High Desert Mavericks

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The High Desert Mavericks is a small American League Baseball team in Adelanto, California, who play their home games at Heritage Field at Stater Bros.. Stadium. They play in Class A-Advanced California League. The franchise has eight distinct major league affiliates for 29 seasons.

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History

The franchise was founded in 1988 and was first located in Riverside, California, and was known as the Red Wave which began in 1988. In 1991, he moved north across the mountains to Adelanto, part of the Victor Valley metro area in the High Desert area of â€‹â€‹California.

The Mavericks play their home game at Heritage Field at Stater Bros.. Stadium (known as Stater Bros. Stadium from 2007 to 2014 and Mavericks Stadium until 2007) which opened in 1991 and accommodated 3,808 fans. The park is known as a very hitter-friendly place that tends to inflate the total home run drastically. As a result, offensive statistics for High Desert players are discounted for comparison purposes, while the opposite is the case for statistics collected by the High Desert pitcher.

On November 29, 2010, the High Desert Mavericks were sold to Main Street Baseball after more than a year on the open market. Rumor has the team probably moved to Chico, California, if a proposed new rough has been built there. Although later reported on August 12, 2012, the Mavericks will stay in the High Desert through the 2015 season and possibly until 2018.

In January 2016, Adelanto City Council canceled the team's rent at Heritage Field. The Mavericks were able to continue for the 2016 season at Heritage Field. However, on August 22, 2016, the California League announced the Mavericks will not be back for the 2017 season and will stop operating.

Before the League of California announced Maverick would not return, rumors said Maverick moved on and joined Carolina League in Kinston, North Carolina, while maintaining Rangers affiliation. However, Minor League Baseball also announced on August 22 that two expansion teams will join the Carolina League in 2017 with the new Kinston team taking over Rangers affiliates at the A-Advanced level of the Mavericks.

In their last game, the Mavericks defeated Visalia Rawhide 7-4 on September 17, 2016, to win the California League championship.

The final championship finished bookend for the Mavericks who won the title in 1991, the first year of their existence, and in 2016, the last year of their existence.

Mavericks Luke Tendler hit the California League's last home run at Heritage Field at Stater Bros. Stadium and Mavericks history with a single shot at the bottom of the 8th inning.

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Achievements

The Mavericks are the only team in the history of the California League to win the championship in the years when their premier league club was formed.
The Mavericks are the first team in the history of the California League to have cheerleaders. The Maverick Girls will feature a dance number above the break room in between turns.
On June 28, 2009, the Mavericks made two historic acts in a single day. They combined with Lake Elsinore Storm to set a California League record for a minted match (51) in a 33-18 defeat, and outfielder James McOwen broke the California League record for the longest streak, hitting safely for the 36th straight game of the day the same one.