List of California League champions

The California League of Minor League Baseball is one of three Class A-Advanced baseball leagues 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 has been in continual operation since. A league champion is determined at the end of each season. Champions have been determined by post-season playoffs or being declared champion by the league office. Currently, the first-half winner in each division (North and South) receives 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, face each other in a best-of-three series. The winner of this mini-series meets the division's first-half winner in a best-of-five series to determine division champions. Then, the North and South division winners play a best-of-five series to determine a league champion. These records are correct as of the completion of the 2015 post-season series.^[1]

League champions

Score and finalist information is only presented when post-season play occurred. The lack of this information indicates a declared league champion.

Year	Champion	Score	Finalist
1941	Santa Barbara Saints	4–1	Fresno Cardinals
1942	Not in operation
1943	Not in operation
1944	Not in operation
1945	Not in operation
1946	Stockton Ports	4–0	Modesto Reds
1947	Stockton Ports	4–0	Santa Barbara Dodgers
1948	Santa Barbara Dodgers	4–3	Stockton Ports
1949	San Jose Red Sox	4–1	Ventura Yankees
1950	Modesto Reds	4–1	Stockton Ports
1951	Santa Barbara Dodgers	4–1	Visalia Cubs
1952	Fresno Cardinals	4–2	San Jose Red Sox
1953	San Jose Red Sox	4–2	Stockton Ports
1954	Modesto Reds	4–1	San Jose Red Sox
1955	Fresno Cardinals	3–1	Stockton Ports
1956	Fresno Cardinals	3–1	Stockton Ports
1957	Salinas Packers	3–1	Reno Silver Sox
1959	Fresno Giants	3–1	Visalia Redlegs
1959	Modesto Reds	4–2	Bakersfield Bears
1960	Reno Silver Sox	—	—
1961	Reno Silver Sox	—	—
1962	San Jose Bees	4–3	Reno Silver Sox
1963	Stockton Ports	2–0	Modesto Colts
1964	Fresno Giants	—	—
1965	Stockton Ports	2–0	San Jose Bees
1966	Modesto Reds	—	—
1967	San Jose Bees	2–0	Modesto Reds
1968	Fresno Giants	2–1	San Jose Bees
1969	Stockton Ports	2–1	Visalia Mets
1970	Bakersfield Dodgers	—	—
1971	Visalia Mets	2–0	Fresno Giants
1972	Modesto Reds	2–0	Bakersfield Dodgers
1973	Lodi Lions	2–0	Bakersfield Dodgers
1974	Fresno Giants	3–2	San Jose Bees
1975	Reno Silver Sox	—	—
1976	Reno Silver Sox	3–1	Salinas Angels
1977	Lodi Dodgers	3–0	Salinas Angels
1978	Visalia Oaks	3–2	Lodi Dodgers
1979	San Jose Missions	3–2	Stockton Ports
1980	Stockton Ports	3–0	Visalia Oaks
1981	Lodi Dodgers	3–2	Visalia Oaks
1982	Modesto A's	4–2	Visalia Oaks
1983	Redwood Pioneers	3–1	Visalia Oaks
1984	Modesto A's	3–1	Bakersfield Dodgers
1985	Fresno Giants	3–2	Stockton Ports
1986	Stockton Ports	3–0	Visalia Oaks
1987	Fresno Giants	4–3	Reno Padres
1988	Riverside Red Wave	3–0	Stockton Ports
1989	Bakersfield Dodgers	3–0	Stockton Ports
1990	Stockton Ports	3–2	Bakersfield Dodgers
1991	High Desert Mavericks	3–2	Stockton Ports
1992	Stockton Ports	3–1	Visalia Oaks
1993	High Desert Mavericks	3–2	Modesto A's
1994	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	3–1	Modesto A's
1995	San Bernardino Spirit	3–0	San Jose Giants
1996	Lake Elsinore Storm	3–2	San Jose Giants
1997	High Desert Mavericks	3–0	San Bernardino Stampede
1998	San Jose Giants	3–1	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
1999	San Bernardino Stampede	3–2	San Jose Giants
2000	San Bernardino Stampede	3–0	Visalia Oaks
2001 ^[a]	San Jose Giants Lake Elsinore Storm	—	—
2002	Stockton Ports	3–1	Lake Elsinore Storm
2003	Inland Empire 66ers	3–0	Stockton Ports
2004	Modesto A's	3–2	Lancaster JetHawks
2005	San Jose Giants	3–2	Lake Elsinore Storm
2006	Inland Empire 66ers	3–2	Visalia Oaks
2007	San Jose Giants	3–2	Lake Elsinore Storm
2008	Stockton Ports	3–1	Lancaster JetHawks
2009	San Jose Giants	3–0	High Desert Mavericks
2010	San Jose Giants	3–2	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
2011	Lake Elsinore Storm	3–1	Stockton Ports
2012	Lancaster JetHawks	3–0	Modesto Nuts
2013	Inland Empire 66ers	3–0	San Jose Giants
2014	Lancaster JetHawks	3–2	Visalia Rawhide
2015	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	3–0	San Jose Giants

California League titles by organization

Active organizations appear in bold. Defunct teams or teams now playing in others leagues appear in italics.

Bakersfield Blaze – 2 Bakersfield Dodgers – 1970, 1989 High Desert Mavericks – 4 Riverside Red Wave – 1988 High Desert Mavericks – 1991, 1993, 1997 Inland Empire 66ers – 14 Fresno Cardinals – 1952, 1955, 1956 Fresno Giants – 1959, 1964, 1968, 1974, 1985, 1987 San Bernardino Stampede – 1999, 2000 Inland Empire 66ers – 2003, 2006, 2013 Lake Elsinore Storm – 4 Redwood Pioneers – 1983 Lake Elsinore Storm – 1996, 2001, 2011 Lancaster JetHawks – 6 Reno Silver Sox – 1960, 1961, 1975, 1976 Lancaster JetHawks – 2012, 2014 Modesto Nuts – 3 Modesto A's – 1982, 1984, 2004 Modesto Reds – 5 Modesto Reds – 1950, 1954, 1959, 1966, 1972 Rancho Cucamonga Quakes – 6 Lodi Lions – 1973 Lodi Dodgers – 1977, 1981 San Bernardino Spirit – 1995 Rancho Cucamonga Quakes – 1994, 2015

Salinas Packers – 4 Santa Barbara Saints – 1941 Santa Barbara Dodgers – 1948, 1951 Salinas Packers – 1957 San Jose Bees – 2 San Jose Bees – 1962, 1967 San Jose Giants – 6 San Jose Giants – 1998, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 San Jose Missions – 1 San Jose Missions – 1979 San Jose Red Sox- 2 San Jose Red Sox – 1949, 1953 Stockton Ports – 11 Stockton Ports – 1946, 1947, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1992, 2002, 2008 Visalia Rawhide – 2 Visalia Mets – 1971 Visalia Oaks -1978

Notes

• ^a San Jose and Lake Elsinore were declared co-champions after playoffs were cancelled in the wake the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

References

General

• "League Champions". California League. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved February 26, 2016.

Specific

1. "Playoff Procedures". California League. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved February 26, 2016.