2022 Pecos League season

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2022 Pecos League season
League Pecos League
Sport Baseball
DurationMay 26 August 1
(Playoffs: August 2 August 15)
Number of games50 (400 games in total)
Number of teams16
Mountain Division
League champions Roswell Invaders
Pacific Division
League champions Tucson Saguaros
Pecos League Championship
Champions Roswell Invaders
  Runners-up Tucson Saguaros
Seasons
 2021
2023 

The 2022 Pecos League season was the 12th season of professional baseball in the Pecos League, an independent baseball league which operates in cities in desert mountain regions throughout California, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas and Texas, since its creation in August 2010. There are 16 Pecos League teams, split evenly between Mountain and Pacific divisions.

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The Tucson Saguaros entered the season as the defending champions, having defeated the Roswell Invaders, two games to one, in the league's 2021 championship series. [1]

Andrew Dunn returned as commissioner for the 2022 season.

Season schedule

The 16 teams in the league are split evenly between two divisions, Mountain and Pacific.

For the 2022 season, the league announced three expansion franchises: the Santa Rosa Scuba Divers, Austin Weirdos, and Weimar Hormigas. After competing in 2021, Salina was not included as a member club in 2022. [2]

The season was played with a 50-game schedule with opening day in the Pacific Division on May 26, and opening day in the Mountain Division on June 1. The Regular season in both divisions concluded on July 31.

The Pecos League remains split into Mountain Division and Pacific Division. The Mountain and Pacific Divisions teams are aligned in four-team North and South Divisions. The biggest offseason alignment move is two-time defending Pecos League Champion Tucson Saguaros' move from the Mountain Division to the Pacific Division.

The top team in each four-team division and two teams that are non-division winners will qualify for the Playoffs. The Playoffs will consist of three rounds, ending with the Champion of the Mountain Division facing the winner of the Pacific Division. [3]

Regular season standings

Mountain Division

Mountain North Division Regular Season Standings
PosTeam G W L Pct. GB
1y Garden City Wind 463610.783--
2x Trinidad Triggers 432518.5819.5
3 Santa Fe Fuego 462125.45715.0
4 Colorado Springs Snow Sox 451431.31121.5
Mountain South Division Regular Season Standings
PosTeam G W L Pct. GB
1y Alpine Cowboys 493217.653--
2x Roswell Invaders 492722.5515.0
3Austin Weirdos501931.38013.5
4Weimar Hormigas471631.34015.0
Mountain Division Wild Card Standings
PosTeam G W L Pct. GB
1x Trinidad Triggers 432518.581--
2x Roswell Invaders 492722.5511.0
3 Santa Fe Fuego 462125.4575.5
4Austin Weirdos501931.3809.5
5Weimar Hormigas471631.34011.0
6 Colorado Springs Snow Sox 451431.31112.0

Pacific Division

Pacific North Division Regular Season Standings
PosTeam G W L Pct. GB
1y San Rafael Pacifics 50419.820--
2x – Santa Rosa Scuba Divers512229.43119.5
3Martinez Sturgeon501931.38022.0
4Santa Cruz Seaweed501733.34024.0
Pacific South Division Regular Season Standings
PosTeam G W L Pct. GB
1y Tucson Saguaros 42348.810--
2x Bakersfield Train Robbers 493118.6336.5
3 Monterey Amberjacks 502129.42017.0
4 Wasco Reserve 47740.14929.5
Pacific Division Wild Card Standings
PosTeam G W L Pct. GB
1x Bakersfield Train Robbers 493118.633--
2x – Santa Rosa Scuba Divers512229.43110.0
3 Monterey Amberjacks 502129.42010.5
4Martinez Sturgeon501931.38012.5
5Santa Cruz Seaweed501733.34014.5
6 Wasco Reserve 47740.14923.0

[4]

[5]

Statistical leaders

General
StatPlayerTeamTotal
GamesBrenden Spaulding Monterey Amberjacks 50

Hitting

StatPlayerTeamTotal
Hitter Score Beau Dorman San Rafael Pacifics 365
AB Tyson Thompson San Rafael Pacifics 205
AVG Koki Matsuda Garden City Wind .476
OBS Demetrio Rodriguez Monterey Amberjacks 1.455
Runs Beau Dorman San Rafael Pacifics 74
H Beau Dorman San Rafael Pacifics 84
2B Jonathon Bigley Roswell invaders 19
3B Joe Curcio, Robert Morosetti Bakersfield Train Robbers, Roswell Invaders 5
HR Jared Gay Santa Fe Fuego 21
BB Leo Gallegos Roswell invaders 55
RBIs Beau Dorman San Rafael Pacifics 80
SB Juan Montes Roswell Invaders 43
CS Dillian Smith Roswell Invaders 9

[6]

Pitching

StatPlayerTeamTotal
Pitcher Score Keisy Portorreal Garden City Wind 127
W Manny Corpas, Buzz Shirley Martinez Sturgeon, Alpine Cowboys 9
L Ike Horn Wasco Reserve 7
SV Pierce Smith, Devin Malone Trinidad Triggers, Garden City Wind 7
ERA *min.2IPJoe Riddle Santa Cruz Seaweed 0.61
IP Luke Kelley Bakersfield Train Robbers 69.2
Hits allowed Manny Corpas Martinez Sturgeon 140
SO Manny Corpas Martinez Sturgeon 147
BB Allowed Ike Horn Wasco Reserve 78

[7]

Awards

All-star selections

[8]

End of year awards

Pacific Division
AwardPlayerTeam
MVPBeau Dorman Pacifics
Hitter Of The YearBrock Ephan Saguaros
Pitcher Of The YearEthan Mcrae Amberjacks
Mountain Division
AwardPlayerTeam
MVPMark Traylor Cowboys
Hitter Of The YearJuan Montes Invaders
Pitcher of The YearKeisy Portorreal Wind

Playoffs

Format

1. Eight teams will qualify for the playoffs

2. The team with the best record in each division will qualify as the division winner. (Mountain North, Mountain South, Pacific North, Pacific South)

3. Each Division Mountain and Pacific will have two teams that are non-division winners with the best record regardless of division.

4. Playoff Location will be determined by ballpark availability, the proximity of travel, and standings. When possible in the first round both teams will host a playoff game.

5. First Round will feature (4) seed vs (1) and seed (2) seed vs (3) seed in a Best of 3 series

6. Second Round will feature Winners of each first-round series in the division finals Best of 3 series

7. Finals Round will feature Winners of Mountain Division vs Winners of Pacific Division at location TBD.

[9]

Playoff bracket

First Round
(best-of-three)
Division Championship Series
(best-of-three)
Pecos League Championship Series
(best-of-three)
               
1 Garden City Wind 8 53
4 Roswell Invaders 134 6
4 Roswell Invaders 7 127
Mountain
3 Trinidad Triggers 810 5
2 Alpine Cowboys 101 5
3 Trinidad Triggers 7 87
Roswell Invaders 64 5
Tucson Saguaros 3 52
1 San Rafael Pacifics 2210
4 Santa Rosa Scuba Divers 3 9
1 San Rafael Pacifics 2 4
Pacific
2 Tucson Saguaros 105
2 Tucson Saguaros 136
3 Bakersfield Train Robbers 4 4

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