2006 FCSL season

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]

2006 FCSL season
Regular season
DurationJune 8, 2006[1] – July 29, 2006[1]
Playoffs
Start dateAugust 1, 2006[1]
FCSL Championship Game
DateAugust 6, 2006[1]
SiteTropicana Field[2]
ChampionsWinter Park Diamond Dawgs[2]
FCSL seasons

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
Rnk Team Wins Losses Win Pct. GB
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

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Playoffs

Play-in round

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

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

Sunday, August 6, 2006 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida

Team123456789RHE
Winter Park001001002480
Altamonte Springs3000000003905
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
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

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League Awards

D-Bat Pitcher/Player of the Week

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

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

References
  1. Game Results, URL accessed July 12, 2009. Archived 2009-07-22.
  2. Winter Park vs Altamonte Springs Box Score, URL accessed July 12, 2009. Archived February 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. FCSL 2006 Season, URL accessed July 12, 2009. Archived 2009-07-22.
  4. Standings, URL accessed July 12, 2009. Archived February 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Perez Named Playoff MVP, URL accessed July 12, 2009.
  6. Category Leaders, URL accessed July 12, 2009. Archived February 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  7. D-Bat Player/Pitcher of the Week, URL accessed July 12, 2009.
  8. 2006 End of Season Awards, URL accessed July 12, 2009.
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