2014 Pacific Coast League season

The 2014 Pacific Coast League season was the 112th season in the league's history. The Omaha Storm Chasers repeated in winning both the title and the Triple-A Baseball National Championship; they became the first team to win three pennants in four years in the PCL since Albuquerque did it from 1980-1982. This year's All-Star catcher, Francisco Peña, was the son of the All-Star catcher the year Albuquerque began their run, Tony Peña. The league also saw the continued dominance of Petersons and Pedersons - after Brock Peterson led in homers last year, Joc Pederson led in runs and homers en route to the MVP while Shane Peterson led in doubles and hits.

Both the Sacramento River Cats and Las Vegas 51s posted the same record as in 2013.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

American Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Omaha Storm Chasers	76	67	.531	—	Brian Poldberg	Kansas City Royals
Iowa Cubs	74	70	.514	2½	Marty Pevey	Chicago Cubs
Oklahoma City RedHawks	74	70	.514	2½	Tom Lawless	Houston Astros
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	53	91	.368	23½	Glenallen Hill	Colorado Rockies

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Memphis Redbirds	79	64	.552	-	Ron Warner	St. Louis Cardinals
Nashville Sounds	77	67	.535	2½	Rick Sweet	Milwaukee Brewers
New Orleans Zephyrs	70	74	.486	9½	Andy Haines	Miami Marlins
Round Rock Express	70	74	.486	9½	Steve Buechele	Texas Rangers

Pacific Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Reno Aces	81	63	.563	-	Phil Nevin	Arizona Diamondbacks
Sacramento River Cats	79	65	.549	2	Steve Scarsone	Oakland Athletics
Tacoma Rainiers	74	70	.514	7	Roy Howell	Seattle Mariners
Fresno Grizzlies	68	76	.472	13	Bob Mariano	San Francisco Giants

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Las Vegas 51s	81	63	.563	-	Wally Backman	New York Mets
El Paso Chihuahuas	72	72	.500	9	Pat Murphy	San Diego Padres
Albuquerque Isotopes	62	80	.437	18	Damon Berryhill	Los Angeles Dodgers
Salt Lake Bees	60	84	.417	21	Keith Johnson	Los Angeles Angels

Playoffs

	Conference Championships					Championship Finals
	AN	Omaha Storm Chasers	3
	AS	Memphis Redbirds	1
						AN	Omaha Storm Chasers	3
						NN	Reno Aces	2
	NN	Reno Aces	3
	NS	Las Vegas 51s	1

Conference Championships

Omaha vs. Memphis Date Away Home September 3 Memphis 0 Omaha 7 September 4 Memphis 4 Omaha 3 September 5 Omaha 2 Memphis 0 September 6 Omaha 6 Memphis 2 Omaha wins series 3-1

Reno vs. Las Vegas Date Away Home September 3 Reno 4 Las Vegas 5 September 4 Reno 6 Las Vegas 0 September 5 Reno 7 Las Vegas 5 September 6 Reno 7 Las Vegas 3 Reno wins series 3-1

Championship Finals

Reno vs. Omaha Date Away Home September 9 Omaha 6 Reno 2 September 10 Omaha 2 Reno 4 September 12 Reno 2 Omaha 1 September 13 Reno 2 Omaha 11 September 14 Reno 0 Omaha 4 Omaha wins series 3-2 and advances to Triple-A National Championship

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Brennan Boesch, Salt Lake, .332
• Runs Scored Joc Pederson, Albuquerque, 106
• Hits Shane Peterson, Sacramento, 167
• Doubles Peterson, 40
• Triples Arismendy Alcantara, Iowa, 11
• Home Runs Pederson, 33
• Runs Batted In Mike Jacobs, Reno, 97
• Stolen Bases Austin Wates, Oklahoma City and New Orleans, 37

Pitching

• Wins Tim Cooney, Memphis, 14
• Earned Run Average Nick Tropeano, Oklahoma City, 3.03
• Complete Games Justin Germano, Round Rock and Albuquerque, 3
• Shutouts Sixteen tied with 1
• Strikeouts Noah Syndergaard, Las Vegas, 145
• Saves Blake Parker, Iowa, 25

All-Star Team

• First Base Adam Duvall, Fresno
• Second Base Arismendy Alcantara, Iowa
• Shortstop Nick Ahmed, Reno
• Third Base Andy Marte, Reno
• Outfield Joc Pederson, Albuquerque; Matt den Dekker, Los Angeles; Shane Peterson, Sacramento
• Catcher Francisco Peña, Omaha
• Designated Hitter Brennan Boesch, Salt Lake
• Right-Handed Pitcher Jimmy Nelson, Nashville
• Left-Handed Pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada, Iowa
• Relief Pitcher Blake Parker, Iowa

References

• Josh Leventhal, ed.: Baseball America's 2015 Almanac, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2013.

External Links

• BR Minors page
• 2014 PCL - The Baseball Cube