The 2022 American Association season is the 17th season of professional baseball in the American Association of Professional Baseball (AA) since its creation in October 2005. There are 12 AA teams, split evenly between the East Division and the West Division.
Season schedule During the Off-Season the league added Lake Country DockHounds to replace the temporary traveling team Houston Apollos. The league was split up into two divisions, the East and West Division. The season will be played with a 100-game schedule, with two home series and two road series inside a teams’ division, and one home series and one road series against the clubs outside its division. The top four teams in each division will qualify for the 2022 playoffs.
Regular season standings as of September 5, 2022
+ East Division Regular Season Standings Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1y – Chicago Dogs1005446.540--2x – Kane County Cougars1005446.540--3x – Milwaukee Milkmen1005347.5301.04x – Cleburne Railroaders1005050.5004.05e – Gary SouthShore RailCats1004258.42012.06e – Lake Country DockHounds1003466.34020.0
+ West Division Regular Season Standings Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1y – Kansas City Monarchs1006535.650--2x – Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks1006436.6401.03x – Winnipeg Goldeyes1005347.53012.04x – Lincoln Saltdogs1004951.49016.05e – Sioux City Explorers1004951.49016.06e – Sioux Falls Canaries1003367.33032.0
y – Clinched division x – Clinched playoff spot e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Statistical leaders as of September 5, 2022
Hitting Stat Player Team Total HR Max Murphy Winnipeg Goldeyes 31 AVG Bryan Torres Milwaukee Milkmen .374 H Bryan Torres Milwaukee Milkmen 139 RBIs Max Murphy Winnipeg Goldeyes 96 SB Danny Amaral Sioux City Explorers 48
Pitching Stat Player Team Total W Jack Fox Kane County Cougars 11 ERA Matt Hall Kansas City Monarchs 1.10 SO Kevin Mcgovern Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 141 SV Alex DuBord Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 23
Awards
All-star selections
East Division +Elected starters PositionPlayerTeamC Dylan Kelly Milkmen1B Gio Brusa DockHounds 2B Bryan Torres Milkmen3B Dylan Busby CougarsSS Mason Davis MilkmenOF Jimmy Kerrigan CougarsOF Zach Nehrir RailroadersOF Chad Sedio MilkmenDH Keon Barnum Milkmen
+Reserves PositionPlayerTeamC Ryan Lidge DogsINF K.C. Hobson DogsINF Grant Kay DogsINF Daniel LinguaRailCatsOF Danny Mars Dogs
+PitchersPlayerTeam Hunter Cervenka Railroaders Ryan Clark Dogs Jack Eisenbarger RailCats Harrison Francis RailCats Nick Garcia RailCats Jordan Kipper Dogs Alex McRae DockHounds Logan Nissen Cougars James Reeves Dogs Myles Smith Milkmen Ryan Tapani Cougars
West Division +Elected starters PositionPlayerTeamC Deon Stafford Jr. Goldeyes1B Manny Boscan RedHawks 2B Darnell Sweeney Monarchs3B David Thompson MonarchsSS Ozzie Martínez CanariesINF Josh Altmann SaltdogsOF Jan Hernandez MonarchsOF John Silviano RedHawksDH Drew Ward RedHawks
+Reserves PositionPlayerTeamC Alexis Olmeda MonarchsINF Leobaldo Piña RedHawksOF Gabriel Guerrero MonarchsOF Jabari Henry CanariesOF Wyatt Ulrich Canaries
+PitchersPlayerTeam Alex DuBord RedHawks Tyler Grauer RedHawks Matt Hartman Monarchs Sebastian Kessay RedHawks Patrick Ledet Explorers Jordan Martinson Monarchs Kevin McGovern RedHawks Jameson McGrane Monarchs Thomas McIlaith Explorers Greg Minier Saltdogs Tasker Strobel Goldeyes
All-star game MVP — Jabari Henry
Home run derby
End of year awards TBD
Playoffs Format In 2022, the top four teams in each division will advance to the playoffs. In a nod to innovation, and to reward the clubs with the best regular seasons, the club that wins the division in the regular season will pick their first-round opponent of the qualifiers within the division, in the best-of-three Division Playoff Series.
In the second round, the Division Championship Series will also be a best-of-three series. The Miles Wolff Cup Finals will culminate in the crowning of a league champion, with a best-of-five series to determine the league champion.
Playoff bracket
Notable players Former Major League Baseball players who played in the American Association in 2022
Matt Adams (Kansas City) Buddy Baumann (Lincoln) Akeem Bostick (Kansas City) Bryce Brentz (Kane County) Hunter Cervenka (Cleburne) Brandon Cunniff (Lincoln) Dean Deetz (Sioux Falls) Jose Espada (Milwaukee) Nick Franklin (Kane County/Sioux City) Nick Gardewine (Cleburne) Miguel Gómez (Milwaukee) Gabby Guerrero (Kansas City) Matt Hall (Kansas City) Blaine Hardy (Sioux City) Cam Hill (Kansas City) Mickey Jannis (Chicago) Sherman Johnson (Kane County) Pete Kozma (Kansas City) Jacob Lindgren (Kansas City) Rymer Liriano (Fargo-Moorhead) Steve Lombardozzi Jr. (Kane County) Josh Lucas (Cleburne/Winnipeg) Ozzie Martínez (Sioux Falls) Wyatt Mathisen (Cleburne) Kevin McCarthy (Cleburne) Alex McRae (Lake Country) Ryan Miller (Sioux Falls) Mike Morin (Kane County) Zac Reininger (Cleburne) Jacob Robson (Kansas City) Nivaldo Rodriguez (Sioux City) Jason Rogers (Lincoln) Héctor Sánchez (Cleburne/Milwaukee) Brian Schlitter (Chicago) AJ Schugel (Milwaukee) Mallex Smith (Kansas City) Darnell Sweeney (Kansas City) Lewis Thorpe (Kansas City) Charlie Tilson (Chicago) David Washington (Winnipeg) Stevie Wilkerson (Chicago) Vance Worley (Kane County)
See also 2022 in baseball 2022 Major League Baseball season
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