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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.
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.
The team was originally formed in 1883 as the New York Gothams, then the club was renamed the New York Giants in 1885. 75 years later, in 1958, the franchise moved to its current day city, San Francisco. Through the 2017 season, the Giants have played 20,528 games, winning 11,015, and losing 9,513 for a winning percentage of approximately .537. [1]
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 .
He has previously played in MLB for the San Francisco Giants. Bart played college baseball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. He won the Johnny Bench Award in 2018 as the best collegiate catcher. The Giants chose him with the second overall pick of the 2018 MLB draft and he made his MLB debut in 2020. The Giants traded Bart to the Pirates in ...
In 1962, Bailey platooned with catcher Tom Haller, as the two players—both left-handed hitters—combined to give the Giants 35 home runs and 100 runs batted in from the catcher's position. [11] In June of that year, Bailey had a streak of 3 clutch home runs in four games that propelled the Giants into first place. [12]
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 .