San Jose Giants
- Location: San Jose, CA
- League: California League 1988-2019; Low-A West 2021; California League 2022-
- Affiliation: San Francisco Giants 1988-present
- Ballpark: Excite Ballpark
Team History[edit]
The San Jose Giants, of the California League and briefly in Low-A West, play out of a city whose image and baseball landscape have both drastically changed. The San Francisco Giants farmhands play their home games at Excite Ballpark.
San Jose, CA, gained and lost a Pacific Coast League franchise in the mid-1970s, yet the Oakland Athletics spent 2011 through 2016 trying to move there. Now a major city in its own right, it remains in the protected territory of the Giants - who vetoed the move and then won the resulting legal fight with the A's. (Most two-team MLB markets have joint protection zones, but not the Bay area.)
The SJ-Giants, who were mostly owned by their parent club, are among the teams Endeavor Group Holdings acquired in late 2021 and put under its newly created Diamond Baseball Holdings subsidiary.[1] Endeavor also owns Ultimate Fighting Championship and Miss Universe.
MLB's 2021 Minor League Reorganization lowered the SJ-Giants, and most of the Cali League, one level.
The Giants play Copa de la Diversión Hispanic engagement campaign games Churros de San José (San Jose Fritters).
Year-by-Year Record[edit]
* Finals canceled with the Lake Elsinore Storm and San Jose declared co-champions.
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