New York Giants Farm Clubs: Location of Ball Diamonds, Sanford, Florida

New York Giants Farm Clubs: Location of Ball Diamonds, Sanford, Florida

New York Giants Ball Diamonds

Sanford (Fla.)

Baseball--Florida

New York Giants (Baseball team)

San Francisco Giants (Baseball team)

Baseball diamonds

Baseball fields--Florida

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Plans for the New York Giants Farm Clubs' baseball diamonds drawn on October 7, 1947. The Giants' Spring Training Facility offered a summer athletic experience for boys in order to gain extra revenue. In 1947, the City of Sanford collaborated with the New York Giants, now the San Francisco Giants, to layout and create a 10-diamond practice field. The Giants also owned the Mayfair Hotel and Mayfair Country Club and golf course until the early 1960s, and players would use these facilities when staying in town for training. The Giants franchise moved to San Francisco in 1957.

Original drawing, October 7, 1947: "New York Giants Farm Clubs, Location of Ball Diamonds." Sanford, Florida: Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.

1947-10-07

Digital reproduction of original drawing, October 7, 1947: "New York Giants Farm Clubs, Location of Ball Diamonds." Sanford, Florida.

Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.

Sanford Baseball Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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New York Giants Farm Clubs' Baseball Diamonds, Sanford, Florida

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Copyright to this resource is held by the Sanford Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Cepero, Laura

Hodgkin, Mayme. "Airport Activities Gain Speed." The Orlando Morning Sentinel, September 25, 1947.

McCarthy, Kevin. Baseball in Florida. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, 1996.

NEW YORK GIANTS FARM CLUBS
LOCATION OF BALL DIAMONDS
SANFORD, FLORIDA.
BEGINNING OF OPERATIONS OCT. 7, 1947

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