# List of California League champions

The California League of Minor League Baseball is a Single-A baseball league in the United States. The league was founded in 1941, but ceased operations from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. The circuit reorganized in 1946 and was in continual operation through 2020. The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the league ceased operations before the 2021 season in conjunction with Major League Baseball's (MLB) reorganization of Minor League Baseball. In place of the California League, MLB created the Low-A West, an 8-team circuit divided into two divisions. Prior to the 2022 season, MLB renamed the Low-A West as the California League, and it carried on the history of the league prior to reorganization. In 2021, the Low-A West held a best-of-five series between the top two teams in the league, regardless of division standings, to determine a league champion.
A league champion has been determined at the end of each season by either postseason playoffs or being declared champion by the league office. In 2019, the first-half winner in each division (North and South) received a bye into the second round, or division series. Each division's second-half winner and wild card team, the team with the best winning percentage over the entire season to have not won either half of the season, faced each other in a best-of-three series. The winner of this mini-series met the division's first-half winner in a best-of-five series to determine division champions. Then, the North and South division winners played a best-of-five series to determine a league champion. As of 2022, the winners of each division from both the first and second halves of the season meet in a best-of-three division series, with the winners of the two division series meeting in a best-of-three championship series.

## League champions

    Score and finalist information is only presented when postseason play occurred. The lack of this information indicates a declared league champion.
| Year | Champion | Score | Finalist |
| 1941 | Santa Barbara Saints | 4–1 | Fresno Cardinals |
| 1942 | Not in operation |
| 1943 | Not in operation |
| 1944 | Not in operation |
| 1945 | Not in operation |
| 1946 | Stockton Ports | 4–0 | Modesto Reds |
| 1947 | Stockton Ports | 4–0 | Santa Barbara Dodgers |
| 1948 | Santa Barbara Dodgers | 4–3 | Stockton Ports |
| 1949 | San Jose Red Sox | 4–1 | Ventura Yankees |
| 1950 | Modesto Reds | 4–1 | Stockton Ports |
| 1951 | Santa Barbara Dodgers | 4–1 | Visalia Cubs |
| 1952 | Fresno Cardinals | 4–2 | San Jose Red Sox |
| 1953 | San Jose Red Sox | 4–2 | Stockton Ports |
| 1954 | Modesto Reds | 4–1 | San Jose Red Sox |
| 1955 | Fresno Cardinals | 3–1 | Stockton Ports |
| 1956 | Fresno Cardinals | 3–1 | Stockton Ports |
| 1957 | Salinas Packers | 3–1 | Reno Silver Sox |
| 1958 | Fresno Giants | 3–1 | Visalia Redlegs |
| 1959 | Modesto Reds | 4–2 | Bakersfield Bears |
| 1960 | Reno Silver Sox | — | — |
| 1961 | Reno Silver Sox | — | — |
| 1962 | San Jose Bees | 4–3 | Reno Silver Sox |
| 1963 | Stockton Ports | 2–0 | Modesto Colts |
| 1964 | Fresno Giants | — | — |
| 1965 | Stockton Ports | 2–0 | San Jose Bees |
| 1966 | Modesto Reds | — | — |
| 1967 | San Jose Bees | 2–0 | Modesto Reds |
| 1968 | Fresno Giants | 2–1 | San Jose Bees |
| 1969 | Stockton Ports | 2–1 | Visalia Mets |
| 1970 | Bakersfield Dodgers | — | — |
| 1971 | Visalia Mets | 2–0 | Fresno Giants |
| 1972 | Modesto Reds | 2–0 | Bakersfield Dodgers |
| 1973 | Lodi Lions | 2–0 | Bakersfield Dodgers |
| 1974 | Fresno Giants | 3–2 | San Jose Bees |
| 1975 | Reno Silver Sox | — | — |
| 1976 | Reno Silver Sox | 3–1 | Salinas Angels |
| 1977 | Lodi Dodgers | 3–0 | Salinas Angels |
| 1978 | Visalia Oaks | 3–2 | Lodi Dodgers |
| 1979 | San Jose Missions | 3–2 | Stockton Ports |
| 1980 | Stockton Ports | 3–0 | Visalia Oaks |
| 1981 | Lodi Dodgers | 3–2 | Visalia Oaks |
| 1982 | Modesto A's | 4–2 | Visalia Oaks |
| 1983 | Redwood Pioneers | 3–1 | Visalia Oaks |
| 1984 | Modesto A's | 3–1 | Bakersfield Dodgers |
| 1985 | Fresno Giants | 3–2 | Stockton Ports |
| 1986 | Stockton Ports | 3–0 | Visalia Oaks |
| 1987 | Fresno Giants | 4–3 | Reno Padres |
| 1988 | Riverside Red Wave | 3–0 | Stockton Ports |
| 1989 | Bakersfield Dodgers | 3–0 | Stockton Ports |
| 1990 | Stockton Ports | 3–2 | Bakersfield Dodgers |
| 1991 | High Desert Mavericks | 3–2 | Stockton Ports |
| 1992 | Stockton Ports | 3–1 | Visalia Oaks |
| 1993 | High Desert Mavericks | 3–2 | Modesto A's |
| 1994 | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes | 3–1 | Modesto A's |
| 1995 | San Bernardino Spirit | 3–0 | San Jose Giants |
| 1996 | Lake Elsinore Storm | 3–2 | San Jose Giants |
| 1997 | High Desert Mavericks | 3–0 | San Bernardino Stampede |
| 1998 | San Jose Giants | 3–1 | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes |
| 1999 | San Bernardino Stampede | 3–2 | San Jose Giants |
| 2000 | San Bernardino Stampede | 3–0 | Visalia Oaks |
| 2001 | San Jose Giants Lake Elsinore Storm | — | — |
| 2002 | Stockton Ports | 3–1 | Lake Elsinore Storm |
| 2003 | Inland Empire 66ers | 3–0 | Stockton Ports |
| 2004 | Modesto A's | 3–2 | Lancaster JetHawks |
| 2005 | San Jose Giants | 3–2 | Lake Elsinore Storm |
| 2006 | Inland Empire 66ers | 3–2 | Visalia Oaks |
| 2007 | San Jose Giants | 3–2 | Lake Elsinore Storm |
| 2008 | Stockton Ports | 3–1 | Lancaster JetHawks |
| 2009 | San Jose Giants | 3–0 | High Desert Mavericks |
| 2010 | San Jose Giants | 3–2 | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes |
| 2011 | Lake Elsinore Storm | 3–1 | Stockton Ports |
| 2012 | Lancaster JetHawks | 3–0 | Modesto Nuts |
| 2013 | Inland Empire 66ers | 3–0 | San Jose Giants |
| 2014 | Lancaster JetHawks | 3–2 | Visalia Rawhide |
| 2015 | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes | 3–0 | San Jose Giants |
| 2016 | High Desert Mavericks | 3–0 | Visalia Rawhide |
| 2017 | Modesto Nuts | 3–0 | Lancaster JetHawks |
| 2018 | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes | 3–0 | Visalia Rawhide |
| 2019 | Visalia Rawhide | 3–1 | Lake Elsinore Storm |
| 2020 | None (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic) | None (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic) | None (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic) |
| 2021 | San Jose Giants | 3–0 | Fresno Grizzlies |
| 2022 | Lake Elsinore Storm | 2–0 | Fresno Grizzlies |
| 2023 | Modesto Nuts | 2–0 | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes |
| 2024 | Modesto Nuts | 2–1 | Lake Elsinore Storm |

