2024 American Association season

19th annual season of American Association Baseball

Sports season

2024 American Association season

League| American Association of Professional Baseball
Sport| Baseball
Duration| May 9 - September 2
Number of games| 100
Number of teams| 12
East Division
West Division
American Association Championship
Seasons

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The 2024 American Association season is 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.[1]

## Season schedule

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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.[2]

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.[3]

## Regular season standings

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as of September 1, 2024

East Division Regular Season Standings  Pos  | Team  | G | W | L | Pct. | GB

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1  | y – Cleburne Railroaders | 99 | 60 | 39 | .606 | \--
2  | x – Kane County Cougars | 99 | 54 | 45 | .545 | 6.0
3  | x – Chicago Dogs | 99 | 54 | 45 | .545 | 6.0
4  | x – Lake Country DockHounds | 99 | 53 | 46 | .535 | 7.0
5  | e – Milwaukee Milkmen | 99 | 48 | 51 | .485 | 12.0
6  | e – Gary SouthShore RailCats | 99 | 30 | 69 | .303 | 30.0
West Division Regular Season Standings  Pos  | Team  | G | W | L | Pct. | GB

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1  | y – Winnipeg Goldeyes | 98 | 56 | 42 | .571 | \--
2  | x – Sioux Falls Canaries | 98 | 54 | 44 | .551 | 2.0
3  | x – Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks | 99 | 53 | 46 | .535 | 3.5
4  | x – Sioux City Explorers | 99 | 48 | 51 | .485 | 8.5
5  | e – Kansas City Monarchs | 99 | 46 | 53 | .465 | 10.5
6  | e – Lincoln Saltdogs | 99 | 37 | 62 | .374 | 19.5

* y – Clinched division
* x – Clinched playoff spot
* e – Eliminated from playoff contention

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## Statistical leaders

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as of September 1, 2024

### Hitting

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Stat  | Player  | Team  | Total

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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

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### Pitching

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Stat  | Player  | Team  | Total

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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

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## Awards

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### All-star selections

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#### East Division

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Elected starters  | Position  | Player  | Team

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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  Position  | Player  | Team

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C | Nick Dalesandro  | Dogs
C | Erik Ostberg  | Milkmen
INF | Brantley Bell  | Dogs
INF | Claudio Finol  | Cougars
INF | Ryan Hernandez  | DockHounds
Pitchers  Player  | Team

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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

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Elected starters  | Position  | Player  | Team

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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  Position  | Player  | Team

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C | Herbert Iser  | Monarchs
INF | Trevor Achenbach  | Canaries
INF | Mike Hart  | Canaries
OF | Ismael Alcantara  | RedHawks
OF | Miles Simington  | Goldeyes
Pitchers  Player  | Team

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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

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All-star game MVP — TBD

### Home run derby

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### End of year awards

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Award  | Player  | Team

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Most Valuable Player | TBD | TBD
Pitcher of the Year | TBD | TBD
Rookie of the Year | TBD | TBD
Manager of the Year | TBD | TBD

## Playoffs

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### Format

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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.[8]

### Playoff bracket

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| Division Playoff Series
(best-of-three) | | | Division Championship Series
(best-of-three) | | | Miles Wolff Cup Finals
(best-of-five) |

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| 1 | Cleburne | 6 |  |  | | |
| 3 | Chicago | 3 |  |  |
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| 2 | Kane County | 6 |  |  |

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| 3 | Fargo-Moorhead | 2 |  |  |

| 4 | Sioux City | 1 |  |  |

## Notable players

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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

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* 2024 Frontier League season
* 2024 Major League Baseball season
* 2024 Pecos League season

## References

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1. ^ "Kansas City Monarchs walk-off against Chicago Dogs to win 3rd American Association title in 5 years". kshb.com. September 20, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
2. ^ "American Association Announces 2024 Schedule". aabaseball.com.
3. ^ "Kansas City Monarchs to host 2024 American Association All-Star Game". sports.yahoo.com. November 6, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
4. ^ "American Association - 2024 standings". pointstreak.com.
5. ^ "American Association - Batting Stats".
6. ^ "American Association - Pitching Stats".
7. ^ "Kansas City Monarchs to host 2024 American Association All-Star Game". FOX4KC. 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
8. ^ "2023 Playoff Format and Dates". aabaseball.com.