The Giants first season in San Francisco was 1958.
The Brooklyn Dodgers move to Los Angeles and the New York Giants moved to San Francisco to begin play in 1958.
In 1958.
Currently the New York Giants are a football team. There was also a New York Giants baseball team that moved to San Francisco in 1958.
The San Francisco Giants (formerly the New York Giants before 1958).
The Dodgers and Giants last season in New York was 1957.
The Giants were known as the New York Giants before they and their crosstown rival, the Brooklyn Dodgers, both moved out west to California.
The New York Giants weren't traded to San Francisco. They decided to move when their longtime rivals -- the Brooklyn Dodgers -- transferred to Los Angeles. The teams' first season in California was in 1958.
The New York Giants got their name from New York's giant buildings. Also, they wanted a name to boast to the other teams. So they picked "Giants". The New York Giants also got their name from the baseball team, the New York Giants, who later moved to San Francisco.
The Dodgers final season in Brooklyn was 1957.
The San Francisco Giants didn't exist until 1958. The Giants franchise was in its last year in New York in 1957.
Former New York Giants manager Jim Mutrie gave the New York Giants their name. The New York Giants used to be known as the New York City Gothams.