Lake Elsinore Storm

• Location: Lake Elsinore, CA
• League: California League 1994-2019; Low-A West 2021; California League 2022-
• Affiliation: California Angels/Anaheim Angels 1994-2000; San Diego Padres 2001-present
• Ballpark: Lake Elsinore Diamond

Team History

1997-2001 Logo

The Lake Elsinore Storm, of the California League and briefly in Low-A West, have one of the best-known logos in baseball: a pair of narrowed, glowing eyes under a furrowed brow that is a youth-team favorite. The San Diego Padres farmhands play their home games at Lake Elsinore Diamond in Lake Elsinore, CA.

The Palm Springs Angels moved to Lake Elsinore when the Diamond opened in 1994. Then still a California Angels' farm club, it joined the Padres in 2001. Why eyes for a Storm? The original logo was a storm cloud with lightning splitting the letters L and E. Overlooking eyes were added later. When that happened and why are murky, but the eyes were pulled forth in 2000 to became the whole logo.

The Storm won a 2019 game in the 10th inning from this obviously hopeless position: trailing by 10 runs in the top of the 9th with two out and only one on.

MLB's 2021 Minor League Reorganization lowered the Storm, and most of the California League, one level.

The Storm play Copa de la Diversión Hispanic engagement campaign games as Cadejos de Lake Elsinor (a "cadejo" is a mythic wolf).

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
1994	65-71	6th (t)	Mitch Seoane		Bruce Hines	Howie Gershberg
1995	81-57	2nd	Mitch Seoane	Lost in 2nd round		Howie Gershberg
1996	75-65	5th	Mitch Seoane	League Champs	Leon Durham	Howie Gershberg
1997	61-79	9th	Don Long		Tyrone Boykin	Jim Bennett
1998	66-74	7th (t)	Mario Mendoza	Lost in 2nd round	Joe Urso	Kernan Ronan
1999	63-77	8th	Mario Mendoza		John Orton	Kernan Ronan
2000	70-70	6th	Mario Mendoza	Lost in 1st round	John Orton	Kernan Ronan
2001	91-49	1st	Craig Colbert	League Co-Champs *	Brian Giles	Darren Balsley
2002	75-65	4th	George Hendrick	Lost League Finals	Rob Deer	Mike Harkey
2003	75-65	4th	Jeff Gardner	Lost in 1st round	Rick Renteria	Gary Lance / Charlie Hough
2004	68-72	7th	Rick Renteria		Mike Davis	Mike Harkey
2005	70-68	6th	Rick Renteria	Lost League Finals	Tom Tornincasa	Dave Rajsich
2006	74-66	3rd	Rick Renteria	Lost in 2nd round	Tom Tornincasa	Steve Webber
2007	74-65	4th	Carlos Lezcano	Lost League Finals	Max Venable	Steve Webber
2008	71-69	4th	Carlos Lezcano	Lost in 1st round	Shane Spencer	Wally Whitehurst
2009	73-67	5th	Carlos Lezcano	Lost in 1st round	Shane Spencer	Dave Rajsich
2010	81-59	1st	Carlos Lezcano	Lost in 2nd round	Bob Skube	Dave Rajsich
2011	69-71	5th (t)	Carlos Lezcano (23-31) / Phil Plantier (46-40)	League Champs	Phil Plantier / David Newhan	Bronswell Patrick
2012	69-71	6th	Shawn Wooten	Lost in 1st round	David Newhan	Bronswell Patrick
2013	61-79	9th	Shawn Wooten		David Newhan	Brian Lawrence
2014	75-65	4th(t)	Jamie Quirk	Lost in 1st round	Jody Davis / Rod Barajas	Bronswell Patrick
2015	50-90	10th	Michael Collins		Rod Barajas / Xavier Nady	Glendon Rusch	Hyun gon Lee
2016	69-71	6th	Francisco Morales / Tony Tarasco / Lance Burkhart (50-46)		Xavier Nady	Glendon Rusch	Mike McCoy
2017	64-76	7th	Edwin Rodriguez		Raul Padron	Glendon Rusch	Freddy Flores
2018	68-72	5th	Edwin Rodriguez		Doug Banks	Pete Zamora	Freddy Flores
2019	73-65	3rd	Tony Tarasco	Lost League Finals	Doug Banks	Pete Zamora	Felipe Blanco
2020	Season cancelled
2021	55-65	6th	Mike McCoy		Pat O'Sullivan	Leo Rosales	Jonathan Meyer
2022	77-55	2nd	Eric Junge	League Champs	Pat O'Sullivan	Leo Rosales	Felipe Blanco
2023	63-66	6th	Pete Zamora		Jed Morris	Thomas Eshelman	Jhonaldo Pozo
2024	39-26	1st	Lukas Ray	Lost League Finals	Eric Del Prado	Robbie Price	Oswaldo Pirela

• * Series canceled, Lake Elsinore and San Jose declared co-champions

External Link

• The Official Lake Elsinore Storm Baseball Homepage