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1 Can-Am League 2017 Media Guide Guide de presse de la ligue Can-Am 2017 1415 Highway 54 West, Suite 210, Durham, NC 27707. Phone: (919) 401-8150. Fax: (919) 401-8152. Web: CanAmLeague.com. League Administration/Personnel de la Ligue Commissioner: Miles Wolff. Director of Umpires: Kevin Winn. President: Dan Moushon. Admin. Assistant: Matt Krause League Directors/Administrateurs Greg Lockard, New Jersey Jackals Ken Lehner, Rockland Boulders Miles Wolff, Ottawa Champions Al Dorso, Sussex County Miners Jean Tremblay, Capitales de Québec René Martin, Aigles de Trois-Rivières Playoffs/Séries éliminatoires Four teams with best winning percentage qualify for postseason. Top seed plays fourth seed and second seed plays third seed in best-of-five series. Winners meet in best-of-five championship series. Roster Rules/Règles pour l’alignement The roster limit for a Can-Am League club is 22 players, with a mini- mum of 19 active players. An additional two players may be on the disabled list during the regular season. Of those 22 players, a minimum of five must be rookies and a maximum of four may be veterans. The remaining players will be designated limited service (LS) players, and of those LS players, only OTHER LEAGUE OPPONENTS six may be LS-4. Two of the LS-4 players may be an LS-5. During the pre-season, a maximum of 28 players may be under contract JUNE 8-29 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. Definitions Year of Service: A year of service for Can-Am League players is 75 official at bats or more in a National Association or independent league or leagues, or 30 innings or more pitched in a National Association or independent league or leagues, in any season prior to the present calendar year. For independent and short season/rookie league service, the first two years of service equals one Dominican Republic Cuban National Team National Association year. For foreign leagues, the classification and salary National Team level will be determined by the league office. LEAGUE MILEAGE CHART Rookie: A player with less than one year of service. LS-1: A player with less than two years of service. NJ OTT QUE ROC SUS T-R LS-2: A player with less than three years of service. New Jersey --- 432 508 35 43 428 LS-3: A player with less than four years of service. Ottawa 432 --- 277 417 392 193 LS-4: A player with less than five years of service. 1 of the 6 LS-4s may be an LS-5. Québec 508 277 --- 493 513 80 LS-5: A player with less than 6 years of service. Veteran: A player with six or more years of service. If a player has six or Rockland 35 417 493 --- 51 413 more years of service but has not reached the age of 26 by September 1 of Sussex County 43 392 513 51 --- 434 that season, he will be considered an LS-4. If he has not reached the age of Trois-Rivières 428 193 80 413 434 --- 24 by September 1 of that season, he will be considered an LS-3. The 2017 Can-Am League Media Guide was designed and edited by Official Baseball:Rawlings. Hoffman Wolff, with editorial assistance from league media Statistician: PointStreak, 50 Minthorn Blvd., Suite 400, Thornhill, ON L3T 7X8. relations directors. Cover photo by Betsy Bissen, St. Paul Saints. 3 2016 IN REVIEW/RETOUR SUR 2016 2016 IN REVIEW/RETOUR SUR 2016 Standings/Classement Team Batting/Équipes au bâton TEAM AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E Team W L Pct. GB Home Road ÉQUIPE MOY PJ AB PC CS 2B 3B CC PP BB RAB BV RTV %SB %PUI É Équipe V D Pct. Diff. Dom. Étr. NJ .293 100 3332 610 976 190 46 89 571 441 787 112 37 .384 .458 115 New Jersey Jackals 62 38 .620 -- 38-15 24-23 QUÉ .287 100 3423 535 984 165 18 71 480 360 652 76 21 .358 .408 102 CUBA .286 20 706 97 202 29 1 5 82 53 106 13 9 .337 .351 12 Rockland Boulders 58 42 .580 4 33-19 25-23 ROC .267 100 3286 554 876 163 25 98 499 463 758 114 23 .367 .421 100 Québec Capitales 56 44 .560 6 31-23 25-21 T-R .264 100 3364 423 887 131 13 41 364 294 699 77 37 .329 .347 110 Ottawa Champions 51 49 .510 11 30-24 21-25 SC .263 100 3278 426 862 164 18 60 386 292 711 126 