2017 Pacific Coast League season

The 2017 Pacific Coast League season was the 115th season in the league's history. It was dominated by the Memphis Redbirds, who won 6 of their first 7 and were ten games over .500 about a month into the season. They finished 91-50, won both playoff rounds (by close 3-2 margins, though) and then won the Triple-A National Championship. Christian Walker of Reno was named MVP after leading in runs and RBI.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

American Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	80	57	.584	--	Rick Sweet	Milwaukee Brewers
Oklahoma City Dodgers	72	69	.511	10	Bill Haselman	Los Angeles Dodgers
Omaha Storm Chasers	69	72	.489	13	Brian Poldberg	Kansas City Royals
Iowa Cubs	67	72	.482	14	Marty Pevey	Chicago Cubs

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Memphis Redbirds	91	50	.645	--	Stubby Clapp	St. Louis Cardinals
Nashville Sounds	68	71	.489	22	Ryan Christenson	Oakland Athletics
Round Rock Express	66	72	.478	23½	Jason Wood	Texas Rangers
New Orleans Baby Cakes	55	83	.399	34½	Arnie Beyeler	Miami Marlins

Pacific Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Reno Aces	80	62	.563	--	Jerry Narron	Arizona Diamondbacks
Fresno Grizzlies	77	65	.542	3	Tony DeFrancesco/Dan Radison	Houston Astros
Tacoma Rainiers	66	76	.465	14	Pat Listach	Seattle Mariners
Sacramento River Cats	64	77	.454	15½	Dave Brundage	San Francisco Giants

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
El Paso Chihuahuas	73	69	.514	--	Rod Barajas	San Diego Padres
Salt Lake Bees	72	70	.507	1	Keith Johnson	Los Angeles Angels
Albuquerque Isotopes	68	73	.482	4½	Glenallen Hill	Colorado Rockies
Las Vegas 51s	56	84	.394	17	Pedro López	New York Mets

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

Memphis vs. Colorado Springs Date Away Home September 6 Colorado Springs 1 Memphis 4 September 7 Colorado Springs 5 Memphis 0 September 8 Memphis 15 Colorado Springs 16 September 9 Memphis 11 Colorado Springs 8 September 10 Memphis 13 Colorado Springs 10 Memphis wins series 3-2

Reno vs. El Paso Date Away Home September 6 El Paso 3 Reno 1 September 7 El Paso 7 Reno 2 September 8 Reno 6 El Paso 7 El Paso wins series 3-0

Championship Finals

El Paso vs. Memphis Date Away Home September 13 El Paso 4 Memphis 6 September 14 El Paso 0 Memphis 2 September 15 Memphis 0 El Paso 3 September 16 Memphis 1 El Paso 5 September 17 Memphis 3 El Paso 1 Memphis wins series 3-2 and advances to Triple-A National Championship

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Nick Buss, El Paso, .348
• Runs Scored Christian Walker, Reno, 104
• Hits Tony Kemp, Fresno, 166
• Doubles Ildemaro Vargas, Reno, 35
• Triples Franchy Cordero, El Paso, 18
• Home Runs A.J. Reed, Fresno, 34
• Runs Batted In Walker, 114
• Stolen Bases John Andreoli, Iowa; Rafael Ortega, El Paso & Kyle Wren, Colorado Springs, 26

Pitching

• Wins Justin Masterson, Oklahoma City & Troy Scribner, Salt Lake, 11
• Earned Run Average Wilmer Font, Oklahoma City, 3.42
• Complete Games Corey Walter, Nashville, 2
• Shutouts Seven tied with 1
• Strikeouts Font, 178
• Saves Matt Carasiti, Albuquerque and Iowa, 21

All-Star Team

• First Base Christian Walker, Reno
• Second Base Willie Calhoun, Oklahoma City and Round Rock
• Shortstop Amed Rosario, Las Vegas
• Third Base Patrick Wisdom, Memphis
• Outfield Oswaldo Arcia, Reno; Derek Fisher, Fresno; Mike Tauchman, Albuquerque
• Catcher Victor Caratini, Iowa
• Designated Hitter Renato Nunez, Nashville
• Starting Pitcher Wilmer Font, Oklahoma City; Ryan Carpenter, Albuquerque
• Relief Pitcher Matt Carasiti, Albuquerque and Iowa

Source

• 2018 Baseball Almanac, pg. 370-371

External Links

• BR Minors page