2006 Pacific Coast League season

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The 2006 Pacific Coast League season was the 103rd in the league's history, and ended with the Tucson Sidewinders winning the city's first championship since 1993. The Sidewinders would also win the first Bricktown Showdown.

Nashville and Iowa finished tied for the American Conference North title, but the Sounds qualified for the playoffs by virtue of a 9-7 record in the season series between the two clubs.

[edit] Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

[edit] American Conference

North Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Nashville Sounds	76	68	.528	--	Frank Kremblas	Milwaukee Brewers
Iowa Cubs	76	68	.528	--	Bobby Dickerson	Chicago Cubs
Memphis Redbirds	58	86	.403	18	Danny Sheaffer	St. Louis Cardinals
Omaha Royals	53	91	.368	23	Mike Jirschele	Kansas City Royals

South Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Round Rock Express	85	59	.590	--	Jackie Moore	Houston Astros
Oklahoma RedHawks	74	70	.514	11	Tim Ireland/Mike Boulanger	Texas Rangers
New Orleans Zephyrs	72	71	.503	12½	Tim Foli	Washington Nationals
Albuquerque Isotopes	70	72	.493	14	Dean Treanor	Florida Marlins

[edit] Pacific Conference

North Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Salt Lake Bees	81	63	.563	--	Brian Harper	Los Angeles Angels
Tacoma Rainiers	74	70	.514	7	Dave Brundage	Seattle Mariners
Portland Beavers	68	76	.472	13	Todd Claus	San Diego Padres
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	66	77	.462	14½	Tom Runnells	Colorado Rockies

South Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tucson Sidewinders	91	53	.632	--	Chip Hale	Arizona Diamondbacks
Sacramento River Cats	78	66	.542	13	Tony DeFrancesco	Oakland Athletics
Las Vegas 51s	67	77	.465	24	Jerry Royster	Los Angeles Dodgers
Fresno Grizzlies	61	83	.424	30	Shane Turner	San Francisco Giants

[edit] Playoffs

Conference Championships			Championship Finals

AN	Nashville Sounds	2
AS	Round Rock Express	3
			AS	Round Rock Express	3
			NS	Tucson Sidewinders	0
NN	Salt Lake Bees	1
NS	Tucson Sidewinders	3

[edit] Conference Championships

Nashville vs. Round Rock
Date	Away	Home
September 6	Round Rock 0	Nashville 4
September 7	Round Rock 4	Nashville 3
September 8	Nashville 5	Round Rock 6
	10 innings
September 9	Nashville 2	Round Rock 0
September 10	Nashville 0	Round Rock 8
Round Rock wins series 3-2

Tucson vs. Salt Lake
Date	Away	Home
September 6	Salt Lake 3	Tucson 4
	11 innings
September 7	Salt Lake 2	Tucson 4
September 8	Tucson 3	Salt Lake 5
September 9	Tucson 10	Salt Lake 8
Tucson wins series 3-1

[edit] Championship Finals

Tucson vs. Round Rock
Date	Away	Home
September 12	Round Rock 1	Tucson 3
September 13	Round Rock 3	Tucson 6
September 14	Tucson 6	Round Rock 3
Tucson wins series 3-0 and
advances to Bricktown Showdown

[edit] League Leaders

[edit] Batting

Batting Average Alberto Callaspo, Tucson, .337
Runs Scored Brooks Conrad, Round Rock, 100
Hits Callaspo, 165
Doubles Delwyn Young, Las Vegas, 42
Triples Conrad, 15
Home Runs Jon Knott, Portland, 32
Runs Batted In Knott, 113
Stolen Bases Freddy Guzman, Oklahoma, 42

[edit] Pitching

Wins Five tied with 13
Earned Run Average Jason Hirsh, Round Rock, 2.10
Complete Games Jared Fernandez, Nashville, 4
Shutouts Four tied with 2
Strikeouts Francisco Cruceta, Tacoma, 185
Saves Nate Field, Colorado Springs, 25

[edit] All-Star Team

First Base James Loney, Las Vegas
Second Base Alberto Callaspo, Tucson
Shortstop Stephen Drew, Tucson
Third Base Scott McClain, Sacramento
Outfield Jeff Baker, Colorado; Scott Hairston, Tucson; Reggie Willits, Salt Lake
Catcher Jeff Mathis, Salt Lake
Designated Hitter Jon Knott, Portland
Right-Handed Pitcher Jason Hirsh, Round Rock
Left-Handed Pitcher Rich Hill, Iowa
Relief Pitcher Nate Field, Colorado

[edit] References

Baseball America's 2007 Almanac. Will Lingo, editor. Simon & Schuster, 2006.

[edit] External Links

2006 PCL - The Baseball Cube

2006 PCL Playoffs – Minor League Baseball site

2006 Pacific Coast League season

From BR Bullpen

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