• Szymborski: Giants need Melky Cabrera In the top of the ninth, Tiger pitcher Phil Coke struck out three consecutive Giant batters. Switching gears from resilient to dominant, the Giants then won the World Series without Games 5 through 7 ever being needed. • Game 2 gets record low rating », Post-Game 2 SportsNation: Rating the World Series » • Baseball Tonight's World Series preview Record: 9-7-0, 2nd in • Schoenfield: In Fister they trust » Data Provided By The 2012 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2012 season. The ball came to rest just fair, halfway between third base and home, allowing Blanco to reach safely while both runners advanced. » The Giants won three World Series championships in 2010, 2012, and 2014, giving the team eight total World Series titles, including the five won as the New York Giants. • Triple Play: Tigers try to salvage pride », Post-Game 3 It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Bochy led San Francisco to the 2010 title. The Tigers advanced to the World Series after sweeping the Yankees in the AL Championship Series. Commemorate a great ending to an exciting baseball season with this San Francisco Giants Blac Majestic 2012 World Series Official Champions Full Glory Roster T-Shirt. [16] He would start Game 4 of the World Series, which the Giants would win to clinch. •  • Triple Play: Who should DH for Giants? "Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Francisco Giants – Recap – May 29, 2012 – ESPN", "Kennedy outduels Lincecum to end long skid – Yahoo! Tigers scratch Ailva with sore right arm » [15], The Giants' Pablo Sandoval was named the MVP of the series after hitting .500 with three home runs.[30]. Max Scherzer (16–7) finished second in the AL with 231 strikeouts. 2012 San Francisco Giants. The 2012 Giants became the first NL team to do so since the 1919 Cincinnati Reds, who threw back-to-back shutouts against the Chicago White Sox. If you’re searching the MLB San Francisco Giants 2012 World Series or other t-shirts. The 2012 San Francisco Giants team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 2012 season. • Schoenfield: Giants win with team effort » • Playbook: Best baseball movies », • Bowden: Ranking the players in World Series • SweetSpot: Don't count out the Tigers », • Schoenfield: Giants making plays, executing » Find out more. • Bryant: Leyland has a unique style » Giants C Buster Posey covers his home run in Game 4 of the World Series, San Francisco's comebacks in the playoffs and more. The Giants' Pablo Sandoval, who in Game 1 tied a record by hitting three home runs in one World Series game, two off Tigers' ace pitcher Justin Verlander, was named the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP). Giants sweep to second title in three years » Their World Series sweep was the first by an NL team since the Cincinnati Reds swept the Oakland Athletics in the 1990 series and the first NL sweep not by the Reds since 1963, when the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the New York Yankees. [51] Giants pitching held the Tigers to a .159 batting average in the Series, the 3rd lowest for a team all-time in the World Series, behind the Los Angeles Dodgers hitting .142 against the Orioles in the 1966 World Series and the Baltimore Orioles hitting .146 against the New York Mets in the 1969 World Series.[52]. The 6.1 rating in Game 3 matched the lowest rating for any World Series game with Game 3 in 2008; that year, a rain delay moved the start of the game to after 10 p.m. on the East Coast with the game not ending until 1:47 a.m.[45] Hurricane Sandy contributed to the low number of viewers as most residents on the East Coast were preparing for the storm's arrival during the series.[46]. • Giants take 2-0 series lead Giants manager Bruce Bochy dishes on winning another World Series, whether Barry Zito's start in Game 5 of the NLCS was the turning point for San Francisco, and more. Pagan doubled with one out, then scored on Scutaro's single. Game 4 ended a few hours before the east coast of the United States began experiencing Hurricane Sandy. [47], The 2012 World Series was the first since 1954 to feature the batting champions from each league, Buster Posey of the Giants and Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (the 1954 Series showcased Willie Mays of the New York Giants and Bobby Ávila of the Cleveland Indians). This trend continued in 2012. This was also the first World Series since 1988 to feature both of that year's League MVPs (Miguel Cabrera for the AL and Buster Posey for the NL). With the bases loaded and nobody out, Brandon Crawford grounded into a double play, scoring Hunter Pence. Fox Deportes carried the Series in Spanish on American cable and satellite TV. The three other teams to do so (1988 Oakland A's, 1990 Oakland A's, and 2006 Detroit Tigers) did not win the World Series, and the 2012 Tigers would, in the 2012 World Series, continue this trend. Buy your San Francisco Giants World Series Patch, Roster and …, January 20, 2013 All rights reserved. • Vogelsong breaks his start down A one-out triple off the bat of Gregor Blanco scored Hunter Pence from third. Locally, the two teams' flagship stations broadcast the series with their respective announcing crews. Pablo Sandoval named World Series MVP", "MLB Announces 2012 World Series Umpires", "Did you know? • BBTN: Cold weather in forecast In the top of the second, with Prince Fielder on first, Delmon Young lined a double into the left field corner. They then defeated the defending 2011 World Series champions, the St. Louis Cardinals, in a seven-game series to capture the National League pennant.