The Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels . The 66ers are based in San Bernardino, California , and play at San Manuel Stadium .
21-608: The 66ers began when the Salinas Spurs moved to San Bernardino and bought the name of the San Bernardino Spirit from the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes who had just left town. The team was bought by Elmore Sports Group soon afterwards. The team originally played at Fiscalini Field until 1996 when the team moved to San Bernardino Stadium, nicknamed "The Ranch" in concert with the team's new name,
42-914: A Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers . They are located in Rancho Cucamonga, California , and play their home games at LoanMart Field . The franchise was founded in Lodi, California , in 1966 as members of the California League, with its home ballpark as Tony Zupo Field . The team then went through several new names and ownership changes before arriving in Rancho Cucamonga in 1993. In
63-460: A best-of-three series. The winner of this mini-series met the division's first-half winner in a best-of-five series to determine division champions. Then, the North and South division winners played a best-of-five series to determine a league champion. As of 2022, the winners of each division from both the first and second halves of the season meet in a best-of-three division series, with the winners of
84-566: Is a Single-A baseball league in the United States. The league was founded in 1941, but ceased operations from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. The circuit reorganized in 1946 and was in continual operation through 2020. The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic , and the league ceased operations before the 2021 season in conjunction with Major League Baseball 's (MLB) reorganization of Minor League Baseball. In place of
105-545: The Los Angeles Dodgers beginning in the 2007 season. That affiliation would last through the end of the 2010 season. In September 2010, the 66ers agreed to a two-year affiliation with the Los Angeles Angels to be the MLB club's minor league "High A" ball affiliate. The team was once unique for having a National Public Radio affiliate, KVCR-FM , as the station that broadcast its games on radio. However, in 2008
126-1074: The MLB Home Plate channel. The Quakes are currently in their second year with their current broadcast partner, IE NewsTalk 1290 with Mike Lindskog calling the play-by-play. NewsTalk 1290 is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. It airs a talk radio format for the Inland Empire region of Southern California including Riverside and San Bernardino.. Pitchers Catchers Infielders Outfielders Manager Coaches [REDACTED] 7-day injured list * On Los Angeles Dodgers 40-man roster ~ Development list # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporarily inactive list Roster updated November 24, 2024 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • California League → Los Angeles Dodgers minor league players List of California League champions The California League of Minor League Baseball
147-608: The San Bernardino Stampede . Later, the stadium was re-christened San Manuel Stadium sponsored by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians with their casino. The team name was later changed to the team's current name, the Inland Empire 66ers, taken from the historic U. S. Route 66 that ran through San Bernardino. In September 2006, the 66ers announced they were renewing its affiliation with
168-731: The San Jose Giants . After the season, the Quakes once again changed affiliations, joining the Dodgers' system. Television actor Mark Harmon ( St. Elsewhere , NCIS ) was one of the team's owners until he sold his interest in the team to local businessman Scott Ostlund. Since 2009, the team has been owned and operated by Brett Sports and Entertainment, headed by former Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer George Brett and his brother Bobby Brett. In conjunction with Major League Baseball 's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021,
189-546: The 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues, the California League disbanded and was replaced by the Low-A-West, but this was renamed the California League in 2022. The Quakes have three California League championships (1994, 2015, and 2018). The Quakes franchise began in 1966 in Lodi, California as the Lodi Crushers after a team of investors from the city pooled together $ 2,500 a few years earlier. Until 1984,
210-814: The 2021 reorganization, and was reclassified as a Single-A circuit. On March 27, 2024, the club announced that Diamond Baseball Holdings had acquired ownership of the club. Pitchers Catchers Infielders Outfielders Manager Coaches 60-day injured list [REDACTED] 7-day injured list * On Los Angeles Angels 40-man roster ~ Development list # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporarily inactive list Roster updated September 10, 2024 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • California League → Los Angeles Angels minor league players Hall of Fame alumni Notable alumni Rancho Cucamonga Quakes The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are
231-567: The California League, MLB created the Low-A West , an 8-team circuit divided into two divisions. Prior to the 2022 season, MLB renamed the Low-A West as the California League, and it carried on the history of the league prior to reorganization. In 2021, the Low-A West held a best-of-five series between the top two teams in the league, regardless of division standings, to determine a league champion. A league champion has been determined at
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#1732800707914252-525: The Chicago Cubs pulled out of Lodi, and the franchise's owner Michelle Sprague was unable to find a major league affiliate. She deactivated the team for a year, selling the team to a group including former L.A. Dodger Ken McMullen . After spending time in Ventura , under new ownership (a group of investors including Roy Englebrecht, actor Mark Harmon , and former Quakes' majority owner Hank Stickney ),
273-626: The City of Rancho Cucamonga has stated that a new Minor League Baseball affiliate will play at LoanMart Field under the name Quakes, funded by the current Quakes organization. The mascot of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes is Tremor, the "Rallysaurus". Joe Castellano was the team's first play-by-play announcer; he later moved on to the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings , and now works for XM Satellite Radio on
294-543: The Modesto A's in four games. The Quakes continue to play their home games at the stadium, now renamed LoanMart Field . The stadium held up to 7000 fans in its first few years of existence, but renovations in 2014 and 2015 reduced its capacity to just over 4900 total fans. During the late 1990s and 2000s, the Quakes broke several league attendance records. After being an affiliate of the San Diego Padres for
315-551: The Quakes were organized into the Low-A West at the Low-A classification. In 2022, the Low-A West became known as the California League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization, and was reclassified as a Single-A circuit. The currently Quakes organization plans to move to a new 6,000 seat stadium in the Ontario Ranch section of Ontario and change their name in 2026. However,
336-408: The end of each season by either postseason playoffs or being declared champion by the league office. In 2019, the first-half winner in each division (North and South) received a bye into the second round, or division series. Each division's second-half winner and wild card team, the team with the best winning percentage over the entire season to have not won either half of the season, faced each other in
357-526: The first eight years in Rancho Cucamonga, the team swapped affiliations with the Lake Elsinore Storm , beginning the 2001 season. For the next ten seasons, the Quakes were affiliated with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim . In 2010, its final year of affiliation with the Angels, the team advanced to the California League championship round, losing in extra innings in the fifth and deciding game to
378-549: The main staff of Stickney's team moved outside the construction zone where the ballpark would be built. Construction started on November 14, 1991. Named "The Quake" after a vote, the stadium was nicknamed the "Epicenter". The team moved into the stadium on April 1, 1993. The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes played their first game at the stadium on April 8 against the High Desert Mavericks , winning 7–3. The Quakes won their first California League championship in 1994, defeating
399-407: The team changed its station to commercial talk station KCAA . In conjunction with Major League Baseball 's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the 66ers were organized into the Low-A West at the Low-A classification. They retained their affiliation with the Angels. In 2022, the Low-A West became known as the California League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to
420-408: The team moved to San Bernardino in 1987 and became the San Bernardino Spirit . Ken Griffey Jr. was among the players that came through Fiscalini Field on their way to the big leagues. In the early 1990s, Stickney was informed by the city of Rancho Cucamonga that they would be breaking ground on a new stadium. Selling the rights to the name "The San Bernardino Spirit" to a different franchise,
441-589: The team played at Lawrence Park (now Tony Zupo Field ) for home games. Several times in its early history, the team was sold from one group of collaborating town residents to another. Since 1966, the franchise has been affiliated with several major league teams, notably the Los Angeles Dodgers in the late 1970s and the Chicago Cubs in the early 1980s. While in Lodi, the team won several California League Championships , including 1973, 1977 and 1981. After 1984,
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