2009 San Francisco Giants season

MLB yearly infobox
name = San Francisco Giants
season = 2009
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1883
division = West Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = AT&T Park
y4 = 2000
city = San Francisco, California
y5 = 1958
owners = Bill Neukom (managing general partner)
managers = Bruce Bochy
television = KNTV (NBC 11)
CSN Bay Area
radio = KNBR (680AM) KLOK (Spanish)
espntn = sfo
brtn = SFO|

The San Francisco Giants are an American baseball team. Their 2009 season marks their 51st year in the city since their move from New York in 1958. After 4 consecutive losing seasons, the Giants will be attempting to reach the post-season since the 2003 season. Following Peter Magowan's retirement, Bill Neukom will be serving his first season as general managing partner of the Giants. [cite web | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/05/SPQ413B9F8.DTL | title=Shea hey | author=Shea, John | publisher=San Francisco Chronicle | date=5 October, 2008 | accessdate=2008-10-06] Omar Vizquel is likely to file for free agency after Brian Sabean announced the Giants would not renew his contract, ending his four-year stay with the Giants. [cite web | url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080929&content_id=3574147&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf | title=Vizquel's tenure with Giants likely done | author=Haft, Chris | publisher=SFGiants.com | date=29 September, 2008 | accessdate=2008-10-06] After a season with the fewest home runs of any team since the 1993 Florida Marlins, [cite web | url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/sports/ci_10595079 | title=Giants' offseason checklist | author=Baggarly, Andrew | publisher=InsideBayArea.com | date=4 October, 2008 | accessdate=2008-10-06] Sabean has said the Giants will be attempting to bring in a power hitter as well as strengthening a bullpen that held a 4.45 ERA in 2008, fourteenth in the National League. [cite web | url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080929&content_id=3573976&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf | title=Sabean addresses Giants' needs | publisher=SFGiants.com | author=Haft, Chris | date=29 September, 2008 | accessdate=2008-10-06] [cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/aggregate?sort=ERA&split=128&group=8&season=2008&seasonType=2&statType=pitching&type=reg | title=MLB Team Stats: 2008 - Team relievers' ERA, NL | publisher=ESPN | accessdate=2008-10-06]

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