The Tacoma Cubs were the top farm club of the National League’s Chicago Cubs during the late 1960’s. The Cubs won the championship of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League during the summer of 1969. Chicago shifted their triple-A farm operation to Wichita, Kansas following the 1971 season and Tacoma’s Pacific Coast League franchise became the Tacoma Twins in 1972.
Pacific Coast League (1978-1993) Born: 1978 – PCL expansion franchise Moved: 1993 (Salt Lake Buzz) First Game: April 15, 1978 (W 3-2, L 5-4 @ Salt
Phoenix was the host of the San Francisco Giants’ top farm club for 32 seasons from 1966 until 1997. The Pacific Coast League club was known as the Phoenix Giants from 1966 through the 1985 season. In the early years, San Francisco owned their Phoenix affiliate directly, but a series of independent owners took over the franchise beginning in 1973. The last of these owners, Martin Stone, changed the team’s name to the Firebrids in 1986. The Firebirds were displaced by the arrival of Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks and the franchise moved to Tucson in 1998.
Pro baseball returned to Tacoma, Washington in the summer of 1960 with the transfer of the Pacific Coast League’s Phoenix Giants. Though the Tacoma Giants would last just six years before returning to Phoenix, the team produced a trio of future Hall of Famers: Juan Marichal, Willie McCovey & Gaylord Perry.
Omaha, Nebraska has hosted the top farm club of the Kansas City Royals since the Major League club’s inception in 1969. Initially known as the Omaha Royals, the Class AAA club won four league championships of the American Association, including back-to-back titles in their first two seasons in 1969 and 1970. The Royals survived the closure of the American Association, joining the Pacific Coast League in 1998. From 1999 until 2001, the team was briefly known as the “Golden Spikes” before returning to the Royals nickname. In 2011, the club re-branded as the Omaha Storm Chasers while simultaneously moving into the new $36M Werner Park.
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