Visalia Rawhide
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The Visalia Rawhide are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. They are located in Visalia, California, and have played their home games at Valley Strong Ballpark since their inception in 1946.
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Class | Single-A (2021–present) | ||||
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League | California League (1946–present) | ||||
Division | South Division | ||||
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League titles (3) |
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Division titles (3) |
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First-half titles (1) |
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Mascot | Tipper | ||||
Ballpark | Valley Strong Ballpark | ||||
Owner(s)/ Operator(s) | First Pitch Entertainment, LLC | ||||
General manager | Mike Candela & Julian Rifkind[1] | ||||
Manager | Dee Garner |
The team has had nine names, most of which reflected its changing major-league affiliates, most recently the Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies, Oakland A's, Tampa Bay Rays, and Diamondbacks. They took the name Rawhide in 2009.
In conjunction with Major League Baseball's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Rawhide were organized into the Low-A West at the Low-A classification.[2] In 2022, the Low-A West became known as the California League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization, and was reclassified as a Single-A circuit.[3]