Giants Encyclopedia

Tom Schott has been following the Giants, researching their history and collecting their autographs and memorabilia for nearly 20 years. A native of St. Louis, Schott graduated cum laude with a B.A. degree in journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1990. He has worked for the Purdue University athletic public relations and communications department since July of 1990 and has earned a number of publication and writing awards from the College Sports Information Directors of America. Schott got his start in sports journalism at the age of 12 when he co-founded his own magazine covering the St. Louis Cardinals and Major League Baseball, The Redbird Chirps. He lives in West Lafayette, Indiana, with his wife, Jane, and son, August Nick Peters is nearing his sixth decade of following Giants baseball. As a college student, the native San Franciscan watched the historic West Coast opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 15, 1958, from the left field bleachers at Seals Stadium. He began covering the club as a Berkeley Gazette sportswriter in 1961 and has been a traveling beat writer since 1979, first with the Oakland Tribune and for the past 16 years with the Sacramento Bee. Peters, a 39-year veteran of the Baseball Writers Association of America, has authored four other books on the team. He resides in Elk Grove, California, with wife LiseSchott, Tom is the author of 'Giants Encyclopedia', published 2003 under ISBN 9781582616933 and ISBN 1582616930.