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The Most Frequent Trade Partners of the Giants

For no good reason, here's a list of the most frequent trade parters of the Giants. This is both for New York and San Francisco. And while I know the Dodgers and Giants are over 100 years old, and longevity is a factor in this list, #6 still surprises me.

This is all from Baseball Reference's trade database, of course. Before you click over, take a wild guess at the top team. Go on! Guess!

Team Total Last trade Year
1. Cardinals 64 Kevin Joseph for Jason Christiansen 2001
2. Braves 63 Russ Ortiz for Damian Moss, Merkin Valdez 2002
3. Reds 56 Dave Burba, Darren Lewis, Mark Portugal for Dave McCarty, Ricky Pickett, John Roper, Deion Sanders, Scott Service, all the lulz 1995
4. Phillies 54 Tommy Joseph, Seth Rosin, Nate Schierholtz for Hunter Pence 2012
5. Pirates 34 John Bowker, Joe Martinez for Javier Lopez 2010
6. Dodgers 30 Mark Sweeney for Travis Denker 2007
7. Cubs 30 Evan Crawford for Mike Fontenot 2010
8. Nationals/Expos 24 Shairon Martis for Mike Stanton 2006
9. Yankees 23 Chris Stewart for George Kontos 2012
10. Orioles 20 LaTroy Hawkins for Steve Kline 2005
11. White Sox 20 Sergio Santos for sweet, sweet cash 2009
12. Tigers 19 Marcus Jensen for Brian Johnson 1997
13. Red Sox 19 Daniel Turpen for Ramon Ramirez 2010
14. Indians 18 Thomas Neal for Orlando Cabrera 2011
15. Mets 18 Ramon Ramirez, Andres Torres for Angel Pagan 2011
16. Brewers 17 Ray Durham for Steve Hammond, Darren Ford 2008
17. Angels 16 Edgardo Alfonzo for Steve Finley 2005
18. Twins 15 J.T. Thomas for Dustan Mohr 2003
19. Astros 14 Jason Stoffel, Henry Sosa for Jeff Keppinger 2011
20. A's 13 Adam Pettyjohn for sweet, sweet cash 2004
21. Mariners 11 Jason Ellison for Travis Blackley 2007
22. Padres 10 Clay Hensley for Matt Herges 2003
23. Royals 10 Jonathan Sanchez, Ryan Verdugo for Melky Cabrera 2011
24. Rangers 9 Bengie Molina for Michael Main, a championship 2010
25. Marlins 6 Ronny Paulino for Hector Correa 2009
26. Diamondbacks 4 Matt Herges for Doug DeVore 2005
27. Blue Jays 4 Fred Lewis for sweet, sweet cash 2010
28. Rockies 3 Charlie Culberson for Marco Scutaro 2012
29. Rays 1 Tyler Walker for Carlos Hines 2006
30. Giants 1 Injured Freddy Sanchez, injured Buster Posey for healthy Freddy Sanchez, healthy Buster Posey 2012