all-time San Francisco Giants team

[Knick9]

What's your all-time San Francisco Giants team? Here's mine and feel free to comment. This isn't including the time the Giants were in New York.

1B: Willie McCovey (OF)
2B: Jeff Kent (IF)
3B: Pedro Feliz (1B/SS/LF/RF)
SS: Rich Aurilia (2B)
C: Dick Dietz (1B)
LF: Bobby Bonds (OF)
CF: Willie Mays (OF/1B/SS/3B)
RF:J im Ray Hart (3B)
Util: Stan Javier (1B/OF)
J.T. Snow (1B)
Jose Uribe (SS/2B)
Robby Thompson (SS/2B)



SP: Atlee Hammaker
Jeff Brantley
Jason Schmidt
Mark Davis
Kelly Downs

RP/CP: Bobby Bolin
Robb Nen
Vida Blue (split time with all-time Oakland A's is a maybe)
Frank Williams
Rod Beck

Manager: Dusty Baker

[Iron Jaw]

Whitey Lockman? He spent the majority of his career with the NEW YORK Giants, and played only one season in San Franciso as a part time player (122 at bats) hitting .238.

[west coast orange and black]

What's your all-time San Fransisco Giants team? Here's mine and feel free to comment. This isn't including the time the Giants were in New York.
are we going "personal faves" or "best team", knick?

[Knick9]

Best team, WCO&B. What is yours? I got my reasons why I choose what I choose. ;)

[west coast orange and black]

c. tom haller
1b. willie mc covey
2b. jeff kent
3b. matt williams
ss. chris speier
lf. barry bonds
cf. willie mays
rf. bobby bonds
p. juan marichal
rp. robb nen

[buckthis]

C: Bob Brenly
1b: Willie Mc Covey
2b. Jeff Kent
SS: Rich Aurelia
3b: Matt Williams
LF: Barry Bonds
CF: Willie Mays
RF: Bobby Bonds
RHP: Juan Marichal
LHP: Mike Mc Cormick
RP: Robb Nen

Mgr: Dusty Baker

[Knick9]

Attention:There is only 1 week left to fill out your entries for the all-time SF Giants team before the poll closes, so get the entries in. ;)

We will discuss who makes the 25 man roster once the polls close.

[west coast orange and black]

sounds good, knick.

[KHenry14]

My list is the same as buckthis' list.

These lists tell me a few things. Like the Giants never have had much luck with left handed starters. Guys like McCormick and Ron Bryant had one great season and not much else. Bob Knepper was serviceable for a while, but clearly not a star. And who knows how good Dave Dravecky would have been, (however I treasure the memory of his Game 2 1987 NLCS 2 hitter against the Cards). Here's to hoping that Noah Lowry changes this for the Giants

Also, the same can be said about catcher. Bob Brenly is a nice guy and a decent catcher, but not hardly an all-star (except against John Candelaria!!). But if you alternative is Tom Haller, well, neither is exactly Fisk or Piazza.

But the OF is a no-brainer, as is 3B and 2B. You can make an arguement for the Thrill, but Stretch is a HOFer, and that has to win out.

KH14<--who happened to watch TWIB this AM on ESPN Classic and they showed Lil' Joe's HR in 1982 that knocked the Bums out of the playoffs! That was a good day. Also had a Guy Sularz sighting in it! :laugh

[Ex-Expo fan]

C. Benito Santiago
1B. Willie Mc Covey (Orlando Cepeda)
2B. Jeff Kent
3B. Matt Williams (Kevin Mitchell)
SS. Rich Aurilia
Lf Barry Bonds
Cf Willy Mays
Rf Bobby Bonds

SP Juan Marichal
Gaylord Perry
Vida Blue
Jason Schmidt
Kirk Rueter
CP
Robb Nen (Rod Beck)

I looked at a lot of players for this list and fell on a guy named Ron Bryant who won 24 games in 74 and then declined drasticaly. Does anyone know his story?

