San Jose Giants

• Location: San Jose, CA
• League: California League 1988-2019; Low-A West 2021; California League 2022-
• Affiliation: San Francisco Giants 1988-present
• Ballpark: Excite Ballpark

Team History

The San Jose Giants, of the California League and briefly in Low-A West, play out of a city whose image and baseball landscape have both drastically changed. The San Francisco Giants farmhands play their home games at Excite Ballpark.

San Jose, CA, gained and lost a Pacific Coast League franchise in the mid-1970s, yet the Oakland Athletics spent 2011 through 2016 trying to move there. Now a major city in its own right, it remains in the protected territory of the Giants - who vetoed the move and then won the resulting legal fight with the A's. (Most two-team MLB markets have joint protection zones, but not the Bay area.)

The SJ-Giants, who were mostly owned by their parent club, are among the teams Endeavor Group Holdings acquired in late 2021 and put under its newly created Diamond Baseball Holdings subsidiary.[1] Endeavor also owns Ultimate Fighting Championship and Miss Universe.

MLB's 2021 Minor League Reorganization lowered the SJ-Giants, and most of the Cali League, one level.

The Giants play Copa de la Diversión Hispanic engagement campaign games Churros de San José (San Jose Fritters).

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
1988	91-52	2nd	Duane Espy	Lost in 1st round	Sam Hirose	Todd Oakes
1989	81-61	4th	Duane Espy	Lost in 1st round	Dave Hilton	Todd Oakes
1990	74-68	5th	Tom Spencer	Lost in 1st round	Dick Dietz	Jeff Morris
1991	92-44	1st	Ron Wotus	Lost in 1st round	Dick Dietz	Gary Lucas
1992	78-58	3rd	Ron Wotus		Rick Miller	Frank Reberger
1993	79-57	2nd (t)	Dick Dietz		Jim Davenport	Todd Oakes
1994	74-62	3rd	Dick Dietz	Lost in 1st round	Jim Davenport	Todd Oakes
1995	77-63	4th	Carlos Lezcano	Lost League Finals
1996	89-51	1st	Carlos Lezcano	Lost League Finals	Sonny Jackson	Dave Schuler
1997	60-80	10th	Frank Cacciatore			Keith Comstock
1998	83-57	1st	Shane Turner	League Champs		Bryan Hickerson
1999	75-65	4th (t)	Lenn Sakata	Lost League Finals	Shin Inoue	Shawn Barton
2000	53-87	9th	Keith Comstock			Bert Bradley
2001	77-63	2nd	Lenn Sakata	League Co-Champs *	Benji Simonton	Steve Renko
2002	68-72	7th	Bill Hayes			Jerry Cram
2003	58-82	9th	Jack Lind		F.P. Santangelo	Jerry Cram
2004	74-66	4th	Lenn Sakata	Lost in 2nd round		Trevor Wilson
2005	85-55	1st	Lenn Sakata	League Champs	Gary Davenport	Trevor Wilson
2006	82-58	1st	Lenn Sakata	Lost in 2nd round	Garrett Nago	Jim Bennett
2007	73-67	5th	Lenn Sakata	League Champs	Garrett Nago	Jim Bennett
2008	85-55	1st	Steve Decker	Lost in 2nd round	Gary Davenport	Pat Rice
2009	93-47	1st	Andy Skeels	League Champs	Gary Davenport	Jerry Cram
2010	76-64	3rd	Brian Harper	League Champs	Gary Davenport	Jerry Cram
2011	90-50	1st	Andy Skeels	Lost in 2nd round	Gary Davenport	Brian Cooper
2012	75-65	2nd	Andy Skeels	Lost in 1st round	Gary Davenport	Steve Kline
2013	83-57	1st	Andy Skeels	Lost League Finals	Lipso Nava	Mike Couchee
2014	73-67	6th	Lenn Sakata		Lipso Nava	Mike Couchee
2015	72-68	6th	Russ Morman	Lost League Finals	Lipso Nava	Mike Couchee
2016	68-72	7th	Lipso Nava		Todd Linden	Mike Couchee	Ydwin Villegas
2017	62-78	8th	Nestor Rojas		Todd Linden	Mike Couchee
2018	59-81	8th	Lipso Nava		Willie Romero	Matt Yourkin	Gary Davenport CJ Picerni
2019	66-73	5th	Bill Hayes (39-53) / Gary Davenport (2-1) / Hector Borg (25-19)	Lost in 1st round	Thomas Neal	Matt Yourkin	Gary Davenport Ydwin Villegas
2020	Season cancelled
2021	76-44	2nd	Lenn Sakata	League Champs	Daniel Santin	Paul Oseguera	Eliezer Zambrano
2022			Lipso Nava		Travis Ishikawa	Dan Runzler	Jeremiah Knackstedt

* Finals canceled with the Lake Elsinore Storm and San Jose declared co-champions.

Related Sites

• SJGiants.com