Английская Википедия:2011–12 Australian Baseball League season

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Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox sports season The 2011–12 Australian Baseball League season is the second Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, and is being held from 4 November 2011 to 12 February 2012. The season was scheduled to start on 3 November with a single game between the Perth Heat and the Adelaide Bite at Baseball Park in Perth, but the game was postponed due to wet weather.

The season consists of six teams competing in a 45-game schedule followed by a three-round postseason to determine the ABL champion. During the regular season, defending champions Perth Heat will participate in the 2011 Asia Series against the champions from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The 2011–12 champions will likewise qualify for the 2012 Asia Series.

At the conclusion of the regular season, the Perth Heat, Melbourne Aces, Adelaide Bite and Sydney Blue Sox progressed to the finals series, while the Brisbane Bandits and Canberra Cavalry were only eliminated from contention on the final day of the season. The Sydney Blue Sox eliminated the Adelaide Bite in the first round of the postseason, who were in turn eliminated by the Melbourne Aces in the second round. The Perth Heat defeated the Aces two games to one in the championship series, to win back–to–back ABL championships.

Changes from 2010–11 season

Entry to Asia Series

Шаблон:Main Announced after the inaugural ABL season had been completed, the league's champions each season will be invited to the restarted Asia Series. The event had previously been contested between the winners of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) Japan Series, Korea Professional Baseball's (KPB) Korean Series, Chinese Professional Baseball League's (CPBL) Taiwan Series, and China Baseball League's (CBL) championship series. The 2011 tournament will not feature the CBL's champions, but officials have stated that a team would participate in future editions. Unlike all four previous editions of the tournament which were held in Japan, the 2011 edition will be held in Taiwan. The tournament follows a round-robin format, where each team plays each other once. The top two teams then face each other in a single game to decide the champion.

The Asia Series is held in November, which would otherwise create a conflict for the ABL champion team as the following season would have already commenced. To avoid this, the League announced that during the 2011–12 season, the Perth Heat–2010–11 champions—would be scheduled to have a bye while competing in Taiwan.

Regular season schedule

The previous season included 40 games for each team and facing each team eight times, four at home and four on the road. This was expanded for the 2011–12 season to 45 games, by increasing one of the series between each team from four to five games, so that there were nine games between each team. This also resulted in three teams playing one more game at home than on the road, and the reverse for the other three teams.

To allow for Perth Heat's participation in the 2011 Asia Series, all six teams received a bye during the early rounds of the regular season. The Heat and Brisbane Bandits' bye was timed to line up with the tournament in round four, with the Adelaide Bite and Canberra Cavalry's bye in round three, and the Melbourne Aces and Sydney Blue Sox' bye in round five.

Teams

Teams in the ABL

Team	City	State	Stadium	Ref
Шаблон:ABL team	Adelaide	South Australia	Coopers Stadium
Шаблон:ABL team	Brisbane	Queensland	Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Шаблон:ABL team	Canberra	Australian Capital Territory	Narrabundah Ballpark
Шаблон:ABL team	Melbourne	Victoria	Melbourne Showgrounds
Шаблон:ABL team	Perth	Western Australia	Baseball Park
Шаблон:ABL team	Sydney	New South Wales	Blue Sox Stadium

Venues

Each of the six teams returned from the previous season, and continued to use the same grounds for their home games. The name of Sydney's home ground changed during the off season, changing from Blacktown Olympic Park to Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney, and the main baseball diamond in the complex being called Blue Sox Stadium.

Rosters

As in the previous season, each team had an active roster of 22 players available each round. These players were drawn from 35-man squads. Each team had several foreign players in their squad, and each team included at least one player from the United States. Not counting Australia, there were players from eleven countries on the rosters of the teams participating.

Foreign players by country

Team	Number of players
	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:Flagu	Total
Шаблон:ABL team			1							1	8	10
Шаблон:ABL team				1	4		2				1	8
Шаблон:ABL team					5			1			8	14
Шаблон:ABL team		1			2						4	7
Шаблон:ABL team											11	11
Шаблон:ABL team	1					1			2		2	6

Regular season

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Statistical leaders

Batting leaders

Stat	Player	Team	Total
AVG	Brian Burgamy	Шаблон:ABL team	.409
HR	Brad Harman	Шаблон:ABL team	15
RBI	Elliot Biddle	Шаблон:ABL team	42
R	Brian Burgamy	Шаблон:ABL team	41
H	Brian Burgamy	Шаблон:ABL team	67
SB	Mychal Givens	Шаблон:ABL team	15

Pitching leaders

Stat	Player	Team	Total
W	Daniel Schmidt	Шаблон:ABL team	6
L	Dushan Ruzic	Шаблон:ABL team	5
ERA	Warwick Saupold	Шаблон:ABL team	1.41
K	Mike McGuire	Шаблон:ABL team	63
IP	Warwick Saupold	Шаблон:ABL team	70
SV	Koo Dae-Sung	Шаблон:ABL team	8

All-Star Game

Шаблон:Infobox baseball game The 2011 Australian Baseball League All-Star Game, known as the 2011 ConocoPhillips Australia ABL All-Star Game due to naming rights sponsorship from ConocoPhillips, was the first exhibition game held by the Australian Baseball League (ABL) between Team Australia and a team of World All-Stars. The game was held on Wednesday, 21 December 2011 at Baseball Park in Perth, Western Australia, home of the Perth Heat. The players involved were selected from the rosters of the six ABL teams, with players not eligible for selection in the Australian team for international tournaments eligible for the World All-Stars.

