2013 Pacific Association season explained

2013 Pacific Association season
League:	Pacific Association
Sport:	Baseball
Duration:	May 28, 2013 – August 25, 2013 ^[1]
No Of Games:	75 (186 games in total)
No Of Teams:	5
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	San Rafael Pacifics
Playoffs:	League postseason
Finals Champ:	Na Koa Ikaika Maui
Finals Runner-Up:	San Rafael Pacifics
Seasonslist:	List of Pacific Association seasons
Seasonslistnames:	PACA
Nextseason Link:	2014 Pacific Association season
Nextseason Year:	2014

The 2013 Pacific Association season was the first season of the Pacific Association. In 2013, The Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs was announced as a new Independent professional baseball league based out of California and Hawaii. The league was an outgrowth of the North American Baseball League, which ceased operations after the 2012 season.

Teams that carried over from NABL consisted of the Hawaii Stars, Na Koa Ikaika Maui, San Rafael Pacifics and traveling team Sonoma County Grapes. After not being able to agree on lease terms, the Sonoma Grapes opted out of the 2013 season. The Vallejo Admirals were later announced as the fourth charter franchise.

Team and rule changesOn May 28, the season began when the Hawaiian teams hosted two three-game inter-league series against the Baseball Challenge League of Japan. On May 30, the California teams played inter-league games against the Freedom Pro Baseball League in Arizona to open play.

In early July, the Admirals announced they would not be traveling to Hawaii, due to traveling costs and other financial issues. On July 6, the East Bay Lumberjacks were admitted as full members into the Pacific Association which included a second trip to Hawaii, replacing the Admirals.^[2] On July 12, the Pacific Association suspended the Admirals’ operations due to further financial issues. After a change in ownership, the Admirals resumed play 11 days later.

On July 30, both Hawaiian teams flew to Japan to play six inter-league games, one-game against each of the Baseball Challenge League teams.

In late July, only the Prescott Montezuma Federals of the Freedom League fulfilled their inter-league trip to California. The Freedom League announced the other remaining clubs were not able to travel due to financial problems, once again causing further scheduling issues. The Santa Rosa Rose Buds, who were guests of the Pacific Association and the recently admitted East Bay Lumberjacks filled the vacant schedule that the Freedom League created.

On August 13, the Lumberjacks rebranded to the Bay Cal Lumberjacks.^[3]

On August 15, the Hawaiian teams flew to California for the inaugural Pacific Association playoffs.

Both Hawaii teams, the Stars and the Warriors, ceased operations after playing the 2013 season citing high travel costs of bringing in opponents from Northern California. The East Bay Lumberjacks also did not return for a second season.

Regular season standings

as of August 25, 2013

Pacific Association
+ Regular Season Standings	Pos	Team	G	W	L	T		GB
1	y – San Rafael Pacifics	75	54	21	0	.720	--
2	x – Maui Na Koa Ikaika	75	47	28	0	.627	7.0
3	x – Vallejo Admirals	60	28	32	0	.467	18.5
4	x – Hawaii Stars	68	26	41		1	.390	24.0
5	x – East Bay Lumberjacks	37	7	30		0	.189	28.0

• y – Clinched division
• x – Clinched playoff spot
• e – Eliminated from playoff contention

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Pacific Association vs. other leagues

2013 records against non-conference foes:

Regular season

Other Leagues	Record
BCL	9–14–1
FPBL	9–8
Guests	15–1
Other leagues Total	33–23–1

Pos	Team	G	W	L	T
1	Na Koa Ikaika Maui	12	7	5	0
2	Hawaii Stars	12	2	9	1

Hawaii Stars vs. BCL

Pos	Team	G	W	L
1	San Rafael Pacifics	9	6	3
2	Vallejo Admirals	8	3	5

Vallejo Admirals vs. Freedom League

Pacific Association vs Guest Division
Pos	Team	G	W	L
1	San Rafael Pacifics	5	5	0
2	Na Koa Ikaika Maui	3	3	0
3	Hawaii Stars	3	3	0
4	Vallejo Admirals	5	4	1

Statistical leaders

Hitting

Stat	Player	Team	Total
HR	Johnny Woodard, Ray Serrano		11
AVG	Price Kendall		.339
RBIs	Maikel Jova		68
SB	Matt Hibbert		32

Pitching

Stat	Player	Team	Total
W	Chad Blackwell		10
ERA	Chad Blackwell		1.91
SO	Logan Odom	San Rafael Pacifics	100
SV	Colin Allen		15

To qualify as league leader for hitter, AVG - Minimum of plate appearances of 2.7 per team game. To qualify as league leader for pitcher, ERA - Minimum inning(s) of .8 pitched per team game.

