Kansas City T-Bones Sam Katz, Winnipeg Goldeyes Marcus Holliman, Laredo Lemurs PLAYOFFS Three Division Winners and One Wild Card Play in Best-Of-Five Series
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di 1 Me Guide A M E R I C A N A S S O C I A T I O N 2 0 1 5 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 2015 MEDIA GUIDE 1415 Highway 54 West, Suite 210, Durham, NC 27707. Phone: (919) 401-8150. Fax: (919) 401-8152. Web: AmericanAssociationBaseball.com. LEAGUE ADMINISTRATION Commissioner: Miles Wolff. President: Dan Moushon. Director of Umpires: Kevin Winn. Administrative Assistant: Matt Krause. LEAGUE DIRECTORS Gary Elliston, Amarillo Thunderheads Jim Abel, Lincoln Saltdogs Bruce Thom, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Marv Goldklang, St. Paul Saints Patrick Salvi, Gary SouthShore RailCats John Roost, Sioux City Explorers John Bilbow, Grand Prairie AirHogs Mark Ogren, Sioux Falls Canaries Shawn Suarez, Joplin Blasters Steve Ruud, Wichita Wingnuts John Ehlert, Kansas City T-Bones Sam Katz, Winnipeg Goldeyes Marcus Holliman, Laredo Lemurs PLAYOFFS Three division winners and one wild card play in best-of-five series. Winners play for best-of-five American Association championship. ROSTER RULES The roster limit for a American Association club is 22 players. An additional two players may be on the disabled list during the regular season. Of those 22 players, a maximum of five may be veterans and minimum of four must be rookies. The remaining players will be designated limited service players and of those LS players only six (6) may be LS-4. During the pre-season, a maximum of 28 players may be under contract at any one time without regard to classification. The 22 active player roster must be met two days before the start of the regular season. Northern Division Central Division Southern Division Fargo-Moorhead Gary SouthShore Amarillo Thunderheads Definitions RedHawks RailCats Year of Service: A year of service for American Association players is 75 official at bats or more Grand Prairie AirHogs in a National Association or independent league or leagues, or 30 innings or more pitched in a St. Paul Saints Kansas City T-Bones National Association or independent league or leagues, in any season prior to the present calen- Joplin Blasters dar year. For independent and short season/rookie league service, the first two years of service Sioux Falls Canaries Lincoln Saltdogs Laredo Lemurs equals one National Association year. For foreign players, the classification and salary level will be determined by the league office. Winnipeg Goldeyes Sioux City Explorers Wichita Wingnuts Rookie: A player with less than one year of service. LS-1: A player with fewer than two years of service. LEAGUE MILEAGE CHART LS-2: A player with fewer than three years of service. AMA FM GARY GP JOP KC LAR LIN SP SC SF WIC WIN LS-3: A player with fewer than four years of service. Amarillo ----- 1,002 1,055 354 477 595 632 598 1,045 743 782 369 1,218 LS-4: A player with fewer than five years of service. Two of the six LS-4 players may be an LS-5. Fargo 1,002 ----- 674 1,085 758 599 1,465 477 247 331 243 727 219 LS-5: A player with less than 6 years of service. Gary 1,055 674 ----- 979 586 533 1,396 539 433 545 606 714 892 Veteran: A player with six or more years of service. If a player has six or more years of service but Grand Prairie 354 1,085 979 ----- 363 547 443 637 954 753 841 364 1,297 has not reached the age of 26 by September 1 of that season, he will be considered an LS-4. If Joplin 477 758 586 363 ----- 157 779 352 595 429 519 185 974 he has not reached the age of 24 by September 1 of that season, he will be considered an LS-3. Kansas City 595 599 533 547 157 ----- 959 192 453 269 358 189 814 Laredo 632 1,465 1,396 443 779 959 ----- 1,053 1,410 1,180 1,245 781 1,682 Official Baseball: Rawlings. Lincoln 598 477 539 637 352 192 1,053 ----- 438 155 240 279 690 Statistician: PointStreak, 50 Minthorn Blvd., Suite 400, Thornhill, Ontario L3T 7X8. St. Paul 1,045 247 433 954 595 453 1,410 438 ----- 300 270 640 463 Sioux City 743 331 545 753 429 269 1,180 155 300 ----- 85 398 546 Sioux Falls 782 243 606 841 519 358 1,245 