San Jose Bees
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The San Jose Bees refers to two 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...

 teams, one that existed from 1962 to 1976 and one that existed from 1983 to 1987. Based in San Jose, California
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

, they were affiliated with the Los Angeles Angels from 1962 to 1964, the California Angels from 1965 to 1969, the Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals
The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...

 from 1970 to 1974 and the Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...

 from 1975 to 1976. They played their home games at Municipal Stadium
San Jose Municipal Stadium
The San Jose Municipal Stadium, or Muni Stadium in common usage, is the home of the minor league baseball San Jose Giants, the Advanced A league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants located in San Jose, California. The Giants play in the northern division of the California League...

.

Year-by-year record

(from Baseball Reference Bullpen)
Year Record Finish Manager Playoffs
1962  78-58 1st Red Marion
Red Marion
John Wyeth "Red" Marion was briefly an outfielder in American Major League Baseball and a longtime manager at the minor league level. A native of Richburg, South Carolina, he was the older brother of Marty Marion, the longtime star shortstop of the St...

 
League Champs
1963  62-78 7th Red Marion
Red Marion
John Wyeth "Red" Marion was briefly an outfielder in American Major League Baseball and a longtime manager at the minor league level. A native of Richburg, South Carolina, he was the older brother of Marty Marion, the longtime star shortstop of the St...

 
1964  73-67 3rd Rocky Bridges
Rocky Bridges
Everett Lamar "Rocky" Bridges is a former utility infielder with an 11-year career in American Major League Baseball from 1951 to 1961. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals of the National League, and the Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland...

 
none
1965  72-68 2nd Rocky Bridges
Rocky Bridges
Everett Lamar "Rocky" Bridges is a former utility infielder with an 11-year career in American Major League Baseball from 1951 to 1961. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals of the National League, and the Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland...

 
Lost League Finals
1966  77-64 2nd Rocky Bridges
Rocky Bridges
Everett Lamar "Rocky" Bridges is a former utility infielder with an 11-year career in American Major League Baseball from 1951 to 1961. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals of the National League, and the Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland...

 
1967  86-52 1st Harry Dunlop
Harry Dunlop
Harry Alexander Dunlop is an American former catcher, coach and manager in professional baseball...

 
League Champs
1968  80-60 1st Harry Dunlop
Harry Dunlop
Harry Alexander Dunlop is an American former catcher, coach and manager in professional baseball...

 / Del Rice
Del Rice
Delbert Rice Jr. was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played for 17 seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball from to , most notably for the St. Louis Cardinals...

 
Lost League Finals
1969  68-72 5th Tom Morgan
Tom Morgan (baseball)
Tom Stephen Morgan was a Major League Baseball pitcher. A native of El Monte, California, the 6'2", 195 lb. right-hander was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent before the 1949 season...

 / Eddie Bressoud
Eddie Bressoud
Edward Francis Bressoud is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from through for the New York & San Francisco Giants , Boston Red Sox , New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals...

 
1970  77-63 3rd Buddy Peterson
Buddy Peterson
Carl Francis "Buddy" Peterson was an American professional baseball player and manager who spent all but 13 games of his career at the minor league level...

 
none
1971  70-70 4th Buddy Peterson
Buddy Peterson
Carl Francis "Buddy" Peterson was an American professional baseball player and manager who spent all but 13 games of his career at the minor league level...

 
1972  76-64 3rd Harry Malmberg
Harry Malmberg
Harry William Malmberg was an American second baseman and coach in Major League Baseball, and a longtime player and manager in minor league baseball...

 
1973  75-65 3rd Steve Boros
Steve Boros
Stephen Boros Jr. was an American infielder, coach, manager, advance scout, and farm system official in Major League Baseball....

 
1974  81-59 2nd Steve Boros
Steve Boros
Stephen Boros Jr. was an American infielder, coach, manager, advance scout, and farm system official in Major League Baseball....

 
Lost League Finals
1975  67-73 7th Del Youngblood none
1976  45-95 6th Gomer Hodge
Gomer Hodge
Harold Morris Hodge was a Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Indians in 1971. He died May 13, 2007 from Lou Gehrig's Disease.-External links:...

 
1983  56-84 10th Frank Verdi
Frank Verdi
Frank Michael Verdi was a Major League Baseball player in 1953 for the New York Yankees and a longtime manager at the minor league level. As a player, he batted and threw right-handed, stood 5'10½" tall and weighed 170 pounds...

 
1984  55-85 10th Al Gallagher
Al Gallagher
Alan Mitchell Edward George Patrick Henry Gallagher is a retired professional baseball player who played four seasons for the San Francisco Giants and California Angels of Major League Baseball....

 
1985  55-88 10th Jethro McIntyre
1986  65-77 8th Harry Steve / Mike Verdi
1987 33-109 10th Mike Verdi
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