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Original SF Giant Jim Davenport dies

Jim Davenport, an original San Franciso Giant who went on to a long career with the organization after his playing days as a third baseman, has died, the Giants announced Friday morning. He was 82.

The team said he died Thursday night in Redwood City of heart failure. He had been in ill health.

Davenport came up with the Giants in 1958, their first year in San Francisco, and spent his entire 12-year playing career in the orange and black. He was a career .258 hitter.

Davenport also served as a coach and briefly as manager.