Stockton Millers

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Stockton Millers
Minor league affiliations
Previous classesClass-D (1913–1915)
Independent (1904, 1906, 1907–1909)
Class-D (1898)
Previous leagues
California State League (1996, 1903–1906, 1910, 1913–1915)
California League (1888–1890, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1906–1909)
Pacific Coast League (1898)
California Players' League (1894)
Team data
Previous names
Stockton Millers (1914–1915)
Stockton Producers (1913)
Stockton Millers (1906–1910)
Stockton Wasps (1900)
Stockton Hayseeds (1894)
Stockton River Pirates (1893)

The Stockton Millers were a minor league baseball team located in Stockton, California. They competed primarily in the California League between 1886 and 1915.

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