Wellington Mara always felt this was the Giants oldest and truest rival and after passing away in 2005 the Giants honored their longtime owner by defeating the Redskins 36 – 0 at home.

The Giants honored Burns in a pre-game ceremony in which Barry Bonds was also in attendance.

* Bob Sheppard, long-time announcer for the New York Yankees and formerly, the New York Giants ; he is honored as a Yankee Stadium legend

He was honored before a game between the Giants and Oakland Athletics with a statue outside AT & T Park in 2005, and was named one of the three starting pitchers on Major League Baseball's Latino Legends Team.

The Giants honored him by commemorating a statue of him in his pitching motion.

The Giants also honored him by wearing jerseys that said " Gigantes.

" The Giants honored Youngs with a bronze plaque on the right field wall of the Polo Grounds ; although the Giants intended to pay for it, fans expressed their desire to contribute and, even though contributions were limited to $ 1 per person, donations paid for the plaque entirely.

In a ceremony before their July 9, 2005 game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Giants honored Nen with a plaque commemorating his 300th career save.

His team honored him after his death by defeating the team he always viewed as the Giants ' biggest ( and oldest ) rival, the Washington Redskins, 36 – 0 at Giants Stadium.

Murakami was honored by the San Francisco Giants at AT & T Park on Friday, May 16, 2008, when a limited edition Murakami bobblehead was given away at the evening game against the Chicago White Sox as part of the team's " Japanese Heritage Night " promotion.

The Chicago White Sox have honored the Giants by wearing replica uniforms during regular-season baseball games on several occasions, including July 1, 2007 ( at Kansas City ), July 26, 2008 ( at home vs. Detroit ) and July 16, 2011 during the 9th Annual Negro League weekend at Detroit, where the home team also worn the jerseys of the Detroit Stars during the 17th Annual Negro League Tribute Game.

Inductees are honored in a public ceremony that takes place during New York Giants football games.

, the year of a Giants World Series appearance, was statistically Rueter's best year.

Spilborghs hit the first walk-off grand slam in Rockies history, his second career grand slam, and his first walk-off homer in the 14th inning to squeak by the Giants, 6 – 4, Monday in front of about half of the 27, 670 fans who remained at Coors Field.

During his days in Atlanta, Aaron reached a number of milestones ; he was only the eighth player ever to hit 500 career home runs, with his 500th coming against Mike McCormick of the San Francisco Giants on July 14, 1968 — exactly one year after former teammate Eddie Mathews had hit his 500th.

These included Gaylord Perry, who pitched a no-hitter with the Giants in 1968 ; Juan Marichal, a pitcher with a memorable high-kicking delivery ; McCovey, who won the National League MVP award in 1969, and Mays, who hit his 600th career home run in 1969.

With eleven free agents excluding Jason Schmidt who signed with the Dodgers for roughly $ 15 million a year, a new manager on board with Bruce Bochy coming from division rival San Diego, and the loss of veteran catcher Mike Matheny due to complications resulting from concussions sustained during his career, the Giants ' prospects for the 2007 season were less than favorable going into the winter off-season.

Highlights included Johnson earning his 300th career victory, becoming the twenty-fourth pitcher in Major League history to do so, as well as struggling starter Jonathan Sánchez tossing a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres on July 10, the first Giants no-hitter since 1976.

The Giants ' defensive leader was Hall of Fame outside linebacker Lawrence Taylor who led the league with 20½ sacks during the regular season, won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award for the third time in his career, and became just the second defensive player to ever win the NFL Most Valuable Player Award.

Throughout their career, They Might Be Giants have released 15 studio albums, 13 compilations, 7 live albums, 18 EPs, 5 videos and 6 singles.

His managing career would go on to include Cleveland ( 1975 – 1977 ); the San Francisco Giants ( 1981 – 1984 ); the Orioles ( 1988 – 1991 ); and the Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals franchise ( 2002 – 2006 ).

Willie Howard Mays, Jr. ( born May 6, 1931 ) is a retired American professional baseball player who spent the majority of his major league career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets.

*" Monster Film Giants Willis H. O ' Brien " ( Full length bio and career profile )

Mathewson would eventually return to the Giants and go on to win 373 games in his career, which is a National League record.

Some historians speculate that the Giants got word that their star pitcher was risking his life and baseball career for the Stars and ordered him to stop, while others feel that the Stars ' coach got rid of Mathewson because he felt that, since the fullback's punting skills were hardly used, he could replace him with local resident Shirley Ellis.

During his career, he pitched for the New York Giants ( 1952 – 1956 ), St. Louis Cardinals ( 1957 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1957 – 1958 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 1958 – 1962 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1963 – 1968 ), California Angels ( 1969 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1969 – 1970 ; 1971 ), Chicago Cubs ( 1970 ), and Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1971 – 1972 ).

The museum houses Mize memorabilia from his time at Piedmont as well as from his professional baseball career with the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and the New York Yankees.

In a 17-year career, he played for the Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, and Kansas City Royals.

* Phillippi Sparks ( born 1969 ), former NFL cornerback who played most of his career with the New York Giants.

Making a late entry to the majors at age 25, Hubbell would go 10-6 in his first season, and would pitch his entire 16-year major league career for the New York Giants.

* October 1-Pelé played the final game of his storied career at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

* 14 October – Shigeo Nagashima, a well known sports player from Japan, retires from the Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, after a 17-year baseball player career.

