On April 15, 1958, Ruben Gómez made baseball history when he pitched an 8-0 shutout against the Dodgers at San Francisco's Seals Stadium in the first Major League Baseball game played on the West Coast.

The 1967 season saw McCormick churn out one of the best statistical years in his career. He led the National League in wins with 22, defeating every NL team other than the Giants that year. He would be the only Giants pitcher to win a Cy Young award for 41 years until Tim Lincecum won it in 2008.

Bruce Bochy's 8⅛ hat size caused problems during his playing days. When he joined the Mets in 1982, they didn't have a helmet large enough to fit him and had to send for the helmet he'd been using in the minors.

Candlestick Park, named for the "Candlestick birds" that populated the area for many years, would serve as their home field for four decades.