2016 Pacific Coast League season

The 2016 Pacific Coast League season was the 114th season in the league's history. The El Paso Chihuahuas were barely over .500 in the regular season but prevailed in both rounds of the playoffs to take their first PCL pennant, then lost the Triple-A National Championship.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

American Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Oklahoma City Dodgers	81	60	.574	—	Bill Haselman	Los Angeles Dodgers
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	67	71	.486	12½	Rick Sweet	Milwaukee Brewers
Iowa Cubs	67	76	.469	15	Marty Pevey	Chicago Cubs
Omaha Storm Chasers	58	82	.414	22½	Brian Poldberg	Kansas City Royals

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Nashville Sounds	83	59	.585	--	Steve Scarsone	Oakland Athletics
Round Rock Express	71	72	.497	12½	Jason Wood	Texas Rangers
New Orleans Zephyrs	69	70	.496	12½	Arnie Beyeler	Miami Marlins
Memphis Redbirds	65	77	.458	18	Mike Shildt	St. Louis Cardinals

Pacific Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tacoma Rainiers	81	62	.566	--	Pat Listach	Seattle Mariners
Reno Aces	76	68	.528	5½	Phil Nevin	Arizona Diamondbacks
Fresno Grizzlies	73	70	.510	8	Tony DeFrancesco	Houston Astros
Sacramento River Cats	69	75	.479	12½	José Alguacil	San Francisco Giants

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
El Paso Chihuahuas	73	70	.510	--	Rod Barajas	San Diego Padres
Albuquerque Isotopes	71	72	.497	2	Glenallen Hill	Colorado Rockies
Las Vegas 51s	70	74	.486	3½	Wally Backman	New York Mets
Salt Lake Bees	63	79	.444	9½	Keith Johnson	Los Angeles Angels

Playoffs

	Conference Championships					Championship Finals
	AN	Oklahoma City Dodgers	3
	AS	Nashville Sounds	2
						PS	El Paso Chihuahuas	3
						AN	Oklahoma City Dodgers	1
	PS	El Paso Chihuahuas	3
	PN	Tacoma Rainiers	1

Conference Championships

Oklahoma City vs. Nashville Date Away Home September 7 Nashville 10 Oklahoma City 7 September 8 Nashville 2 Oklahoma City 5 September 9 Oklahoma City 5 Nashville 6 September 10 Oklahoma City 7 Nashville 1 September 11 Oklahoma City 10 Nashville 9 Oklahoma City wins series 3-2

Tacoma vs. El Paso Date Away Home September 7 Tacoma 6 El Paso 5 September 8 Tacoma 1 El Paso 7 September 9 El Paso 7 Tacoma 0 September 10 El Paso 5 Tacoma 4 El Paso wins series 3-1

Championship Finals

El Paso vs. Oklahoma City Date Away Home September 13 Oklahoma City 5 El Paso 7 September 14 Oklahoma City 4 El Paso 10 September 16 El Paso 2 Oklahoma City 4 September 17 El Paso 4 Oklahoma City 3 El Paso wins series 3-1 and advances to Triple-A National Championship

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average T.J. Rivera, Las Vegas, .353
• Runs Scored Carlos Asuaje, El Paso & Manuel Margot, El Paso, 98
• Hits Asuaje, 172
• Doubles Travis Taijeron, Las Vegas, 42
• Triples Margot, 12
• Home Runs Kyle Jensen, Reno & Hunter Renfroe, El Paso, 30
• Runs Batted In Jensen, 120
• Stolen Bases John Andreoli, Iowa, 43

Pitching

• Wins Ty Blach, Sacramento & Joe Wieland, Tacoma, 14
• Earned Run Average Brady Rodgers, Fresno, 2.86
• Complete Games Blach, 3
• Shutouts Blach & Jharel Cotton, Oklahoma City/Nashville, 2
• Strikeouts Cotton, 155
• Saves James Hoyt, Fresno, 29

All-Star Team

• First Base Kyle Jensen, Reno
• Second Base Carlos Asuaje, El Paso
• Shortstop Orlando Arcia, Colorado Springs
• Third Base Rob Segedin, Oklahoma City
• Outfield Hunter Renfroe, El Paso; Manuel Margot, El Paso; Stefen Romero, Tacoma
• Catcher Austin Hedges, El Paso
• Designated Hitter Dan Vogelbach, Tacoma
• Starting Pitcher Brady Rodgers, Fresno; Ty Blach, Sacramento
• Relief Pitcher James Hoyt, Fresno

Source

• 2017 Baseball Almanac, pg. 368-369
• MILB.com

External Links

• BR Minors page