2013 Pacific Association season

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LeaguePacific Association
SportBaseball
DurationMay 28, 2013 – August 25, 2013 [1]
Games75 (186 games in total)
2013 Pacific Association season
LeaguePacific Association
SportBaseball
DurationMay 28, 2013 – August 25, 2013 [1]
Games75 (186 games in total)
Teams5
Regular season
Season championsSan Rafael Pacifics
League postseason
Finals championsNa Koa Ikaika Maui
  Runners-upSan Rafael Pacifics
PACA seasons

The 2013 Pacific Association season was the inaugural season of the Pacific Association, an independent baseball league based in California and Hawaii. The league was formed following the dissolution of the North American Baseball League after the 2012 season.

On January 14, 2013, the Pacific Association was officially announced, with four charter members. Teams carried over from the NABL included the Hawaii Stars, Na Koa Ikaika Maui, and San Rafael Pacifics, while the traveling Sonoma County Grapes opted out after failing to reach lease agreements. The Vallejo Admirals were later announced as the league’s fourth charter franchise. Mike Marshall, who managed San Rafael in 2012, was appointed as the league’s first commissioner.[2]

The season featured interleague play with Japan’s Baseball Challenge League (BCL) for the Hawaiian teams and with the Freedom Pro Baseball League (FPBL) for all teams.[3] The season concluded with the Pacific Association playoffs in August. Following the season, both Hawaiian teams, the Hawaii Stars and Na Koa Ikaika Maui, ceased operations due to high travel costs, and the East Bay Lumberjacks did not return for a second season.

Hawaii teams

On February 6, 2013, the Pacific Association announced its schedule for the season. Member teams were slated to host roughly 40 regular-season home games, with the top four teams set to compete in a League Championship series from August 26 to August 28.[4] Due to interleague play and financial issues, multiple cancellations and schedule changes occurred throughout the season.

On May 14, it was announced that both Na Koa Ikaika Maui and the Hawaii Stars would play a 54-game regular-season schedule, with 18 additional games against nonleague opponents: 12 against Baseball Challenge League (BCL) teams, six against guest teams, and six road games concluding their season with contests against the Freedom Pro Baseball League (FPBL).[5] Both Maui and Hawaii completed their 12 scheduled games against BCL teams (six at home and six in Japan). The first schedule change occurred on July 17, when the Vallejo Admirals cancelled their trip to Hawaii and were replaced by the East Bay Lumberjacks.[6] The Lumberjacks completed six scheduled games against Maui but played only three of six games in Hilo due to limited player availability and field scheduling conflicts. With the playoffs moved to an earlier date and the Freedom League failing to fulfill its scheduled trip to California (only Prescott completed its obligations), the Hawaiian teams cancelled a four-game series against each other in Hilo and their six-game road trip against Goodyear and Peoria.[7]

California teams

The San Rafael Pacifics and Vallejo Admirals announced 75-game schedules for the 2013 season. Both teams were originally scheduled to play six games in Arizona against FPBL teams.[8] Similarly, the Arizona teams were scheduled to travel to California to play 12 games (three games for each California team), but only Prescott fulfilled its games in California, resulting in significant scheduling challenges. Newly admitted East Bay played an extended schedule against both teams, and Santa Clara appeared in a single game against San Rafael.

For Vallejo, after completing 30 of its scheduled games, the team cancelled its trip to Hawaii due to financial issues. They scheduled replacement home games against Santa Rosa, but after two contests the team was suspended by the league and did not resume play for 12 days under new ownership.[9]

Spring training

Spring training for the 2013 Pacific Association season began in mid-May and continued until the teams departed for Arizona. The San Rafael Pacifics opened spring training against the San Quentin Prison All-Stars, defeating them 17–3.[10] San Rafael then defeated the East Bay Lumberjacks in a doubleheader and also beat the Vallejo Admirals before losing a rematch to East Bay, finishing spring training with a 4–1 record as of May 24.[11]

The East Bay Lumberjacks lost the doubleheader to San Rafael and also fell to Vallejo but earned a win against San Rafael in their final game, concluding spring training with a 1–3 record. Vallejo split its two contests, losing to San Rafael and defeating East Bay, finishing spring training at 1–1.

In Hawaii, the Hawaii Stars and Na Koa Ikaika Maui scrimmaged each other to prepare for their interleague games, completing their final tune-ups before the season began.

