The 2024 American Association season was the 19th 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.
The Kansas City Monarchs entered the season as defending champions, having defeated the Chicago Dogs, three games to one, in the league's 2023 championship series.
Season schedule The league is 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 2024 playoffs.
The league announced that the 2024 All-Star Game would take place at Legends Field, the home of the Kansas City Monarchs. The league's annual Home Run Derby will take place on Monday, July 22nd and the All-Star Game will take place on Tuesday, July 23rd.
Regular season standings
+ East Division Regular Season Standings Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1 y – Cleburne Railroaders1006040.600--2x – Kane County Cougars1005545.5505.03x – Chicago Dogs1005545.5455.04x – Lake Country DockHounds1005347.5307.05 e – Milwaukee Milkmen1004951.49011.06 e – Gary SouthShore RailCats1003070.30030.0
+ West Division Regular Season Standings Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1y – Winnipeg Goldeyes995643.566--2x – Sioux Falls Canaries995544.5561.03x – Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks1005347.5303.54x – Sioux City Explorers1004951.4907.55e – Kansas City Monarchs1004654.46010.56 e – Lincoln Saltdogs1003862.38018.5
y – Clinched division x – Clinched playoff spot e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Statistical leaders as of September 1, 2024
Hitting Stat Player Team Total HR Ryan Hernandez Lake Country DockHounds 29 AVG Jacob Teter Chicago Dogs .348 H Carter Aldrete Cleburne Railroaders 134 RBIs Jacob Teter Chicago Dogs 93 SB Ismael Alcantara Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 70
Pitching Stat Player Team Total W Ty Culbreth Sioux Falls Canaries 12 ERA Joey Matulovich Winnipeg Goldeyes 2.12 SO Joey Matulovich Winnipeg Goldeyes 145 SV Joey Marciano Chicago Dogs 26
Awards
All-star selections
East Division +Elected starters PositionPlayerTeam C Jaxx Groshans Railroaders 1B Jacob Teter Dogs 2B Carter Aldrete Railroaders 3B Josh Altmann DockHounds SS Shed Long Jr. Railroaders OF Hill Alexander Railroaders OF Narciso Crook Dogs OF Brian O'Grady Railroaders DH Todd Lott Cougars
+Reserves PositionPlayerTeam C Nick Dalesandro Dogs C Erik Ostberg Milkmen INF Brantley Bell Dogs INF Claudio Finol Cougars INF Ryan Hernandez DockHounds
+PitchersPlayerTeam Nate Alexander RailCats John Baker Dogs Nick Belzer Cougars Alan Zhang Carter DockHounds C. J. Carter Cougars Joey Marciano Dogs Chris Muller Railroaders Jhordany Mezquita Milkmen Jacques Pucheu Railroaders Mark Simon Milkmen Josh Smith RailCats
West Division +Elected starters PositionPlayerTeam C Rob Emery Goldeyes 1B Frankie Tostado Monarchs 2B Dayson Croes Goldeyes 3B Jack Dragum Saltdogs SS Jordan Barth Canaries OF Scott Ota Explorers OF Josh Rehwaldt Canaries OF Aaron Takacs Saltdogs DH Luke Roskam Saltdogs
+Reserves PositionPlayerTeam C Herbert Iser Monarchs INF Trevor Achenbach Canaries INF Mike Hart Canaries OF Ismael Alcantara RedHawks OF Miles Simington Goldeyes
+PitchersPlayerTeam Ty Culbreth Canaries Jake Dykhoff RedHawks Davis Feldman RedHawks Julian Garcia Monarchs Dan Kubiuk Saltdogs Kyle Marman Explorers Joey Matulovich Goldeyes Joey Murray Explorers Travis Seabrooke Goldeyes Nate Tellier Monarchs Zach Veen Canaries
All-star game MVP — Ismael Alcantara, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
Home Run Derby Champion — Brian O'Grady, Cleburne Railroaders
End of year awards Award Player Team Most Valuable Player Jacob Teter Chicago Dogs Pitcher of the Year Joey Matulovich Winnipeg Goldeyes Rookie of the Year Ryan Hernandez Lake Country DockHounds Manager of the Year Logan Watkins Winnipeg Goldeyes
Postseason All-Stars Position Player Team Catcher Jaxx Groshans Cleburne Railroaders First Base Jacob Teter Chicago Dogs Second Base Carter Aldrete Cleburne Railroaders Shortstop Shed Long Jr. Cleburne RailroadersThird BaseClaudio FinolKane County CougarsOutfieldCornelius RandolphKane County CougarsOutfieldHill AlexanderCleburne RailroadersOutfieldIsmael AlcantaraFargo-Moorhead RedHawksDesignated HitterRyan HernandezLake Country DockHoundsUtilityDayson CroesWinnipeg GoldeyesStarting PitcherJoey MatulovichWinnipeg GoldeyesRelief PitcherJoey MarcianoChicago Dogs
Playoffs Format In 2024, 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 2024 A. J. Alexy (Kansas City) Abiatal Avelino (Kansas City) Beau Burrows (Cleburne) Narciso Crook (Chicago) Jaylin Davis (Milwaukee) Jon Duplantier (Lake Country) Trent Giambrone (Cleburne/Kansas City) Ashton Goudeau (Kansas City) Deivy Grullón (Lake Country) Matt Hall (Kansas City) Eric Hanhold (Lake Country) Damon Jones (Kansas City) Shed Long Jr. (Cleburne) Greg Mahle (Kane County) Ozzie Martínez (Sioux City) John Nogowski (Sioux City) Brian O'Grady (Cleburne) Yefry Ramírez (Kansas City) Zac Reininger (Winnipeg) Seth Romero (Cleburne) Blake Rutherford (Kansas City) Carlos Sanabria (Gary SouthShore) Brian Schlitter (Chicago) Sterling Sharp (Lake Country) Caleb Smith (Cleburne) Travis Swaggerty (Kansas City) Curtis Terry (Lake Country) Dillon Thomas (Fargo-Moorhead) Collin Wiles (Kansas City)
Other notable players who played in the American Association in 2024 Jason Bilous (Chicago) Bryan Bonnell (Lake Country) Bret Boswell (Cleburne) Tucker Bradley (Kansas City) Yoelqui Céspedes (Fargo-Moorhead) Marek Chlup (Lake Country) Brett Conine (Lake Country) Thomas Dillard (Cleburne) Hayden Dunhurst (Kane County) Santiago Florez (Sioux City) Ethan Hankins (Gary SouthShore) Marshall Kasowski (Winnipeg) Joey Marciano (Chicago) Chris Muller (Cleburne) Joey Murray (Sioux City) Justin O'Conner (Kansas City) Ian Oxnevad (Lincoln) Franklin Pérez (Gary SouthShore) Cornelius Randolph (Kane County) J. D. Scholten (Sioux City) Nick Shumpert (Sioux City) Liam Spence (Sioux Falls) Chavez Young (Kansas City/Lake Country)
See also
2024 Frontier League season 2024 Major League Baseball season 2024 Pecos League season
References