Giants All Time Leaders: The Franchise Record Book
When the season wears you out, go read the record book. It worked for me.
You know what I love about being a Giants fan? This team has been around since the 1880s. There are records in this book held by men who played in wool. So when this season wore me out, I went and read the franchise record book instead, and I felt so much better. Walk down the hall with me.
Willie. The greatest thing that ever happened to this franchise, and I'll hear no arguments.
Of course. If you ever want to feel small, look up what Willie did at the plate for two decades.
Master Melvin, from the New York days, with that crazy leg kick. Number 4's on the wall for a reason.
Silent Mike, 1887 to 1899. I had to look him up too. That's why this is fun.
Three hundred seventy two! For one team! No pitcher's ever touching that again.
San Francisco's own leader is Juan Marichal with 2,281, and I'd take that high leg kick over anything.
The only record here set in San Francisco. And he gave up his shoulder to pitch in the 2002 World Series. Love you forever, Robb.
What jumps out at me
Six of those seven plaques belong to guys who wore a Giants uniform in New York, at least for part of it. Mays is the bridge, the one who came west with us in 1958 and brought the whole history along with him. I never get tired of thinking about that.
And nobody on the current roster's anywhere near this wall. Rafael Devers hit 37 homers with 98 RBI this year, which was the one thing I could stand to watch. A few more seasons like that and we can start the conversation.
Want to fight about it? The real one is whose number should go up next. The hatred lives in the Dodgers rivalry page, and Barry gets his own whole page because he earned one. Everything else is on the Giants hub.
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