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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Infobox sports season The 1997–98 Australian Baseball League season was the 9th season of the original Australian Baseball League, contested between eight teams representing state and regional capitals: Шаблон:ABL team, Шаблон:ABL team, Шаблон:ABL team, Шаблон:ABL team, Шаблон:ABL team, Шаблон:ABL team, Шаблон:ABL team and Шаблон:ABL team. The Melbourne Reds became the first three-time champions defeating the Gold Coast Cougars 2 games to 0 in the Championship series, in front of a small home crowd of 600 at the Melbourne Ballpark.

Teams

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Each of the 8 teams from the previous season returned, however the Sydney Blues changed their name to the Sydney Storm after legal action taken by Cricket NSW during the offseason.

In the season opening press release, The league called for expressions of interest in a licence to reform the Canberra Bushrangers for the Шаблон:ABL season season, The Bushrangers previously folded at the end of the Шаблон:ABL season season.

Rosters

During the regular season each team made use of an active roster of 22–24 men, with a maximum of 4 import players.

Venues

Teams in the ABL
Team City State Stadium Ref
Шаблон:ABL team Adelaide South Australia Norwood Oval
Шаблон:ABL team Brisbane Queensland Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre
Шаблон:ABL team Gold Coast Queensland Carrara Oval
Шаблон:ABL team Newcastle New South Wales Newcastle International Sports Centre
Шаблон:ABL team Melbourne Victoria Melbourne Ballpark
Шаблон:ABL team Melbourne Victoria Moorabbin Oval
Шаблон:ABL team Perth Western Australia WACA Ground
Шаблон:ABL team Sydney New South Wales Concord Oval

Regular season

Round 1: 31 October – 5 November 1997

Round 1
Perth Heat 3 d. Adelaide Giants 1 (6-5, 6-3, 6-5, 2-8)
Gold Coast Cougars 2 d. Brisbane Bandits 1 (7-1, 8-6, 13-14)
Melbourne Monarchs 3 d. Melbourne Reds 1 (8-6, 10-6, 7-2, 2-8)
Sydney Storm 2 d. Hunter Eagles 0 (11-10, 5-3)

Round 2: 7–9 November 1997

Round 2
Perth Heat 3 d. Sydney Storm 1 (3-5, 3-2, 10-3, 4-1)
Adelaide Giants 3 d. Melbourne Monarchs 1 (1-3, 3-0, 9-4, 7-4)
Gold Coast Cougars 2 d. Melbourne Reds 1 (6-3, 6-10, 5-4, W/out)
Brisbane Bandits 3 d. Hunter Eagles 1 (6-4, 7-4, 4-3, 2-4)

Round 3: 14–16 November 1997

Round 3
Perth Heat 2 dr. Sydney Storm 2 (1-5, 5-9, 4-3, 11-7)
Melbourne Reds 3 d. Gold Coast Cougars 1 (4-1, 6-2, 3-2, 1-2)
Adelaide Giants 3 d. Melbourne Monarchs 1 (N/A, 7-2, N/A, N/A)
Brisbane Bandits 3 d. Hunter Eagles 1 (9-1, 13-11, 12-6, 9-10)

Round 4: 21–23 November 1997

Round 4
Perth Heat 2 dr. Melbourne Monarchs 2 (6-7, 6-1, 9-5, 0-2)
Melbourne Reds 3 d. Brisbane Bandits 1 (7-11, 20-7, 12-7, 12-9)
Gold Coast Cougars 3 d. Hunter Eagles 1 (10-5, 0-3, 8-4, 8-1)
Sydney Storm 3 d. Adelaide Giants 1 (1-5, 3-2, 5-2, 6-3)

Round 5: 28–30 November 1997

Round 5
Melbourne Reds 4 d. Brisbane Bandits 0 (12-8, 12-1, 11-7, 11-7)
Gold Coast Cougars 3 d. Hunter Eagles 1 (5-2, 0-6, 7-6, 15-3)
Sydney Storm 2 dr. Adelaide Giants 2 (6-5, 1-4, 8-7, 2-6)

