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| 1951 | Although not included on the club's spring training rosters, 20-year-old Giant outfielder Willie Mays and Yankee infielder Gil McDougald, 23, win the Rookie of the Year honors in their respective leagues. White Sox outfielder/third baseman Minnie Minoso, the runner-up in the American League, loses his bid for the prestigious freshman award to his New York rival by a slim 13-11 margin after having a superior offensive season, including compiling a .326 batting average and stealing 31 bases. |
| 2004 | Barry Bonds (.362, 45, 101), the only player to be his league's Most Valuable Player more than three times, is named by the BBWAA for a record seventh time, including an unprecedented fourth consecutive season. The Giants' 40-year-old left-fielder surpasses Willie Stargell as the oldest player to win the award. |
| 2010 | Buster Posey becomes the sixth catcher, joining Johnny Bench (1968), Earl Williams (1971), Benito Santiago (1987), Mike Piazza (1993), and Geovany Soto (2008) to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award. The 23-year-old Giants backstop, who started the season with the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies, batted .305 along with 18 home runs and 67 RBIs, playing 108 games with the eventual World Champions. |
| 2012 | Buster Posey (.306, 24, 103), whose 2011 season ended with a severe injury after a horrific collision with a runner at home plate, wins the National League MVP Award. The Giant catcher is the 21st MVP previously named the Rookie of the Year, an award the backstop copped in 2010. |
| 2015 | Commissioner Bud Selig announces Petco Park as the site of the All-Star Game in 2016, making it the first time the same league will host in consecutive seasons since Pittsburgh's PNC Park and San Francisco's AT&T Park were the venues in 2006-07. The contest will mark the third Midsummer Classic held in San Diego, following the 1978 and 1992 games played at Jack Murphy Stadium. |
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