The1989 San Francisco Giants season was theGiants' 107th season inMajor League Baseball, their 32nd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the1957 season, and their 30th atCandlestick Park. The Giants finished in first place in theNational League West with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses. It was their second division title in three years. The Giants defeated theChicago Cubs in five games in theNLCS. However, they were swept by their cross-Bay rivals, theOakland Athletics, in anearthquake-marredWorld Series.

• December 8, 1988: Mike Aldrete was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Montreal Expos for Tracy Jones.^[1]
• February 27, 1989: Ernie Camacho was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[2]

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• April 14, 1989:Goose Gossage was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[4]
• June 5, 1989: Clay Bellinger was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1989.^[5]
• June 16, 1989: Tracy Jones was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Detroit Tigers for Pat Sheridan.^[6]
• June 18, 1989: Charlie Hayes was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Dennis Cook and Terry Mulholland to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later and Steve Bedrosian. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Rick Parker (August 7, 1989) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.^[7]
• August 2, 1989:Bob Brenly signed as a free agent.
• August 10, 1989:Goose Gossage was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the San Francisco Giants.^[4]

• Batters:Mike Benjamin (July 7),Greg Litton (May 2)
• Pitchers:Randy McCament (June 28),Russ Swan (August 3), Stu Tate (September 20)^[8]

The previous season, a cancerousdesmoid tumor was found in Dravecky's pitching arm. He underwent surgery on October 7, 1988, removing half of thedeltoid muscle in his pitching arm and freezing thehumerus bone in an effort to eliminate all of the cancerous cells. By July 1989, he was pitching in theminors, and on August 10, he made a highly publicized return to the major leagues, pitching 8 innings and defeatingCincinnati 4–3. In his following start five days later against theExpos, Dravecky pitched three no-hit innings, but in the fifth inning, he felt a tingling sensation in his arm. In the sixth inning he started off shaky, allowing ahome run to the lead off batter and then hitting the second batter. Then, on his first pitch toTim Raines, hishumerus bone snapped, ending hiscareer.

To see a pitcher break his arm with a loud cracking sound while doing something as ordinary as throwing a pitch, then fall to the ground rolling in agonizing pain, was shocking, unusual, and upsetting, especially for those who had followed his touching story. The pitch was replayed on television repeatedly over the following days.

The Giants won theNational League pennant in1989, and in the post-game celebration, Dravecky's arm was broken a second time. A doctor examining Dravecky'sx-rays noticed a mass in his arm. Cancer had returned. Eighteen days later, Dravecky retired from baseball, aged 33, leaving a 64–57 record with 558strikeouts and a 3.13ERA in 1,062.2 innings. He won the 1989Willie Mac Award honoring his spirit and leadership.

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

October 4 atWrigley Field inChicago

October 5 atWrigley Field inChicago

October 7 atCandlestick Park inSan Francisco, California

October 8 atCandlestick Park inSan Francisco, California

October 9 atCandlestick Park inSan Francisco, California

The Giants made it to their firstWorld Series since1962 with a 3–2 win over the Cubs to win the 1989 National League pennant, four games to one. The final game pittedMike Bielecki against a well-rested (due to his quick exit from Game 2)Rick Reuschel. Reuschel made amends for his poor start in Game 2 by giving up only one run over eight innings. The one run Reuschel gave up was an unearned run the Cubs scored when Walton reached on an error by Mitchell and then scored on Sandberg's double. The Cubs held the 1–0 lead until the seventh inning whenWill Clark tripled and scored on Mitchell's sacrifice fly.

With two outs in the eighth, the Cubs appeared ready to perhaps send the series back to Chicago. ButCandy Maldonado pinch-hit for Reuschel and walked. Bielcki then proceeded the load the bases by walking both Butler and Thompson.Don Zimmer sent forMitch Williams to end the jam, but Clark drove a single to center that gave the Giants a 3–1 lead. The Cubs strung together three straight singles with two outs in the ninth to pull within a run, but Bedrosian got Sandberg to ground out to second to end the game and the series.

The Giants were in their firstWorld Series since1962. Clark's stellar performance earned himMost Valuable Player honors for the Giants. Clark hit .650 with eight RBIs.

It was the first World Series in which the losing team never had the lead and never had the tying run at the plate in its final turn at-bat. The Giants were tied at the end of exactly two innings for the entire series: the first inning of Game 1 and the third inning of Game 2.^[10]

October 14, 1989, atOakland Coliseum inOakland, California.

October 15, 1989, atOakland Coliseum inOakland, California

October 17, 1989, atCandlestick Park in San Francisco

The game was delayed until October 27, or about ten days, due to theLoma Prieta earthquake.

October 28, 1989, atCandlestick Park in San Francisco

• Will Clark, NLCS MVP
• Dave Dravecky,Hutch Award^[11]
• Dave Dravecky,Willie Mac Award
• Kevin Mitchell, National League MVP

All-Star Game

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