Which San Francisco Giants players wore the number 1?

Answer 1

Pitcher Matt Cain has that number now, but it has been worn by many players since the team began playing in San Francisco in 1958. Among them: Moises Alou, Brian Johnson, Duane Kuiper, Bill Madlock, Don Larsen, Mike Benjamin, Jalal Leach, Russ Davis, Bob Farley, Kim Batiste, Bob Bathe, Francisco Melindez, Guy Sularz, Chris Bourjos, Greg Johnston, Damaso Blanco, Russ Gibson, Dave Marshall and Bill Sorrell.

Bill Rigney, who managed the Giants twice in San Francisco (1958-60; 1976), also wore 18, as did coach Joe Lefebvre.

Answer 2

Here is a list of San Francisco Giants coaches and players who wore No. 36 between 1958 and 2005:

1. Joe Shipley, pitcher (1958).

2. Billy Muffett, pitcher (1959).

3. Bud Byerly, pitcher (1959-61).

4. Sherman Jones, pitcher (1960).

5. Gaylord Perry, pitcher (1963-71).

6. Jim Howarth, outfielder (1971).

7. Sam McDowell, pitcher (1973).

8. Gary Matthews, outfielder (1972-76).

9. Skip Jones, infielder (1977-78).

10. Jim Dwyer, outfielder (1978).

11. Bill North, outfielder (1979-81).

12. Dan Schatzeder, pitcher (1982).

13. Tommy McCraw, coach (1983).

14. Brad Wellman, infielder (1982-86).

15. Keith Comstock, pitcher (1987).

16. Dennis Cook, pitcher (1988).

17. Rafael Novoa, pitcher (1990).

18. Gil Heredia, pitcher (1991-92).

19. Steve Reed, pitcher (1992).

20. Gino Minutelli, pitcher (1993).

21. Rick Layana, pitcher (1993).

22. Tony Menendez, pitcher (1994).

23. Kenny Greer, pitcher (1995).

24. Shawn Estes, pitcher (1995).

25. Jay Canizaro, infielder (1996).

26. Armando Rios, outfielder (1998).

27. Joe Nathan, pitcher (1999-2000, 2002-2003).

8. A.J. Pierzynski, catcher (2004).

NOTE: The number was retired on July 23, 2005 in honor of Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry, who pitched for San Francisco from 1962 to 1971.

Answer 3

Here is a list of San Francisco Giants coaches and players who have worn the No. 8 since 1958:

1. Roger McCardell, catcher (1959).

2. Cookie Lavagetto, coach (1964-67).

3. Andy Gilbert, coach (1973-75).

4. Bob Rodgers, coach (1976).

5. Tom Haller, coach (1977-78).

6. Larry Shepard, coach (1979).

7.Vern Benson, coach (1980).

8. Joe Morgan, infielder (1981-82).

9. Joel Youngblood, outfielder (1983-88).

10. Ed Jurak, infielder (1989).

11. Gary Carter, catcher (1990).

12. Kirt Manwaring, catcher (1991-96).

13. Desi Wilson, infielder (1996).

14. Damon Berryhill, catcher (1997).

15. Shawon Dunston, infielder (1998).

16. Calvin Murray, outfielder (1999-2002).

17. Tom Goodwin, outfielder (2002).

18. Yorvit Torrealba, catcher (2003-2005).

19. Yamid Head, catcher (2005).

20. Kevin Frandsen, infielder (2006).

21. Shea Hillenbrand, infielder (2006).

22. Scott McClain, infielder (2007).

23. Eugenio Velez, infielder (2008-2010).

24. Jeff Keppinger, infielder (2011).

25. Hunter Pence, outfielder (2012-present).

Answer 4

Here is a list of San Francisco Giants coaches and players who have worn No. 28 since 1958:

• Ruben Gomez, pitcher (1958).
• Billy Loes, pitcher (1960-61).
• Gaylord Perry, pitcher (1962).
• Bob Garibaldi, pitcher (1962-63, 1969).
• Duke Snider, outfielder (1964).
• Joe Gibbon, pitcher (1966-69).
• Ron Kline, pitcher (1969).
• Jerry Johnson, pitcher (1971-72).
• Ed Halicki, pitcher (1974-80).
• Mike Rowland, pitcher (1980-81).
• Andy McGaffigan, pitcher (1982-83, 1990).
• George Riley, pitcher (1984).
• Jose Morales, coach (1985-88).
• Bob Knepper, pitcher (1989-90).
• Ed Vosberg, pitcher (1990).
• Tom Herr, infielder (1991).
• Cory Snyder, outfielder (1992).
• Kevin Rogers, pitcher (1993-95).
• Stan Javier, outfielder (1996-99).
• Juan Melo, infielder (2000).
• John Vander Wal, outfielder (2001).
• David Bell, infielder (2002).
• Damian Moss, pitcher (2003).
• Lance Niekro, infielder (2003, 2005-2007).
• Wayne Franklin, pitcher (2004).
• Randy Messenger, pitcher (2007).
• Rajai Davis, outfielder (2007-2008).
• Travis Denker, infielder (2008).
• Buster Posey, catcher-infielder (2009-present).