Playoffs

Format

The Vallejo Admirals hosted a round robin tournament that included themselves, the Hawaii Stars and Bay Cal Lumberjacks to determine who would advance to the semi-final game. All games were held at Wilson Park. These games were held August 20-24th. The Vallejo Admirals won the play-in game tournament and advanced to the semi-final matchup vs. Na Koa Ikaika Maui.

The San Rafael Pacifics hosted both the semi-final and championship game at Albert Park. Both games were played on August 25. Na Koa Ikaika Maui defeated the Vallejo Admirals 8–3, and then the heavily favored San Rafael Pacifics 6–1, earning themselves the first Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs Championship.

• x – Clinched playoff spot
• e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Pacific Association Round Robin Play in tournament
Pos	Team	G	W	L
1	x – Vallejo Admirals	3	3	0
2	e – Hawaii Stars	3	1	2
3	e – East Bay Lumberjacks	3	0	3

Awards

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
June	Kyle Dhanani	San Rafael Pacifics
July	Maikel Jova	San Rafael Pacifics^[5]
August	N/A	N/A

Pitcher of the Month

Month	Player	Team
June	Tyler Pearson	San Rafael Pacifics
July	Logan Odom	San Rafael Pacifics
August	N/A	N/A

Weekly awards

Player of the Week

Month	Player	Team
June 18	Katsuaki Furuki	Hawaii Stars
June 24	Brenden Davis	Hawaii Stars
July 2	Jeremy Williams	Na Koa Ikaika Maui
July 9	Brandon Gregorich	Na Koa Ikaika Maui
July 15	Brenden Davis (2)	Hawaii Stars
July 23	Maikel Jova	San Rafael Pacifics
July 30	Matt Kavanaugh	San Rafael Pacifics
August 6	Johnny Woodard	San Rafael Pacifics
August 13	Andre White, Steve Detwiler	East Bay Lumberjacks

Pitcher of the Week

Month	Player	Team
June 18	Colin Allen	San Rafael Pacifics
June 24	Mike Williams	Na Koa Ikaika Maui
July 2	Logan Odom	San Rafael Pacifics
July 9	Kyle Brueggemann	Vallejo Admirals
July 15	Bennett Whitmore	San Rafael Pacifics
July 23	Dallas Mahan	Hawaii Stars^[6]
July 30	Kyle Brueggemann (2)	Vallejo Admirals
August 6		East Bay Lumberjacks
August 13	David Russo	East Bay Lumberjacks

Notable players

Former Major League Baseball players who played in the Pacific Association in 2013

• Wayne Franklin (East Bay)
• Onan Masaoka (Hawaii)
• Bill Lee (San Rafael)
• Dane Sardinha (Hawaii)
• Chris Waters (Maui)

Other notable players who played in the Pacific Association in 2013

• Charlie Mirabal (Maui)
• Eri Yoshida (Maui)

Head to head matchups

2013 Head-to-head standings
Team	EB	Fukui	GY	Gunma	HI	Ishikawa	MAUI	Niigata	Peoria	PHX	Prescott	SRF	SC	SR	Shinano	Toyama	VAL	Totals For
East Bay	—	—	—	—	0—7	—	1—8	—	—	—	—	2—8	—	—	—	—	4—7	7–30
Fukui	—	—	—	5–2–1	0–0–1	7–14–2	0—1	1–6–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2—6	10–11–2	—	25–40–7
Goodyear	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–8	8–7	7–6	1—0	—	—	—	—	1—1	21–22
Gunma	—	2–5–1	—	—	1—0	3—5	1—0	6–14–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	12—11	6—2	—	31–37–4
Hawaii	7—0	0–0–1	—	0—1	—	1—3	8—15	0—1	—	—	—	3—12	—	3—0	1—3	0–1	3–5	26–41–1
Ishikawa	—	14–7–2	—	5—3	3—1	—	1—3	2—6	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–4–1	9–14	—	37–38–3
Maui	8—1	1—0	—	0—1	15—8	3—1	—	1—0	—	—	—	8—10	—	3—0	2—2	0—1	6—4	47–28
Niigata	—	6–1–1	—	14–6–3	1—0	6—2	0—1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19–4	6—2	52–16–4
Peoria	—	—	8–4	—	—	—	—	—	—	10–9	2–6	—	—	—	—	—	1—0	21–19
Phoenix	—	—	7–8	—	—	—	—	—	9–10	—	5–4	—	—	—	—	—	2—0	23–22
Prescott	—	—	6–7	—	—	—	—	—	6–2	4–5	—	2—6	—	—	—	—	1—2	19–22
San Rafael	8—2	—	0—1	—	12—3	—	10—8	—	—	—	6—2	—	1—0	4—0	—	—	13—5	54–21
Santa Clara	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	0–1
Santa Rosa	—	—	—	—	0—3	—	0—3	—	—	—	—	0—4	—	—	—	—	1—4	1–14
Shinano	—	6—2	—	11—12	3—1	4–3–1	2—2	4—19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4—4	—	34–43–1
Toyama	—	11–10–2	—	2—6	1—0	14—9	1—0	2—6	—	—	—	—	—	—	4—4	—	—	35–35–2
Vallejo	7—4	—	1—1	—	5—3	—	4—6	—	0—1	0—2	2—1	5—13	—	4—1	—	—	—	28–32
Totals Against	30—7	40–25–7	22—21	37–31–4	41–26–1	38–37–3	28–47	16–52–4	19–21	22—23	22—19	21–54	1—0	14—1	43–34–1	35–35–2	28–32	461–461–22

