San Bernardino Stampede

Club established: 1994, after the San Bernardino Spirit moved to Rancho Cucamonga.

Affiliation: The Dodgers’ Class-A team.

Ownership: Co-owners are David G. Elmore, who also owns five other minor league baseball teams, two minor league hockey teams and a professional soccer team, and Donna F. Tuttle, president of Korn Tuttle Capital Group, Inc.

Manager: Tim Wallach, former University High, Saddleback College and Cal State Fullerton standout, became manager June 24 after Mickey Hatcher was named first-base coach and hitting instructor with the Dodgers. Wallach led Fullerton to its first College World Series title and went on to become an All-Star third baseman with Montreal before finishing his major league career with the Dodgers and Angels.

Current Prospects: Shortstop Ricky Bell, the Dodgers’ third-round pick in the 1997 free-agent draft, is the son of Detroit Manager Buddy Bell. Third baseman Luke Allen hit .345 with a Pioneer League best 22-game hitting streak last season. Right-hander Luke Prokopec, signed out of high school in Australia, was converted to a pitcher midway through last season and was 3-1 with a 4.07 earned-run average.

Most famous alumni: Former Dodger left-hander Dennis Reyes started the first game at San Bernardino Stadium for the Stampede on Aug.26, 1996. Reyes, then 19, struck out 12 Lake Elsinore batters in seven innings. Paul Konerko, who was the 18th player drafted in 1994, led San Bernardino to the California League title in 1995. Both were traded to the Reds for reliever Jeff Shaw. Second baseman Adam Riggs was named the league’s MVP that season, however, when he hit 34 homers, drove in 106 runs and stole 31 bases.

Home stadium: San Bernardino Stadium, nicknamed “The Ranch,” has permanent seating for 5,000 and patio and grass areas that can hold thousands more. The $16.4-million facility features contoured box seats, luxury sky boxes and indoor and outdoor seating. Aug. 8 has been declared “Break The Cal League Single-Game Attendance Record Night,” in an attempt to eclipse Lake Elsinore’s record of more than 12,876 fans on July 4, 1998.

San Bernardino baseball history: San Bernardino was an original member of the California League in 1941, but played in only that inaugural season until 1987. Ken Griffey Jr. played his only minor league ball in 1988 with the Spirit, then a Seattle Mariner affiliate. Eleven other former Spirit players, including Angel reliever Rich DeLucia, have played in the majors. The Senior Professional Baseball League had a franchise in San Bernardino, the Pride, that starred Anthony Davis and Rudy Law.

San Bernardino is famous for: Smog, and being the largest county in the nation at 20,064 square miles.