OPENED: APRIL 7, 1931
FIRST GIANTS GAME: APRIL 15, 1958
LAST GIANTS GAME: SEPTEMBER 20, 1959
DEMOLISHED: NOVEMBER 1959
CAPACITY: 16,000 (1931), 18,500 (1946), 22,900 (1958)
LOCATION: At the corner of 16th and Bryant Streets. Right field (S), 16th street; first base (W), Bryant; third base (N), Alameda Street; left field (E), Potrero Avenue.
DIMENSIONS: Left field: 340ft (1931), 365ft (1958), 361ft (1959); left center: 375ft (1958), 364ft (1959); just left of dead center: 404ft (1958); center field: 400ft (1931), 410ft (1958), 400ft (1959); just right of dead center in the corner: 415ft (1958); just right of the 415 mark where the seats jutted out: 397ft (1958); right field: 385ft (1931), 365 ft (1940), 355ft (1958), 350ft (1959); backstop: 55.42ft.
FENCES: Left field: 15ft (5ft concrete below 10ft wire); center field scoreboard: 30.5ft; right field: 16ft (5ft concrete below 11ft wire).
Seals Stadium was built in 1931 for the Seals and Missions of the PCL. The Seals became the sole tennant in 1938, when the missions move to Hollywood and became the Stars. The Seals continued to play here until the Giants relocated to San Francisco from the Polo Grounds in New York in 1958. The giants played in Seals Stadium for two seasons until they moved into Candlestick Park in 1960.
Rumor has it that in the 24-hour Safeway store located above Seals Stadium in San Francisco, the employees occaisonally see the ghosts of former Seals players walking down the aisles late at night.
