1989 Pacific Coast League season

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The 1989 Pacific Coast League season was the 86th in the league's history, and ended with the Vancouver Canadians winning their second league championship in four years.

[edit] Final first-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

North Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Vancouver Canadians	41	30	.577	--	Marv Foley	Chicago White Sox
Tacoma Tigers	39	33	.542	2½	Brad Fischer	Oakland Athletics
Portland Beavers	36	36	.500	5½	Phil Roof	Minnesota Twins
Edmonton Trappers	32	37	.464	8	Tom Kotchman	California Angels
Calgary Cannons	28	43	.394	13	Rich Morales	Seattle Mariners

South Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	44	26	.629	--	Mike Hargrove	Cleveland Indians
Las Vegas Stars	36	35	.507	6½	Steve Smith	San Diego Padres
Albuquerque Dukes	36	35	.507	6½	Kevin Kennedy	Los Angeles Dodgers
Phoenix Firebirds	36	36	.500	9	Wendell Kim	San Francisco Giants
Tucson Toros	27	44	.380	17½	Bob Skinner	Houston Astros

[edit] Final second-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

North Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Calgary Cannons	42	29	.592	--	Rich Morales	Seattle Mariners
Tacoma Tigers	38	33	.535	4	Brad Fischer	Oakland Athletics
Portland Beavers	36	36	.500	6½	Phil Roof	Minnesota Twins
Edmonton Trappers	33	39	.458	9½	Tom Kotchman	California Angels
Vancouver Canadians	32	39	.451	10	Marv Foley	Chicago White Sox

South Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Albuquerque Dukes	44	27	.620	--	Kevin Kennedy	Los Angeles Dodgers
Las Vegas Stars	38	34	.528	6½	Steve Smith	San Diego Padres
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	34	38	.472	10½	Mike Hargrove	Cleveland Indians
Phoenix Firebirds	31	40	.437	13	Wendell Kim	San Francisco Giants
Tucson Toros	29	42	.408	15	Bob Skinner	Houston Astros

[edit] Overall standings

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Albuquerque Dukes	80	62	.563	--	Kevin Kennedy	Los Angeles Dodgers
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	78	64	.549	2	Mike Hargrove	Cleveland Indians
Tacoma Tigers	77	66	.538	3½	Brad Fischer	Oakland Athletics
Las Vegas Stars	74	69	.517	6½	Steve Smith	San Diego Padres
Vancouver Canadians	73	69	.514	7	Marv Foley	Chicago White Sox
Portland Beavers	72	72	.500	8	Phil Roof	Minnesota Twins
Calgary Cannons	70	72	.493	10	Rich Morales	Seattle Mariners
Phoenix Firebirds	67	76	.469	13½	Gordon Mackenzie	San Francisco Giants
Edmonton Trappers	65	76	.461	15½	Tom Kotchman	California Angels
Tucson Toros	56	86	.394	24	Bob Skinner	Houston Astros

[edit] Playoffs

First Round			Championship Finals

N1	Vancouver Canadians	3
N2	Calgary Cannons	0
			N1	Vancouver Canadians	3
			S2	Albuquerque Dukes	1
S1	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	2
S2	Albuquerque Dukes	3

[edit] First Round

Vancouver vs. Calgary
Date	Away	Home
September 1	Calgary 0	Vancouver 4
September 2	Calgary 3	Vancouver 4
September 3	Vancouver 3	Calgary 0
Vancouver wins series 3-0

Albuquerque vs. Colorado Springs
Date	Away	Home
September 1	Colorado Springs 1	Albuquerque 3
September 2	Colorado Springs 10	Albuquerque 6
September 3	Albuquerque 5	Colorado Springs 7
September 4	Albuquerque 4	Colorado Springs 1
September 5	Albuquerque 6	Colorado Springs 4
Albuquerque wins series 3-2

[edit] Championship Finals

Albuquerque vs. Vancouver
Date	Away	Home
September 6	Albuquerque 0	Vancouver 8
September 7	Albuquerque 5	Vancouver 6
September 8	Vancouver 5	Albuquerque 6
September 9	Vancouver 11	Albuquerque 6
Vancouver wins series 3-1

[edit] League Leaders

[edit] Batting

Batting Average Bruce Fields, Calgary, .351
Runs Scored Doug Jennings, Tacoma, 99
Hits Jim Wilson, Calgary, 163
Doubles Kelvin Torve, Portland, 41
Triples Pete Coachman, Edmonton; Paul Noce, Calgary, 10
Home Runs Denny Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, 27
Runs Batted In Wilson, 133
Stolen Bases Joey Cora, Las Vegas, 40

[edit] Pitching

Wins Bryan Clark, Tacoma, 15
Earned Run Average Jeff Bittiger, Vancouver, 2.12
Complete Games Three tied with 6
Shutouts Bittiger, 3
Strikeouts Mike Fetters, Edmonton, 144
Saves Steve Olin, Colorado Springs, 24

[edit] All-Star Team

First Base Kelvin Torve, Portland
Second Base Joey Cora, Las Vegas
Shortstop Paul Zuvella, Colorado Springs
Third Base Matt Williams, Phoenix
Outfield Bruce Fields, Calgary; Jerald Clark, Las Vegas; Mike Huff, Albuquerque
Catcher Sandy Alomar Jr., Las Vegas
Designated Hitter Jim Wilson, Calgary
Right-Handed Pitcher Ramon Martinez, Albuquerque
Left-Handed Pitcher Bryan Clark, Tacoma
Relief Pitcher Steve Olin, Colorado Springs

[edit] References

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

1990 Baseball Almanac

[edit] External Links

1989 PCL - The Baseball Cube