The Bakersfield Jammers, known originally as the San Jose Jammers, were an American

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team that were members of the

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(CBA) from 1989 to 1992. Originally based in

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, the team relocated to

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for their final season. The team was created by former Oakland A's executive Fred Kuenzi through a CBA basketball league expansion. Although Fred was initially named as team spokesman and introduced as the team's first general manager, he had previous commitments that prohibited him from remaining on in that capacity. He served as a team consultant. Fred obtained capital investment funding by bringing in former assemblyman Dominic L. Cortese as majority owner. The Jammers' inaugural roster included high-scoring guards Freddie Banks (Las Vegas Silver Streaks) and

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, forward David Boone, and center Casey Crawford. San Jose Jammers games were broadcast on radio station

KSJX KSJX (1500 AM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to San Jose, California, United States. Owned by Multicultural Broadcasting, the station broadcasts programming in Vietnamese. Founded in 1948 with the call signs KXRX, the station had variou ...

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All-time roster

* Leonard Allen * Larry Anderson * Freddie Banks *

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* Perry Bellaire *

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* Ed Catchings * Chris Childs * Jervis Cole *

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* Jean Derouillere *

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* Scott Fisher * Ray Foster *

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* Ben Gillery *

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* Marchell Henry * Keith Hill * Steffond Johnson * Steve Key * Bryan Kirkland * Kenny McClary *

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* Scott Meents * Levy Middlebrooks * Richard Morton * Antwahn Nance *

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* Kelby Stuckey * Jon Taylor *

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* John Tresvant *

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* Joe Wallace *

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* Dan Williams * Sam Williams * Mike Yoest * Gus Gonidakis ::''Sources''

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All-time roster

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