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Though for the next decade or more the Padres were mired in the second division, at last this franchise achieved stability and longevity. The team remained in San Diego for 33 years, displaced only by virtue of San Diego's admission to the major leagues. In 1954, managed by former major league player
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and club president. Leishman, who had helped to run the Yankee farm system throughout the previous 10 years, was brought in with the goal of bringing the team to the Major
Leagues. The Padres proceeded to win PCL pennants in 1962, 1964, and 1967. The Padres were the
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in 1905, then left the PCL altogether for the next three seasons. The Solons rejoined the PCL in 1909, then moved to San
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