Ballpark
Seals Stadium
San Francisco · 1958–1959 · config 1959
Favors pitchers
(-0.1 runs for the away team)
Dimensions
LF 361′ · LFA 364′ · LC 364′ · CF 400′ · RC 397′ · RFA 397′ · RF 350′
Walls LF 15′ · CF 31′ · RF 16′
PCL park — Giants' first Bay stop before Candlestick
Average foul ground
Capacity 23,500
A Seals park pressed into NL duty until Candlestick opened.
Overhead diagram
Photograph
About this park
Seals Stadium was the Giants' first San Francisco home — a minor-league jewel pressed into big-league service for two years before Candlestick. Cool air, pitcher lean, and a city learning National League baseball again. Short chapter; real names already on the roster.