Round 6: 5–7 December 1997

Round 6
Melbourne Reds 4 d. Hunter Eagles 0 (2-1, 10-6, 7-6, 8-1)
Brisbane Bandits 2 d. Gold Coast Cougars 1 (9-3, 14-9, 10-15)
Sydney Storm 3 d. Melbourne Monarchs 1 (3-2, 6-5, 4-8, 18-5)
Adelaide Giants 3 d. Perth Heat 1 (2-7, 7-1, 5-1, 6-3)

All Star Games: 12–13 December 1997

Шаблон:Infobox baseball game The All-Stars Weekend, was the first series of All-Star exhibition games held by the Australian Baseball League. The games were contested over two nights at Carrara Oval on the Gold Coast, The then home of the Gold Coast Cougars franchise.[1]

The games were played between the Australian All-Stars, USA All-Stars and the 1997 Japanese Industrial League Champions the Mitsubishi Juko Kobe. The Australian and USA All-Star teams were selected from players who were at the time playing in the Australian Baseball League.[1]

Game 1: Australian All-Stars vs Mitsubishi Juko Kobe

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Game 2: Australian All-Stars vs USA All-Stars

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Round 7: 14–16 December 1997

Round 7
Sydney Storm 2 d. Hunter Eagles 1 (8-5, 4-1, 4-6)
Gold Coast Cougars 1 d. Brisbane Bandits 0 (N/A)
Sydney Storm 2 d. Hunter Eagles 1 (N/A)

Round 8: 19–21 December 1997

Round 8
Sydney Storm 2 dr. Melbourne Monarchs 2 (5-3, 3-6, 0-1, 6-5)
Gold Coast Cougars 3 d. Brisbane Bandits 0 (8-3, 9-8, 15-8)
Perth Heat 2 dr. Adelaide Giants 2 (4-2, 4-0, 2-5, 2-6)
Melbourne Reds 3 d. Hunter Eagles 1 (4-5, 17-7, 8-7, 7-0)

Round 9: 26–28 December 1997

Round 9
Perth Heat 2 dr. Melbourne Reds 2 (13-6, 7-6, 2-3, 3-8)
Sydney Storm 4 d. Brisbane Bandits 0 (23-9, 3-2, 10-0, 10-7)
Melbourne Monarchs 4 d. Gold Coast Cougars 0 (4-1, 4-1, 4-0, 6-0)
Adelaide Giants 3 d. Hunter Eagles 1 (12-4, 1-6, 6-2, 7-3)

Round 10: 30 December 1997, 2–6 January 1998

Round 10
Brisbane Bandits 2 d. Perth Heat 1 (11-1, 18-2, 2-15)
Sydney Storm 2 d. Melbourne Reds 1 (4-1, 1-10, 8-4)
Gold Coast Cougars 3 d. Adelaide Giants 0 (8-6, 9-8, 10-9)
Melbourne Monarchs 3 d. Hunter Eagles 0 (8-3, 7-5, 3-2)
Sydney Storm 1 d. Hunter Eagles 0 (17-14)

Round 11: 9–11 January 1998

Round 11
Sydney Storm 3 d. Hunter Eagles 0 (10-3, 14-3, 10-3)
Melbourne Monarchs 2 d. Melbourne Reds 1 (6-2, 3-7, 14-4)
Adelaide Giants 2 d. Brisbane Bandits 1 (4-2, 4-8, 8-6)
Perth Heat 2 d. Gold Coast Cougars 1 (2-19, 8-7, 8-2)

Round 12: 16–18 January 1998

Round 12
Melbourne Monarchs 3 d. Brisbane Bandits 1 (1-2, 4-3, 11-10, 12-11)
Gold Coast Cougars 4 d. Sydney Storm 0 (17-12, 7-2, 15-7, 10-8)
Melbourne Reds 3 d. Adelaide Giants 1 (4-5, 10-6, 10-8, 11-10)
Perth Heat 2 dr. Hunter Eagles 2 (0-8, 11-6, 6-8, 5-2)

Round 13: 22–25 January 1998

Round 13
Brisbane Bandits 2 d. Sydney Storm 1 (2-3, 6-1, 2-1)
Melbourne Monarchs 2 d. Gold Coast Cougars 1 (10-9, 5-1, 3-4)
Adelaide Giants 1 dr. Hunter Eagles 1 (9-1, 4-5, W/Out)
Perth Heat 2 d. Melbourne Reds 0 (2-0, 9-6)

