(12-16-2021, 10:29 AM)Phogge Wrote: Maybe I was thinking of the noted ballplayer/croc wrestler Monte Irwin. I’m still a better speller than Bobbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb.
Ugh. I was thinking of Irwin, not noted, celebrated Monte Irvin. Bad speler, me.
(12-15-2021, 03:51 PM)Mick Wrote: 33 other Giants in the Hall. Care to hazard a guess?
New York Giants
Dave Bancroft
Jake Beckley
Dan Brouthers
Jesse Burkett
Leo Durocher
Frankie Frisch
Burleigh Grimes
Gabby Hartnett
Rogers Hornsby
Waite Hoyt
Willie Keeler
King Kelly
Ernie Lombardi
Joe Medwick
Johnny Mize
Hank O'Day
Edd Roush
Ray Schalk
Red Schoendienst
Hack Wilson
San Francisco Giants
Steve Carlton
Gary Carter
Rich Gossage
Randy Johnson
Joe Morgan
Frank Robinson
Duke Snider
Warren Spahn
HoF members who played for or managed the Giants, but were inducted for another team:
- Cap Anson – inducted as player, managed Giants in 1898.
- Hughie Jennings – inducted as player, managed Giants from 1924 to 1925.
- Bill McKechnie – inducted as manager, played for Giants in 1916.
- Frank Robinson – inducted as player, managed Giants from 1981 to 1984.
- Casey Stengel – inducted as manager, played for Giants from 1921 to 1923.
Giants announcers Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons and Jon Miller are in the Hall's "Scribes & Mikemen" exhibit. Other announcers in the HoF who have worked for the Giants at one time or another are Ernie Harwell, Tim McCarver, Al Michaels and Lindsey Nelson.
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