New York Giants votes to move the franchise to San Francisco

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On August 19, 1957, the board of directors of the New York Giants votes nine to one to move the franchise to San Francisco. the only dissenting vote cast by M. Donald Grant, who will become the chairman of the Mets, an expansion team located in New York to fill the National League void created by the departure of the Giants and Dodgers to California. The Giants will join the rival Brooklyn Dodgers on the West Coast, beginning with the 1958 season. The Giants will initially play games at Seals Stadium before moving into Candlestick Park.

Giants’ president Horace Stoneham, ignoring baseball’s edict of banning announcements about the relocation of franchises until after the World Series, informs the press the club has signed a lease to play its home games in San Francisco next season. The club’s Board of Directors voted 8-1 approving the shift to the West Coast, with the only dissenting vote cast by M. Donald Grant, who will become the chairman of the Mets, an expansion team located in New York to fill the National League void created by the departure of the Giants and Dodgers to California.
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