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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 2020 MEDIA GUIDE P.O. Box 995 Moorhead, MN 56561-0995. Phone: (218) 512-0380. Web: AmericanAssociationBaseball.com. Twitter: @AA_Baseball. Facebook.com/AmericanAssociationBaseball. LEAGUE ADMINISTRATION Commissioner: Joshua Schaub. Director of Umpires: Ronnie Teague. Executive Director: Josh Buchholz. LEAGUE DIRECTORS Shawn Hunter, Chicago Dogs Mike Zimmerman, Milwaukee Milkmen Daryn Eudaly, Cleburne Railroaders Marv Goldklang, St. Paul Saints Bruce Thom, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks John Roost, Sioux City Explorers Patrick Salvi, Gary SouthShore RailCats Mark Ogren, Sioux Falls Canaries Mark Brandmeyer, Kansas City T-Bones Donnie Nelson, Texas AirHogs Jim Abel, Lincoln Saltdogs Sam Katz, Winnipeg Goldeyes PLAYOFFS Two teams in each division with the greatest winning percentage at the conclusion of the regular season will qualify for the playoffs. Both first-round playoff series will be best-of five, with the higher seed choosing to host either games 1-2 or 3-5. The semifinal winners will meet in a best-of-five series for the league championship. ROSTER RULES The roster limit for a American Association club is 23 players. An additional one player may be on the disabled list during the regular season. Of those 23 players, a maximum of five may be veterans and minimum of five 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 23 active player roster must be met two days before the start of the regular season. North Division Definitions Chicago Dogs Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Gary SouthShore RailCats Year of Service: A year of service for American Association players is 75 official Milwaukee Milkmen St. Paul Saints Winnipeg Goldeyes 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, South Division in any season prior to the present calendar year. For independent and short season/ Cleburne Railroaders Kansas City T-Bones Lincoln Saltdogs rookie league service, the first two years of service equals one National Association Sioux City Explorers Sioux Falls Canaries Texas AirHogs year. For foreign players, the classification and salary level will be determined by the league office. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION MILEAGE CHART Rookie: A player with less than one year of service. CHI CLE FM GAR KC LIN MIL STP SC SF TEX WPG LS-1: A player with fewer than two years of service. Chicago 984 631 57 523 517 74 385 472 563 942 852 LS-2: A player with fewer than three years of service. Cleburne 984 1,105 983 569 652 1,042 991 777 866 52 1,323 LS-3: A player with fewer than four years of service. Fargo 631 1,105 674 599 477 573 247 331 243 1,085 219 LS-4: A player with fewer than five years of service. Two of the LS-4 players may have LS-5 Gary 57 983 674 533 539 112 433 545 606 979 892 status. Kansas City 523 569 599 533 192 559 453 269 358 547 814 LS-5: A player with less than 6 years of service. Lincoln 517 652 477 539 192 552 438 155 240 637 690 Veteran: A player with six or more years of service. If a player has six or more years Milwaukee 74 1,042 573 112 559 552 332 475 505 1,007 795 of service but has not reached the age of 27 by September 1 of that season, he will be St. Paul 385 991 247 433 453 438 332 300 270 954 463 considered an LS-4. If he has not reached the age of 25 by September 1 of that season, Sioux City 472 777 331 545 269 155 475 300 85 753 546 he will be considered an LS-3. Sioux Falls 563 866 243 606 358 240 505 270 85 841 458 Texas 942 52 1,085 979 547 637 1,007 954 753 841 1,297 Winnipeg 852 1,323 219 892 814 690 795 463 546 458 1,297 The 2020 American Association media guide was designed and edited by Hoffman Wolff, with editorial assistance from league media relations directors. 