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- The Beard is 30 today---long live the beard!
- Brian Wilson has had some good years as the Giants' closer.
- 2006: 4-3, 5.40 ERA in 31 games
- 2007: 1-2, 2.28 ERA, 6 saves in 24 games
- 2008: 3-2, 4.62 ERA, 41 saves in 62 games -- it was his first year as the Giants' closer and although he had a skunky ERA Brian made the 2008 NL All Star team
- 2009: 5-6, 2.74 ERA, 38 saves in 68 games
- 2010: 3-3, 1.81 ERA, 48 saves (led NL) in 70 games, NL All Star, 1-0 with 6 saves during the post season.
- 2011: 6-4, 3.11 ERA, 36 saves in 57 games, NL All Star
- Happy birthday Brian!
- Today is Will Clark's 48th birthday.
- He had a great nickname --- Will the Thrill
- Clark was one of the players who really helped turn around the Giants franchise in the late 1980s
- Will homered off of Nolan Ryan in his first major league at bat on 8 April 1986
- Clark was a five-time NL All-Star (1988-1992). He also made the AL All Star team in 1994 after leaving the Giants
- Will was the MVP of the 1989 NL Championship Series
- Happy birthday Will!!!
- Terry Mulholland turns 49 today.
- Mulholland started his career with the Giants. Here are his stats with the Giants organization:
- 1984: First round draft pick of the SF Giants
- was 6-2 with a 2.04 ERA in 12 starts for two teams (Everett and Fresno)
- 1985: 9-8, 2.90 ERA in 26 starts for AA Shreveport
- 1986:
- 8-5, 4.46 ERA in 17 starts for AAA Phoenix
- 1-7, 4.94 ERA in 15 games (10 starts) for San Francisco
- 1987: 7-12, 5.07 ERA in 37 games (29 starts) for AAA Phoenix
- 1988:
- 7-3, 3.58 ERA in 19 games (14 starts) for AAA Phoenix
- 2-1, 3.72 ERA in 9 games (6 starts) for San Francisco
- 1989:
- 4-5, 2.99 ERA in 13 games (10 starts) for AAA Phoenix
- 0-0, 4.09 ERA in 5 games (1 start) for San Francisco
- Terry was traded (with Dennis Cook and Charlie Hayes) to the Philadelphia Phillies for Steve Bedrosian and a player to be named later (Rick Parker) on 18 June 1989
- I hadn't realized that Terry had pitched for so long in the majors. His career went from 1986-2006 -- that's 20 seasons!
- Happy Birthday Terry!
- Jim Wohlford turns 61 today!
- Jim was a backup outfielder with the Giants from 1980-1982.
- He had a nice year in 1980, batting .280 in 91 games.
- Happy birthday Jim!
- J.T. Snow turns 43 today.
- Mr. Snow was a solid first baseman who spent ten years with the Giants in the late 90s and early 00s. He won two Gold Gloves with the LA Angels and four more with the Giants.
- Happy Birthday J.T.!
- Today is Bob Brenly's 58th birthday. He was a favorite of mine during the dreary era of the mid-1980s and during the Giants' renaissance under "Humm-baby" Roger Craig.
- I also enjoyed him when he was a broadcaster (and later the manager) of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He seems to be having a good time with his life -- he is a popular broadcaster with the Chicago Cubs now.
- Here is a card tribute of Bob that was on this blog last year.