Vallejo hosted players as far away as Venezuela, Japan, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.[12]

Standings

As of August 25, 2013

Pacific Association regular season standings
PosTeamGWLTPct.GB
1 CG – San Rafael Pacifics 7554210.720—
2 SF – Na Koa Ikaika Maui 7547280.6277.0
3 RR – Vallejo Admirals 6028320.46718.5
4 RR – Hawaii Stars 6826411.39024.0
5 RR – East Bay Lumberjacks 377300.18928.0
  • CG – Advanced directly to the championship game
  • SF – Advanced to the semifinal
  • RR – Qualified for the round-robin play-in tournament

Source:[13]

Postseason

The Vallejo Admirals hosted a round-robin play-in tournament at Wilson Park from August 20 to 24, featuring the Hawaii Stars and East Bay Lumberjacks. The tournament determined which team would advance to the semifinals. Vallejo won the play-in tournament to earn a spot against Na Koa Ikaika Maui in the semifinals. Hawaii and East Bay did not play the final game, as Vallejo had already clinched advancement.

The San Rafael Pacifics hosted both the semifinal and championship games at Albert Park on August 25. Na Koa Ikaika Maui defeated the Vallejo Admirals 8–3 in the semifinal, then upset the heavily favored San Rafael Pacifics 6–1 in the championship to win the inaugural Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs title.

Round robin

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1 Vallejo Admirals (H) 4 4 0 49 10 +39 1.000 — Advance to Semifinals
2 Hawaii Stars 3 1 2 18 24 −6 .333 2.5
3 East Bay Lumberjacks 3 0 3 3 36 −33 .000 3.5
Source: CG
(H) Hosts
SemifinalChampionship Game
3Vallejo Admirals3
2Na Koa Ikaika Maui8
2Na Koa Ikaika Maui6
1San Rafael Pacifics1
1San Rafael Pacifics

Managerial changes

Offseason

Team Former Manager Reason For Leaving New Manager Notes
Na Koa Ikaika Maui Jamie Vermilyea New job Jeff Brooks Vermilyea accepted a pitching coach position with the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association.[14]

Brooks, who served as the club's hitting coach, was promoted for the 2013 season.

San Rafael Pacifics Mike Marshall League commissioner James Frisbie On January 14, 2013, Marshall was announced as the Pacific Association's league commissioner.

On January 21, 2013, Frisbie was announced as the Pacifics' manager.[15]

Vallejo Admirals N/a N/a Pedro Guerrero On May 9, 2013, Guerrero was announced as the team's first manager.[16]

In-season

Team Former Manager Reason For Leaving New Manager Notes
San Rafael Pacifics James Frisbie Resigned Ryan Priddy After a 3–3 start, Frisbie resigned and later became manager of the Rockford Aviators of the Frontier League.[17]

On June 7, 2013, Pacifics hitting coach Ryan Priddy was named manager for the remainder of the season.[18]

Vallejo Admirals Pedro Guerrero Fired Tito Fuentes Jr. On July 16, 2013, Guerrero was fired.

Under new ownership, assistant coach Tito Fuentes Jr. was named manager. He led the Admirals to a 16–11 record from July 23 through the end of the season.[19]

League leaders

Hitting

Stat Player Team Total
HRJohnny Woodard
Ray Serrano		San Rafael Pacifics
Na Koa Ikaika Maui		11
AVGPrice KendallSan Rafael Pacifics.339
RBIsMaikel JovaSan Rafael Pacifics68
SBMatt HibbertHawaii Stars32

Pitching

Stat Player Team Total
WChad BlackwellNa Koa Ikaika Maui10
ERAChad BlackwellNa Koa Ikaika Maui1.91
SOLogan OdomSan Rafael Pacifics100
SVColin AllenSan Rafael Pacifics15

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.

Awards and honors

Individual Awards

Award Player Team
Most Valuable PlayerPrice KendallSan Rafael Pacifics

Monthly awards

Weekly awards

Pacific Association vs. other leagues

2013 Record vs. opponents

Team EB HI MAUI SRF VAL BCL FPBL Guests
East Bay —0–71–82–84–7———
Hawaii 7–0—8–153–123–52–9–1—3–0
Maui 8–115–8—8–106–47–5—3–0
San Rafael 8–212–310–8—13–5—6–35–0
Vallejo 7–45–34–65–13——3–54–1

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

Na Koa Ikaika Maui vs. BCL

Na Koa Ikaika won the series, 4–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1May 28Ishikawa Million Stars – 2, Na Koa Ikaika – 9Maehara Stadium3:00800[22] 
2May 29Ishikawa Million Stars – 4, Na Koa Ikaika – 5Maehara Stadium2:00200[23] 
3May 30Ishikawa Million Stars – 5, Na Koa Ikaika – 2Maehara Stadium2:34--[24] 
4May 31Shinano Grandserows – 0, Na Koa Ikaika – 3Maehara Stadium3:00--[25] 
5June 1Shinano Grandserows – 7, Na Koa Ikaika – 2Maehara Stadium3:13--[26] 
6June 2Shinano Grandserows – 4, Na Koa Ikaika – 5Maehara Stadium3:14--[27]

Series tied, 3–3[28].

