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San Francisco Giants: An Interactive Guide to the World of Sports Paperback – June 11, 2011

by Tucker Elliot (Author), Zac Robinson (Author)
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The first National League franchise to be featured in the new, exciting, and completely original Sports by the Numbers series! THE TEAM: The Giants franchise is the winningest in professional baseball history, having won more regular season games than the Cubs, Yankees, Dodgers, or Red Sox. The Giants have been to the World Series 18 times and claimed six championships during baseball’s modern era—and the success of this franchise has been built on legends, as the club also boasts more Hall of Fame players than any other in the sport. THE FORMAT: The presentation created by the authors distinguishes Sports by the Numbers from everything else available today. San Francisco Giants is composed of ten chapters, each offering one hundred numbered "mini-stories"—facts, anomalies, records, coincidences, and enthralling lore and trivia from Hall of Fame legends such as Willie Mays, Mel Ott, and Bill Terry, to contemporary stars such as Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, and Buster Posey. Each chapter begins with an introduction that highlights the many exciting stories found in these pages such as the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” Mays’ catch in the 1954 World Series, Barry Bonds’ pursuit of Hank Aaron, and rivalry games against the hated Dodgers. Sports by the Numbers books are not just for diehard sports fans, but for every fan and sports history reader who loves sports and wants to know more about their heroes and favorite teams.
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On May 1, 1883, a newly formed National League baseball team known as the New York Gothams played its first game on a field located at 110th street and Sixth Avenue in New York, a field where previously polo matches had been held--and with that game, the Polo Grounds and the franchise soon to be known as the Giants came into existence.

There were several different ballparks used in those first years, four of which were known by the iconic name Polo Grounds. It was at the third Polo Grounds where the franchise claimed its first modern World Series title in 1905, but during the 1954 World Series it was at the fourth Polo Grounds where Willie Mays made "The Catch."

There is a lot of history in the Giants franchise.

The title won by the 1905 club was the first for any National League team in baseball's modern era--and overall, the Giants claimed five world championship titles during the New York era of franchise history. In a half-century of play after moving to San Francisco in 1958, the Giants made it to the postseason eight times and won three additional pennants ... and then the 2010 ballclub claimed the fourth pennant and the first world championship during the San Francisco era of franchise history.

Ask any fan to name "great" baseball franchises and you will surely hear the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, and New York Yankees, but none of those teams have won as many regular season games as the Giants.

In fact, the Giants have the most regular season wins of any team in the history of organized sports--period. Now that makes for a very impressive franchise history.

And it only gets better.

The Giants can "drop" names with the best of them. As spring training got underway in February, 2009, Giants MLB.com beat writer Chris Haft perfectly illustrated this very point with a blog titled, "Now we know its baseball season: Mays is here." He went on to write: "The Giants were graced Monday by the arrival of Willie Howard Mays, who needs no introduction." 

No kidding. 

You might hear about the Yankees having a player at every position in the Hall of Fame, but more Hall of Fame players suited up for the Giants than any other franchise in baseball history--including the Yankees--and a quick glimpse at just a partial list of those players is awe-inspiring: Orlando Cepeda, Monte Irvin, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Mel Ott, Bill Terry, Monte Ward, Carl Hubbell, Juan Marichal, Christy Mathewson, and John McGraw, and these are but a few of the iconic figures who stand out among baseball's elite, and who called the Giants their "Home Team."

And every Hall of Famer from Giants history is in this book. As is every award winner, the greatest performances in franchise history, the postseason triumphs, the fan-favorite players who never became stars, all the glory, all the passion, and all the emotion that the greatest moments in franchise history evoke are all here in this Sports by the Numbers title. A thousand numbers await you, and they all tell the story of the New York and San Francisco Giants. The format is unique, intriguing, and compelling, because as baseball fans we all love the numbers, and in these pages the numbers celebrate records, lore, trivia, personalities, anomalies, championships won, championships lost, the good and the bad, and all that is great about baseball and the Giants.

Sit back, reminisce, and enjoy.

