Located in Salinas, California, they were affiliated with the Chicago Cubs from 1982 to 1983, the Seattle Mariners from 1984 to 1987, and in 1989 they had a partial working agreement with the San Francisco Giants.
Baseball returned to Salinas after the Fresno Suns moved there for the 1989 season and became the Spurs.
The team's managers, by year: Del Crandall (1976), Moose Stubing (1977), Chuck Cottier (1978), Chris Cannizzaro (1979) and Tom Zimmer (1980).
Notable players include major league All-Stars Tom Brunansky, Mark Clear, Dave Engle, Ken Schrom, Dickie Thon and Mike Witt.
Multiple major leaguers played for the team, including Frank Baker, Gary Boyd, Larry Foster, Gomer Hodge, Ray Miller, Dave Nelson, Sam Parrilla, Richie Scheinblum and Oscar Zamora.