2006 FCSL season
| Regular season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dates | June 8, 2006[1] – July 29, 2006[1] | |
| Playoffs | ||
| Start date | August 1, 2006[1] | |
| FCSL Championship Game | ||
| Date | August 6, 2006[1] | |
| Site | Tropicana Field[2] | |
| Champions | Winter Park Diamond Dawgs[2] | |
| ||
The 2006 FCSL season was the third season in the history of the Florida Collegiate Summer League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league operating in the southeastern United States region of central Florida. The league's Winter Haven, Florida franchise, the Winter Haven Warthogs, moved to Winter Pines, Florida and became the Winter Pines Warthogs.[3] The league's Zephyrhills, Florida franchise, the Zephyrhills Snappers, moved to Altamonte Springs, Florida and became the Zephyrhills Snappers.[3] The league added a franchise in Orlando, Florida, the Orlando Hammers.[3]
In the championship game, the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs defeated the Altamonte Springs Snappers 4-3 to win the FCSL title.[2]
Regular season standings[edit]
| Rank | Team | Wins | Losses | Win Pct. | GB[clarification needed] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altamonte Springs Snappers | 26 | 8 | .765 | - |
| 2 | Winter Park Diamond Dawgs | 23 | 13 | .639 | 4 |
| 3 | Orlando Shockers | 19 | 16 | .543 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Winter Pines Warthogs | 14 | 17 | .452 | 10.5 |
| 5 | Sanford River Rats | 16 | 20 | .444 | 11 |
| 6 | Orlando Hammers | 5 | 29 | .147 | 21 |
Playoffs[edit]
Play-in round[edit]
Playoff seeds were determined by the regular season standings, with clubs being seeded #1 through #6. The top two seeds, the Altamonte Springs Snappers and the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs, received byes into the double elimination playoff round. The bottom four seeds were required to play a play-in round to reach the double-elimination round. In the first matchup of the play-in round, the third-seeded Orlando Shockers defeated the sixth-seeded Orlando Hammers 7-1.[1] In the second game, the fifth-seeded Sanford River Rats defeated the fourth-seeded Winter Pines Warthogs 6-0.[1]
Double-elimination playoff[edit]
Four teams advanced to the double elimination playoff round, the first-seeded Altamonte Springs Snappers, the second-seeded Winter Park Diamond Dawgs, the third-seeded Orlando Shockers, and the fifth-seeded Sanford River Rats. After two teams had suffered two losses in this round, the remaining two teams moved on to the championship game.
- Day 1- Altamonte Springs (1-0) 5, Sanford (0-1) 1; Orlando Shockers (1-0) 6, Winter Park (0-1) 4
- Day 2- Winter Park (1-1) 4, Sanford (0-2) 2- Sanford eliminated; Altamonte Springs (2-0) 7, Orlando Shockers (1-1) 0
- Day 3- Winter Park (2-1) 4, Orlando Shockers (1-2) 2- Orlando Shockers eliminated[1]
Championship game[edit]
Sunday, August 6, 2006 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Park | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Altamonte Springs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 05 | |||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: WP: O'Rourke AS: Garcia WP: Good (1-1) LP: Crumbley (3-1) Sv: Holt (4) Home runs: WP: Perez (5), Turner (3) AS: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Winter Park wins the 2006 FCSL championship.[2]
Robby Perez of Winter Park was named the playoff MVP. Perez went 7-16 (.438) with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored in the playoffs.[5]
Leaders[edit]
| Category | Player | Team | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Anthony Ottrando | Altamonte Springs | .390 |
| SLG % | Anthony Ottrando | Altamonte Springs | .552 |
| OBP | James Rowe | Altamonte Springs | 48 |
| R | Avery Barnes | Altamonte Springs | 37 |
| H | Robby Perez | Winter Park | 48 |
| RBI | Jonathan Lucroy | Winter Park | 30 |
| 2B | Austin Pride | Sanford | 12 |
| 3B | Michael Marseco | Sanford | 4 |
| HR | Kent Matthes | Winter Pines | 7 |
| TB | Robby Perez | Winter Park | 71 |
| BB | Corey Whiting | Winter Park | 27 |
| HBP | John Morgan | Orlando Shockers | 10 |
| SAC Bunts | A. J. Knight | Orlando Hammers | 4 |
| SAC Flies | Jonathan Lucroy, Kyle Cushenbery | Winter Park, Winter Park | 4 |
| SB | Avery Barnes | Altamonte Springs | 24 |
| PA | John Morgan | Orlando Shockers | 156 |
League Awards[edit]
D-Bat Pitcher/Player of the Week[edit]
The FCSL presented a weekly award to the most outstanding player and pitcher of the league. These awards were presented by the baseball equipment company D-Bat.[7]
| Week | Player of the Week | Pitcher of the Week |
|---|---|---|
| June 8–11 | Ryan Richardson, Sanford | John Locklear, Winter Park |
| June 12–18 | Kent Matthes, Winter Pines | Bo O'Dell, Orlando Shockers |
| June 19–25 | Jonathan Lucroy, Winter Park | Ray Garcia, Altamonte Springs |
| June 26-July 2 | B.J. Myers, Orlando Hammers | Steve Miller, Sanford |
| July 3–9 | Avery Barnes, Altamonte Springs | Sean Bryant, Sanford |
| July 10–16 | Will Breslin, Orlando Shockers | Shane Buriff, Orlando Shockers |
| July 17–23 | Robby Perez, Winter Park | Ty Pryor, Winter Pines |
| July 24–30 | Andrew Turner, Winter Park | Ray Garcia, Altamonte Springs |
Season-end Awards[edit]
The league presented several season-end awards to players exhibiting outstanding play for the entire season. Awards were presented either by vote of league officials or by a player's leadership of a statistical category.[8]
| Award | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Chipper Jones League MVP | Anthony Ottrando | Altamonte Springs |
| Frank Viola League Cy Young | Ryan Horton | Winter Park |
| Dante Bichette Batting Champion | Anthony Ottrando | Altamonte Springs |
| Tim Raines Stolen Base Leader | Avery Barnes | Altamonte Springs |
| League Strikeout Leader | Ray Garcia | Altamonte Springs |
| David Eckstein Sportsmanship Award | Justin Frost | Sanford |
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Game Results, URL accessed July 12, 2009. Archived 2009-07-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Winter Park vs Altamonte Springs Box Score, URL accessed July 12, 2009. Archived February 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 FCSL 2006 Season, URL accessed July 12, 2009. Archived 2009-07-22.
- ↑ Standings, URL accessed July 12, 2009. Archived February 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Perez Named Playoff MVP, URL accessed July 12, 2009.[dead link]
- ↑ Category Leaders, URL accessed July 12, 2009. Archived February 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ D-Bat Player/Pitcher of the Week[permanent dead link], URL accessed July 12, 2009.
- ↑ 2006 End of Season Awards[permanent dead link], URL accessed July 12, 2009.
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