Pacific Coast League

The Pacific Coast League consisted of: the Los Angeles Angels, Hollywood Stars.
Oakland Oaks
San Francisco Missions, San Francisco Seals
San Diego Padres
Seattle Rainiers and Seattle Indians
Portland Beavers
Sacramento Solons (now River Cats)
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The San Francisco Seals and Oakland Oaks usually had something to say about who won the league title.
San Francisco Seals won the title in 1909, 1915, 1917, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1928,
1938, 1954 (Seals defeated Oaks), 1957.

Oakland Oaks won the title in 1912, 1927, 1936, 1946 Oaks beat Seals, 1947,
1950.

In 1931 the Hollywood Stars beat the Seals to win the title.
In 1935 the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seals to win the title.
In 1943 the Seattle Rainiers defeated the Seals to win the title.
In 1944 the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seals to win the title.
In 1945 the Seattle Rainiers again beat the Seals to win the title.

Glancing at the PCL MVP's you could see why both the Seals and Oaks dominated this league.
1927- Lefty O'Doul - Seals (OF)
1935- Joe DiMaggio - Seals (OF)
1939- Dom DiMaggio - Seals (OF)
1945- Bob Joyce - Seals (P)
1944, 1946- Les Scarsella -Oaks (OF)
1936- Willie Ludolph - Oaks (P)
1950- George "Catfish" Metkovich -Oaks (OF)


For those of you who follow the Oakland Athletics, Jim "Catfish" Hunter was not the first catfish who played in Oakland. In 1950, George "Catfish" Metkovich, an outfielder, won the most valuable player award in the PCL, playing for the Oakland Oaks.
He was nicknamed catifish by Casey Stengel after he cut himself removing a hook from a catfish.

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