2018 Can-Am League season

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2018 Can-Am League Season
League Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationMay 17  – September 3, 2018
Number of games323
Number of teams9
Regular season
Season champions Sussex County Miners
Finals champions Sussex County Miners
  Runners-up Quebec Capitales
Can-Am seasons
  2017
2019  

The 2018 season of the Canadian Professional Baseball Association began on May 17, 2018, and ended on September 3, 2018. [1] It was the league's 14th season of operations. Following the regular season, the playoffs were held. The Sussex County Miners defeated the reigning-champion Quebec Capitales in the fourth and deciding game, played on September 15.

Contents

Season summary

While the Dominican Republic National team toured during the regular season, there were two additional traveling teams that played all six of the Can-Am League teams; the Salina Stockade and the Hollywood Stars. The Stars played nine games, finishing 1-8, and the Stockade played 18 games, finishing 3-15.

Standings

TeamWLPct.GB
Sussex County Miners 6338.624
Québec Capitales 5844.5695.5
Rockland Boulders 5448.5299.5
Trois-Rivières Aigles 5349.52010.5
New Jersey Jackals 5052.49013.5
Ottawa Champions 4160.40622
Salina Stockade *315.16718.5
Hollywood Stars *18.11116
Dominican Republic national baseball team *09.00017

* Teams not eligible for playoffs

Playoffs

[2]

SemifinalsFinals
      
1 Sussex County Miners 3
4 Trois-Rivières Aigles 2
1 Sussex County Miners 3
2 Quebec Capitales 1
2 Quebec Capitales 3
3 Rockland Boulders 1

Semifinals

Sussex County vs. Trois-Rivières

Sussex County won the series, 3–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1September 5Sussex County 5, Trois-Rivières Aigles 1 Stade Stereo+ 3:201,503 
2September 6Sussex County 5, Trois-Rivières Aigles 0 Stade Stereo+ 3:001,447 
3September 7Trois-Rivières Aigles 5, Sussex County 3 Skylands Stadium 3:041,498 
4September 8Trois-Rivières Aigles 8, Sussex County 6 Skylands Stadium 3:17528 
5September 9Trois-Rivières Aigles 2, Sussex County 3 Skylands Stadium 2:44-

Quebec vs. Rockland

Quebec won the series, 3–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1September 5Quebec Capitales 9, Rockland Boulders 6 Palisades Credit Union Park 3:02608 
2September 6Quebec Capitales 1, Rockland Boulders 21 Palisades Credit Union Park 2:53412 
3September 7Rockland Boulders 2, Quebec Capitales 6 Stade Canac 2:462,491 
4September 8Quebec Capitales 5, Sussex County 6 Stade Canac 2:392,263

Championship

Sussex County vs. Quebec

Sussex County won the series, 3–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1September 12Sussex County 5, Quebec Capitales 3 Stade Canac 2:482,520 
2September 13Sussex County 3, Quebec Capitales 4 Stade Canac 2:172,281 
3September 14Quebec Capitales 6, Sussex County 7 Skylands Stadium 2:591,006 
4September 15Quebec Capitales 5, Sussex County 6 Skylands Stadium 3:131,391

Attendance

2018 Can-Am League attendance [3]
TeamTotal attendanceAverage Attendance
Rockland Boulders 129,5992,757
Québec Capitales 126,4832,386
Trois-Rivières Aigles 91,6051,869
Ottawa Champions 93,3951,831
Trois-Rivières Aigles 83,6101,706
Sussex County Miners 74,8271,559

References

  1. CAN-AM LEAGUE BEGINS 14TH SEASON THURSDAY [ permanent dead link ]. Accessed September 15, 2019.
  2. Can-Am League 2018 Playoff Scores. Accessed September 15, 2019.
  3. "Regular 2018 - Attendance". CanAmLeague.com - Official Website of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2019-09-15.