2023 Pioneer League season

The 2023 Pioneer League season is the 80th season of professional baseball in the Pioneer League, an independent baseball league in the Western United States, since its creation in 1939. There are 10 Pioneer League teams, split evenly between North and South divisions.

The Grand Junction Rockies (now named Grand Junction Jackalopes) entered the season as the defending champions, having defeated the Missoula PaddleHeads, two games to zero, in the league's 2022 championship series.

Season schedule The 10 teams in the league are split evenly between two divisions, North and South. The Grand Junction Rockies changed their name to the Grand Junction Jackalopes.

Over the course of the season, each team will play 96 games in a split schedule between the North Division (Billings, Missoula, Great Falls, Glacier, and Idaho Falls) and the South Division (NoCo, Rocky Mountain, Grand Junction, Boise, and Ogden) with the first half ending on July 16 and the second half ending on September 9. In the playoffs, first-half division winners will play second-half division winners in a best-of-three playoff. The division playoff winners will meet for a final best-of-three championship series.

Regular season standings Legend: y Clinched division x Clinched playoff spot e Eliminated from playoff contention

First half standings + North Division Regular Season Standings Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1y – Missoula PaddleHeads483513.729--2e – Glacier Range Riders463115.6743.03e – Billings Mustangs481929.39616.04e – Great Falls Voyagers461531.32619.05e – Idaho Falls Chukars481533.31320.0

+ South Division Regular Season Standings Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1y – Ogden Raptors483117.646--2e – Boise Hawks482820.5833.03e – Northern Colorado Owlz472324.4897.54 e – Rocky Mountain Vibes472027.42610.55 e – Grand Junction Jackalopes482028.41711.0

Second half standings + North Division Regular Season Standings Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1y – Billings Mustangs483216.667--2e – Missoula PaddleHeads473116.6600.53e – Glacier Range Riders502327.46010.04e – Great Falls Voyagers502129.42012.05e – Idaho Falls Chukars471829.38313.5

+ South Division Regular Season Standings Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1y – Rocky Mountain Vibes482820.583--2e – Grand Junction Jackalopes482523.5213.03e – Northern Colorado Owlz482325.4795.04e – Boise Hawks482127.4387.05e – Ogden Raptors481929.3969.0

Full season standings + North Division Regular Season Standings Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1x – Missoula PaddleHeads956629.695--2e – Glacier Range Riders965442.56312.53x – Billings Mustangs965145.53115.54e – Great Falls Voyagers963561.36531.55e – Idaho Falls Chukars953461.35832.0

+ South Division Regular Season Standings Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1x – Ogden Raptors965046.521--2e – Boise Hawks964947.5371.03x – Rocky Mountain Vibes954847.5051.54e – Northern Colorado Owlz954649.4843.55e – Grand Junction Jackalopes964551.4695.0

Statistical leaders

Hitting +2023 Pioneer League season hitting records Stat Player Team Total HR Reese Alexiades Ogden Raptors 29 AVG Dondrei Hubbard Missoula PaddleHeads .395 RBIs Jaylen Hubbard Grand Junction Jackalopes 117 SB Payton Robertson Northern Colorado Owlz 62

Pitching +2023 Pioneer League season pitching records Stat Player Team Total W Alfredo Villa Missoula PaddleHeads 13 ERA Alfredo Villa Missoula PaddleHeads 2.82 SO Alfredo Villa Missoula PaddleHeads 129 SV Dan Kubiuk Ogden Raptors 15

Awards

End of year awards +2023 Pioneer League season end of year awards Award Player Team Most Valuable Player Reese Alexiades Ogden Raptors Pitcher of the Year Alfredo Villa Missoula PaddleHeads Reliever of the Year Dan Kubiuk Ogden Raptors Rookie of the Year John Michael Faile / Ron Washington Jr. Billings Mustangs / Grand Junction Jackalopes International Player of the Year Abdel Guadalupe Northern Colorado Owlz Manager of the Year Billy Horton Billings Mustangs

All-star selections

+All-star hitters in the 2023 Pioneer League season PositionPlayerTeamC Logan Williams Raptors1B Joe Johnson Jackalopes 2B Jaylen Hubbard Jackalopes3B Dusty Stroup VibesSS McClain O'Connor PaddleHeadsLF Henry George OwlzCF Reese Alexiades RaptorsRF Ron Washington Jr. JackalopesDH D.J. Poteet Hawks

+All-star pitchers in the 2023 Pioneer League season PositionPlayerTeam SP Zach Penrod PaddleHeads SP Alfredo Villa PaddleHeads RP Dan Kubiuk Raptors RP Brandon McCabe Raptors

Playoffs

Format In the playoffs, first-half division winners will play second-half division winners in a best-of-three playoff. The division playoff winners will meet for a final best-of-three championship series.

Playoff bracket

2023 Pioneer League season

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