2024 Pecos League season

The 2024 Pecos League season is the 14th season of professional baseball in the Pecos League, an independent baseball league which operates in cities in desert mountain regions throughout California, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, since its creation in August 2010. There are 16 Pecos League teams, split between the Mountain and Pacific divisions.

2024 Pecos League season
LeaguePecos League
SportBaseball
DurationMay 22 – July 28
(Playoffs: TBD – TBD)
Number of games54 (432 games in total)
Number of teams16
Mountain Division
Pacific Division
Pecos League Championship
Seasons
2025 →

The San Rafael Pacifics entered the season as the defending champions, having defeated the Tucson Saguaros, two games to one, in the league's 2023 championship series.[1][2]

Andrew Dunn returned as commissioner for the 2024 season.

Season schedule

The 16 teams in the league are split between two divisions, Mountain and Pacific. The Mountain Division contains 10 teams, while the Pacific Division contains 6 teams.

For the 2024 season, the Lancaster Sound Breakers and Monterey Amberjacks did not return. The Sound Breakers folded due to the city of Lancaster entering into a lease with a soccer organization to use The Hangar, leaving the Sound Breakers without a stadium.[3] The City of Monterey reportedly did not renew its contract with the league, but the Amberjacks plan to return in 2025.[4]

To replace the Sound Breakers and Amberjacks, the league brought in two new teams for the season, the North Platte 80's and the Pecos Bills. Both of which are the first time that each city has had a team in the league.[5][6]

The season was played with a 54-game schedule with opening day in the Pacific Division on May 22, and opening day in the Mountain Division on May 27. The Regular season in both divisions will conclude on July 28.[7][8]

The Pecos League remains split into the Mountain Division and Pacific Division.

The top four teams in the Pacific Division and the top six teams in the Mountain Division will qualify for the playoffs. The Playoffs will consist of four rounds, ending with the Champion of the Mountain Division facing the winner of the Pacific Division.[9][10]

Regular season standings

as of June 30, 2024

Mountain Division South Regular Season Standings
PosTeamGWLPct.GB
1Alpine Cowboys28271.964--
2Tucson Saguaros281513.53612.0
3Pecos Bills301218.40016.0
4Roswell Invaders301218.40016.0
5Austin Weirdos26521.19221.0
Mountain Division North Regular Season Standings
PosTeamGWLPct.GB
1Garden City Wind29254.862--
2Blackwell FlyCatchers302010.6675.5
3Trinidad Triggers271413.51910.0
4Sante Fe Fuego27720.25917.0
5North Platte 80's27423.14820.0
Mountain Division Wild Card Standings
PosTeamGWLPct.GB
1Trinidad Triggers231211.522--
2Pecos Bills281216.4292.5
3Roswell Invaders271116.4073.0
4Sante Fe Fuego23716.3045.0
5Austin Weirdos24420.1678.5
6North Platte 80's24420.1678.5
Pacific Division Regular Season Standings
PosTeamGWLPct.GB
1San Rafael Pacifics392613.667--
2Bakersfield Train Robbers382216.5793.5
3Marysville Drakes382216.5793.5
4Vallejo Seaweed381523.39510.5
5Martinez Sturgeon381523.39510.5
6Dublin Leprechauns411625.39011
  • y – Clinched division
  • x – Clinched playoff spot
  • e – Eliminated from playoff contention

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Record vs. opponents

2024 Pacific Division Record vs. opponents
TeamBAKDUBMTZMRYSRFVAL
Bakersfield5–54–24–34–30–0
Dublin5–55–31–42–61–2
Martinez2–43–53–31–34–4
Marysville3–44–13–32–36–3
San Rafael3–46–23–13–27–2
Vallejo0–02–14–43–62–7
2024 Mountain Division Record vs. opponents
TeamALPAUSBLAGCWNPLPECROSSAFTRITUC
Alpine0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Austin0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Blackwell0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Garden City0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
North Platte0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Pecos0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Roswell0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Sante Fe0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Trinidad0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Tucson0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0

as of June 30, 2024

Statistical leaders

as of June 4, 2024

General
StatPlayerTeamTotal
GamesJoe Starrick, Thomas Latham, John SmithMarysville Drakes11

Hitting

StatPlayerTeamTotal
Hitter ScoreMickey NunesVallejo Seaweed65
ABJohn SmithMarysville Drakes48
AVGAric VasquezGarden City Wind.571
OPSAdrian Morales, Braeden LevandowskiVallejo Seaweed, Blackwell Fly Catchers3.000
RunsMickey NunesVallejo Seaweed18
HJoe StarrickMarysville Drakes21
2BJeremy DiBartolomeoSanta Fe Fuego5
3BXavier Selway, Dustin ChartrandSan Rafael Pacifics, Trinidad Triggers2
HRAustin Michelli, Henry PaulinoMartinez Sturgeon, Vallejo Seaweed4
BBMickey NunesVallejo Seaweed,14
RBIsJames ProckishAlpine Cowboys16
SBJoey DiceBlackwell Fly Catchers11
CSSeveral2

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Pitching

StatPlayerTeamTotal
Pitcher ScoreAustin ToernerBakersfield Train Robbers29
WGavin Peterson, Joe Riddle, Jayson Summers, Jacob PerezGarden City Wind, San Rafael Pacifics, Bakersfield Train Robbers(Riddle+Perez)2
LSeveral2
SVJayden MetzBakersfield Train Robbers3
ERA *min.2IPAlex Valasek, Austin Toerner, Joe Burch, Jake Norris, Zachary MaloneSan Rafael Pacifics, Bakersfield Train Robbers, Tucson Saguaros, Garden City Wind, Austin Weirdos0.00
IPChristian ZellnerVallejo Seaweed21.1
Hits allowedChristian ZellnerVallejo Seaweed41
SOAlex Valasex, Earl JohnsonSan Rafael Pacifics, Marysville Drakes20
BB AllowedDean StreichAustin Weirdos16

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Awards

All-star selections

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End of year awards

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Offensive Player Of The YearTBDTBD
Pitcher Of The YearTBDTBD
Pacific Division
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Offensive Player Of The YearTBDTBD
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Playoffs

Format

1. Ten teams will qualify for the playoffs

2. The team with the best record in each division will qualify as the division winner and be the number 1 seed. (Mountain and Pacific)

3. The Mountain Division will have its top 6 teams qualify for the playoffs. While the Pacific Division will have its top 4 teams qualify.

4. Playoff Location will be determined by ballpark availability, the proximity of travel, and standings. Both teams will host a playoff game when possible in the first round.

5. The (1) and (2) seed in the Mountain division will earn byes into the second round.

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Playoff bracket

First Round
(best-of-three)
Second Round
(best-of-three)
Division Championship Series
(best-of-three)
Pecos League Championship Series
(best-of-three)
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4  
5 Mountain 
 
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6  
 
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