2008 Pacific Coast League season

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The 2008 Pacific Coast League season was the 105th in the league's history, and ended with the Sacramento River Cats winning their second straight PCL championship. The River Cats would also win the third Bricktown Showdown.

[edit] Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

[edit] American Conference

North Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Iowa Cubs	83	59	.585	—	Pat Listach	Chicago Cubs
Memphis Redbirds	75	67	.528	8	Chris Maloney	St. Louis Cardinals
Omaha Royals	63	81	.438	21	Mike Jirschele	Kansas City Royals
Nashville Sounds	59	81	.421	23	Frank Kremblas	Milwaukee Brewers

South Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Oklahoma RedHawks	76	68	.528	—	Bobby Jones	Texas Rangers
Albuquerque Isotopes	68	75	.476	7½	Dean Treanor	Florida Marlins
New Orleans Zephyrs	66	75	.468	8½	Marty Scott	New York Mets
Round Rock Express	64	79	.448	11½	Dave Clark	Houston Astros

[edit] Pacific Conference

North Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Salt Lake Bees	83	60	.580	—	Bobby Mitchell	Los Angeles Angels
Tacoma Rainiers	80	64	.556	3½	Daren Brown	Seattle Mariners
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	71	72	.497	12	Tom Runnells	Colorado Rockies
Portland Beavers	70	74	.486	13½	Randy Ready	San Diego Padres

South Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Sacramento River Cats	83	61	.576	—	Todd Steverson	Oakland Athletics
Las Vegas 51s	74	69	.517	8½	Lorenzo Bundy	Los Angeles Dodgers
Fresno Grizzlies	67	76	.469	15½	Dan Rohn	San Francisco Giants
Tucson Sidewinders	60	81	.426	21½	Bill Plummer	Arizona Diamondbacks

[edit] Playoffs

Conference Championships			Championship Finals

AN	Iowa Cubs	2
AS	Oklahoma RedHawks	3
			AS	Oklahoma RedHawks	1
			NS	Sacramento RiverCats	3
NN	Salt Lake Bees	1
NS	Sacramento RiverCats	3

[edit] Conference Championships

Iowa vs. Oklahoma
Date	Away	Home
September 3	Oklahoma 3	Iowa 10
September 4	Oklahoma 6	Iowa 2
September 5	Iowa 2	Oklahoma 1
September 6	Iowa 6	Oklahoma 9
September 7	Iowa 5	Oklahoma 16
Oklahoma wins series 3-2

Salt Lake vs. Sacramento
Date	Away	Home
September 3	Salt Lake 13	Sacramento 10
September 4	Salt Lake 3	Sacramento 8
September 5	Sacramento 13	Salt Lake 5
September 6	Sacramento 8	Salt Lake 3
Sacramento wins series 3-1

[edit] Championship Finals

Sacramento vs. Oklahoma
Date	Away	Home
September 9	Oklahoma 4	Sacramento 8
September 10	Oklahoma 11	Sacramento 2
September 12	Sacramento 8	Oklahoma 5
September 14	Sacramento 4	Oklahoma 2
Sacramento wins series 3-1 and
advances to Bricktown Showdown

[edit] League Leaders

[edit] Batting

Batting Average Terry Tiffee, Las Vegas, .378
Runs Scored Tim Raines Jr., Tucson, 96
Hits Freddy Sandoval, Salt Lake, 176
Doubles Sandoval, 45
Triples Raines, 13
Home Runs Dallas McPherson, Albuquerque, 42
Runs Batted In Joe Koshansky, Colorado Springs, 121
Stolen Bases Andrés Torres, Iowa, 29

[edit] Pitching

Wins Eulogio De La Cruz, Albuquerque, 13
Earned Run Average Mitchell Boggs, Memphis, 3.45
Complete Games Brad Hennessey, Fresno, 3
Strikeouts Matt Palmer, Freso, 143
Saves Jared Wells, Portland and Tacoma, 20

[edit] All-Star Team

First Base Joe Koshansky, Colorado Springs
Second Base Eric Patterson, Sacramento
Shortstop Brandon Wood, Salt Lake
Third Base Matt Brown, Salt Lake; Jamie D'Antona, Tucson
Outfield Nelson Cruz, Oklahoma; Nick Stavinoha, Memphis; Terry Tiffee, Las Vegas
Catcher Rob Johnson, Tacoma
Designated Hitter Dallas McPherson, Albuquerque
Right-Handed Pitcher Shane Loux, Salt Lake
Left-Handed Pitcher Gio González, Sacramento
Relief Pitcher Jason Bulger, Salt Lake

[edit] References

Baseball America's 2009 Almanac. Will Lingo, editor. Simon & Schuster, 2008.

[edit] External Links

2008 PCL Playoffs - Official Website

2008 PCL - The Baseball Cube