# 2019 Pacific Association season

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.
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.

## Team and rule change

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. The Martinez Clippers also folded after the 2018 season.
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.

## Regular season standings

as of September 1, 2019
Regular Season Standings :
| Pos | Team | G | W | L | Pct. | 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 |
| 5 | e – Salina Stockade | 64 | 14 | 50 | .219 | 31.0 |
* y – Clinched division
* x – Clinched playoff spot
* e – Eliminated from playoff contention

### Record vs. opponents

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 | — |

## Statistical leaders
### Hitting

| Stat | Player | Team | Total |
| HR | Nick Akins | Vallejo Admirals | 21 |
| AVG | Raúl Navarro | San Rafael Pacifics | .373 |
| RBIs | Axel Johnson | San Rafael Pacifics | 67 |
| SB | Omar Artsen | Salina Stockade | 50 |

### Pitching

| Stat | Player | Team | Total |
| W | (Nick Barnese, Vijay Patel), Dakota Freese | (Sonoma Stompers),Vallejo Admirals | 7 |
| ERA | Dakota Freese | Vallejo Admirals | 2.91 |
| SO | Carl Brice | Vallejo Admirals | 100 |
| SV | Jailen Peguero | San Rafael Pacifics | 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.

## Playoffs
### Format

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.
| Wild Card Game | Wild Card Game | Wild Card Game | Semi-final Game | Semi-final Game | Semi-final Game |
| 4 | Napa Silverados | 6 | | | |
| 3 | Vallejo Admirals | 5 | | | |
| 3 | Vallejo Admirals | 5 | 3 | Napa Silverados | 6 |
| | | | 2 | San Rafael Pacifics | 7 |
| - | Bye | | 2 | San Rafael Pacifics | 7 |
| 2 | San Rafael Pacifics | | | | |
| Championship Series (best-of-three) | Championship Series (best-of-three) | Championship Series (best-of-three) | Championship Series (best-of-three) | Championship Series (best-of-three) |
| 1 | Sonoma Stompers | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | San Rafael Pacifics | 8 | 4 | 5 |

### Individual Awards

| Award | Player | Team |
| Most Valuable Player | Raúl Navarro | San Rafael Pacifics |
| Pitcher of the Year | Dakota Freese | Vallejo Admirals |
| Reliever of the Year | Jailen Peguero, Ryan Richardson | San Rafael Pacifics, Sonoma Stompers |
| Rookie of the Year | Zane Gelphman | Salina Stockade, San Rafael Pacifics |
| Manager of the Year | Zack Pace | Sonoma Stompers |
| Executive of the Year | Brett Creamer | Sonoma Stompers |

### Gilded Glove Awards

| Position | Player | Team |
| C | Ermindo Escobar | San Rafael Pacifics |
| 1B | Axel Johnson | San Rafael Pacifics |
| 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 |

## Notable players

Former Major League Baseball players who played in the Pacific Association in 2019
* O'Koyea Dickson (Vallejo)
* Jailen Peguero (San Rafael)
* Brandon Phillips (Vallejo)
Other notable players who played in the Pacific Association in 2019
* Andrew Chin (San Rafael)
* Henry Omana (Sonoma)
* Chris Kwitzer (Sonoma)
* D. J. Sharabi (Sonoma)