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1993 San Francisco Giants season

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Owner(s)
  
Peter Magowan

Manager(s)
  
Dusty Baker

General manager(s)
  
Bob Quinn

Local television
  
KTVU SportsChannel Pacific (Ted Robinson, Mike Krukow, Joe Morgan)

Local radio
  
KNBR (Ted Robinson, Hank Greenwald, Barry Tompkins, Mike Krukow) SP Radio (Edgard Martinez,Julio Gonzalez,Rene De La Rosa)

The 1993 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 111th season in Major League Baseball, their 36th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 34th at Candlestick Park. In the offseason, Barry Bonds left the Pirates to sign a lucrative free agent contract worth a then-record $43.75 million over 6 years with the Giants, with whom his father spent the first 7 years of his career, and with whom his godfather Willie Mays played 22 of his 24 Major League seasons. The deal was at that time the largest in baseball history, in terms of both total value and average annual salary. To honor his father, Bonds switched his jersey number to 25 once he signed with the Giants, as it had been Bobby's number in San Francisco. (His number during most of his stay with the Pirates, 24, was retired in honor of Mays anyway). Bonds hit .336 in 1993, leading the league with 46 home runs and 123 RBI en route to his second consecutive MVP award, and third overall (of an eventual seven). As good as the Giants were (winning 103 games), the Atlanta Braves won 104 in what some call the last great pennant race (due to the Wild Card being instituted the following season). After going up by nine games August 11 with a 77-38 record, the Giants went 12-18 and found themselves three-and-a-half games behind, a 12.5-game swing, by September 15. They then went on a 14-2 run, which left them one game behind the Braves with one game remaining, which they lost 12-1 to become the only National League team to win 100 or more games (103) and not make the playoffs in the divisional play era.

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Offseason

On November 10, 1992, National League owners voted 9-4 against allowing Giants owner Bob Lurie to sell the team for $115 million to a Tampa Bay group, which would have moved the Giants to the Florida Suncoast Dome in time for the 1993 season.

  • November 17, 1992: Steve Decker was drafted by the Florida Marlins from the San Francisco Giants as the 35th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.
  • December 8, 1992: Barry Bonds signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
  • December 10, 1992: Jim Pena was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the San Diego Padres for Paul Faries.

    • Regular season

    During the season, John Burkett and Bill Swift would be the last pitchers to win at least 20 games in one season for the Giants in the 20th Century.

    Opening Day Starters

  • Barry Bonds
  • John Burkett
  • Will Clark
  • Royce Clayton
  • Kirt Manwaring
  • Dave Martinez
  • Willie McGee
  • Robby Thompson
  • Matt Williams

    • Notable Transactions

  • August 3, 1993: Scott Sanderson was selected off waivers by the San Francisco Giants from the California Angels.
  • August 28, 1993: Jim DeShaies was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later, Aaron Fultz, and Andres Duncan (minors). The San Francisco Giants sent Greg Brummett (September 1, 1993) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

    • Draft Picks

  • June 3, 1993: Steve Soderstrom was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 1993.
  • June 3, 1993: Bill Mueller was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 15th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1993.

    • Major League debuts

  • Batters:
  • Rikkert Faneyte (Aug 29)
  • Erik Johnson (Jul 8)
  • J.R. Phillips (Sep 3)
  • Pitchers:
  • Greg Brummett (May 29)
  • Salomon Torres (Aug 29)

    • Batting

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

    Other pitchers

    Relief pitchers

    Awards and honors

  • Barry Bonds, National League Most Valuable Player
  • Barry Bonds, National League leader, Home Runs and Runs Batted In
  • Kirt Manwaring C, Willie Mac Award

    • All-Star Game

    References

    1993 San Francisco Giants season Wikipedia
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