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unusual facts about Pacific Coast League



Annabelle Lee

Anabelle Lee grew up in a home where baseball was considered of vital importance, as her father was an early 1920s baseball standout for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League, while her nephew Bill Lee pitched in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos.

Bill Speas

He remained in that league until 1908, moving to the Pacific Coast League for the first time in 1909, playing for the Portland Beavers.

Bud Morse

In early June 1929, and just out of college, Morse was signed with the San Francisco Mission Reds of the Pacific Coast League.

Clay Dalrymple

Clay E. Dalrymple began his professional baseball career with the Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League in 1956, and was obtained by the Milwaukee Braves before the 1959 season.

Del Crandall

In between those American League stints, he was a highly successful manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers' top farm club, the Albuquerque Dukes of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, and also managed the Class A San Bernardino Stampede from 1995 to 1997.

Edo Vanni

Vanni attended Seattle's Queen Anne High School and the University of Washington (where he played freshman football) before beginning his professional playing career as an outfielder with the 1938 Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League.

Geno Espineli

He was named a PCL All-star and also to the U.S. Olympic team before being called up to the majors on July 20.

George Myatt

In 1936, Boston Red Sox general manager Eddie Collins traveled to San Diego to scout Myatt in a Pacific Coast League game, but came away more impressed with his 17-year-old teammate, a San Diegan and a recent Hoover High School graduate.

Joe Brovia

Joseph John Brovia (February 18, 1922, Davenport, California – August 15, 1994, Santa Cruz, California) was a minor league baseball outfielder in the Pacific Coast League with the San Francisco Seals, Portland Beavers, Sacramento Solons, and the Oakland Oaks from 1941 to 1955 (excluding 1942–45, due to World War II).

Nacogdoches High School

George King – baseball executive, currently serving as General Manager of the Nashville Sounds, a minor league team in the Pacific Coast League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers

Stan Wasiak

He managed in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League from 1973–1976 as skipper of the Albuquerque Dukes, the Dodgers' top minor league affiliate, winning a division title in 1974.

Wally Judnich

Following his majors career, Judnich played for many years in the Pacific Coast League, including stints with the San Francisco Seals, Seattle Rainiers, and Portland Beavers.

William Wallace McCredie

At the time, the Portland club was part of the Pacific Coast League which was considered a high level minor league that frequently sent players to major league teams.


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Emil Sick

The Pacific Coast League, which included the Los Angeles Angels, San Francisco Seals, San Diego Padres, Hollywood Stars, Sacramento Solons, Oakland Oaks, Seattle Rainiers and Portland Beavers, effectively could be marketed as a major league with none of the 16 Major League teams operating west of St. Louis.

George Stanich

He would become a professional baseball player after graduation, pitching for the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League, as well as Idaho Falls Russets and Stockton.

John M. McNulty

The Pacific Coast League later produced such major league baseball talents as Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr and Ernie Lombardi.

Roy Hitt

After a short stint in the American Association, Hitt returned to the Pacific Coast League in 1909, with the Vernon Tigers.