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Horace Stoneham
Stoneham at the first game of the World Series, 6 October 1937.
Born
(1903-04-27)April 27, 1903
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Died
January 7, 1990(1990-01-07) (aged 86)
Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation
Baseball executive
Spouse
Valleda Pyke
(m. 1931)
Children
2
Parent(s)
Charles Stoneham (father) Johanna McGoldrick (mother)
Relatives
Chub Feeney (nephew)
Baseball player
Baseball career
Career highlights and awards
As president
World Series champion (1954)
4× National League pennant winner (1936, 1937, 1951, 1962)
Relocated the Giants from Manhattan to San Francisco in 1958
Horace Charles Stoneham (/ˈstoʊnəm/STOW-nəm; April 27, 1903 – January 7, 1990) was the owner of the New York / San Francisco Giants from 1936 to 1976. During his ownership, the Giants won the 1954 World Series and four National League pennants in 1936, 1937, 1951, and 1962, and moved from Manhattan to San Francisco.
Horace Charles Stoneham (/ˈstoʊnəm/ STOW-nəm; April 27, 1903 – January 7, 1990) was the owner of the New York / San Francisco Giants from 1936 to 1976...
it to his son HoraceStoneham. During his tenure as owner, Stoneham saw the Giants win the World Series in 1921, 1922 and 1933. Stoneham was also involved...
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the Phoenix Giants. On May 28, 1957, the New York Giants and owner HoraceStoneham announced they intended to leave the Polo Grounds in New York City...
owner HoraceStoneham, who was not nearly as wealthy as his fellow owners – the Giants were his sole source of income. To make matters worse, Stoneham was...
MacArthur's first visit to a Major League Baseball game, as "guest of HoraceStoneham, owner of the Giants." Only two days later the Times ran another story...
decided to move the Dodgers to California, convincing Giants owner HoraceStoneham to move to San Francisco instead of Minneapolis to keep the Giants-Dodgers...
California St., and it still owns many of them. In 1975, Giants owner HoraceStoneham agreed to sell the team to a group headed by the Labatt Brewing Company...
– San Francisco mayor George Christopher confers with Giants owner HoraceStoneham on a possible move of the New York Giants franchise to the West Coast...
Ford Frick, National League President Warren Giles, and Giants owner HoraceStoneham. Orlando Cepeda Jim Davenport Tom Haller Jim Ray Hart Harvey Kuenn...
financial reasons. Along the way, he managed to convince Giants owner HoraceStoneham (who was considering moving his team to Minnesota) to preserve the...
left-field stands... and this blame place is goin' crazy! The Giants! HoraceStoneham has got a winner! The Giants won it... by a score of 5 to 4... and...
Ford Frick, National League President Warren Giles, and Giants owner HoraceStoneham. The stadium hosted a "welcome home" rally for presidential candidate...
Rickey, and on July 16 Durocher, Rickey and New York Giants owner HoraceStoneham negotiated a deal whereby Durocher was let out of his Brooklyn contract...
half-holiday for the city's schools and employees. New York Giants owner HoraceStoneham was expected at the opener along with Senator Harry Moore. Rain washed...
actress Laraine Day. With the New York Giants also floundering, owner HoraceStoneham decided to replace his manager, Mel Ott, with Shotton. He called Rickey...
RBIs). He played in all but two games, hitting only 29 home runs. HoraceStoneham, the Giants' owner, made Mays the highest-paid player in baseball with...
US$50,000. At the time, the Giants franchise was losing money. Owner HoraceStoneham could not guarantee Mays an income after retirement. Bobby Bonds Tito...
sister of HoraceStoneham, who owned the Giants from 1936 through 1976 and transferred the team to San Francisco in 1958. Charles Stoneham felt that every...
Giants to move west to become the San Francisco Giants. Giants owner HoraceStoneham had been contemplating a move to Minnesota amid slumping attendance...
While he was playing with Santurce, manager Bill Rigney, team owner HoraceStoneham and Tom Sheehan scouted him on behalf of the Giants, who had just moved...
O'Malley urged HoraceStoneham, owner of the Dodgers' long-time crosstown rivals, the New York Giants, to also move west: Stoneham, who was having stadium...
only time he did not record double-digit wins. However, Giants owner HoraceStoneham immediately appointed him as director of player development, a post...