Updated with the results of all games through regular season. No games are not counted twice. Complete results for BCL, Freedom Pro Baseball League and Pacific Association.

Record vs. opponents

2013 Pacific Association Record vs. opponents
Team	EB	HI	MAUI	SRF	VAL
East Bay	—	0–7	1–8	2–8	4–7
Hawaii	7–0	—	8–15	3–12	3–5
Maui	8–1	15–8	—	8–10	6–4
San Rafael	8–2	12–3	10–8	—	13–5
Vallejo	7–4	5–3	4–6	5–13	—

2013 Pacific Association Record vs. BCL
Team	Fukui	Gunma	HI	Ishikawa	MAUI	Niigata	Shinano	Toyama
Fukui	—	5–2–1	0–0–1	7–14–2	0–1	1–6–1	2–6	10–11–2
Gunma	2–5–1	—	1–0	3–5	1–0	6–14–3	12–11	6–2
Hawaii	0–0–1	0–1	—	1–3	—	0–1	2–2	0–1
Ishikawa	14–7–2	5–3	3–1	—	1–3	2–6	3–4–1	9–14
Maui	1–0	0–1	—	3–1	—	1–0	2–2	0–1
Niigata	6–1–1	14–6–3	1–0	6–2	0–1	—	19–4	6–2
Shinano	6–2	11–12	3–1	4–3–1	1–3	0–0	4—19	4–4
Toyama	11–10–2	2–6	1–0	14–9	1–0	2–6	4–4	—

Updated with the results of all games through regular season. Hawaii and Maui games are not counted twice. BCL teams head-to-head standings are included in grid. In 2013, BCL recorded 72 official league games. The six games played by Ishikawa and Shinano in May at Hawaii are not part of BCL's official standings. They are official for the Pacific Association standings. Those games are included for the purpose of this grid. ^[7]

2013 Pacific Association Record vs. FPBL
Team	GY	Peoria	PHX	Prescott	SRF	VAL
Goodyear	—	4–8	8–7	7–6	1–0	1–1
Peoria	8–4	—	10–9	2–6	0–0	1–0
Phoenix	7–8	9–10	—	5–4	0–0	2–0
Prescott	6–7	6–2	4–5	—	2–6	1–2
San Rafael	0–1	0–0	0–0	6–2	—	—
Vallejo	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	—	—

Updated with the results of all games through regular season. San Rafael and Vallejo games are not counted twice. FPBL teams head-to-head standings are included in grid. ^[8]

2013 Pacific Association Record vs. Guest
Team	HI	MAUI	SRF	SC	SR	VAL
Hawaii	—	—	—	0–0	3–0	—
Maui	—	—	—	0–0	3–0	—
San Rafael	—	—	—	1–0	4–0	—
Santa Clara	0–0	0–0	0–1	—	0–0	0–0
Santa Rosa	0–3	0–3	0–4	0–0	—	1–4
Vallejo	—	—	—	0–0	4–1	—

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pacific Association - schedule .
2. Web site: Pacific Association Announces New Team in League. 5 July 2013. Our Sports Central.
3. Web site: East Bay Lumberjack Acquired by New Owners, Become Bay Cal Lumberjacks. 13 August 2013. Ballpark biz.
4. Web site: Pacific Association - standings .
5. Web site: San Rafael Pacifics Jova, Odom Named Pacific Association Players of Month .
6. Web site: Mahan Earns Pacific Association’s Pitcher of the Week Award .
7. Web site: Past results 2013 .
8. Web site: FPBL Spring 2013 schedule - Freedom Pro Baseball League.