2019 Pacific Coast League season

The 2019 Pacific Coast League season was the 117th season in the league's history. With a new ball in use, offensive levels exploded, with over a 50% increase in the number of homers and 66 qualified batters slugging over .500. The league ERA, already relatively high at 4.60 last year, jumped to 5.43.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

American Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Iowa Cubs	75	65	.536	--	Marty Pevey	Chicago Cubs
Memphis Redbirds	69	71	.493	6	Ben Johnson	St. Louis Cardinals
Nashville Sounds	66	72	.478	8	Jason Wood	Texas Rangers
Omaha Storm Chasers	59	80	.424	15½	Brian Poldberg	Kansas City Royals

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Round Rock Express	84	56	.600	--	Mickey Storey	Astros
San Antonio Missions	80	60	.571	4	Rick Sweet	Milwaukee Brwers
New Orleans Baby Cakes	73	65	.529	10	Keith Johnson	Miami Marlins
Oklahoma City Dodgers	62	77	.446	21½	Travis Barbary	Los Angeles Dodgers

Pacific Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Sacramento River Cats	73	67	.521	--	Dave Brundage	San Francisco Giants
Reno Aces	66	74	.471	7	Chris Cron	Arizona Diamondbacks
Fresno Grizzlies	65	75	.464	8	Randy Knorr	Washington Nationals
Tacoma Rainiers	61	78	.439	11½	Daren Brown	Seattle Mariners

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Las Vegas Aviators	83	57	.593	--	Fran Riordan	2019 Oakland A's
El Paso Chihuahuas	80	60	.571	3	Edwin Rodríguez	San Diego Padres
Salt Lake Bees	60	79	.432	22½	Lou Marson	Los Angeles Angels
Albuquerque Isotopes	60	80	.429	23	Glenallen Hill	Colorado Rockies

Playoffs

	Conference Championships					Championship Finals
	AS	Round Rock Express	3
	AN	Iowa Cubs	2
						AS	Round Rock Express	0
						PN	Sacramento River Cats	3
	PN	Sacramento River Cats	3
	PS	Las Vegas Aviators	2

Conference Championships

Iowa vs. Round Rock Date Away Home September 4 Iowa 4 Round Rock 5 September 5 Iowa 3 Round Rock 4 September 6 Round Rock 2 Iowa 3 September 7 Round Rock 4 Iowa 5 September 8 Round Rock 10 Iowa 5 Round Rock wins series 3-2

Las Vegas vs. Sacramento Date Away Home September 4 Las Vegas 9 Sacramento 3 September 5 Las Vegas 6 Sacramento 8 September 6 Sacramento 4 Las Vegas 11 September 7 Sacramento 5 Las Vegas 3 September 8 Sacramento 7 Las Vegas 3 Sacramento wins series 3-2

Championship Finals

Round Rock vs. Sacramento Date Away Home September 10 Round Rock 7 Sacramento 8 September 11 Round Rock 2 Sacramento 4 September 13 Sacramento 7 Round Rock 5 Sacramento wins series 3-0 and advances to Triple-A National Championship League Leaders Batting Batting Average David Freitas, San Antonio, .381 Runs Scored Sam Hilliard, Albuquerque, 109 Hits Sheldon Neuse, Las Vegas, 158 Doubles Mike Gerber, Sacramento, 41 Triples Jorge Mateo, Las Vegas, 14 Home Runs Kevin Cron, Reno, 38 Runs Batted In Jose Rojas, Salt Lake, 107 Stolen Bases Kyle Tucker, Round Rock, 30 Pitching Wins Colin Rea, Iowa, 14 Earned Run Average Hector Noesi, New Orleans, 3.82 Complete Games Fourteen tied with 1 Shutouts Tanner Anderson, Las Vegas; Austin Gomber, Memphis; Tommy Milone, Tacoma, 1 Strikeouts Matt Swarmer, Iowa, 137 Saves David Carpenter, Nashville, 21 All-Star Team First Base Kevin Cron, Reno Second Base Isan Díaz, New Orleans Shortstop Carter Kieboom, Fresno Third Base Ty France, El Paso Outfield Yonathan Daza, Albuquerque; Sam Hilliard, Albuquerque; Kyle Tucker, Round Rock Catcher David Freitas, San Antonio Designated Hitter Jared Walsh, Reno Right-Handed Pitcher Colin Rea, Iowa Left-Handed Pitcher Foster Griffin, Omaha Relief Pitcher David Carpenter, Nashville Source 2020 Baseball Almanac, pg. 386-387 External Links BR Minors page