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The San Francisco Giants franchise dates back to 1883 when the New York Gothams was admitted to the National League. They played their first game on May 1, 1883. The Gothams would eventually change their names to the Giants when the manager was so overcome with emotion after an extra inning victory that he declared his players ‘Giants’. The nickname stuck and was adopted as the team name in 1885. The Giants moved to San Francisco in 1958 after their home ballpark, the Polo Grounds, was slated to be demolished. Another contributing factor to the relocation to the west coast was dwindling attendance, down from 1.2 million in 1954 to less than 633,000 in 1956.
The Giants hold the honor of having 47 members in the Baseball Hall-of-Fame, the most in the Majors.
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