2022 American Association season

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2022 American Association season
League American Association of Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationMay 13 – September 5
Number of games100
Number of teams12
East Division
League champions Chicago Dogs
West Division
League champions Kansas City Monarchs
American Association Championship
Champions Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
  Runners-up Milwaukee Milkmen
Seasons
2023 →

The 2022 American Association season is the 17th season of professional baseball in the American Association of Professional Baseball (AA) since its creation in October 2005. There are 12 AA teams, split evenly between the East Division and the West Division.

Contents

Season schedule

During the Off-Season the league added Lake Country DockHounds to replace the temporary traveling team Houston Apollos. The league was split up into two divisions, the East and West Division. The season will be played with a 100-game schedule, with two home series and two road series inside a teams’ division, and one home series and one road series against the clubs outside its division. The top four teams in each division will qualify for the 2022 playoffs. [1]

Regular Season Standings

as of September 5, 2022

East Division Regular Season Standings
PosTeam G W L Pct. GB
1y – Chicago Dogs 1005446.540--
2x – Kane County Cougars 1005446.540--
3x – Milwaukee Milkmen 1005347.5301.0
4x – Cleburne Railroaders 1005050.5004.0
5e – Gary SouthShore RailCats 1004258.42012.0
6e – Lake Country DockHounds 1003466.34020.0
West Division Regular Season Standings
PosTeam G W L Pct. GB
1y – Kansas City Monarchs 1006535.650--
2x – Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 1006436.6401.0
3x – Winnipeg Goldeyes 1005347.53012.0
4x – Lincoln Saltdogs 1004951.49016.0
5e – Sioux City Explorers 1004951.49016.0
6e – Sioux Falls Canaries 1003367.33032.0

[2]

Statistical leaders

as of September 5, 2022

Hitting

StatPlayerTeamTotal
HR Max Murphy Winnipeg Goldeyes 31
AVG Bryan Torres Milwaukee Milkmen .374
H Bryan Torres Milwaukee Milkmen 139
RBIs Max Murphy Winnipeg Goldeyes 96
SB Danny Amaral Sioux City Explorers 48

Pitching

StatPlayerTeamTotal
W Jack Fox Kane County Cougars 11
ERA Matt Hall Kansas City Monarchs 1.10
SO Kevin Mcgovern Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 141
SV Alex DuBord Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 23

[3]

Awards

All-star selections

[4]

All-star game MVP — Jabari Henry [5]

Home run derby

[6]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Grant Kay11 — 5
Jabari Henry14 David Thompson16 — 4
Jimmy Kerrigan 10 Jabari Henry20
John Silviano 9 Jabari Henry 22
K.C. Hobson 10 David Thompson 23
Josh Altman12 Josh Altman 16 — 3
Keon Barnum 11 — 4 Grant Kay 15
David Thompson 19

End of year awards

Playoffs

Format

In 2022, the top four teams in each division will advance to the playoffs. In a nod to innovation, and to reward the clubs with the best regular seasons, the club that wins the division in the regular season will pick their first-round opponent of the qualifiers within the division, in the best-of-three Division Playoff Series.

In the second round, the Division Championship Series will also be a best-of-three series. The Miles Wolff Cup Finals will culminate in the crowning of a league champion, with a best-of-five series to determine the league champion. [7]

Playoff bracket

Division Playoff Series
(best-of-three) 		Division Championship Series
(best-of-three) 		American Association Championship Series
(best-of-five)
         
1 Chicago Dogs 1
3 Milwaukee Milkmen 2
Milwaukee Milkmen 2
East
Cleburne Railroaders 0
2 Kane County Cougars 1
4 Cleburne Railroaders 2
Milwaukee Milkmen 2
Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 3
1 Kansas City Monarchs 2
4 Lincoln Saltdogs 0
Kansas City Monarchs 1
West
Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 2
2 Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 2
3 Winnipeg Goldeyes 1

Notable players

Former Major League Baseball players who played in the American Association in 2022 [8]

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