Tucker Elliot
Tampa, FL
March 2011

About the Author

Tucker Elliot is a Georgia native and a diehard baseball fan. A former high school athletic director and varsity baseball coach, he's now a fulltime writer and has authored or contributed to more than two dozen baseball books, to include the following Black Mesa trivia titles: Atlanta Braves IQ, New York Yankees IQ, Major League Baseball IQ, and Tampa Bay Rays IQ (with Rays pitcher Andy Sonnanstine), as well as Boston Red Sox: An Interactive Guide to the World of Sports (Sports by the Numbers).

Zac Robinson is a teacher, coach and baseball fan. He is also passionate about Mixed Martial Arts and has written books on both subjects, to include the following titles: Mixed Martial Arts: An Interactive Guide to the World of Sports, Mixed Martial Arts IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom (Volume I), Ranger Up Presents Mixed Martial Arts IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom (Volume II), and From the Fields to the Garden: The Life of Stitch Duran (with legendary cutman Jacob "Stitch" Duran).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Black Mesa Publishing (June 11, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 222 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0982675992
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0982675991
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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  1. Tucker Elliot

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    Tucker Elliot is a former teacher for the United States Department of Defense in Korea and Germany. He has visited schools on four continents and more than twenty countries as a volunteer or an invited speaker/lecturer.

    Tucker was a teacher on a military base in Korea on 9/11. His memoir titled The Day Before 9/11 was released in March 2013. The Day Before 9/11 is a harrowing true story that spans America's first decade in the war on terror, and portrays in riveting detail the sacrifices made by military families serving overseas and the enduring pain that accompanies the tragic loss of life.

    In addition to his lifelong interest in education, Tucker is an avid sports fan and baseball card enthusiast. He is a prolific writer of sports history and trivia books, and he opens baseball cards on YouTube under The Diehard Fanatic channel.

    You can find Tucker on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or contact him via email: tckrelliot@gmail.com

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    Zac Robinson is the author of numerous Sports by the Numbers books. He has worked with legendary cutman Jacob "Stitch" Duran on his biographies: From the Fields to The Garden and From the Fields to The Garden II, and with former UFC fighter, Cole Escovedo on his inspirational story: Through the Cage Door: My Journey from Paralysis to the UFC.

    Zac has teamed up with author, Liberty "Thunder" Bolt. Their first series is Caged Love (romantic suspense), and their second is The Comeback

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Jill Clardy
5.0 out of 5 stars Stats & Stories - Serious Scintillation for San Francisco Fans
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2011
I received my copy in the mail today from Amazon and couldn't put it down! Baseball fans love statistics and this book is full of them. However, the format is far from boring. The book is loosely organized into chapters such as "The Legends", "The Rookies" and "The Rivalry". A short 1 - 1 ½ page intro into the title subject in each chapter is followed by short "stories" to illustrate the stats - 1,000 of them to be precise! For instance:

"232 - Barry Bonds walked (232) times in 2004. Bonds walked more times than anyone in baseball history. He led the league in walks 12 times, but his 2004 total is almost incomprehensible. He broke the major league record for walks for the third time in four seasons -and 120 of them were intentional."

"123 - Willie Mays scored (123) runs in 1955 - second best in the league. Duke Snider lead the league with 126 runs for Brooklyn. Mays led the league in slugging, OPS, home runs, and total bases, and was among the top five leaders for average, OBP, runs, hits, triples, RBI, steals, extra-base hits, and times on base. He was fourth in MVP balloting."
The writing is conversational and concise. You don't need to read the book from front to back, but can pick it up and peruse any chapter in any order.

The long-awaited World Series title and exciting pennant and series games that preceded it has rekindled the fanaticism of Giant's lovers throughout the Bay Area and beyond, and this book would make the perfect gift for a Giant's fan.

Perhaps the previous reviewer read a different version of the book than I did. There are no photos included - just the cover photo of the ballpark - which is probably one of the most scenic and fan-friendly in the country.
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Mark Adams
5.0 out of 5 stars World Champs
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2011
San Francisco Giants fans still celebrating victory in the 2010 World Series should pick up a copy of this book. It's 1,000 of the greatest stories from franchise history with an extra chapter written after last season's playoffs that details the Giants remarkable postseason run. The chapters include photos from the Hall of Fame and essays / intros on some of the greatest moments and players from franchise history -- and then of course the numbers tell all the crazy stats and remarkable feats achieved by all of your favorite players. In my opinion it's the perfect baseball book -- lots of numbers and lots of trivia to discuss.
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