Ventura Oilers T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California petaluma pets The California League era began

The California League era began when the financially exhausted Channel Cities Oilers were handed off to Reno backers midway through the 1955 season

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The Santa Barbara Saints

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when the Blues went 86-42 under manager Ivy Griffin

Ventura Oilers T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California petaluma pets The California League era beganThe Ventura Oilers, based in Ventura, California, played the 1953 season in the Class C California League, the final identity of the city's own franchise before a regional merger. Ventura had joined the league in 1947 as the Ventura Yankees, becoming the Ventura Braves in 1950, and took the Oilers name for 1953 in honor of the industry that built the town; the Ventura Avenue oil field just north of downtown was one of the richest in California, and