Tacoma, WA

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Tacoma is located in western Washington state, at the southern end of Puget Sound, 30 miles south of Seattle, WA. It is home to the University of Puget Sound.

[edit] Teams that have played here

• Tacoma Daisies, Pacific Northwest League (1890-1892)
• Tacoma Robbers/Colts, New Pacific League (1896)
• Tacoma Tigers, Pacific Northwest League (1901-1902)
• Tacoma Tigers, Pacific National League (1903)
• Tacoma Tigers, Pacific Coast League (1904-1905, 1980-1994)
• Tacoma Tigers, Northwestern League (1906-1917)
• Tacoma Cubs, Washington State League (1910)
• Tacoma Tigers, Pacific Coast International League (1918, 1920-1921)
• Tacoma Tigers, Northwest International League (1919)
• Tacoma Tigers, Western International League (1922, 1937-1942, 1946-1951)
• Tacoma Giants, Pacific Coast League (1960-1965)
• Tacoma Cubs, Pacific Coast League (1966-1971)
• Tacoma Twins, Pacific Coast League (1972-1977)
• Tacoma Yankees, Pacific Coast League (1978)
• Tacoma Tugs, Pacific Coast League (1979)
• Tacoma Rainiers, Pacific Coast League (1995-present)

[edit] Tacoma’s Major League Affiliations

Team	Years	Name
San Francisco Giants	1960 to 1965	Tacoma Giants
Chicago Cubs	1966 to 1971	Tacoma Cubs
Minnesota Twins	1972 to 1977	Tacoma Twins
New York Yankees	1978	Tacoma Yankees
Cleveland Indians	1979	Tacoma Tugs
Cleveland Indians	1980	Tacoma Tigers
Oakland A’s	1981 to 1994	Tacoma Tigers
Seattle Mariners	1995 to present	Tacoma Rainiers

[edit] Further Reading

• Jim Price: "You want stars, titles, nicknames? Tacoma's got 'em", in Mark Armour, ed.: Rain Check: Baseball in the Pacific Northwest, Society for American Baseball Research, Cleveland, OH, 2006, pp. 76-81.