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===Team origins===
The Aces were known as the [[Tucson Sidewinders]] from 1998 to 2008. Before that, the team was first known as the [[Tucson Toros]]. They were [[Tucson]]'s [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] baseball club, playing at [[Hi Corbett Field]] in midtown [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]] from 1969 to 1997. Part of the old ten-team configuration of the Pacific Coast League, the Toros won the PCL Championship in 1991 and 1993. The Toros were preceded by a number of other Tucson teams between 1915 and 1958, such as the Tucson Cowboys and the Tucson Lizards.
After the [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] expansion that added the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] and [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]], the Toros moved to [[Fresno, California]], as the [[Fresno Grizzlies]]. The [[Phoenix Firebirds]] relocated to Tucson, briefly became the Tucson Toros (1997), and then became the Sidewinders (1998), the Triple-A affiliate of the new Diamondbacks. This was accomplished by what amounted to a swap in ownership in 1997, with Firebirds owner Martin Stone purchasing the Toros and Toros owner Rick Holtzman receiving interest in the Firebirds. The Tucson team retained management and staff primarily from the Toros, and traces its history from the Toros rather than the Firebirds.<ref name="history">[http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20060125&content_id=39224&vkey=ballpark_t549&fext=.jsp&sid=t549 "Team History."] Tucson Sidewinders. 2006. Retrieved on 9 April 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080826095047/http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/ballpark/page.jsp?ymd=20060125&content_id=39224&vkey=ballpark_t549&fext=.jsp&sid=t549 |date=August 26, 2008 }}</ref>
The Sidewinders had humble beginnings, as it was five years before they enjoyed their first winning regular season. They dominated the 2006 season, with the PCL's best record in the regular season and won the Pacific Coast League and National Championships in the postseason.
The Phoenix Firebirds played from 1958 through 1997 as an affiliate of the [[San Francisco Giants]]. The franchise joined the Pacific Coast League as a charter member in 1903 as the [[San Francisco Seals (baseball)|San Francisco Seals]], relocating to Phoenix in 1958 when the major league [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] moved to [[San Francisco]]. Seals alumni include [[Joe DiMaggio]].
The Tucson Toros have been affiliated with the [[Chicago White Sox]] (1969–1972), the [[Oakland Athletics]] (1973–1976), the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] (1977–1979), the [[Houston Astros]] (1980–1996), and the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] (1997 only, with one [[Arizona Diamondbacks|Diamondbacks]] prospect, [[Travis Lee]], playing with them by special arrangement).<ref name="history"/> At the time of the change in venue and affiliation (1998), the name Sidewinders was chosen from a contest.
The Toros became a member of the independent [[Golden Baseball League]], adopting their previous [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] history from 1969 to 1997. The Aces adopted the Sidewinders' history from 1998 to 2008 before the franchise was moved to Reno. The Toros folded in 2011 after the AAA [[Portland Beavers]] moved to town to become the [[Tucson Padres]]. The Padres moved again in 2014, this time to [[Texas]] to become the [[El Paso Chihuahuas]].
===A new era – Reno Aces===
The Reno Aces hosted the [[Triple-A All-Star Game]] on July 17, 2013.
In conjunction with [[Major League Baseball]]'s restructuring of [[Minor League Baseball]] in 2021, the Aces were organized into the ten-team [[Triple-A West]].<ref name=JMayo2-12-2021>{{cite web|last=Mayo|first=Jonathan|title=MLB Announces New Minors Teams, Leagues|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/new-minor-league-baseball-structure|website=Major League Baseball|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref>
==Season-by-season records==
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