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Seals Stadium

San Francisco, CA · 1958–1959

Seals Stadium
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154
Games on file
1958
First
1959
Last

Seals Stadium was a ballpark in San Francisco, CA. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 15, 1958 and the last on September 20, 1959. The register files it under the National League.

154 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1958 and 1959. The game logs list the San Francisco Giants as the home club here. Its recorded capacity is 16,000. 2 games played here have a page of their own in this archive: Román Mejías's Three-Home-Run Game, 1958 in 1958 and Hank Aaron's Three-Home-Run Game, 1959 in 1959.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 15, 1958, when the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8–0. Don Drysdale started for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Rubén Gómez for the San Francisco Giants. Jocko Conlan was the plate umpire. The announced attendance was 23,448. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 20, 1959, when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 8–2. Johnny Podres started for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Sam Jones for the San Francisco Giants. Dusty Boggess was the plate umpire.

The major leagues also played in San Francisco, CA at Candlestick Park (1960–1999) and AT&T Park (from 2000).

Home clubs

Games remembered here

1958

Román Mejías's Three-Home-Run Game, 1958

Román Mejías hit three home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the San Francisco Giants on May 4, 1958.

1959

Hank Aaron's Three-Home-Run Game, 1959

Hank Aaron hit three home runs for the Milwaukee Braves against the San Francisco Giants on June 21, 1959.

Further reading: Wikipedia