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New York Giants (baseball)

InformationLeagueNational League (1883–1957)BallparkPolo Grounds III (1891–1957)Established1883 (1883)Relocated1958 (1958) (to San Francisco; became the San Francisco Giants)NicknamesThe JintsThe Orange and BlackThe Baseball Giants (1925-57)World Series championships519051921192219331954Pre-modern World Series championships218881889National League pennant1718881889190419051911191219131917192119221923192419331936193719511954Temple Cup11894Former nameNew York Gothams (1883–1884)Former ballparksHilltop Park (1911)Polo Grounds II (1889–1890)St. George Cricket Grounds (1889)Oakland Park (1889)Polo Grounds I (1883–1888)ColorsBlack, orange, whiteRetired numbersNYNY34112024OwnershipList of ownersJohn B. Day (1883–1893) Cornelius Van Cott (1893–1895) Andrew Freedman (1895–1902) John T. Brush (1902–1912) Harry Hempstead (1912–1919) Charles Stoneham (1919–1936) Horace Stoneham (1936–1957) General managerChub Feeney (1950–1957)ManagerList of managersJohn Clapp (1883) Jim Price (1884) John Montgomery Ward (1884) Jim Mutrie (1885–1891) Patrick T. Powers (1892) John Montgomery Ward (1893–1894) George Davis (1895) Jack Doyle (1895) Harvey Watkins (1895) Arthur Irwin (1896) Bill Joyce (1896–1898) Cap Anson (1898) John B. Day (1899) Fred Hoey (1899) Buck Ewing (1900) George Davis (1900–1901) Horace Fogel (1902) Heinie Smith (1902) John McGraw (1902–1924) Hughie Jennings (1924) John McGraw (1925) Hughie Jennings (1925) John McGraw (1926–1927) Rogers Hornsby (1927) John McGraw (1928–1932) Bill Terry (1932–1941) Mel Ott (1942–1948) Leo Durocher (1948–1955) Bill Rigney (1956–1957) The New York Giants were a Major League Baseball team in the National League that began play in the 1883 season as the New York Gothams and became known as the Giants in 1885.

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