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The 1958 San Francisco Giants season was the franchise's first season in San Francisco, California and 76th season overall. The Giants' home ballpark was Seals Stadium.The team had a record of 80–74 finishing in third place in the National League standings, twelve games behind the NL Champion Milwaukee Braves.
The 1958–59 NBA season began on October 17. The 1958 Minneapolis Lakers were swept in the finals 0–4 by the Boston Celtics, with the last game of the series being played on April 8, 1959. Hamilton played for the Single-A Cleveland minor league franchise in 1959, which also would have ended its season around or before September 1.
The 1958 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series for the 1957–58 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. It pitted the Western Division champion St. Louis Hawks against the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics. The Hawks won the series in six games to win the franchise ...
On April 15, 1958, the Giants played their first game in San Francisco, defeating the former Brooklyn and now Los Angeles Dodgers, 8–0. [17] The Giants played for two seasons at Seals Stadium (from 1931 to 1957, the stadium was the home of the PCL 's San Francisco Seals ) before moving to Candlestick Park in 1960 .
When the Giants moved to San Francisco, they played in Seals Stadium for their first two seasons. From 1931 to 1957, the stadium was the home of the Pacific Coast League San Francisco Seals, the AAA minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. In 1958, first baseman Orlando Cepeda won Rookie of the Year honors.
Franklin Mieuli (/ ˈ m juː l i / MEW-lee; September 14, 1920 – April 25, 2010) was a San Francisco Bay Area radio and television producer who was best known as the principal owner of the San Francisco / Golden State Warriors from 1962 to 1986. [1]
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1957–58 NBA season; League: National Basketball Association: Sport: Basketball: Duration: October 22, 1957 – March 12, 1958 March 15–27, 1958 (Playoffs) March 29 – April 12, 1958 (Finals) Number of games: 72: Number of teams: 8: TV partner(s) NBC: Draft; Top draft pick: Rod Hundley: Picked by: Cincinnati Royals: Regular season; Top seed ...