• October 30, 2011 – The Giants re-sign LHP
Javier López to a two-year contract and pick up a one-year option on LHP
Jeremy Affeldt. • November 7, 2011 – OF
Melky Cabrera is acquired in a trade with the Kansas City Royals for LHP
Jonathan Sánchez. • December 6, 2011 – OF
Ángel Pagán is acquired in a trade with the New York Mets for OF
Andrés Torres and RHP
Ramon Ramírez. • December 12, 2011 – The Giants re-sign IF
Mike Fontenot to a one-year contract and tender contracts to nine other arbitration-eligible players (
Ps
Tim Lincecum,
Ryan Vogelsong,
Sergio Romo and
Santiago Casilla;
IFs
Pablo Sandoval and
Emmanuel Burriss;
OFs
Nate Schierholtz and recent-trade acquisitions
Melky Cabrera and
Ángel Pagán). IF
Jeff Keppinger and
C Eli Whiteside are allowed to become free agents. • January 27, 2012 – The Giants sign IF
Ryan Theriot to a one-year contract. • March 9, 2012 – In a spring training game, C
Buster Posey returns to action for the first time since the injury which ended his 2011 season. • March 30, 2012 – IF
Mike Fontenot is released. • April 2, 2012 – The Giants and RHP
Matt Cain agree to a six-year contract extension worth at least $127 million. • April 4, 2012 – The Giants acquire P
George Kontos from the New York Yankees in a trade for C
Chris Stewart. Spring training concludes with relative newcomers
Gregor Blanco,
Héctor Sánchez,
Brett Pill,
Clay Hensley, and
Dan Otero included on the 25-man roster. • April 9, 2012 –
Barry Zito pitches a complete-game shutout against the
Colorado Rockies at
Coors Field for his first shutout as a member of the Giants. The game is the Giants' first win of the year after an 0–3 start. • April 13, 2012 –
Matt Cain pitches a one-hit shutout in a 5–0 victory over the
Pittsburgh Pirates. The single hit by opposing pitcher
James McDonald is the only baserunner allowed by Cain in the game. • April 15, 2012 – Closer
Brian Wilson is diagnosed with a season-ending elbow injury requiring
Tommy John surgery. • April 17, 2012 – The Giants and LHP
Madison Bumgarner agree on a new six-year contract extension. • April 25, 2012 – IF
Joaquin Arias is recalled from
Fresno as
Aubrey Huff is placed on the 15-day disabled list. • April 25, 2012 –
Pablo Sandoval sets a franchise record with a 19-game hitting streak to start the season. The streak will ultimately reach 20 games. • May 3, 2012 – 3B
Pablo Sandoval breaks the hamate bone in his left hand and is placed on the disabled list, Sandoval broke his hamate bone in his right hand the year before. • May 7, 2012 – RHP
Guillermo Mota tests positive for a
PED and is suspended for 100 games.
Aubrey Huff returns to the roster to take his place. • May 29, 2012 –
Melky Cabrera sets a new San Francisco Giants record with 50 hits in the month of May. He would finish the month with 51 hits, tying
Randy Winn for the Giants' San Francisco record for most hits in any month. • June 5, 2012 –
Freddy Sanchez has back surgery, ending his attempts to come back from a season-ending injury in June 2011. • June 10, 2012 –
George Kontos is called up from Fresno, completing the bullpen. • June 12, 2012 –
Madison Bumgarner hits his first major league home run while striking out 12 batters. The previous Giant to hit a home run and throw 10+ strikeouts in a game before Bumgarner was
Mike Krukow, who was announcing the game. • June 12, 2012 – 3B
Pablo Sandoval returns to the lineup, while 3B
Conor Gillaspie is demoted to Fresno. • June 13, 2012 –
Matt Cain throws a perfect game with 125 pitches thrown and 14 strikeouts. Cain's 125 pitches is the most pitches thrown in a perfect game and his 14 strikeouts ties
Sandy Koufax's record for most strikeouts thrown in a perfect games. • June 28, 2012 – LHP
Madison Bumgarner throws the first shutout of his Major League career against the
Cincinnati Reds. It is the fourth game in four consecutive shutout victories, the first three against the arch-rival
Los Angeles Dodgers. • June 29, 2012 – RHP
Brad Penny, previously signed to a minor-league contract, is called up to the major league roster. • July 1, 2012 – OF
Melky Cabrera, P
Matt Cain, C
Buster Posey, and 3B
Pablo Sandoval are named to the NL roster for the
All-Star Game, each starting for their respected positions. • July 6, 2012 – RHP
Sergio Romo takes over the closer role from RHP
Santiago Casilla. • July 10, 2012 – OF
Melky Cabrera is named
MVP of the
All-Star Game played in Kansas City, going 2 for 3 with a home run, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI as the National League routs the American League 8–0.
