No one person has had a greater impact on the San Francisco Giants baseball franchise than Peter Magowan. Peter, a lifelong baseball fan who grew up in New York City, missed his first day of school ever when his father took him to game one of the 1951 world series between the Giants and the Yankees. Following the New York Giants was easy. Willie mays, Bobby Thomson, and Leo Durocher were his stars. However, things changed as peter witnessed his beloved Giants leave for San Francisco in 1958. He never forgot the feeling of losing his team. As fate would have it, Peter and his family moved west shortly after the Giants relocated. Fast forward to 1992: fans were confronted with potentially losing the Giants to Tampa Bay. Now a successful bay area business executive, CEO/Safeway, and a Giants board member, peter once again faced the prospect of losing his favorite team. He sprang into action and led a group of investors who purchased the Giants at the last moment, saving the franchise from being moved to Florida. During the next 16 seasons, Peter served as the Giants managing general partner (1992-2008). Being a visionary, in 1995 he unveiled a privately financed plan for a new 41,000 seat stadium that would forever change the landscape in San Francisco. Every nuance of AT&T park celebrates the Giants colorful history highlighting Peter Magowan’s respect for baseball tradition. The ballpark has glorious views of the bay and reminds everybody of the stadiums we used to enjoy. Whether it is the hall of fame statues, the old-fashioned uniforms, or the hand-manipulated scoreboard they are there for us to enjoy because of the vision of this outstanding leader, Bay Area Sports Hall of Famer, and most of all, true baseball fan Peter Magowan.

Inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.

Narrative by Marty Lurie