44 .331 .379 145 SI .258 20 709 87 183 33 5 4 74 67 154 27 15 .332 .336 25 Sussex County Miners 39 61 .390 23 26-26 13-35 OTT .255 100 3349 453 855 150 14 41 397 383 633 105 31 .337 .345 115 Trois-Rivières Aigles 35 65 .350 27 24-30 11-35 Cuban National Team 11 9 .550 -- Team Pitching/Équipes au monticule Shikoku Island All-Stars 8 12 .400 -- TEAM ERA W-L CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO HR 2B 3B AVG WP ÉQUIPE MPM V-D MC JB VP ML CS PC RM BB RAB CC 2B 3B MOY MvL CUBA 3.61 11-9 0 0 5 167.0 159 73 67 71 139 7 28 6 .254 13 Managers (seasons with club)/Gérants (années en poste) NJ 3.66 62-38 3 2 29 854.0 835 440 347 375 787 62 115 15 .255 69 New Jersey: Joe Calfapietra (14). Rockland: Jamie Keefe (4). OTT 3.98 51-49 7 1 22 885.1 865 474 391 375 733 53 137 23 .259 66 Ottawa: Hal Lanier (2). Sussex County: Bobby Jones (1). SI 4.19 8-12 0 0 5 182.2 193 100 85 85 159 21 34 5 .270 24 Québec: Patrick Scalabrini (7). Trois-Rivières: Pete Laforest (4)/ ROC 4.30 58-42 4 2 27 860.2 882 473 411 406 679 61 167 27 .265 87 QUÉ 4.31 56-44 3 0 27 863.2 936 487 414 305 625 61 173 26 .280 64 T.J. Stanton (1). T-R 4.90 35-65 5 0 14 860.1 970 563 468 377 718 79 193 13 .285 61 SC 4.93 39-61 6 2 19 846.0 985 575 463 359 660 65 178 25 .288 97 Playoff Semifinals/Demi-finales Date New Jersey vs./v. Ottawa Win/LG Loss/LP Save/VP Team Fielding/Équipes en defensive Wed., Sep. 7 New Jersey 11 at Ottawa 2 Sosa Chrismon TEAM PCT G TC PO A E DP PB CS SBA Thu., Sep. 8 New Jersey 3 at Ottawa 4 Cordero Cruz Wilson ÉQUIPE MOY. PJ TC R A E DJ BP RAB BV Cuba .983 20 726 500 214 12 3 3 7 26 Fri., Sep 9 Ottawa 8 at New Jersey 3 Gil Pavlik Québec .973 100 3797 2583 1112 102 71 16 27 104 Sat., Sep. 10 Ottawa 7 at New Jersey 2 Borkowski Parish Rockland .972 100 3633 2569 964 100 75 36 31 137 Ottawa wins series, 3 games to 1/Ottawa gagne la série 3-1. Trois-Rivières .970 100 3625 2567 948 110 59 23 23 125 Ottawa .970 100 3773 2642 1016 115 79 18 20 120 Date Rockland vs./v. Québec Win/LG Loss/LP Save/VP Shikoku Island .967 20 754 543 186 25 6 4 10 31 New Jersey .967 100 3535 2520 900 115 70 32 21 125 Wed., Sep. 7 Rockland 4 at Québec 5 Rakkar Nelo Sussex County .960 100 3632 2517 970 145 63 31 27 147 Fri., Sep. 9 Rockland 2 at Québec 4 Reyes Fischer Ellis Sat., Sep. 10 Québec 15 at Rockland 16 Nelo Gelinas Sun., Sep. 11 Québec 2 at Rockland 6 Budkevics Mills Mon., Sep. 12 Québec 1 at Rockland 2 Butler Ellis All-Star Team & Awards Rockland wins series, 3 games to 2/Rockland gagne la série 3-2. Équipe d’étoiles et honneurs individuels First Base/Premier but: Art Charles, New Jersey League Championship Series/Série de championnat Date Rockland vs./v. Ottawa Win/LG Loss/LP Save/VP Second Base/Deuxième but: Albert Cartwright, Ottawa Tue., Sep. 13 Rockland 6 at Ottawa 5 Kostalos Hamrick Nelo Third Base/Troisième but: Danny Mateo, Trois-Rivières Wed., Sep. 14 Rockland 5 at Ottawa 4 (10) Nelo Galbraith Kostalos Shortstop/Arrêt-court: Junior Arrojo, Rockland Thu., Sep. 15 Ottawa 13 at Rockland 12 (12) Cooper Nelo Outfield/Voltigeur: Jay Austin, Sussex County Fri., Sep. 16 Ottawa 13 at Rockland 3 Borkowski Budkevics Outfield/Voltigeur: D’Vontrey Richardson, New Jersey Sat., Sep 17 Ottawa 3 at Rockland 1 Chrismon Fischer Outfield/Voltigeur: Michael O’Neill, New Jersey Ottawa wins series, 3 games to 2/Ottawa gagne la série 3-2. Catcher/Receveur: Marcus Nidiffer, Rockland Designated Hitter/Frappeur Désigné: Chris Jacobs, Sussex County Attendance/Assistance Pitcher/Lanceur: Austin Chrismon, Ottawa Team Openings Total Average Reliever/Releveur: Jon Fitzsimmons, Québec Rockland Boulders 51 149,632 2,934 Player of the Year/Joueur de l’année: Art Charles, New Jersey Québec Capitales 53 146,946 2,773 Defensive Player of the Year/Joueur défensif de l’année: Eddie Newton, N.J. Ottawa Champions 52 127,618 2,454 Rookie of the Year/Recrue de l’année: Lee Sosa, New Jersey Sussex County Miners 49 90,237 1,842 Trois-Rivières Aigles 47 78,948 1,680 Manager of the Year/Gérant de l’année: Jamie Keefe, Rockland New Jersey Jackals 45 74,335 1,652 Organization of the Year/Org.