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1July 30Na Koa Ikaika – 6, Fukui Miracle Elephants – 4Kanazawa, Japan2:14514[29] 
2July 31Na Koa Ikaika – 3, Toyama Thunderbirds – 9Tonami Stadium2:30422[30] 
3August 1Na Koa Ikaika – 8, Ishikawa Million Stars – 3Ishikawa, Japan2:27411[31] 
4August 2Na Koa Ikaika – 3, Shinano Grandserows – 5Nagano Olympic Stadium2:38797[32] 
5August 4Na Koa Ikaika – 2, Gunma Diamond Pegasus – 12Takasago Municipal Baseball Stadium2:28384[33] 
6August 5Na Koa Ikaika – 6, Niigata Albirex Baseball Club – 4Niigata Prefectural Baseball Stadium2:33649[34]

Hawaii Stars vs. BCL

Shinano & Ishikawa won the series, 4–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1May 28Shinano Grandserows – 5, Hawaii Stars – 3Wong Stadium3:30317[35] 
2May 29Shinano Grandserows – 7, Hawaii Stars – 2Wong Stadium3:32--[36] 
3May 30Shinano Grandserows – 2, Hawaii Stars – 5Wong Stadium2:30--[37] 
4May 31Ishikawa Million Stars – 6, Hawaii Stars – 3Wong Stadium3:25--[38] 
5June 1Ishikawa Million Stars – 3, Hawaii Stars – 4Wong Stadium3:26--[39] 
6June 2Ishikawa Million Stars – 4, Hawaii Stars – 0Wong Stadium3:14155[40]

BCL won the series, 5–0–1[41].

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1July 30Hawaii Stars – 2, Gunma Diamond Pegasus – 10Takasago Municipal Baseball Stadium2:21424[42] 
2July 31Hawaii Stars – 0, Niigata Albirex Baseball Club – 11Niigata Prefectural Baseball Stadium2:15597[43] 
3August 1Hawaii Stars – 3, Shinano Grandserows – 13Nagano Olympic Stadium2:38585[44] 
4August 2Hawaii Stars – 6, Fukui Miracle Elephants – 6Kanazawa, Japan2:21592[45] 
5August 3Hawaii Stars – 1, Toyama Thunderbirds – 5Tonami Stadium2:12546[46] 
6August 4Hawaii Stars – 6, Ishikawa Million Stars – 8Ishikawa, Japan2:181,868[47]

San Rafael Pacifics vs. Freedom League

San Rafael won the series, 6–3.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1May 31San Rafael Pacifics – 4, Montezuma Federals – 7Roughrider Park2:57--[48] 
2June 1 (DH)San Rafael Pacifics – 11, Montezuma Federals – 7Roughrider Park1:49--[49] 
3June 1 (DH)San Rafael Pacifics – 14, Montezuma Federals – 5Roughrider Park2:46--[50] 
4June 2San Rafael Pacifics – 7, Montezuma Federals – 18Roughrider Park2:57--[51] 
5June 3San Rafael Pacifics – 21, Montezuma Federals – 6Roughrider Park3:25--[52] 
6June 4San Rafael Pacifics – 4, Goodyear Centennials – 9Goodyear Ballpark3:12--[53] 
7August 6Montezuma Federals – 5, San Rafael Pacifics – 8Albert Park3:04--[54] 
8August 7Montezuma Federals – 2, San Rafael Pacifics – 4Albert Park2:35--[55] 
9August 8Montezuma Federals – 2, San Rafael Pacifics – 7Albert Park2:44--[56]

Vallejo Admirals vs. Freedom League

Freedom League won the series, 3–5.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1May 31Vallejo Admirals – 0, Goodyear Centennials – 4Goodyear Ballpark2:16--[57] 
2June 1Vallejo Admirals – 5, Phoenix Prospectors – 10Goodyear ballpark3:30--[58] 
3June 2 (DH)Vallejo Admirals – 7, Peoria Explorers – 13Goodyear ballpark2:47--[59] 
4June 2 (DH)Vallejo Admirals – 11, Goodyear Centennials – 7Goodyear ballpark3:58--[60] 
5June 4Vallejo Admirals – 3, Phoenix Prospectors – 8Goodyear Ballpark2:13--[61] 
6August 9Montezuma Federals – 1, Vallejo Admirals – 2Wilson Park2:29--[62] 
7August 10Montezuma Federals – 3, Vallejo Admirals – 4Wilson Park4:14--[63] 
8August 11Montezuma Federals – 9, Vallejo Admirals – 7Wilson Park3:21--[64]

Head-to-head matchups

Notable players

References

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