Sacramento River Cats
Minor league baseball team
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| April 11 2025 | Following criticism from Sacramento and West Sacramento city councils and a Sacramento Bee op-ed, the River Cats apologized and announced the cancellation of the Sacramento Gold Diggers alternate identity. |
| April 10 2025 | The River Cats unveiled a new alternate identity called the Sacramento Gold Diggers, featuring special uniforms to be worn for five games in the 2025 season. The launch video depicting women with dollar signs over their eyes sparked controversy for being perceived as sexist. |
| April 2024 | Announcement made that the Oakland Athletics will temporarily move to Sacramento to play home games at Sutter Health Park from 2025 to 2027 before moving to Las Vegas. |
| 2023 | Continued attendance recovery, reaching 388,246 fans, showing gradual return to pre-pandemic audience levels |
| 2022 | Attendance began recovering, increasing to 372,769 fans compared to previous year |
| 2022 | The Triple-A West league was renamed back to the Pacific Coast League. |
| August 2022 | Susan Savage sold a majority interest in the team to the Sacramento Kings. |
| 2021 | Significant drop in attendance to 256,714, likely continuing pandemic-related restrictions and limitations on sporting events |
| 2021 | The River Cats were organized into Triple-A West and entered a 10-year Professional Development License agreement with the San Francisco Giants through 2030. |
| 2020 | No baseball attendance recorded due to COVID-19 pandemic disruption |
| 2019 | River Cats broke a six-year playoff drought by winning the Pacific Northern Division. |
| 2019 | Sacramento River Cats won the Pacific Coast League (PCL) championship. |
| 2016 | Mike Piazza became the first and only former River Cats player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, receiving 83% of the committee vote. |
| 2015 | Changed MLB affiliate from Oakland Athletics to San Francisco Giants after 15 seasons. |
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