2006 FCSL season

{{Infobox league season
|name=2006 FCSL season
|image=
|caption=
|comment=
|season_start=June 8, 2006<ref name="Game Results">[http://floridaleague.athleticsite.com/stats/FCSL06/confstat.htm Game Results], URL accessed July 12, 2009. [http://www.webcitation.org/5iTKfuSL0 Archived] 2009-07-22.</ref>
|season_end=July 29, 2006<ref name="Game Results"/>
|playoffs_start=August 1, 2006<ref name="Game Results"/>
|cup_title1=
|cup_champ1=
|cup_champ2=
|cup_champ3=
|cup_champ4=
|champion_title=FCSL Championship Game
|champion_date=August 6, 2006<ref name="Game Results"/>
|champion_site=[[Tropicana Field]]<ref name="Winter Park vs Altamonte Springs Box Score">[http://floridaleague.athleticsite.com/stats/FCSL06/alt34.htm Winter Park vs Altamonte Springs Box Score], URL accessed July 12, 2009.</ref>
|champion=[[Winter Park Diamond Dawgs]]<ref name="Winter Park vs Altamonte Springs Box Score"/>
|seasons_title=FCSL seasons
|prev=[[2005 FCSL season|2005]]
|next=[[2007 FCSL season|2007]]
}}

The '''2006 FCSL season''' was the third season in the history of the [[Florida Collegiate Summer League]], a wood bat [[List of collegiate summer baseball leagues|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]].<ref name="FCSL 2006 Season">[http://www.aiabaseball.org/florida/ FCSL 2006 Season], URL accessed July 12, 2009. [http://www.webcitation.org/5iTKgJ5AR Archived] 2009-07-22.</ref> The league's [[Zephyrhills, Florida]] franchise, the [[Zephyrhills Snappers]], moved to [[Altamonte Springs, Florida]] and became the [[Zephyrhills Snappers]].<ref name="FCSL 2006 Season"/> The league added a franchise in [[Orlando, Florida]], the [[Orlando Hammers]].<ref name="FCSL 2006 Season"/>

In the championship game, the [[Winter Park Diamond Dawgs]] defeated the [[Altamonte Springs Snappers]] 4-3 to win the FCSL title.<ref name="Winter Park vs Altamonte Springs Box Score"/>

==Regular Season Standings==
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
!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
|-
|}<ref name="Standings">[http://floridaleague.athleticsite.com/stats/FCSL06/lgsumm.htm#form.std Standings], URL accessed July 12, 2009.</ref>

==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 tournament|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 matcup of the play-in round, the third-seeded Orlando Shockers defeated the sixth-seeded Orlando Hammers 7-1.<ref name="Game Results"/> In the second game, the fifth-seeded Sanford River Rats defeated the fourth-seeded Winter Pines Warthogs 6-0.<ref name="Game Results"/>

===Double-elimination playoff===
Four teams advanced to the [[Double-elimination tournament|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<ref name="Game Results"/>

===Championship game===
Sunday, August 6, 2006 at [[Tropicana Field]] in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]]
{{Linescore|
|Road='''Winter Park'''|RoadAbr=WP
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=1|R7=0|R8=0|R9=2|RR=4|RH=8|RE=0
|Home=Altamonte Springs|HomeAbr=AS
|H1=3|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=3|HH=9|HE=05
|RSP=O'Rourke|HSP=Garcia
|WP=Good (1-1)|LP=Crumbley (3-1)|SV=Holt (4)
|RoadHR= Perez (5), Turner (3)|HomeHR=
|}}

Winter Park wins the 2006 FCSL championship.<ref name="Winter Park vs Altamonte Springs Box Score"/>

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.<ref name="Perez Named Playoff MVP">[http://floridaleague.athleticsite.com/article.asp?articleID=32 Perez Named Playoff MVP], URL accessed July 12, 2009.</ref>

==Leaders==
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0
!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
|}<ref name="Category Leaders">[http://floridaleague.athleticsite.com/stats/FCSL06/lgplyrs.htm#leagp.ldr Category Leaders], URL accessed July 12, 2009.</ref>

==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.<ref name="D-Bat Player/Pitcher of the Week">[http://floridaleague.athleticsite.com/article.asp?articleID=32 D-Bat Player/Pitcher of the Week], URL accessed July 12, 2009.</ref>
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0
!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.<ref name="FCSL 2006 End of Season Awards">[http://floridaleague.athleticsite.com/article.asp?articleID=32 2006 End of Season Awards], URL accessed July 12, 2009.</ref>
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0
!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==
*[http://floridaleague.athleticsite.com/ FCSL website]

==References==
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