Oh played his entire 22-year professional career with the Yomiuri Giants and was their manager from 1984 to 1988.

His hitting exploits benefited from the fact that, for most of his career, he batted third in the Giants ' lineup, with another very dangerous hitter, Shigeo Nagashima, batting fourth ; the two players forming the feared " O-N Cannon ".

* July 20 – San Francisco Giants pitcher Gaylord Perry, some six years after his manager quipped, " They'll put a man on the moon before he hits a home run ", hits the first home run of his career just hours after Neil Armstrong lands on the moon.

Yomiuri Giants ' Sadaharu Oh ends his career.

In a 15-year career with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants, he compiled a 207 – 126 record with 29 shutouts, 862 strikeouts and a 2. 92 earned run average when the league average was 3. 48.

He was extremely durable, starting 125 consecutive games during his Giants career.

View from the Stamford Bridge ( stadium )# West_Stand | West Stand of Stamford Bridge ( stadium ) | Stamford Bridge during a UEFA Champions League | Champions League game, 2008 In October 1905 it hosted a rugby union match between the All Blacks and Middlesex, and in 1914 hosted a baseball match between the touring New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox.

)", describing a fictitious encounter with the San Francisco Giants, which was a hit during the real-life pennant chase of 1962.

* Dontrelle Willis ( 2003 – 2007 ) — The " D-Train " was named the National League Rookie of the Year in 2003 and showcased his remarkable ( for a pitcher ) hitting ability by going 3-for-3 with a triple while scoring a run during Game 4 of the 2003 National League Division Series, which the Marlins won 7 – 6 over the San Francisco Giants to advance to the NL Championship Series.

Following the Colts first NFL championship, the team once again posted a 9 – 3 record during the 1959 season and would defeat the Giants once again in the NFL Championship Game to claim their second title in back to back fashion.

Feeling that this arrangement put the Jets at a disadvantage, the team announced in 1977 that they would play two home games a year during the month of September at the Giants ' new home in New Jersey, Giants Stadium.

In an effort to conceal the fact that they played in a stadium built and decorated for another team, the stadium grounds crew was assigned to make the stadium more Jet-friendly during Jets games by putting up green banners and placing the Jets ' logo over the Giants '.

An inside view of MetLife Stadium during the first-ever preseason matchup between the Giants and Jets.

The Jets met the Giants in 1988 during the final game of the regular season.

Additionally the team as a whole is occasionally referred to as the " Big Blue Wrecking Crew ", even though this moniker primarily and originally refers to the Giants defensive unit during the 80s and early 90s.

Before the 1976 season, the Giants tried to revive a weak offense by replacing retired RB Ron Johnson with future HOF fullback Larry Csonka, but Csonka was often injured and ineffective during his 3 years in New York.

A different scenario unfolded during the penultimate regular season game of 2011 as the " visiting " Giants defeated the Jets 29 – 14.

The Giants remained a powerhouse during the last half of the 1880s, culminating in their first league pennant in 1888 and another in 1889.

The Giants already had their share of stars during its brief history at this point, such as Smiling Mickey Welch, Roger Connor, Tim Keefe, Jim O ' Rourke and John Montgomery Ward, the player-lawyer who formed the renegade Players League in 1890 to protest unfair player contracts.

McGraw would also cultivate his own crop of baseball heroes during his time with the Giants.

Midway during the 1948 season Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher left the Dodgers to become manager of the Giants.

In addition to Bobby Thomson and Willie Mays, other memorable members of the Giants teams during the 1950s include: Hall of Fame manager Leo Durocher, coach Herman Franks, Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin, outfielder and runnerup for the 1954 NL batting championship ( won by Willie Mays ) Don Mueller, Hall of Fame knuckleball relief pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, starting pitchers Larry Jansen, Sal Maglie, Jim Hearn, Marv Grissom, Dave Koslo, Don Liddle, Max Lanier, Rubén Gómez, and Johnny Antonelli, catcher Wes Westrum, catchers Ray Katt and Sal Yvars, shortstop Alvin Dark, third baseman Hank Thompson, first baseman Whitey Lockman, second basemen Davey Williams and Eddie Stanky, outfielder, pitcher Clint Hartung, Hall of Fame second baseman Red Schoendienst and utility players: Bill Rigney, Daryl Spencer, Bobby Hofman, and Dusty Rhodes among others.

A strong gust appeared to cause Giants relief pitcher Stu Miller to slip off the pitching rubber during his delivery, resulting in a balk ( and a baseball legend that Miller was " blown off the mound ").

The Giants had narrowly defeated Denver during the regular season, forcing four turnovers in a 19-16 win despite being outgained in total yards 405 to 262.

To honor the 40th anniversary of the 1958 NFL Championship, also known as " The Greatest Game Ever Played ", the following participants of that game appeared during the coin toss ceremony: Raymond Berry, Lenny Moore, Jim Parker, Art Donovan, Gino Marchetti, Frank Gifford, Roosevelt Brown, Don Maynard, Sam Huff, and Tom Landry, the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants.

The proposed installation method was comparable to what had been used at the Silverdome during the 1994 World Cup, and at Giants Stadium from 2000 – 2002.

The doors are supposed to be closed while materialising ; in " Planet of Giants " ( 1964 ), the opening of the doors during a materialisation sequence caused the ship and its occupants to shrink to doll size.

The other big loss for the Redskins that season occurred during a coin-tossing ceremony prior to a game against the Giants.