On the fourth day of Christmas, let’s remember a San Francisco Giants legend we lost in 2016.
Earlier this year, the San Francisco Giants lost one of the most beloved players in franchise history. Monte Irvin, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, died on January 11, 2016.
Irvin and Hank Thompson became the first African-Americans to play for the New York Giants on July 8, 1949, two years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.
The entire Giants team wore patches with Irvin’s retired number 20 on their jerseys throughout the 2016 season in his memory.