2008 Pacific Coast League season

The 2008 Pacific Coast League season was the 106th season in the league's history. It ended with the Sacramento River Cats winning their second straight PCL championship. The River Cats also won the third Bricktown Showdown.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

American Conference

	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

	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

Pacific Conference

	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

	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

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

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

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

League Leaders

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

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

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

References

• Will Lingo, ed.: Baseball America's 2009 Almanac, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2008.

External Links

• BR Minors page
• 2008 PCL Playoffs - Official Website
• 2008 PCL - The Baseball Cube