Matt Cain, the starting pitcher for the NL, pitches 2 shutout innings to earn the win. 3B
Pablo Sandoval breaks the game open with a bases-loaded triple in the first inning. C
Buster Posey catches 5 shutout innings while drawing a walk and scoring a run. • July 13, 2012 – LHP
Madison Bumgarner becomes the leadoff pitcher in the starting rotation, swapping spots with
Tim Lincecum. • July 27, 2012 – IF
Marco Scutaro is acquired, along with cash, via trade from the Rockies for infielder
Charlie Culberson. IF
Emmanuel Burriss is designated for assignment. • July 31, 2012 – OF
Hunter Pence is acquired via trade from the
Philadelphia Phillies for OF
Nate Schierholtz and minor league prospects C
Tommy Joseph, and RHP
Seth Rosin. • August 6, 2012 – The Giants claim LHP
José Mijares off waivers from the
Kansas City Royals. • August 15, 2012 – OF
Melky Cabrera is suspended for 50 games after testing positive for elevated levels of
testosterone. At the time, he had a major league-leading 159 hits and was second in the NL with a .346 batting average. • August 31, 2012 – OF
Xavier Nady, previously acquired on a minor-league contract, is promoted to the major league roster. • September 15, 2012 – OF
Ángel Pagán sets the Giants' San Francisco-era record with his 13th triple of the season at Arizona's
Chase Field, breaking a record jointly held by
Willie Mays and
Steve Finley. • September 21, 2012 – C
Buster Posey is named recipient of the team's 2012
Willie Mac Award. • September 22, 2012 – The Giants clinch their second NL West title in three years with an 8–4 victory over the
San Diego Padres at
AT&T Park.
Sergio Romo gets
Mark Kotsay to line out to
Ángel Pagán for the final out. • October 2, 2012 – The Giants defeat the
Los Angeles Dodgers 4–3 at
Dodger Stadium, eliminating the Dodgers from postseason contention. • October 11, 2012 – The Giants defeat the
Cincinnati Reds 6–4 at
Great American Ball Park, winning the
NLDS 3 games to 2.
Buster Posey caps a six-run fifth inning with a grand slam home run off
Mat Latos to propel the Giants to a 6–0 lead. The Reds would slowly come back, but with two runners on, the Giants holding a two-run lead, and the potential winning run at the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning,
Sergio Romo retired
Jay Bruce on a fly ball following a 12-pitch struggle before striking out
Scott Rolen to end the series. The Giants become the first National League team of the Wild Card era to come back from a two-game deficit to win a five-game postseason series, and are the first team overall to do so by winning the final three games on the road. • October 22, 2012 – The Giants defeat the
St. Louis Cardinals 9–0 at
AT&T Park to win Game 7 of the
NLCS and the National League pennant.
Matt Cain pitches 5 2/3 shutout innings as the Giants break the game open with a five-run third inning highlighted by a bases-clearing broken bat hit by
Hunter Pence. In a driving downpour,
Sergio Romo gets
Matt Holliday to pop out to series
MVP Marco Scutaro to end the game. Scutaro tied an LCS record with 14 hits in the series. The Giants outscore the Cardinals 20–1 over the last three games to come back from a 3–1 series deficit and tie the
1985 Kansas City Royals with six consecutive wins while facing elimination in the same postseason. • October 24, 2012 – In Game 1 of the
2012 World Series,
Pablo Sandoval ties a World Series record by hitting three home runs in one game, two of them against starting pitcher
Justin Verlander, the reigning 2011 winner of the AL Cy Young, the AL Pitching
Triple Crown, and the
AL MVP. The Giants defeat the
Detroit Tigers 8–3. • October 27, 2012 – With a 2–0 victory over the
Detroit Tigers in Game 3 of the
2012 World Series, the Giants become the first team to post consecutive shutouts in a
World Series since the
Baltimore Orioles did so in
1966. • October 28, 2012 – The Giants defeat the
Detroit Tigers 4–3 in 10 innings at
Comerica Park to complete a four-game sweep and become
2012 World Series champions.
Marco Scutaro singles home
Ryan Theriot with the decisive run in the top of the 10th inning before
Sergio Romo strikes out the side in the bottom of the frame, getting
Miguel Cabrera looking for the third out to end it.
Pablo Sandoval is named series
MVP. • October 31, 2012 – The Giants celebrate their World Series victory with a parade down Market Street in downtown San Francisco. • November 15, 2012 –
Buster Posey wins the
National League Most Valuable Player award. ==Postseason==