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Candlestick Park

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Candlestick Park,3Com Park,San Francisco,CA,US

Ball Park First Game
Date – 04/12/1960 (1)
Starting Pitchers – vs. Cardinals: 04/12/1960
Final Score 3-1 (SFN)
Attendance – 42,269
Starting Pitchers Sam Jones (SFN); Larry Jackson (SLN)
First Batter – Joe Cunningham (SLN) Result – Popped to 3B
First Hits – Bill White (SLN),Singled to RF (1st)
First Run – Don Blasingame (SFN)
First RBI – Orlando Cepeda (SFN)
First Homerun – Leon Wagner (SLN) vs. Sam Jones (NY1) on 04/12/1960 (5th inning)
First Grandslam – Ernie Banks (CHN) vs. Jack Sanford (SFN) on 04/14/1960 (3rd inning)
First Inside Park Homerun – Eddie Bressoud (SFN) vs. Fred Green (PIT) on May 7, 1960 (7th inning)
First No Hitter – Juan Marichal (SFN) vs. Colt .45s (Astros) on 06/15/1963

Ball Park Lasts
Last Game – vs. Dodgers: 09/30/1999, Final Score – 9-4 (LAN)
Attendance – 61,389
Starting Pitchers – Shawn Estes (SFN); Jeff Williams (LAN), Winning Pitcher – Jeff Williams (LAN) Losing Pitcher – Shawn Estes (SFN)
Last Batter – Marvin Benard (SFN), result – Grounded to 1B
Last Hit – Ramon Martinez (SFNG), Singled to RF (9)
Last Run – Raul Mondesi (LAN), Last RBI – Adrian Beltre (LAN)
Last HR – Raul Mondesi (LAN) vs. Mark Gardner (SFN) on 09/30/1999 (6th inning)
Last Grand Slam – Robin Ventura (NYA) vs. Livan Hernandez (SFN) on 08/15/1999 (5th inning)
Last Inside The Park Homerun – Barry Bonds (SFN) vs. Tom Glavine (ATL) on 04/23/1997 (1st inning)
Last No Hitter – Kevin Brown (FLO) vs. Giants on 06/10/1997

TRIVIA –
On May 4, 1966 Willie Mays set a new National League record for homers when he hit his 512th to pass Giants great Mel Ott on the home run list; Pitcher Tony Cloninger became the first National Leaguer and only pitcher to hit two grand slams in one game on July 3, 1966; In his first big league game on June 25, 1968 Bobby Bonds hit a grand slam in his third plate appearance for his first major league hit; Candlestick Park featured back-to-back no-hitters on September 17-18, 1968 when Giants hurler Gaylord Perry no-hit the Cardinals on the 17th and Cards pitcher Ray Washburn returned the favor on the 18th; On July 14, 1967 Eddie Mathews homered off Juan Marichal and became the seventh member of the 500-home run club; On July 19, 1970 Willie Mays singled in the second inning against the Expos and became the 10th member of the 3,000-hit club;