February 1 in San Francisco Giants History: Olympic hero Jim Thorpe signs with the New York Giants of the National League. (1913)

On February 1 1913 — Olympic hero Jim Thorpe signs with the New York Giants of the National League. Thorpe will play for 6 seasons and bat .252 over his career and play in just 289 games.

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