2015 Pacific Coast League season

The 2015 Pacific Coast League season was the 113th season in the league's history. Fresno's Tony DeFrancesco tied for third in league history by managing his 4th team to the PCL pennant; they then went on to win the Triple-A National Championship. José Martínez had the league's highest average (.384) in 67 years, when Gene Woodling hit .385. It would still not be enough for the 27-year-old Martínez to get a call to the majors; that wouldn't come until late 2016.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

American Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Oklahoma City Dodgers	86	58	.597	-	Damon Berryhill	Los Angeles Dodgers
Iowa Cubs	80	64	.556	6	Marty Pevey	Chicago Cubs
Omaha Storm Chasers	80	64	.556	6	Brian Poldberg	Kansas City Royals
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	53	91	.368	23½	Glenallen Hill	Milwaukee Brewers

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Round Rock Express	76	66	.542	-	Jason Wood	Texas Rangers
Memphis Redbirds	73	71	.507	5	Mike Shildt	St. Louis Cardinals
Nashville Sounds	66	78	.458	12	Steve Scarsone	2015 Oakland Athletics
New Orleans Zephyrs	58	86	.403	20	Andy Haines	Miami Marlins

Pacific Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Fresno Grizzlies	84	59	.587	13	Tony DeFrancesco	Houston Astros
Sacramento River Cats	71	73	.493	14	Bob Mariano	San Francisco Giants
Reno Aces	70	74	.486	15	Phil Nevin	Arizona Diamondbacks
Tacoma Rainiers	68	76	.472	17	Pat Listach	Seattle Mariners

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
El Paso Chihuahuas	78	66	.542	-	Jamie Quirk	San Diego Padres
Las Vegas 51s	77	67	.535	1	Wally Backman	New York Mets
Albuquerque Isotopes	62	82	.431	16	Glenallen Hill	Colorado Rockies
Salt Lake Bees	58	86	.403	20	Dave Anderson	Los Angeles Angels

Playoffs

	Conference Championships					Championship Finals
	AN	Oklahoma City Dodgers	0
	AS	Round Rock Express	3
						AS	Round Rock Express	2
						NN	Fresno Grizzlies	3
	NN	Fresno Grizzlies	3
	NS	El Paso Chihuahuas	1

Conference Championships

Oklahoma City vs. Round Rock Date Away Home September 9 Oklahoma City 1 Round Rock 2 September 10 Oklahoma City 1 Round Rock 7 September 11 Round Rock 2 Oklahoma City 1 Round Rock wins series 3-1

Fresno vs. El Paso Date Away Home September 9 El Paso 1 Fresno 9 September 10 El Paso 4 Fresno 5 September 11 Fresno 4 El Paso 6 September 12 Fresno 7 El Paso 4 Fresno wins series 3-1

Championship Finals

Round Rock vs. Fresno Date Away Home September 15 Fresno 8 Round Rock 9 September 16 Fresno 3 Round Rock 1 September 18 Round Rock 6 Fresno 2 September 19 Round Rock 1 Fresno 2 September 20 Round Rock 3 Fresno 7 Fresno wins series 3-2 and advances to Triple-A National Championship

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average José Martínez, Omaha, .384
• Runs Scored Matt Duffy, Fresno, 94
• Hits Joey Wendle, Nashville, 167
• Doubles Kyle Kubitza, Salt Lake, 43
• Triples Arismendy Alcantara, Iowa, 10
• Home Runs Jamie Romak, Reno, 27
• Runs Batted In Peter O'Brien, Reno, 107
• Stolen Bases Jonathan Villar, Fresno, 35

Pitching

• Wins Nick Greenwood, Memphis, 13
• Earned Run Average Clayton Blackburn, Sacramento, 2.85
• Complete Games Eight tied with 2
• Shutouts Ty Blach, Sacramento, 2
• Strikeouts Dan Straily, Fresno, 124
• Saves Jon Edwards, El Paso and Round Rock; Brian Schlitter, Iowa, 23

All-Star Team

• First Base Jesús Montero, Tacoma
• Second Base Joey Wendle, Nashville
• Shortstop Cristhian Adames, Albuquerque
• Third Base Matt Duffy, Fresno
• Outfield Domingo Santana, Fresno and Colorado Springs; Alex Dickerson, El Paso; Peter O'Brien, Reno
• Catcher Austin Barnes, Oklahoma City
• Designated Hitter Jamie Romak, Reno
• Right-Handed Starting Pitcher Carlos Pimentel, Iowa
• Left-Handed Starting Pitcher Adam Conley, New Orleans
• Relief Pitcher Jon Edwards, El Paso and Little Rock

References

• Josh Leventhal, ed.: Baseball America's 2016 Almanac, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2015.

External Links

• BR Minors page