Round 14: 26–29 January 1998

Round 14
Brisbane Bandits 1 dr. Melbourne Monarchs 1 (N/A, 15-10)
Melbourne Reds 2 d. Adelaide Giants 1 (N/A, 11-2, 5-6)
Perth Heat 3 d. Hunter Eagles 0 (15-5, 8-7, 17-6)
Gold Coast Cougars 2 d. Sydney Storm 1 (9-3, 8-5, 7-12)

Round 15: 30 January – 3 February 1998

Round 15
Perth Heat 2 d. Brisbane Bandits 1 (0-12, 12-6, 5-1)
Gold Coast Cougars 2 d. Adelaide Giants 1 (1-4, 9-6, 7-5)
Melbourne Monarchs 3 d. Hunter Eagles 0 (9-0, 9-5, 7-6)
Sydney Storm 2 d. Melbourne Reds 1 (14-11, 4-13, 10-9)

Round 16: 6–8 February 1998

Round 16
Perth Heat 2 d. Gold Coast Cougars 1 (6-2, 3-10, 7-4)
Adelaide Giants 2 d. Brisbane Bandits 1 (13-12, 12-10, 8-9)
Melbourne Monarchs 1 dr. Melbourne Reds 1 (5-4, 4-5, W/Out)
Sydney Storm 1 d. Hunter Eagles 0 (11-5)

Ladder

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Top 10 Stats

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Defensive Stats
Name Wins Losses Saves ERA
Mark Respondek 4 0 0 2.57
Warren May 6 1 1 4.96
Robert Hogan 5 2 0 5.97
Pat Ahearne 3 4 0 3.46
David White 2 4 2 7.79
Jason Beverlin 2 4 0 6.22

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Offensive Stars
Name Avg HR RBI
Adam Burton .388 21 55
Ben Utting .346 7 34
Myles Barnden .343 6 28
Chris Ashby .314 6 18
Jeff Spencer .306 7 41
Shane Hogan .298 18 49

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Postseason

Finals Series at Melbourne Ballpark

In previous years the post season was played as home and away best of 3 games, with the two winner of each series meeting for a best of 5 series{fact}, in 1997–98 this was changed to a round robin play-off format with each team playing 3 games, 1 against each of the other 3 qualified teams, with the two highest places teams playing off in the Championship Series.[1]

All games for the 9th ABL title were played at the Melbourne Ballpark from February, 10-12 with the best of three championship series 14–15 February.[1]

Finals Series

Game 1: 10 February 1998

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Game 2: 10 February 1998

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Game 3: 11 February 1998

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Game 4: 11 February 1998

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Game 5: 12 February 1998

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Game 6: 12 February 1998

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Postseason Ladder

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Championship Series

Game 1: 14 February 1998

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Game 2: 15 February 1998

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Awards

Award Person Team
Batting Champion Brendan Kingman Шаблон:ABL team
Golden Glove Glenn Williams Шаблон:ABL team
Manager of the Year Tom Nieto Шаблон:ABL team
Most Valuable Player Brendan Kingman Шаблон:ABL team
Championship M.V.P. Shane Hogan Шаблон:ABL team
Rookie of the Year Rodney Van Buizen Шаблон:ABL team
Reliever of the Year Gabe Molina Шаблон:ABL team
Pitcher of the Year Erick Nelson Шаблон:ABL team
Umpire of the Year Gerard Tancred New South Wales

All-Star Team

Position Name Team
Catcher Gary White Шаблон:ABL team
1st Base Ron Johnson Шаблон:ABL team
2nd Base Adam Burton Шаблон:ABL team
3rd Base Paul Gorman Шаблон:ABL team
Short Stop Ben Utting Шаблон:ABL team
Out Field Glen Barker Шаблон:ABL team
Out Field Trent Durrington Шаблон:ABL team
Out Field Grant McDonald Шаблон:ABL team
Designated Hitter Brendan Kingman Шаблон:ABL team
Starting Pitcher Erick Nelson Шаблон:ABL team
Relief Pitcher Gabe Molina Шаблон:ABL team
Manager Tom Nieto Шаблон:ABL team

References

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Шаблон:1997–98 Australian Baseball League Шаблон:Australian Baseball League