Sacramento River Cats
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| League | Pacific Coast League | |
| Division | Pacific Conference | |
| Year founded | 2000 | |
| Major League affiliation | Oakland Athletics | |
| Home ballpark | Raley Field | |
| Previous home ballparks | Nat Bailey Stadium | |
| City | West Sacramento, California | |
| Current uniform colors | black, cardinal red, gold | |
| Previous uniform colors | ||
| Logo design | A large cat splashing a baseball in water superimposed over a cardinal red diamond and the Tower Bridge. The wordmark "Sacramento River Cats" is centered above in white outlined in cardinal red and black. | |
| Division titles | ||
| League titles | 2003, 2004 | |
| Manager | ||
| Owner | ||
The Sacramento River Cats are a minor league baseball team based in Sacramento, California. The team plays in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and is the Triple-A affiliate of Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics.
The River Cats play in Raley Field, located in West Sacramento, California. The team, formerly known as the Vancouver Canadians, was purchased by a group led by Art Savage and moved to Sacramento for the 2000 season. Sacramento has led all of minor league baseball in attendance during each of its seasons at Raley Field.
The PCL franchise in Sacramento for many years was the Sacramento Solons, a charter member of the PCL which was founded in 1903. Three different versions of the Solons represented California's capital city in 1903, 1905, from 1909 through 1914, from 1918 through 1960, and from 1974 through 1976.
[edit] Notable former RiverCats currently in the Major Leagues
(This list does not include MLB players who were in Sacramento on a rehab. assignment while on the disabled list.)
- Danny Ardoin
- Mark Bellhorn
- Joe Blanton
- Freddie Bynum
- Eric Byrnes
- Bobby Crosby
- Justin Duchscherer
- Mark Ellis
- Ron Flores
- Chad Gaudin
- Esteban German
- Aaron Harang
- Rich Harden
- Chad Harville
- Eric Hinske
- Dan Johnson
- Mark Mulder
- Mike Rouse
- Kirk Saarloos
- Huston Street
- Nick Swisher
- Luis Vizcaino
- Barry Zito
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