AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 2017 MEDIA GUIDE 1415 Highway 54 West, Suite 210, Durham, NC 27707. Phone: (919) 401-8150. Fax: (919) 401-8152. Web: AmericanAssociationBaseball. LEAGUE ADMINISTRATION Commissioner: Miles Wolff. President: Dan Moushon. Director of Umpires: Kevin Winn. Director of Media Relations: Matt Krause. LEAGUE DIRECTORS Robbie Fenyes, Cleburne Railroaders John Roost, Sioux City Explorers Bruce Thom, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Mark Ogren, Sioux Falls Canaries Patrick Salvi, Gary SouthShore RailCats Donnie Nelson, Texas AirHogs John Ehlert, Kansas City T-Bones Steve Ruud, Wichita Wingnuts Jim Abel, Lincoln Saltdogs Sam Katz, Winnipeg Goldeyes Marv Goldklang, St. Paul Saints 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 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 Central Division South Division Definitions Fargo-Moorhead Gary SouthShore Cleburne Railroaders Year of Service: A year of service for American Association players is 75 official RedHawks RailCats at bats or more in a National Association or independent league or leagues, or 30 Salina Stockade innings or more pitched in a National Association or independent league or leagues, St. Paul Saints Kansas City T-Bones in any season prior to the present calendar year. For independent and short season/ Sioux Falls Canaries Lincoln Saltdogs Texas AirHogs rookie league service, the first two years of service equals one National Association year. For foreign players, the classification and salary level will be determined by the Winnipeg Goldeyes Sioux City Explorers Wichita Wingnuts league office. Rookie: A player with less than one year of service. LEAGUE MILEAGE CHART LS-1: A player with fewer than two years of service. CHI CLE FM GS GP KC LIN SP SC SF WIC WIN LS-2: A player with fewer than three years of service. Chicago ----- 984 631 57 942 523 517 385 472 563 708 852 LS-3: A player with fewer than four years of service. Cleburne 984 ----- 1,105 983 52 569 652 991 777 866 390 1,323 LS-4: A player with fewer than five years of service. Two of the LS-4 players may have LS-5 Fargo 631 1,105 ----- 674 1,085 599 477 247 331 243 727 219 status. Gary 57 983 674 ----- 979 533 539 433 545 606 714 892 LS-5: A player with less than 6 years of service. Grand Prairie 942 52 1,085 979 ----- 547 637 954 753 841 364 1,297 Veteran: A player with six or more years of service. If a player has six or more years Kansas City 523 569 599 533 547 ----- 192 453 269 358 189 814 of service but has not reached the age of 26 by September 1 of that season, he will be Lincoln 517 652 477 539 637 192 ----- 438 155 240 279 690 considered an LS-4. If he has not reached the age of 24 by September 1 of that season, St. Paul 385 991 247 433 954 453 438 ----- 300 270 640 463 he will be considered an LS-3. Sioux City 472 777 331 545 753 269 155 300 ----- 85 398 546 Sioux Falls 563 866 243 606 841 358 240 270 85 ----- 489 458 The 2017 American Association media guide was designed and edited by Wichita 708 390 727 714 364 189 279 640 398 489 ----- 939 Hoffman Wolff, with editorial assistance from league media relations directors. Winnipeg 1,323 219 892 1,297 814 690 463 546 458 939 852 ----- 3.