240 270 85 ----- 489 458 The 2015 American Association media guide was designed and edited by Wichita 369 727 714 364 185 189 781 279 640 398 489 ----- 939 Hoffman Wolff, with editorial assistance from league media relations directors. Winnipeg 1,218 219 892 1,297 974 814 1,682 690 463 546 458 939 ----- 3 2014 IN REVIEW 2014 IN REVIEW 2014 FINAL STANDINGS 2014 LEAGUE ALL-STAR TEAM & AWARDS North Division W L Pct. GB Attendance 1B: Casey Haerther, Winnipeg P: Nick Hernandez, Winnipeg Winnipeg Goldeyes 63 37 .630 -- 258,429 2B: Travis Denker, Laredo Relief: Marshall Schuler, Lincoln 3B: Abel Nieves, Grand Prairie Player of the Year: Brent Clevlen, Wichita St. Paul Saints 48 52 .480 15 248,106 SS: Tyler Kuhn, Winnipeg Defensive Player of the Year: Ryan Khoury, Wichita Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 43 56 .434 19.5 186,306 OF: Drew Martinez, Gary Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Strawn, Laredo Sioux Falls Canaries 33 67 .330 30 139,784 OF: Brent Clevlen, Wichita Manager of the Year: Kevin Hooper, Wichita OF: Nick Van Stratten, Laredo Executive of the Year: Andrew Collier, Winnipeg Central Division W L Pct. GB Attendance C: Chris McMurray, Wichita Organization of the Year: Kansas City T-Bones Lincoln Saltdogs 54 46 .540 -- 166,503 DH: Ian Gac, Lincoln Playing Field of the Year: Haymarket Park, Lincoln Gary SouthShore RailCats 53 47 .530 1 164,286 Team Batting Kansas City T-Bones 48 52 .480 6 248,989 TEAM AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E Wichita .306 100 3467 618 1060 223 22 93 559 371 632 174 46 .381 .463 75 Sioux City Explorers 47 53 .470 7 50,746 Winnipeg .302 100 3426 547 1035 188 14 96 514 301 559 107 31 .361 .449 74 Laredo .298 100 3427 586 1021 198 17 115 533 360 574 89 29 .371 .466 100 South Division W L Pct. GB Attendance Gary .287 100 3362 524 966 163 34 44 469 337 592 102 41 .358 .395 87 Wichita Wingnuts 73 27 .730 -- 147,706 St .Paul .285 100 3454 492 986 185 9 73 455 327 630 39 13 .356 .408 108 Sioux City .275 100 3465 510 954 182 25 49 472 365 669 113 33 .349 .385 109 Laredo Lemurs 58 42 .580 15 132,562 Amarillo .275 99 3388 441 932 168 17 46 398 280 601 60 20 .338 .375 98 Grand Prairie AirHogs 40 60 .400 33 60,747 Lincoln .271 100 3508 515 952 188 11 91 485 347 696 105 16 .342 .409 95 Sioux Falls .267 100 3369 436 898 174 17 81 414 291 656 42 30 .328 .400 113 Amarillo Sox 37 62 .374 35.5 81,834 Kansas City .267 100 3326 488 889 186 38 61 447 406 664 133 36 .351 .401 82 Gr. Prairie .265 100 3409 429 902 183 15 48 381 322 688 40 25 .334 .369 99 Fargo .263 99 3266 454 860 186 10 69 418 396 644 57 23 .350 .263 88 2014 Managers (seasons with club) Amarillo: Bobby Brown, 2nd season. Lincoln: Ken Oberkfell, 2nd season. Team Pitching TEAM ERA W-L CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO HR 2B 3B OBA WP HB Fargo-Moorhead: Doug Simunic, 19th season. St. Paul: George Tsamis, 12th season. Wichita 3.70 73-27 3 0 33 881.2 905 420 362 322 611 69 178 16 .268 38 34 Gary SouthShore: Greg Tagert, 11th season. Sioux City: Steve Montgomery, 1st season. Winnipeg 3.79 63-37 8 4 28 866.2 895 411 365 254 612 69 146 12 .267 36 32 Laredo 4.08 58-42 6 4 20 868.1 908 469 394 377 649 77 160 25 .271 49 48 Grand Prairie: Ricky VanAsselberg, 4th season/ Sioux Falls: Steve Shirley, 8th season. Sioux City 4.37 47-53 2 0 21 883.1 908 496 429 411 709 66 188 10 .265 40 42 Eric Champion, 1st season. Wichita: Kevin Hooper, 6th season. Lincoln 4.46 54-46 7 3 36 865.2 895 489 429 359 697 66 165 18 .268 71 43 Gary 4.47 53-47 7 2 24 881.2 964 481 438 261 556 74 197 17 .278 46 32 Kansas City: John Massarelli, 1st season. Winnipeg: Rick Forney, 9th season. Fargo 4.57 43-56 2 0 21 842.2 929 503 428 367 622 59 166 27 .283 56 43 Laredo: Pete Incaviglia, 3rd season. St. Paul 4.73 48-52 6 3 22 871.0 943 532 458 408 627 66 203 25 .276 67 51 Grand Prairie 4.94 40-60 3 0 23 871.1 1034 544 478 325 678 67 206 26 .295 76 66 Kansas City 5.31 48-52 3 1 28 867.2 1038 577 512 314 609 79 217 18 .296 60 54 Playoff Semifinals Amarillo 5.40 37-62 3 1 15 848.0 1018 577 509 358 658 79 205 23 .300 74 52 Sioux Falls 5.49 33-67 7 1 16 862.0 1079 593 526 318 592 91 207 15 .308 71 50 Date Winnipeg vs.