| 2023 Frontier League season | |
| League: | Frontier League |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Prevseason Year: | 2022 |
| Duration: | May 11 - September 3 (Playoffs: September 5 - September 17) |
| No Of Games: | 96 (768 games in total) |
| No Of Teams: | 16 |
| Season2: | East Division |
| League Champs2: | Québec Capitales |
| Season3: | West Division |
| League Champs3: | Evansville Otters |
| Finals: | Frontier League Championship |
| Finals Champ: | Québec Capitales |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Evansville Otters |
| Prevseason Link: | 2022 Frontier League season |
| Nextseason Link: | 2024 Frontier League season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2024 |
The 2023 Frontier League season was the 30th season of operation (29th season of play) of the Frontier League (FL). The regular season began on May 11, 2023, when the Florence Y'alls were hosting the Gateway Grizzlies at Thomas More Stadium.
The playoffs concluded on September 17, with the Québec Capitales defeating the Evansville Otters in the finals in five games, winning their second consecutive championship and 9th in franchise history.
The 16 teams in the league are split evenly between two divisions, East and West. The Empire State Greys return as a traveling team with a roster of players from the Empire Professional Baseball League.
The season will be played with a 96-game schedule; teams play either three or four series against their divisional rivals while facing the eight teams from the other division at least one series each. The top three teams in each division will qualify for the 2023 playoffs, with the first-place team already qualifying for the division championship, and the second and third place teams playing each other in a wild card game.
The league's player compensation budget increased by $230,000 compared to 2022. Teams were required to spend a maximum of $365,000 on their 24-player rosters with a minimum of $13,800 per player. Veterans could earn up to $22,800, and each team's highest-paid player could make as much as $27,300. For players aged 23 and younger, only 50% of their salary counts towards the cap.
| Team | G | W | L | GB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | y – Québec Capitales | 95 | 60 | 35 | .632 | -- | |
| - style="border-top:3px solid blue;" | 2 | x – New Jersey Jackals | 95 | 60 | 35 | .632 | -- |
| 3 | x – Sussex County Miners | 95 | 55 | 40 | .579 | 5.0 | |
| - style="border-top:3px solid red;" | 4 | e – Tri-City ValleyCats | 95 | 55 | 40 | .579 | 5.0 |
| 5 | e – New York Boulders | 96 | 54 | 42 | .563 | 6.5 | |
| 6 | e – Ottawa Titans | 96 | 48 | 48 | .500 | 12.5 | |
| 7 | e – Trois-Rivières Aigles | 95 | 38 | 57 | .400 | 22.0 | |
| 8 | e – Empire State Greys | 95 | 18 | 77 | .189 | 42.0 |
| Team | G | W | L | GB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | y – Gateway Grizzlies | 96 | 59 | 37 | .615 | -- | |
| - style="border-top:3px solid blue;" | 2 | x – Schaumburg Boomers | 95 | 54 | 41 | .568 | 4.5 |
| 3 | x – Evansville Otters | 96 | 52 | 44 | .542 | 7.0 | |
| - style="border-top:3px solid red;" | 4 | e – Washington Wild Things | 96 | 47 | 49 | .490 | 12.0 |
| 5 | e – Joliet Slammers | 96 | 46 | 50 | .479 | 13.0 | |
| 6 | e – Windy City ThunderBolts | 95 | 43 | 52 | .453 | 15.5 | |
| 7 | e – Florence Y'alls | 96 | 38 | 58 | .396 | 21.0 | |
| 8 | e – Lake Erie Crushers | 96 | 37 | 59 | .385 | 22.0 |
Sussex County earned the second wild-card spot in the East Division because of a 7-2 head-to-head record against Tri-City.[2]
| Stat | Player | Team | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR | Keon Barnum, James Nelson | 30 | ||
| AVG | James Nelson | .388 | ||
| RBIs | Alfredo Marte, Josh Rehwaldt | 90 | ||
| SB | Jairus Richards | 75 |
| Stat | Player | Team | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Cole Cook | 12 | ||
| ERA | Cole Cook | 2.23 | ||
| SO | Collin Sullivan | 135 | ||
| SV | Frank Moscatiello | 20 |
| Award | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | James Nelson | New Jersey Jackals | |
| Pitcher of the Year | Cole Cook | Joliet Slammers | |
| Rookie of the Year | Noah Myers | Evansville Otters | |
| Manager of the Year | Steve Brook | Gateway Grizzlies |
The second-place team hosted the third-place team from their division in a wild card game. The winners of these games faced their division winners in best-of-three divisional series, with the division winners hosting games 2 and 3 (if necessary). The championship series was a best-of-five format, with the team advancing with the best regular-season record hosting games 3, 4 and 5 (if necessary).[4]