[west coast orange and black]

bryant sustained a very serious back injury in a freak diving board accident.
apparently alcohol was a contributing factor.

1974 with the giants: 3-15 (41 g, 23 gs, 126+ inn, 142h, 115bb, 23hr)

traded to the cards, where he was cut after going 0-1, 8+ inn, 20 h, 7bb, 2hr in but ten games in '75.

a disastrous career after being tabbed by the sporting news as the national league's pitcher of the year in 1973.

[HDH]

C None
1B Willie McCovey
2B Jeff Kent
SS Rich Aurelia
3B Matt Williams
CF Willie Mays
RF Bobby Bonds
LF Barry Bonds

1B Will Clark
1B Orlando Cepeda
OF Felipe Alou

SP Juan Mariscial
SP Jason Schmidt
SP Gaylord Perry
SP Jack Sanford

RP Robb Nenn
RP Rod Beck
RP Gary Lavelle
RP Geg Minton
RP Stu Miller

[The Commissioner]

Yikes, all those great players and yet I never actually looked at how lacking they were in the catching department.

[west coast orange and black]

Yikes, all those great players and yet I never actually looked at how lacking they were in the catching department.
yeah.
a few guys with a few all-star seasons between them. but overall, very lacking with the tools of ignorance guys.

[Knick9]

The polls are closed. The entries will be tallied soon.

[west coast orange and black]

The polls are closed. The entries will be tallied soon.
looking forward to discussing who's who on the team, knick.

[Knick9]

Now it's tallied, with a few spots remaining. Choose who gets the empty spots from the ones on the outside looking in.:

(hitting/fielding; 15 spots available)

1B:Willie McCovey (5 votes)

2B:Jeff Kent (5 votes)

3B:Matt Williams (4 votes)

SS:Rich Aurilia (4 votes)

C:Bob Brenly, Dick Dietz, Tom Haller (all with 1 vote)

OF:Willie Mays (5 votes), Bobby Bonds (5 votes), Barry Bonds (4 votes)

Utility/Bench:
Orlando Cepeda (1B) (2 utility votes)


Outside looking in: (4 spots remain; choose from these guys)
OF Jim Ray Hart
SS Chris Speier
3B Pedro Feliz
SS/2B Jose Uribe
SS/2B Robby Thompson
1B Will Clark
LF Kevin Mitchell
OF Felipe Alou
1B/OF Stan Javier
1B J.T. Snow

(Starting Pitching; 5 spots available)

SP:Juan Marichal (4 votes)
Jason Schmidt (3 votes)
Gaylord Perry (2 votes)

(Relief/ Closing Pitching; 5 spots avilable)

RP/CP:Robb Nen (5 votes)
Rod Beck (3 votes)


Outside looking in: (2 spots for the starting rotation and 3 for the bullpen remain)

SP: Atlee Hammaker
Mike McCormick
Jack Sanford
Mark Davis
Kelly Downs
Kirk Rueter
Jeff Brantley
Bobby Bolin (originally a Starter)
Vida Blue

RP/CP: Greg Minton
Stu Miller
Frank Williams
Garry Lavelle
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Manager: Dusty Baker (2 votes)

So, there you have it. Who takes the field? Who makes the hitting squad? the group of pitchers? Discuss.

[west coast orange and black]

i'm goin' with felipe alou, kevin mitchell, jack thomas and robby thompson.
(if only gibson had not effectively ended jimmy ray hart's career with the two beanballs.)

vida and sanford as the two additional starters.

lavelle, minton and williams are my relievers.

[Mariano_Rivera]

Can a mod who is knowledgabke about Giants history add a poll to this thread? Can you also include New York giants players

I want the results for the All-Time position by position battle. I have a thread about it in the history forum if you're interested.

[sfgiANTS]

C Bob Brenly
1B Willie McCovey (JT Snow)
2B Jeff Kent
3B Matt Williams
SS Rich Aurilia
LF Barry Bonds
CF Willie Mays
RF Bobby Bonds
SP Juan Marichal
RP Robb Nen