Top San Francisco Giants Nemeses of 2013

22 years ago, the Houston Astros gave their first base job to rookie Jeff Bagwell, after acquiring him from Boston six months prior. He went on to win Rookie of the Year that season. Three years later, he was the NL MVP.

Bagwell remained a Houston Astro thru 2006 (although disabled most of '05 and all of '06.) During that time, he turned stomach-punching the Giants into his personal project. When he makes the Hall of Fame, every Giants pitcher from John Burkett on through Russ Ortiz deserve mention in his speech—without them, he's a rich man's Travis Lee.

Okay, that's hyperbole. But Bagwell sure did feast heartily on Giants pitching.

Bagwell slugged .640 against the Giants—far more than any other NL team.

Bagwell batted .348 against the Giants—f...

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