## Championship wins by team

Active California League teams appear in bold.
| Wins | Team | Championship years |
| 12 | San Jose Red Sox / Bees / Missions / Giants | 1949, 1953, 1962, 1967, 1979, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2021 |
| 11 | Modesto Reds / A's / Nuts | 1950, 1954, 1959, 1966, 1972, 1982, 1984, 2004, 2017, 2023, 2024 |
| 11 | Stockton Ports | 1946, 1947, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1992, 2002, 2008 |
| 9 | Fresno Cardinals / Giants | 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1964, 1968, 1974, 1985, 1987 |
| 6 | San Bernardino Stampede / Spirit / Inland Empire 66ers | 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2013 |
| 4 | High Desert Mavericks | 1991, 1993, 1997, 2016 |
| 4 | Lake Elsinore Storm | 1996, 2001, 2011, 2022 |
| 4 | Reno Silver Sox | 1960, 1961, 1975, 1976 |
| 3 | Santa Barbara Saints / Dodgers | 1941, 1948, 1951 |
| 3 | Lodi Lions / Dodgers | 1973, 1977, 1981 |
| 3 | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes | 1994, 2015, 2018 |
| 3 | Visalia Mets / Oaks / Rawhide | 1971, 1978, 2019 |
| 2 | Bakersfield Dodgers | 1970, 1989 |
| 2 | Lancaster JetHawks | 2012, 2014 |
| 1 | Redwood Pioneers | 1983 |
| 1 | Riverside Red Wave | 1988 |
| 1 | Salinas Packers | 1957 |