Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
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Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Founded in 1966 Rancho Cucamonga, California |
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| Current | Class A – Advanced | ||||
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| League | California League | ||||
| Conference | South Division | ||||
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| Current | Los Angeles Dodgers (2011–present) | ||||
| Previous | (see list) | ||||
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| Nickname | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (1993–present) | ||||
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| Ballpark | LoanMart Field (1993–present) | ||||
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Owner(s)/
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George Brett and Bobby Brett / Brett Sports & Entertainment. | ||||
| Manager | Drew Saylor | ||||
| General Manager | Grant Riddle | ||||
The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are a minor league baseball team in Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA. They are a Class A – Advanced team in the California League and a farm team of the Los Angeles Dodgers, their third major league affiliate as the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. The franchise was founded in Lodi, California in 1966, with its home field as the Tony Zupo Field. The team then went through several new names and ownership changes. After changing their name from the Spirit to the Quakes in 1993 and moving to Rancho Cucamonga, the team plays its home games at LoanMart Field, where the team has broken a number of seasonal attendance records for their league. In the 2015 season, the Quakes won their second Cal League Championship in franchise history, sweeping the San Jose Giants for their first crown since 1994.
The Quakes franchise has been in existence since 1966 when it played in Lodi, California. A team of investors from the city had pooled together $2,500 to start the franchise a few years before, and their first name was the Lodi Crushers. Until 1984, 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. The franchise since in 1966 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, the Chicago Cubs pulled out of Lodi, and the franchise's owner Michelle Sprague couldn't find a major league affiliate. She deactivated the team for a year, selling to a group including Ken McMullen. After spending time in Ventura, California under new ownerships (a group of investors including Roy Englebrecht, actor Mark Harmon, and former Quakes' majority owner Hank Stickney), the team moved to San Bernardino and 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.
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