{"id":1392,"date":"2026-05-27T01:49:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2025-09-15T07:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:25:48","slug":"this-date-in-ny-giants-history-may-27-1904-1937-1941-1951","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/?p=1392","title":{"rendered":"THIS DATE IN NY GIANTS HISTORY: MAY 27, 1904, 1937, &#038; 1951"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MAY 27, 1904<br \/>\nGiants&#8217; infielder Dennis McGann steals five bases to establish a major league record. The 32-year old Kentucky native&#8217;s thievery helps New York beat Brooklyn at the Polo Grounds, 3-1.<br \/>\n(Nationalpastime.com)<\/p>\n<p>MAY 27, 1937<br \/>\nCarl Hubbell, working two innings in relief, wins his 24th consecutive game when the Giants beat Cincinnati, 3-2. Mel Ott&#8217;s ninth-inning home run proves to be the difference in the Crosley Field contest.(Nationalpastime.com)<\/p>\n<p>MAY 27, 1951<br \/>\nA large ad appears in the Minnesota Sunday Times asking the local fans for their continued support of the Millers despite the promotion of the team&#8217;s phenom to the major leagues. Giants owner Horace Stoneham explains Willie Mays&#8217; performance, .477 batting average and hitting safely in 33 of 35 games, has warranted the young outfielder&#8217;s move to the Polo Grounds in New York. (Nationalpastime.com)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/?attachment_id=1135\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1135\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Sbanner.gif\" alt=\"Sbanner\" width=\"1000\" height=\"257\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1135\" \/><\/a\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAY 27, 1904 Giants&#8217; infielder Dennis McGann steals five bases to establish a major league record. The 32-year old Kentucky native&#8217;s thievery helps New York beat Brooklyn at the Polo Grounds, 3-1. (Nationalpastime.com) MAY 27, 1937 Carl Hubbell, working two &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/?p=1392\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1392"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392\/revisions\/2384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}