3 2019 IN REVIEW 2019 IN REVIEW 2019 FINAL STANDINGS 2019 LEAGUE ALL-STAR TEAM & AWARDS North Division W L Pct. GB Attendance C: John Nester, Cleburne Relief: Geoff Broussard, Fargo-Moorhead 1B: Keon Barnum, Chicago Player of the Year: Keon Barnum, Chicago St. Paul Saints 64 36 .640 -- 394,970 2B: Alay Lago, Sioux Falls Defensive Player of the Year: Yhoxian Medina, FM Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 63 37 .630 1 161,857 3B: Chase Simpson, Cleburne Rookie of the Year: Mike Hart, Sioux Falls Chicago Dogs 59 41 .590 5 166,672 SS: Nate Samson, Sioux City Manager of the Year: Jim Bennett, Fargo-Moorhead Winnipeg Goldeyes 57 43 .570 7 195,787 OF: Tim Colwell, Fargo-Moorhead Executive of the Year: Derek Sharrer, St. Paul; Josh Gary SouthShore RailCats 40 59 .404 23.5 167,887 OF: Dan Motl, St. Paul Robertson, Cleburne Milwaukee Milkmen 38 62 .380 26 59,459 OF: Victor Roache, Chicago Organization of the Year: St. Paul Saints DH: Brady Shoemaker, St. Paul Playing Field of the Year: Haymarket Park, Lincoln South Division W L Pct. GB Attendance P: Mitch Lambson, Winnipeg Kansas City T-Bones 58 42 .580 -- 156,058 2019 Monthly Honors Sioux City Explorers 57 43 .570 1 51,618 Month Batter of the Month Pitcher of the Month Cleburne Railroaders 57 43 .570 1 78,624 June Alay Lago, Sioux Falls Kyle Kinman, Lincoln Lincoln Saltdogs 40 59 .404 17.5 168,394 July Keon Barnum, Chicago Ryan Zimmerman, St. Paul Sioux Falls Canaries 38 62 .380 20 114,452 August Correlle Prime, Fargo-Moorhead D.J. Snelten, Chicago Texas AirHogs 28 72 .280 30 59,471 2019 Weekly Honors 2019 Managers (seasons with club) Week Ending Player of the Week Pitcher of the Week Chicago: Butch Hobson (2) Milwaukee: Gary McClure (1) May 19 Kevin Lachance, Winnipeg Jesus Sanchez, Cleburne Cleburne: Brent Clevlen (1) St. Paul: George Tsamis (17) May 26 Tony Rosselli, Chicago Eddie Medina, St. Paul Fargo-Moorhead: Jim Bennett (1) Sioux City: Steve Montgomery (6) June 2 Victor Roache, Chicago Eddie Medina, St. Paul June 9 Tim Colwell, Fargo-Moorhead Luke Westphal, Chicago Gary SouthShore: Greg Tagert (15) Sioux Falls: Mike Meyer (2) June 16 Nate Samson, Sioux City Tyler Fallwell, Sioux City Kansas City: Joe Calfapietra (3) Texas: Chris Bando (1) June 23 Max Murphy, St. Paul Bret Helton, Fargo-Moorhead Lincoln: Bobby Brown (4) Winnipeg: Rick Forney (13) June 30 Brady Shoemaker, St. Paul Taylor Hill, Sioux Falls July 7 Max Murphy, St. Paul Angel Ventura, Milwaukee Playoff Semifinals July 14 Josh Allen, St. Paul John Brownell, Lincoln Date St. Paul vs. Fargo-Moorhead Win Loss Save July 21 Keon Barnum, Chicago Kevin Hilton, Texas Wed., Sep. 4 St. Paul 2 at Fargo-Moorhead 3 Williams Lee Broussard July 28 Tyler Hill, Winnipeg Michael Tamburino, Fargo-Moorhead Thu., Sep. 5 St. Paul 3 at Fargo-Moorhead 4 Tamburino Beck Broussard August 4 Victor Roache, Chicago Pete Tago, Sioux City Sat., Sep. 7 Fargo-Moorhead 4 at St. Paul 6 Jess Kessay Kiest August 11 Reggie Abercrombie, Winnipeg Stephen Johnson, Cleburne Sun., Sep. 8 Fargo-Moorhead 0 at St. Paul 1 Kiest Bunda Tue, Sep. 10 Fargo-Moorhead 7 at St. Paul 9 Kowalczyk Broussard Kiest August 18 Colin Willis, Gary SouthShore Mitch Lambson, Winnipeg St. Paul wins semifinal series, 3 games to 2. August 25 Clint Coulter, Sioux Falls Zhang Tao, Texas September 1 Victor Roache, Chicago Tanner Kiest, St. Paul Date Kansas City vs. Sioux City Win Loss Save Wed., Sep. 4 Kansas City 12 at Sioux City 8 Smith Sierra Home Record Road Record One-Run Games TEAM W-L PCT Thu., Sep. 5 Kansas City 0 at Sioux City 11 Karch Mesa TEAM W-L PCT TEAM W-L PCT FM 34-16 .680 Sat., Sep. 7 Sioux City 8 at Kansas City 3 Tago Collier STP 31-19 .620 KC 19-6 .760 WPG 34-17 .667 CHI 30-21 .588 STP 24-15 .615 Sun., Sep. 8 Sioux City 5 at Kansas City 2 Pobereyko DiPiazza STP 33-17 .660 FM 29-21 .580 SC 18-12 .600 Sioux City wins semifinal series, 3 games to 1. SC 33-17 .660 KC 27-23 .540 WPG 18-12 .600 KC 31-19 .620 CLE 26-24 .520 FM 14-11 .560 American Association Championship Series CLE 31-19 .620 SC 24-26 .480 CHI 11-9 .550 Date St. Paul vs. Sioux City Win Loss Save CHI 29-20 .592 WPG 23-26 .469 LIN 15-14 .517 LIN 27-22 .551 Wed., Sep. 11 St. Paul 12 at Sioux City 3 Jess Karch MIL 22-29 .431 GARY 13-18 .419 SF 23-27 .460 Thu., Sep. 12 St. Paul 3 at Sioux City 2 Kowalczyk Fallwell Kiest GARY 18-31 .367 TEX 10-14 .417 GARY 22-28 .440 SF 15-35 .300 SF 11-19 .367 Sat., Sep. 14 Sioux City 3 at St. Paul 6 Jess Jordan Kiest MIL 16-33 .327 TEX 13-36 .265 CLE 8-18 .308 St. Paul wins league championship, 3 games to 0. TEX 15-36 .294 LIN 13-37 .260 MIL 8-21 .276 2019 LEAGUE LEADERS 2019 LEAGUE AMARILLO LEADERS SOX Batting Leaders Pitching Leaders BATTER TEAM AVG G AB R H HR RBI BB SO PITCHER TEAM G W-L ERA IP H BB SO Lago, Alay Sioux Falls .339 92 369 58 125 13 57 29 55 Sinibaldi, Justin Gary 25 6-7 2.75 118.0 106 45 76 Moroney, Jonathan TEX/WPG .331 76 296 44 98 6 34 14 61 Ventura, Angel Milwaukee 20 6-10 2.76 130.2 111 36 108 Robertson, Daniel Cleburne .329 85 325 76 107 7 57 51 47 Westphal, Luke Chicago 17 11-2 2.82 89.1 62 35 123 Motl, Dan St.