San Bernardino Padres

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San Bernardino Padres
Minor league affiliations
Class Class D (1929)
League California State League (1929)
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NameSan Bernardino Padres (1929)
BallparkUnknown (1929)

The San Bernardino Padres were a minor league baseball team based in San Bernardino, California. In 1929, the Padres played as members of the four-team Class D level California State League, finishing in third place in a shortened season.

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History

Minor league baseball was first hosted in San Bernardino, California in 1899, when the San Bernardino Grays team played the season as members of the independent level Southern California League. The Grays finished in first place in the four-team league with a 19–9 record. [1] [2]

Minor league baseball returned to San Bernardino in 1929, when the San Bernardino "Padres" became members of the four–team Class D level California State League. [3] The Bakersfield Bees, San Diego Aces and Santa Ana Orange Countians joined San Bernardino in beginning league play on April 10, 1929. [4] [5]

On June 5, 1929, San Bernardino was scheduled to play a series on the road at Bakersfield before a last-minute schedule change. At the time, the team was in first place. The Padres instead hosted a home series against the Coronado Arabs team. The Padres had won five of seven games heading into the series. [6]

Later, San Bernardino was swept in a series in San Diego against the Aces and fell out of first place. [7]

On June 17, 1929, the California State League permanently folded during the season. At the time the league folded, Bakersfield was in third place with a 32–29 overall record. Managed by Rube Ellis, the Padres ended the season 3.0 games behind the first place San Diego Aces in the final league standings. [8] [9] [10] [11] Padres pitcher George Caster led the league with both 12 wins and 80 strikeouts in the shortened season. The California State league never reformed. [12] [9]

San Bernardino next hosted minor league baseball when the 1941 San Bernardino Stars played a partial season as members of the eight-team Class C level California League as a minor league affiliate of the New York Giants. The Stars folded on June 29, 1941, along with the Riverside Reds team. San Bernardino had a 43–28 record when the franchise folded. [9] [13]

Today, San Bernardino hosts the Inland Empire 66ers of the Class A level California State League after the franchise first joined the league in 1987. [14]

The ballpark

The name of the home minor league ballpark for the 1929 San Bernardino Padres is unknown. [15] Perris Hill Park was in use in the 1920s as a newly formed public park. [16] Perris Hill Park became the site of Fiscalini Field, which was constructed in 1934 and first served as a minor league park for the 1941 San Bernardino Stars. [17] [18]

Year-by-year record

YearRecordFinishManagerNotes
192932–293rd Rube Ellis League folded June 17

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "1899 San Bernardino Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ↑ "1899 Southern California League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. ↑ "1929 San Bernardino Padres Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ↑ "1929 California State League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. ↑ "1929 California State League (CSL) Minor League Baseball on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  6. ↑ "1929-06-05_SB Sun". The San Bernardino County Sun. June 5, 1929. p. 14 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Swank, Bill (July 13, 2005). Baseball in San Diego: From the Plaza to the Padres. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   9780738534121 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Rube Ellis – Society for American Baseball Research".
  9. 1 2 3 Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN   978-1932391176.
  10. ↑ "California State League (D) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference.com.
  11. ↑ "1929 San Bernardino Padres minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  12. ↑ "George Caster – Society for American Baseball Research".
  13. ↑ "1941 San Bernardino Stars Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  14. ↑ "San Bernardino, California Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com.
  15. ↑ "Unknown in San Bernardino, CA minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  16. ↑ "Perris Hill Park one of San Bernardino's gems". August 25, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Fiscalini Field in San Bernardino, CA minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  18. ↑ "Fiscalini Field". sbcity.org.
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