won the second half outright
with the Lodi Crushers of 1966
the Aces finished fifth at 55-82 in the league's inaugural season
carried one of baseball's great occupational names through the 1899 California League and the outlaw California State League of 1903 through 1909
but a fitting coda for Ventura
Watsonville Hayseeds Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Size:4XL won the second half outrightThe Watsonville Hayseeds, based in Watsonville, California, played the 1899 season in the California League, giving the Pajaro Valley farm town a professional nine with a name that leaned all the way into its identity. Hayseed was the era's universal slang for a country boy, and Watsonville, surrounded by apple orchards, sugar beet fields, and berry farms, wore it proudly against the big city clubs of San Francisco, Oakland, and Sacramento.