The World All-Stars defeated Team Australia 8–5. Tyler Collins, designated hitter for the World All-Stars won the game's Most Valuable Player award.

Starting lineups

World All-Stars starters

Order	Player	Team	Position
1	James McOwen	Шаблон:ABL team	CF
2	Kenta Imamiya	Шаблон:ABL team	2B
3	Denny Almonte	Шаблон:ABL team	RF
4	Brian Burgamy	Шаблон:ABL team	1B
5	Alex Burg	Шаблон:ABL team	C
6	Tyler Collins	Шаблон:ABL team	DH
7	Ty Morrison	Шаблон:ABL team	LF
8	Chin-lung Hu	Шаблон:ABL team	SS
9	Mychal Givens	Шаблон:ABL team	3B
	Mike McGuire	Шаблон:ABL team	P

Team Australia starters

Order	Player	Team	Position
1	Mitchell Graham	Шаблон:ABL team	SS
2	Mitch Dening	Шаблон:ABL team	CF
3	Justin Huber	Шаблон:ABL team	DH
4	Stefan Welch	Шаблон:ABL team	1B
5	Timothy Kennelly	Шаблон:ABL team	3B
6	Tom Brice	Шаблон:ABL team	LF
7	Joshua Roberts	Шаблон:ABL team	RF
8	Allan de San Miguel	Шаблон:ABL team	C
9	Scott Wearne	Шаблон:ABL team	2B
	Shane Lindsay	Шаблон:ABL team	P

Postseason

Файл:ABL 2012 postseason logo.png

2012 ABL Postseason logo

Format

At the conclusion of the regular season, the postseason involved the teams in a three-round structure. The first- and second-place teams played each other in the major semi-final, the winner of which proceeded directly to the championship series and the loser to the preliminary final. The winner of the minor semi-final between the third- and fourth-place teams also qualified for the preliminary final, while the loser was eliminated. Likewise, the winner of the preliminary final qualified for the championship series, the loser being eliminated. Unlike the previous postseason, where each round consisted of a best-of-three game series, both of the semi-finals and the preliminary final will be played out over best-of-five game series. The championship series once again used a best-of-three game format.

Bracket

Qualification

The Perth Heat were the first team to clinch a postseason position when they defeated the Brisbane Bandits in Perth on 8 January, and then clinched a first place finish in their next game when they defeated the Canberra Cavalry in Canberra on 12 January. The three remaining positions in the postseason, and the teams that would take them, were not determined until the last game was finished. The Melbourne Aces finished a half-game ahead of a four-way tie between the Adelaide Bite, Brisbane Bandits, Canberra Cavalry and Sydney Blue Sox to secure the remaining spot in the major semi-final. The Bite and the Blue Sox finished third and fourth respectively after the ABL's tiebreakers were applied.

Until only a few hours before their final game of the season, Cavalry officials believed that regardless of the result in the game they would progress to the postseason based on their interpretation of the tiebreaking procedures. However they were informed by the League that was not the case. Canberra's interpretation was that once Adelaide were determined as having finished third, a separate tiebreaker would be held between themselves, Brisbane and Sydney and excluding Adelaide, which would have result in Canberra progressing. The actual process used was to continue with the next level of the tiebreaker as Brisbane and Sydney as they were still level after using the head-to-head records between the four teams. As Sydney had won their season series with Brisbane 5-4, Sydney claimed the final postseason position, Brisbane were left in fifth place, and Canberra in sixth.

Awards

Player of the Week award winners

Round	Player	Team
1	John Tolisano	Шаблон:ABL team
2	Masashi Nohara	Шаблон:ABL team
3	Mitchell Graham	Шаблон:ABL team
4	John Edwards	Шаблон:ABL team
5	Denny Almonte	Шаблон:ABL team
6	James McOwen	Шаблон:ABL team
7	Calvin Anderson	Шаблон:ABL team
8	Brandon Barnes	Шаблон:ABL team
9	Brian Burgamy	Шаблон:ABL team
10	Elliot Biddle	Шаблон:ABL team
11	Brian Burgamy	Шаблон:ABL team

Pitcher of the Week award winners

Round	Player	Team
1	Benjamin Moore	Шаблон:ABL team
2	Mike McGuire	Шаблон:ABL team
3	Nic Ungs	Шаблон:ABL team
4	Aidan Francis	Шаблон:ABL team
5	Yusei Kikuchi	Шаблон:ABL team
6	Hayden Beard	Шаблон:ABL team
7	Warwick Saupold	Шаблон:ABL team
8	Alex Maestri	Шаблон:ABL team
9	Warwick Saupold	Шаблон:ABL team
10	Dushan Ruzic	Шаблон:ABL team
11	Darren Fidge	Шаблон:ABL team

Season award winners

Award	Player	Team	Ref
Helms Award (League MVP)	Tim Kennelly	Шаблон:ABL team
Championship Series MVP	Virgil Vasquez	Шаблон:ABL team
Golden Glove	Allan de San Miguel	Шаблон:ABL team
Pitcher of the Year	Warwick Saupold	Шаблон:ABL team
Relief Pitcher of the Year	Benn Grice	Шаблон:ABL team
Rookie of the Year	Aidan Francis	Шаблон:ABL team
Silver Slugger	Brian Burgamy	Шаблон:ABL team

External links

• The Australian Baseball League Шаблон:Webarchive – Official ABL Website
• Official Baseball Australia Website