling an impressive pitching career in high school.

#457 Kirt Manwaring 1987 - 1996

2009-10-23T21:18:00.001-07:00

With Gary Carter on the disabled list in mid-July, Kirt got another chance to show his wares as a back-up catcher for the Giants in '90. He was recalled from Triple-A Phoenix and batted .286 in this first four games in '89. Kirt was with the Giants all year and split time with veteran Terry Kennedy.

Kirt was the Giants second pick after Matt Williams in the '86 draft.

#332 Larry Herndon 1976-1981

2009-10-23T21:14:00.000-07:00

#211 Jason Ellison 2003-2007

2009-10-23T21:13:00.001-07:00

When Barry Bonds started 2005 on the DL, a slot opened for Ellison as an extra outfielder, giving him a chance to show off for a future opening.

#180 Mark Davis 1983 - 1987

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#58 Mike Benjamin 1989-1995

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#42 Jim Barr 1971-1978, 1982-1983

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Drafted by the Giants #2 in a Special draft in June, 1970