GLENDALE, Arizona — The Giants announced on Wednesday morning that Buster Posey, Brandon Crawford, Brandon Belt, Pablo Sandoval and Joe Panik will go on the team’s Wall of Fame together at Oracle Park on August 8 against the Detroit Tigers.
Along with the Wall of Fame ceremony, the Giants will host Brandon Belt Celebration Day on April 25 against the Miami Marlins, then retire incoming Hall of Famer Jeff Kent’s No. 21 on August 29 against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Kent will be enshrined in Cooperstown on July 26 along with Andruw Jones and Carlos Beltran, who played 44 games for San Francisco.
This marks the first time that the Giants have added players to their Wall of Fame since 2024, when Sergio Romo, Jeremy Affeldt, Javier Lopez and Santiago Casilla, otherwise known as the “Core Four,” were inducted.
The team also announced a new Gigantes uniform that will be worn during Saturday home games. Romo will be the Gigantes ambassador, and Bay Area artist Jessie Hernandez designed the cap and jersey.
Posey, the Giants’ president of baseball operations, is the greatest catcher in franchise history and could be elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame next year in his debut appearance on the writers’ ballot.
Over 12 seasons with San Francisco, Posey guided the Giants to three championships in 2010, ’12 and ’14. The future Hall of Famer’s résumé features the 2012 NL MVP Award, five Silver Slugger Awards, seven All-Star selections, a Gold Glove Award and two Comeback Player of the Year Awards. Posey finished his career with a lifetime .302 batting average, .831 OPS, 158 home runs and 1500 hits.
Crawford, who the team celebrated last year, spent all but one of his 14 major league seasons with the Giants and was part of the 2012 and ’14 championship teams. He holds the franchise record for most games played at shortstop (1,617) and earned three All-Star appearances, four Gold Gloves and a Silver Slugger during his time in San Francisco. In 2021, Crawford finished fourth in NL MVP voting after totaling career-highs in homers (24), RBIs (90), steals (11) and OPS (.895).
Similar to Crawford, Belt spent all but one of his 13 seasons in the majors with San Francisco and was also part of the championship teams in 2012 and ’14. A one-time All-Star in ’16, Belt hit .261 with 175 home runs and an .814 OPS over 1310 games as a Giant. Belt orchestrated one of the defining moments of the World Series run in ’14, breaking a 1-1 tie in the 18th inning of Game 2 of the NLDS against the Washington Nationals.
Sandoval, a two-time All-Star, spent 11 total seasons with the Giants, including the first seven years of his career. He played for all three championship teams in 2010, ’12 and ’14, but had a more pronounced role in the latter two titles. In ’12, Sandoval won World Series MVP after hitting three home runs in Game 1, two of which were off future Hall of Famer and former Giant Justin Verlander.
The “Kung Fu Panda” had a falling out with the organization after signing a five-year, $95 million deal with the Boston Red Sox that was ultimately a bust, but Sandoval mended some of those burned bridges during his second act with the team from 2017-20.
Panik had the shortest tenure with San Francisco of the five, but the double play he helped turn in Game 7 of the 2014 World Series is one of the most memorable moments in franchise history. The one-time All-Star also hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the 13th inning against the Chicago Cubs in the ’16 NLDS, ensuring the Giants staved off elimination down 2-0.