Answer 5

Here is a list of San Francisco Giants players and personnel who have worn No. 1 since 1958:

• Bob Posedel, coach (1959-60).
• Alvin Dark, manager (1961-64).
• Randy Hundley, catcher (1965).
• Bob Barton, catcher (1966-69).
• John McNamara, coach (1971-73).
• Ozzie Virgil, coach (1974-75).
• Craig Robinson, infielder (1975-76).
• Marty Perez, infielder (1977).
• Dave Bristol, coach (1978-79); manager (1980).
• Jesus Figueroa, outfielder (1981).
• Jim Wohlford, outfielder (1982).
• Danny Ozark, coach (1984).
• Jim Davenport, manager (1985).
• Mike Aldrete, outfielder (1986).
• Don Zimmer, coach (1987).
• Tony Perezchica, infielder (1988).
• Ernest Riles, infielder (1989-90)
• Mark Leonard, outfielder (1990-92, 1994).
• Dave Martinez, outfielder (1994).
• Glenallen Hill, outfielder (1995-96).
• Alex Diaz, outfielder (1998).
• Wilson Delgado, infielder (1998).
• Armando Rios , outfielder (1998-2001).
• Cody Ransom, infielder (2001).
• Kenny Lofton, outfielder (2002).
• Neifi Perez, infielder (2003).
• Damon Minor, infielder (2004).
• Adam Shabala, outfielder (2005).
• Angel Chavez, infielder (2005).
• Travis Ishikawa, infielder (2006).
• Bengie Molina, catcher (2007-2010).
• Jose Guillen, outfielder (2010).
• Tim Flannery, coach (2010-2014).
• Ehire Adrianza, infielder (2015, 2016-present).
• Ramiro Pena, infielder (2016).
• Jae-Gyun Hwang (2017).

Answer 6

Here is a list of San Francisco Giants players and personnel who have worn No. 19 since 1958:

• Danny O'Connell, infielder (1959-60).
• Sam Jones, pitcher (1959-61).
• Billy Pierce, pitcher (1963-64).
• Frank Johnson, outfielder (1966).
• Ty Cline, outfielder (1967-68).
• Bob Burda, infielder (1969-70).
• Jim Willoughby, pitcher (1971-72).
• Jim Howarth, outfielder (1972-74).
• Von Joshua, outfielder (1975-76).
• Tim Foli, infielder (1977).
• Al Holland, pitcher (1979-82).
• Bill Laskey, pitcher (1983-85).
• Roger Mason, pitcher (1985).
• Lary Sorenson, pitcher (1988).
• James Steels, outfielder (1989).
• Kevin Bass, outfielder (1990).
• Dave Righetti, pitcher (1991-93); coach (2000-2006, 2010-2012, 2015-present).
• Mark Portugal, pitcher (1994-95).
• Jay Canizaro, infielder (1996).
• Jim Poole, pitcher (1996-98).
• Doug Mirabelli, catcher (1999).
• Kevin Frandsen, infielder (2006-2009).
• Marco Scutaro, infielder (2012-2014).

Answer 7

Here is a list of San Francisco Giants coaches and players who have worn No. 32 since 1958:

• Al Worthington, pitcher (1958-60).
• Dave Philley, outfielder (1960).
• Carl Boles, outfielder (1962-63).
• Bill Hands, pitcher (1965).
• Ron Bryant, pitcher (1967, 1971-74).
• Don Carrithers, pitcher (1970).
• Jake Brown, outfielder (1975).
• Tom Heintzelman, infielder (1977-78).
• Ed Whitson, pitcher (1979-81).
• Rich Gale, pitcher (1982).
• Mike Vail, outfielder (1983).
• Wallace Johnson, infielder (1983).
• Mark Calvert, pitcher (1983).
• Dan Gladden, outfielder (1984-86).
• Steve Carlton, pitcher (1986).
• Craig Lefferts, pitcher (1987-89)
• Brad Komminsk, outfielder (1990).
• John Burkett, pitcher (1990).
• Rick Parker, outfielder (1991).
• Trevor Wilson, pitcher (1992-95).
• Bill Mueller, infielder (1996-2000, 2002).
• Kurt Ainsworth, pitcher (2001-2002).
• Dustin Hermanson, pitcher (2003-2004).
• Brian Dallimore, infielder (2005).
• LaTroy Hawkins, pitcher (2005).
• Kevin Correia, pitcher (2006-2008).
• Dave Righetti, coach (2009).
• Ryan Vogelsong, pitcher (2011-2015).
• Vin Mazzaro, pitcher (2016).

Answer 8

Here is a list of San Francisco Giants players and personnel who have worn No. 48 since 1958:

• Jim Constable, pitcher (1958).
• Leon Wagner, outfielder (1958-59).
• Al Stanek, pitcher (1963).
• Ollie Brown, outfielder (1965).
• Rich Robertson, pitcher (1966).
• Sam McDowell, pitcher (1972-73).
• Butch Metzger, pitcher (1974).
• Fred Breining, pitcher (1980-83).
• Bob Miller, coach (1985).
• Roger Mason, pitcher (1986).
• Rick Reuschel, pitcher (1987-91).
• Paul McClellan, pitcher (1991).
• Pat Rapp, pitcher (1992).
• Dick Pole, coach (1993-97).
• Russ Ortiz, pitcher (1998-2002, 2007).
• Matt Herges, pitcher (2003, 2005)
• Jack Taschner, pitcher (2005).
• Jamey Wright, pitcher (2006).
• Erick Threets, pitcher (2008).
• Pablo Sandoval, infielder/catcher (2008-2014).