San Jose Expos
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San Jose Giants Founded in 1962 San Jose, California |
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| Current | Class A - Advanced | ||||
| Previous | Triple-A (1977–1978) | ||||
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| League | California League | ||||
| Division | Northern Division | ||||
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Pacific Coast League (1977–1978) | ||||
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| Current | San Francisco Giants (1988–present) | ||||
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Montreal Expos (1982) Co-Op (1981) Seattle Mariners (1978–1980) Oakland Athletics (1977) Cleveland Indians (1975–1976) Kansas City Royals (1970–1974) Los Angeles/California Angels (1962–1969) |
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| League titles (9) |
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| Division titles (9) |
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| Nickname | San Jose Giants (1988–present) | ||||
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Previous names
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San Jose Bees (1983–1987) San Jose Expos (1982) San Jose Missions (1977–1981) San Jose Bees (1962–1976) |
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| Ballpark | San Jose Municipal Stadium | ||||
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Owner(s)/
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San Francisco Giants 55% / Progress Sports Management 45% | ||||
| Manager | Nestor Rojas | ||||
| General Manager | Mark Wilson | ||||
The San Jose Giants are a minor league baseball team in San Jose, California, USA. They are a Class A - Advanced team in the Northern Division of the California League, and have been a farm team of the San Francisco Giants since 1988 and have played continuously since 1962 under several different names/affiliations. Home games are played at San Jose Municipal Stadium.
San Jose, California has hosted multiple minor league baseball teams throughout its history. The current lineage can be traced back to the San Jose Bees who joined the California League in 1962 as an affiliate of the expansion Los Angeles Angels. They switched to a Kansas City Royals affiliate from 1970-1974 and a Cleveland Indians affiliate in 1975-1976.
The Sacramento Solons then leased the San Jose affiliate for two seasons, when they were known as the San Jose Missions and played in the Pacific Coast League as an affiliate of the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners. They returned to the California League the following season and became a Montreal Expos affiliate in 1982. The team then became an unaffiliated independent team until it got its current affiliation with the San Francisco Giants in 1988.
Since the team's inception, the San Jose Giants have been one of the more successful teams in the California League. They captured the league championship in 1998, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009 and most recently in 2010. In 2005 and once again in 2007 after being down 2-0 in the best of 5 series, came back home and won the final three games over Lake Elsinore Storm to claim the Championship Series 3-2. (In 2001 the Giants were declared co-champions with the Lake Elsinore Storm after the final series was cancelled after the September 11 terrorist attacks). The team has also made the California League playoffs numerous times and won the Northern Division championship 8 times. The Giants also had the best record of any minor league class A team in the 1990s.
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