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235:. Fans seldom referred to the team by its full name "Mission Reds," preferring instead "the Missions." More often than not, the PCL standings in newspapers listed the team as the "Missions" or "Mission." The terms "Reds" and "Missions" were used synonymously in game reports. 219:. The team won two Pacific Coast League pennants during its 18-year stay in Southern California. Declining attendance forced owner Edward Maier to put the team up for sale after the 1925 season. A group of San Francisco businessmen led by 188:), often playing their Sunday doubleheaders one game on each side of the Bay. The Missions' last home games came on Sunday, October 25, with the morning game in San Francisco and the afternoon game in Oakland. 371: 406: 416: 386: 300: 401: 391: 162: 411: 396: 381: 172:
The Mission club continued to play the Sacramento schedule for the final seven weeks of the 200-plus games season. They staged their home games at
279:, owner Fleischaker, facing mounting losses on the field and at the gate, moved the Mission Reds back to Los Angeles. He renamed the team the 253:
as the Seals' main rival. To most San Francisco baseball fans, the Missions were the team to watch only when the Seals were on the road.
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The Mission Reds were unable to establish a fan base during their 12-year stay in San Francisco, nor was the team able to replace the
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The Missions finished first in the Pacific Coast League just once, in 1929; they lost the post-season series to the
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San Francisco's second baseball team during this time period, the Mission Reds, were rivals to the well-established
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purchased the Tigers, moved the team to San Francisco for the 1926 season, and called the team the Mission Reds.
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Like its short-lived predecessor, the Mission Reds were supposed to represent San Francisco's
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team moved to San Francisco and renamed itself "Mission", in reference to San Francisco's
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There was newspaper chatter about the Missions moving to
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In 1938, two years after the Hollywood Stars moved to
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Index

Mission Bells (baseball)
1926
1937
San Francisco, California
Pacific Coast League
Seals Stadium
Recreation Park
minor league baseball
San Francisco, California
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento Solons
Mission District
Harry Wolverton
Ewing Field
San Francisco Seals
Oaks Park
Oakland Oaks
Recreation Park
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Bees
Los Angeles
Vernon Tigers
Herbert Fleishhacker
San Francisco Seals
Mission District
Seals Stadium
Oakland Oaks
Hollywood Stars
Gabby Street
Pacific Coast League

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