2019 Pacific Association season

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2019 Pacific Association season
League Pacific Association
Sport Baseball
DurationMay 31, 2019 – September 1, 2019 [1]
Number of games64 (160 games in total)
Number of teams5
Regular season
Season champions Sonoma Stompers
League postseason
Finals champions San Rafael Pacifics
  Runners-up Sonoma Stompers
PACA seasons

The 2019 Pacific Association season was the seventh season of the Pacific Association. There was a five team 64 game schedule.

Contents

The San Rafael Pacifics entered the season as defending champions, having defeated the Sonoma Stompers 6–0 in the league's 2018 championship game. [2]

They playoffs concluded on September 1, with the San Rafael Pacifics defeating the Sonoma Stompers 2–1 in the championship series, winning their fourth Pacific Association championship. [3]

Team and rule change

The 5 teams in the league played a 64-game schedule. The Salina Stockade were added as a travel team to be the sixth team, but the Pittsburg Diamonds announced they would be going on a hiatus in April just weeks after the Stockade were announced. [4] The Martinez Clippers also folded after the 2018 season. [5]

The Stockade would play as a travel team and play double-headers on Saturdays. The top four teams would qualify for the playoffs with the regular season champion getting a bye to the best-of-three championship series. The third and four seed would play a one-game wild card to advance to the semi-final matchup vs the two seed, which was also a best-of-one.

Regular season standings

as of September 1, 2019

Regular Season Standings
PosTeam G W L Pct. GB
1y Sonoma Stompers 644519.703--
2x San Rafael Pacifics 643826.5947.0
3x Vallejo Admirals 643430.53111.0
4x Napa Silverados 642935.45316.0
5e Salina Stockade 641450.21931.0

[6]

Record vs. opponents

2019 Pacific Association Record vs. opponents
TeamNAPASLNSRFSONVAL
Napa 12–64–97–136–7
Salina 6–124–143–121–12
San Rafael 9–414–44–811–10
Sonoma 13–712–38–412–5
Vallejo 7–612–110–115–12

Statistical leaders

Hitting

StatPlayerTeamTotal
HR Nick Akins Vallejo Admirals 21
AVG Raúl Navarro San Rafael Pacifics .373
RBIs Axel Johnson San Rafael Pacifics 67
SB Omar Artsen Salina Stockade 50

Pitching

StatPlayerTeamTotal
W (Nick Barnese, Vijay Patel), Dakota Freese(Sonoma Stompers),Vallejo Admirals 7
ERA Dakota Freese Vallejo Admirals 2.91
SO Carl Brice Vallejo Admirals 100
SV Jailen Peguero San Rafael Pacifics 16

To qualify as league leader for hitter, AVG - Minimum of plate appearances of 2.7 per team game. To qualify as league leader for pitcher, ERA - Minimum inning(s) of .8 pitched per team game. [7]

Playoffs

Format

In 2019, The top four teams would qualify for the playoffs with the regular season champion getting a bye to the best-of-three championship series. The third and four seed would play a one-game wild card to advance to the semi-final matchup vs the two seed, which was also a best-of-one. The playoffs were held August 28 through September 1.

Championship Series
(best-of-three)
1 Sonoma Stompers 553
2 San Rafael Pacifics 845

Individual Awards

AwardPlayerTeam
Most Valuable PlayerRaúl Navarro [8] San Rafael Pacifics
Pitcher of the YearDakota Freese [9] Vallejo Admirals
Reliever of the Year Jailen Peguero, Ryan Richardson [10] San Rafael Pacifics, Sonoma Stompers
Rookie of the YearZane Gelphman [11] Salina Stockade, San Rafael Pacifics
Manager of the YearZack Pace [12] Sonoma Stompers
Executive of the YearBrett Creamer [13] Sonoma Stompers

Gilded Glove Awards

[14]

PositionPlayerTeam
CErmindo Escobar San Rafael Pacifics
1BAxel Johnson San Rafael Pacifics
2BNick Gotta Sonoma Stompers
SSRaúl Navarro San Rafael Pacifics
3BChris Kwitzer Sonoma Stompers
LFNick Ultsch Napa Silverados
CFDondrei Hubbard Sonoma Stompers
RFCorey Dempster San Rafael Pacifics
PNick Barnese Sonoma Stompers

Notable players

Former Major League Baseball players who played in the Pacific Association in 2019

Other notable players who played in the Pacific Association in 2019

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