The Redwood Pioneers were a minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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 of California League

California League

The California League is a Class A Advanced minor league baseball league which operates throughout the state of California. Before 2002, it was classified as a "High-A" league, indicating its status as a Class A league with the highest level of competition within that classification, and the fifth...

. They were part of the California Angels

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

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 farm system. The Pioneers played in Rohnert Park

Rohnert Park, California

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, California

California

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 during the early 1980s (1979-85). The team produced players such as Kirk McCaskill

Kirk McCaskill

Kirk Edward McCaskill is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher and a retired professional hockey player....

, Mark McLemore

Mark McLemore

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 and Devon White to name a few. The team originally played at a field which is now Mountain Shadows Middle School and then at Rohnert Park Stadium

Rohnert Park Stadium

Rohnert Park Stadium was a stadium in Rohnert Park, California, located at . It was primarily used for baseball, and was the home field of the Redwood Pioneers and the Sonoma County Crushers minor league baseball teams. It was built in 1981 and held 4,150 people...

when it was completed in 1981.