2013 Pacific Coast League season

The 2013 Pacific Coast League season was the 111th season in the league's history. The Omaha Storm Chasers won the title then won the Triple-A Baseball National Championship as well despite a sub-.500 regular season and being outscored in the finals.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

American Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Omaha Storm Chasers	70	74	.486	—	Mike Jirschele	Kansas City Royals
Memphis Redbirds	69	75	.479	1	Ron Warner	St. Louis Cardinals
Iowa Cubs	66	78	.458	4	Marty Pevey	Chicago Cubs
Nashville Sounds	57	87	.396	13	Mike Guerrero	Milwaukee Brewers

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Oklahoma City RedHawks	82	62	.569	—	Tony DeFrancesco	Houston Astros
Albuquerque Isotopes	76	68	.528	6	Lorenzo Bundy	Los Angeles Dodgers
Round Rock Express	73	71	.507	9	Bob Jones	Texas Rangers
New Orleans Zephyrs	72	72	.500	10	Ron Hassey	Miami Marlins

Pacific Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Salt Lake Bees	78	66	.542	—	Keith Johnson	Los Angeles Angels
Tacoma Rainiers	76	68	.556	2	Daren Brown	Seattle Mariners
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	67	76	.469	10½	Glenallen Hill	Colorado Rockies
Reno Aces	60	84	.417	18	Brett Butler	Arizona Diamondbacks

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Las Vegas 51s	81	63	.563	-	Wally Backman	New York Mets
Sacramento River Cats	79	65	.549	2	Steve Scarsone	Oakland Athletics
Tucson Padres	77	67	.535	4	Pat Murphy	San Diego Padres
Fresno Grizzlies	68	75	.476	12½	Bob Mariano	San Francisco Giants

Playoffs

	Conference Championships					Championship Finals
	AN	Omaha Storm Chasers	3
	AS	Oklahoma City RedHawks	0
						AN	Omaha Storm Chasers	3
						NN	Salt Lake Bees	1
	NN	Salt Lake Bees	3
	NS	Las Vegas 51s	1

Conference Championships

Omaha vs. Oklahoma City Date Away Home September 4 Omaha 3 Oklahoma City 1 September 5 Omaha 7 Oklahoma City 4 September 6 Oklahoma City 6 Omaha 7 Omaha wins series 3-0

Salt Lake vs. Las Vegas Date Away Home September 4 Las Vegas 3 Salt Lake 4 September 5 Las Vegas 4 Salt Lake 5 September 6 Salt Lake 2 Las Vegas 3 September 7 Salt Lake 4 Las Vegas 3 Salt Lake wins series 3-1

Championship Finals

Salt Lake vs. Omaha Date Away Home September 10 Salt Lake 2 Omaha 3 September 11 Salt Lake 1 Omaha 2 September 13 Omaha 0 Salt Lake 9 September 14 Omaha 10 Salt Lake 5 Omaha wins series 3-1 and advances to Triple-A National Championship

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Dean Anna, Tucson, .331
• Runs Scored Chris Owings, Reno, 104
• Hits Owings, 180
• Doubles Efren Navarro, Salt Lake, 39
• Triples Corey Dickerson, Colorado, 14
• Home Runs Brock Peterson, Memphis, 25
• Runs Batted In Nick Buss, Albuquerque, 100
• Stolen Bases Dee Gordon, Albuquerque, 49

Pitching

• Wins Bruce Billings, Sacramento, 13
• Earned Run Average Brian Flynn, New Orleans, 2.80
• Complete Games Four tied with 2
• Shutouts Nine tied with 1
• Strikeouts Matt Shoemaker, Salt Lake, 160
• Saves Chris Hatcher, New Orleans, 33

All-Star Team

• First Base Efren Navarro, Salt Lake
• Second Base Dean Anna, Tucson
• Shortstop Chris Owings, Reno
• Third Base Ryan Wheeler, Colorado Springs
• Outfield Nick Buss, Albuquerque; Michael Choice, Sacramento; Corey Dickerson, Colorado Springs
• Catcher Stephen Vogt, Sacramento
• Designated Hitter Brock Peterson, Memphis
• Right-Handed Pitcher Johnny Hellweg, Nashville
• Left-Handed Pitcher Brian Flynn, New Orleans
• Relief Pitcher Chris Hatcher, New Orleans

References

• Josh Leventhal, ed.: Baseball America's 2014 Almanac, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2013.

External Links

• BR Minors page
• 2013 PCL - The Baseball Cube