| 2019 Pacific Association season | |
| League: | Pacific Association |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | May 31, 2019 – September 1, 2019 [1] |
| No Of Games: | 64 (160 games in total) |
| No Of Teams: | 5 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Sonoma Stompers |
| Playoffs: | League postseason |
| Conf1: | Northern Division |
| Finals Champ: | San Rafael Pacifics |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Sonoma Stompers |
| Seasonslist: | List of Pacific Association seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | PACA |
| Prevseason Link: | 2018 Pacific Association season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2018 |
The 2019 Pacific Association season was the seventh season of the Pacific Association. There was a five team 64 game schedule.
The San Rafael Pacifics entered the season as defending champions, having defeated the Sonoma Stompers 6–0 in the league's 2018 championship game.[2]
They playoffs concluded on September 1, with the San Rafael Pacifics defeating the Sonoma Stompers 2–1 in the championship series, winning their fourth Pacific Association championship.[3]
The 5 teams in the league played a 64-game schedule. The Salina Stockade were added as a travel team to be the sixth team, but the Pittsburg Diamonds announced they would be going on a hiatus in April just weeks after the Stockade were announced.[4] The Martinez Clippers also folded after the 2018 season.[5]
The Stockade would play as a travel team and play double-headers on Saturdays. The top four teams would qualify for the playoffs with the regular season champion getting a bye to the best-of-three championship series. The third and four seed would play a one-game wild card to advance to the semi-final matchup vs the two seed, which was also a best-of-one.
as of September 1, 2019
| Team | G | W | L | GB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | y – Sonoma Stompers | 64 | 45 | 19 | .703 | -- | |
| 2 | x – San Rafael Pacifics | 64 | 38 | 26 | .594 | 7.0 | |
| 3 | x – Vallejo Admirals | 64 | 34 | 30 | .531 | 11.0 | |
| 4 | x – Napa Silverados | 64 | 29 | 35 | .453 | 16.0 | |
| - style="border-top:3px solid red;" | 5 | e – Salina Stockade | 64 | 14 | 50 | .219 | 31.0 |
| 2019 Pacific Association Record vs. opponents | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | NAPA | SLN | SRF | SON | VAL | |
| Napa | — | 12–6 | 4–9 | 7–13 | 6–7 | |
| Salina | 6–12 | — | 4–14 | 3–12 | 1–12 | |
| San Rafael | 9–4 | 14–4 | — | 4–8 | 11–10 | |
| Sonoma | 13–7 | 12–3 | 8–4 | — | 12–5 | |
| Vallejo | 7–6 | 12–1 | 10–11 | 5–12 | — | |
| Stat | Player | Team | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR | Nick Akins | 21 | ||
| AVG | Raúl Navarro | .373 | ||
| RBIs | Axel Johnson | 67 | ||
| SB | Omar Artsen | 50 |
| Stat | Player | Team | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | (Nick Barnese, Vijay Patel), Dakota Freese | 7 | ||
| ERA | Dakota Freese | 2.91 | ||
| SO | Carl Brice | Vallejo Admirals | 100 | |
| SV | 16 |
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.[7]
In 2019, The top four teams would qualify for the playoffs with the regular season champion getting a bye to the best-of-three championship series. The third and four seed would play a one-game wild card to advance to the semi-final matchup vs the two seed, which was also a best-of-one. The playoffs were held August 28 through September 1.
| Award | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Raúl Navarro [8] | San Rafael Pacifics |
| Pitcher of the Year | Dakota Freese [9] | Vallejo Admirals |
| Reliever of the Year | Jailen Peguero, Ryan Richardson [10] | |
| Rookie of the Year | Zane Gelphman [11] | Salina Stockade, San Rafael Pacifics |
| Manager of the Year | Zack Pace [12] | Sonoma Stompers |
| Executive of the Year | Brett Creamer [13] | Sonoma Stompers |
| Position | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| C | Ermindo Escobar | San Rafael Pacifics |
| 1B | Axel Johnson | |
| 2B | Nick Gotta | Sonoma Stompers |
| SS | Raúl Navarro | San Rafael Pacifics |
| 3B | Chris Kwitzer | Sonoma Stompers |
| LF | Nick Ultsch | Napa Silverados |
| CF | Dondrei Hubbard | Sonoma Stompers |
| RF | Corey Dempster | San Rafael Pacifics |
| P | Nick Barnese | Sonoma Stompers |
Former Major League Baseball players who played in the Pacific Association in 2019
Other notable players who played in the Pacific Association in 2019