Season: March thru September
Location: Recreation Park Goshen & Giddings in Visalia
Phone:
559-625-0480
Nothing beats the crack of the bat and the roar of the crowd as the ‘boys of summer’ compete on the ball diamond. The Visalia Oaks have been attracting generations of fans since 1946.
The team is a California League Affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. They play 140 games in the Cal League that stretches from Stockton to Lake Elsinore. The Oaks play in the Northern Division, along with the Stockton Ports (Oakland), San Jose Giants (San Francisco), Modesto Nuts (Colorado) and the Bakersfield Blaze (Texas).
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Oaks History:
Professional Baseball in Visalia has a long and rich history, dating back over 100 years to the 1880’s. Back then, club teams from Visalia played squads from Bakersfield and Fresno in front of paid audiences in diamonds cut out of farmland. There has been major league affiliated baseball in Visalia since Recreation Park opened in 1946. During the intervening 64 years, a minor league club has played in Visalia in every year except for the stretch from 1963-67. Even more remarkably, Visalia has been a part of the California League for that entire time. Through eleven different major league affiliations and years as an independent and co-op, the Visalia club has sent 140 players on to the big leagues. Visalia has been the league champion three times and finished in first place five times.
The greatest players to call Recreation Park home include the recently departed Kirby Puckett, Vada Pinson, Marty Cordova, and current A’s star Eric Chavez. Seven league MVP’s have played in Visalia.
Visalia has played as the Oaks since 1977 excluding a brief stint as the Central Valley Rockies in 1993 & 1994.
141 FORMER OAKS HAVE REACHED THE MAJOR LEAGUES
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