On April 26, 1989, Ozzie Smith of the home-standing St. Louis Cardinals hit a fly ball toward the left-field corner that Mitchell grabbed barehanded instead of with his gloved hand. "I was running as hard as I could, and it just came back on me," said Mitchell, who would be named National League Most Valuable Player for the '89 season. "All I could do was stick up my hand and there it was."
Outfielder Gregor Blanco wears the number for the 2014 San Francisco Giants.
Here is a list of San Francisco Giants coaches and players who have worn No. 7 since 1958:Valmy Thomas, catcher (1958).Jose Pagan, infielder (1959).Dale Long, outfielder (1960).Eddie Fisher, pitcher (1960).Harvey Kuenn, outfielder (1961-65).Len Gabrielson, outfielder (1965-66).Norm Siebern, infielder (1967).Jack Hiatt, catcher (1967-69).Charlie Fox, manager (1970-74).Hank Sauer, coach (1979).Milt May, catcher (1980-83).Steve Nicosia, catcher (1983-84).Atlee Hammaker, pitcher (1985).Bob Melvin, catcher (1986-88).Kevin Mitchell, outfielder (1989-91).John Patterson, outfielder (1992-95).Marvin Benard, outfielder (1995-2003).Pedro Feliz, infielder (2004-2007).Emmanuel Burriss, infielder (2008-2009).Mark DeRosa, infielder/outfielder (2010-2011).Gregor Blanco, outfielder (2012-present).
Most famously you will find it at the Giants Causeway.
Outfielder Gregor Blanco is wearing the number during the 2016 season.
The Giants franchise has retired No. 4 in honor of Hall of Famer outfielder Mel Ott, who played for the New York Giants from 1926 to 1947 and managed the team from 1942 to 1948.
The No. 27 was retired by the San Francisco Giants on July 10, 1983 in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal. Here is a list of the players who wore the uniform number before its retirement:Hank Sauer, outfielder (1958).Bob Schmidt, catcher (1959).Jim Hegan, catcher (1959).Juan Marichal, pitcher (1960-73).
Willie Mays, outfielder for the New York Giants was Rookie of the year in 1951.
Bonds, who made his major league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986, played for San Francisco from 1993 to 2007.
Here is a list of San Francisco Giants coaches and players who have worn No. 9 since 1958:Wes Westrum, coach (1958-59, 1962-63, 1970-71); manager (1974-75).Bob Schmidt, catcher (1960-61).Del Crandall, catcher (1964).Charlie Fox, coach (1965-68).John Harrell, catcher (1967).Jim Davenport, coach (1976-78).Hector Cruz, outfielder (1979).Jim Wohlford, outfielder (1980-81).Don Buford, coach (1982-83).Manny Trillo, infielder (1984-85).Rick Lancelotti, outfielder (1986).Randy Kutcher, outfielder (1986-87).Rob Wilfong, infielder (1987).Ivan DeJesus, infielder (1987).Kevin Mitchell, outfielder (1988).Matt Williams, infielder (1989-96).Brent Mayne, catcher (1998-99).Scott Servais, catcher (2000).Edwards Guzman, catcher (2001).Yorvit Torrealba, catcher (2001-2002)Marquis Grissom, outfielder (2003-2005).Mark Sweeney, infielder (2006-2007).Carney Lansford, coach (2008-2009).Pat Burrell, outfielder (2010).Brandon Belt, infielder (2011-present).
It was Willie Mays, who went on to become that National League's Rookie of the Year.
Here is a list of San Francisco Giants players and personnel who have worn No. 21 since 1958:Don Taussig, outfielder (1958).Marshall Renfroe, pitcher (1959).Ernie Bowman, infielder (1961-63).Gil Garrido, infielder (1964).Jose Cardenal, outfielder (1964).Len Gabrielson, outfielder (1965).Warren Spahn, pitcher (1965).Bob Garabaldi, pitcher (1966).Don Mason, infielder (1968-70).Ed Goodson, infielder (1972-75).Ken Reitz, infielder (1976).Rob Andrews, infielder (1977-79).Guy Sularz, infielder (1980-83).Tom McCraw, coach (1984-85)Candy Maldonado, outfielder (1986-89).Mike Laga, infielder (1989-90).Darnell Coles, outfielder (1991).Royce Clayton, infielder (1991).Kevin Rogers, pitcher (1992).Paul Faries, infielder (1993).Scott Sanderson, pitcher (1993).Brad Brink, pitcher (1994).Deion Sanders, outfielder (1995).Shawon Dunston, infielder (1996).Jeff Kent, infielder (1997-2002).Ruben Rivera, outfielder (2003).Carlos Valderrama, infielder (2003).Eric Young, infielder (2003).Tony Torcato, outfielder (2004-2005).Alex Sanchez, outfielder (2005).Jason Ellison, outfielder (2005-2006).Ryan Klesko, outfielder (2007).John Bowker, outfielder (2008-2009).Freddy Sanchez, infielder (2009-2011).Nick Noonan, infielder (2013-2015).Conor Gillaspie, infielder (2016-present).
The 2010 World Champion San Francisco Giants recorded six walk-off hits during the season. Three of the game-ending hits were singles by outfielder Andres Torres.