Giants to honor Magowan on Wall of Fame

Before he retired as the San Francisco Giants' president and managing general partner, Peter Magowan established the franchise's Wall of Fame in 2008 to honor the team's 50th year in the city. Next month, Magowan's name will go on that wall.

The Giants announced Wednesday that they will honor their former executive during a ceremony at the recently renamed Oracle Park on Feb. 9. Magowan, 76, will be the 53rd person and the first non-player to receive a plaque on the wall.

A Giants fan growing up in New York, Magowan was the leader of an investment group that purchased the team from Bob Lurie in December 1992. That kept the Giants in San Francisco, staving off a possible move to the Tampa-St. Petersburg area. Other highlights of his tenure as managing general partner (1993-2008) included signing Barry Bonds in 1993 and replacing the rundown Candlestick Park with then-Pacific Bell Park (later named SBC Park and AT&T Park) in the city's China Basin neighborhood in 2000.

"It is only fitting that we pay tribute to the man who played a pivotal role in revitalizing our franchise and in turning San Francisco back into a baseball town," Giants CEO Larry Baer said. "Through his passion and love for his childhood team, Peter led the effort to not only keep the Giants in San Francisco but also to build a permanent home for generations of fans to enjoy." The previous 52 honorees on the Wall of Fame either played a minimum of nine seasons with the Giants, spent at least five years with the club while making at least one All-Star team, or were members of the three World Series-winning teams in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

--Field Level Media

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