Best Of The San Francisco Giants: Top 10 Seasons In Left Field
By Phil Watson
With spring training upon us, Golden Gate Sports is going to spend the next few weeks looking at some of the best single-season performances in the history of the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants, by position.
Today we look at the 10 best seasons by left fielders in the history of the Giants, dating back to their arrival in San Francisco in 1958.
The series will alternate teams each day, concluding with the best players by position in the history of each franchise.
To qualify for this list, the player needed a minimum of 100 games at the position in question and this requirement was not prorated for the strike-shortened seasons of 1981 or 1994.
Before you turn the page, here are the five seasons that just missed the cut and a warning … there may be a certain repetitive nature to this list:
15. Ken Henderson, 1971
14. Melky Cabrera, 2012
13. Barry Bonds, 1994
12. Willie McCovey, 1963
11. Kevin Mitchell, 1989