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Seals Stadium was a minor
leaguebaseballstadium
that stood in San
Francisco from 1931 until 1959. It was used by the Giants when they
moved from New York in 1958.
At
a glance...
SEALS STADIUM
Facility
statistics
Location
16th
Street & Bryant Street
San Francisco, California
San
Francisco Missions (PCL, 1931-1938)
San Francisco Seals (PCL, 1931-1957)
San Francisco Giants (MLB, 1958-59)
Seating
capacity
16,000
(1931), 18,500 (1946), 22,900 (1958)
Dimensions
(in feet)
Left
Field - 340 (1931), 365 (1958), 361
(1959)
Left-Center - 375 (1958), 364 (1959)
Center Field - 400 (1931), 410 (1958),
400 (1959)
Right-Center - 397 (1958)
Right Field - 385 (1931), 365 (1940),
355 (1958), 350 (1959)
Backstop - 60 ft
The stadium was originally built with three dressing rooms - one for
the visiting team, and one for each of the minor league home teams, the
San Francisco Seals and the Mission Reds a.k.a the San Francisco Missions.
The latter team left in 1938, becoming the Hollywood Stars.
Fly
to the site of Seal's Stadium!
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stadium is no longer there, but you can see the Safeway that
occupies the land. (If you do not have it installed, get
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The stadium initially consisted of an uncovered grandstand stretching from
foul pole to foul pole and an uncovered bleacher section in right field. A
separate uncovered bleacher section was added in left field in 1958 when
the New York Giants moved to the city in 1958, playing at Seals Stadium
for two years while Candlestick
Park was under construction. In some years a live seal was kept in a
water tank underneath the grandstand. He made quite a splash.
The stadium was demolished in November, 1959. Many of the seats and the
light stanchions were reused at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Washington. A
Safeway grocery store now stands on the site.
FIRSTS
at SEALS STADIUM
Game
04/15/1958
Dodgers 0, Giants 8
Umpires
Jocko Conlan, Frank Secory
Hal Dixon, Tony Venzon
Managers
Bill Rigney, Giants
Walter Alston, Dodgers
Starting Pitchers
Ruben Gomez, Giants
Don Drysdale, Cardinals
Ceremonial Pitch
San Francisco Mayor George
Christopher
Attendance
23,448
Batting
Batter
Gino Cimoli (strikeout)
Hit
Charlie Neal (single)
Run
Danny O'Connell
RBI
Jim Davenport
Single
Charlie Neal
Double
Pee Wee Reese (04/16/1958)
Triple
Pee Wee Reese (04/17/1958)
Home Run
Daryl Spencer
Grand Slam
Frank Thomas (06/11/1958)
IPHR
(None)
Stolen Base
Willie Kirkland (04/17/1958)
Sacrifice Hit
Lindy McDaniel (04/22/1958)
Sacrifice Fly
Jim Davenport
Cycle
(None)
Pitching
Win
Ruben Gomez
Loss
Don Drysdale
Shutout
Ruben Gomez
Save
Marv Grissom (04/17/1958)
Hit by Pitch
Paul Giel hit Gino Cimoli
(04/16/1958)
Wild Pitch
Ray Crone (04/16/1958)
Balk
Ron Negray
No-Hitter
(None)
Primary
research by Jim Herdman & David Vincent
Courtesy of Retrosheet.
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