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This is a list of players, both past and present, who appeared in at least one game for the New York Giants or the San Francisco Giants. Players in bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in italics have had their numbers retired by the team.
Posey was selected by fan voting to start at catcher in the 2016 MLB All Star Game, Posey's fourth career MLB All-Star Game, the most all-time by a Giants catcher in franchise history. He was the catcher for battery mate Johnny Cueto , the second battery mate he started and caught for in the Midsummer Classic after teammate Matt Cain in 2012 .
Patrick Bailey (born May 29, 1999) is an American professional baseball catcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at North Carolina State University and was selected 13th overall by the Giants in the first round of the 2020 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in May 2023.
He led National League catchers in putouts and won the 1967 National League Gold Glove Award for catchers as the Cubs improved from a last place finish in 1966 to finish in third place. [14] [15] [16] Hundley was the first catcher to begin using a new hinged catcher's mitt that permitted a one-handed catching style, protecting his throwing hand.
John Tortes "Chief" Meyers (July 29, 1880 – July 25, 1971) was an American Major League Baseball catcher for the New York Giants, Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Robins from 1909 to 1917. He played on the early Giants teams under manager John McGraw and was the primary catcher for Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson .
The Giants have never held the first-overall pick, but they did have the second pick in 1985, with which they drafted Will Clark. [ 3 ] Four of San Francisco's first-round draft picks have won three World Series championships with the team— Matt Cain , Tim Lincecum , Madison Bumgarner , and Buster Posey —all as part of the 2010 , 2012 and ...
He hit .118 in 13 games for the Giants before suffering a knee injury while chasing down a wild pitch on May 4, 2024. [27] Murphy was subsequently diagnosed with a left knee sprain, [ 28 ] and was later ruled out for 4–to–6 weeks, [ 29 ] which necessitated a move to the 60–day injured list on May 15.
Dennis Gerald Littlejohn (October 4, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball player who played catcher from 1978 to 1980. He would play for the San Francisco Giants . Littlejohn attended the University of Southern California .