Riverside Pilots

The Riverside Pilots were a minor league baseball team in Riverside, California. They were a high-A class team that played in the California League, and were a farm team of the Seattle Mariners for the franchise’s entire stay in Riverside. They played all of their home games at the Riverside Sports Complex, albeit for 20 games, they played in Palm Springs Stadium ^[1], which was without a professional baseball team since 1993. In spite of the fact that Riverside made the playoffs each year of their existence, poor attendance figures proved too much to bear for the struggling franchise. Prior to the 1996 season, the Riverside Pilots folded, and officially became the Lancaster JetHawks.

List of Riverside Pilots players in the MLB

• All players are listed in alphabetical order by their surname, with the year(s) they played for Riverside in parentheses.
  • Rafael Carmona (1994)
  • Dean Crow (1995)
  • José Cruz, Jr. (1995)
  • John Cummings (1994)
  • Tim Davis (1993)
  • Ryan Franklin (1994)
  • Charles Gipson (1994)
  • George Glinatsis (1993–1994)
  • Giomar Guevara (1995)
  • Tim Harikkala (1994)
  • Brett Hinchcliffe (1995)
  • Raúl Ibáñez (1995)
  • Kevin King (1993)
  • Derek Lowe (1993)
  • Trey Moore (1995)
  • Julio Peguero (1994)
  • Arquimedez Pozo (1993)
  • Desi Relaford (1994)
  • Steve Rosenberg (1993)
  • Marino Santana (1995)
  • Andy Sheets (1993–1994)
  • Mac Suzuki (1995)
  • Ron Villone (1993)
  • Chris Widger (1993)
  • Bob Wolcott (1994)
  • Kerry Woodson (1994)

Year-by-year record

Notes of Interest

• Comedian Billy Crystal had a limited ownership of the Riverside Pilots, at time ^[2].
• Dave Brundage got his coaching start with Riverside in 1995.

References

1. ^ Palm Springs Stadium
2. ^ Riverside Pilots - Google News Archive Search