1989 Pacific Coast League season

The 1989 Pacific Coast League season was the 87th season in the league's history. It ended with the Vancouver Canadians winning their second league championship in four years.

Final first-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	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

	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

Final second-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	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

	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

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

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

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

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

League Leaders

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

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

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

References

• W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, eds.: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Baseball America, 1993.
• 1990 Baseball Almanac

External Links

• BR Minors page
• 1989 PCL - The Baseball Cube