California Sunbirds

American softball team

California Sunbirds

Information
League| National Pro Fastpitch
Location| Stockton, California
Ballpark| United Sports Complex
Founded| 2004
League championships| 0
Regular Season championships| 0

The California Sunbirds were a women's professional softball team based in Stockton, CA. They were one of the founding members of National Pro Fastpitch in 2004. The team folded shortly after the 2005 season concluded.

## Franchise history

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The California Sunbirds were originally named the Sacramento Sunbirds. Their agreement to play at Freedom Park at McClellan Park in Sacramento fell through, so they made arrangements to in Stockton at the United Sports Complex. After that, they changed their name to the California Sunbirds.[1] However, they continued to use the URL https://web.archive.org/web/20100401111252/http://www.sacramentosunbirds.com/ for their team website.

The Sunbirds were coached by Tim Kiernan, one of the most prolific coaches in Northern California community college history. At Sacramento City College, Kiernan had won more than 800 games, three state championships, and a national championship.[2]

In 2005, the Sunbirds only played a partial NPF season in 2005, losing all 16 games they played. There were hopes of returning to the league full-time in 2006, but it never happened and the team folded.[3]

## Season-by-season

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Season records  Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results

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2004 | 15 | 43 | 0 | 6th place National Pro Fastpitch | Did not qualify
2005 | 0 | 16 | 0 | Played only a partial schedule, they were not included in NPF standings
Totals | 15 | 59 | 0  |

## References

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1. ^ Andrew Diluccia (31 May 2004). "Sunbirds ready to take flight". Auburn Journal. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
2. ^ Kevin Kage (29 March 2012). "California Dreamin'—Pro Style". The Softball Channel. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
3. ^ Paul LaTour (10 February 2005). "NPF moving forward without California". Naperville Sun. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2015.

## External links

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* National Pro Fastpitch[usurped]
* The Softball Channel

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National Pro Fastpitch

Final teams|

* Aussie Peppers
* California Commotion
* Canadian Wild
* Chicago Bandits
* Cleveland Comets

Seasons|

* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* ~~2021~~

Drafts|

* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~

Defunct or former
NPF teams|

| Defunct|

* California Sunbirds (2004, 2005 partial schedule)
* NY/NJ Juggernaut (2004)/New York Juggernaut (2005)
* Arizona Heat (2004–2006)
* Michigan Ice (Partial schedules in 2006–07)
* New England Riptide (2004–2008)
* Washington Glory (2007,2008)
* Philadelphia Force (2006–2009)
* Texas Thunder (2004)
* Rockford Thunder (2005–09)
* Tennessee Diamonds (2010)
* NPF Diamonds (2011)
* Carolina Diamonds (2012)
* NY/NJ Comets (2013)
* Pennsylvania Rebellion (2014–16)
* Akron Racers (2004–17)
* Texas Charge (2015–2017)
* Beijing Eagles (2017–2019)

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Left NPF|

* Connecticut Brakettes (2006)
* Scrap Yard Dawgs (2016–17)
* USSSA Pride (2009–19)

Never Played|

* Colorado Altitude (2004)
* San Antonio Armadillos (2004)
* California Commotion (2020)

Seasons before
2004 NPF League Relaunch|

* Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF)
* 1997
* 1998
* Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL)
* 1999
* 2000

Touring teams
WPSL All-Stars vs. WPSL Gold (2001)
WPSL All-Stars (2002)
NPF All-Stars (2003)

* International Women's Professional Softball Association (IWPSA) (1976–79)

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Sports teams based in the Central Valley

Baseball|

MLB
Athletics
PCL
Sacramento River Cats

Fresno Grizzlies
Modesto Nuts
Stockton Ports
Visalia Rawhide
PIO
Yolo High Wheelers
PEC
Bakersfield Train Robbers
Marysville Drakes

Basketball|

NBA
Sacramento Kings
NBA G League
Stockton Kings
ABA
Team Trouble

American football|

AF1
Stockton Crusaders

Ice hockey|

AHL
Bakersfield Condors
USPHL
Fresno Monsters

Soccer|

USLC
Sacramento Republic FC
USL2
Davis Legacy SC
NPSL
Academica SC
FC Davis
Sacramento Gold FC
USCS
Stanislaus United

Turlock Cal Express

Roller derby|

WFTDA
Derby Revolution of Bakersfield
Sacramento Roller Derby

College athletics
(NCAA D-I & D-II)|

Cal State Bakersfield
Fresno Pacific
Fresno State
Pacific
Sacramento State
UC Davis

See also: Sports in California
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