2017–18 Australian Baseball League season
Appearance
2017–18 Australian Baseball League season | |
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League | Australian Baseball League |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | 16 November 2017 – 11 February 2018 |
Number of games | 119 |
Number of teams | 6 |
Total attendance | 98,397 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Jake Fraley |
Championship Series | |
Venue | Melbourne Ballpark |
Champions | Brisbane Bandits (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Canberra Cavalry |
The 2017–18 Australian Baseball League season was the eighth Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, and was held from 16 November 2017 to 11 February 2018. It was the last season of the ABL that was played with 6 teams, as the league expanded to eight teams for the 2018–19 season.
The league also saw a large spike in offensive production with the single season home-run, run, AVG, SLG & OPS records all broken and home runs doubled, leading to a juiced ball theory.[1]
Teams
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Clinched postseason berth |
Pos | Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Away |
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1 | Brisbane Bandits | 28 | 11 | .718 | – | 15–4 | 13–7 |
2 | Perth Heat | 26 | 14 | .650 | 2.5 | 12–8 | 14–6 |
3 | Canberra Cavalry | 21 | 18 | .538 | 4.0 | 14–6 | 10–9 |
4 | Melbourne Aces | 17 | 23 | .425 | 11.5 | 9–11 | 8–12 |
5 | Sydney Blue Sox | 13 | 27 | .325 | 15.5 | 7–13 | 6–14 |
6 | Adelaide Bite | 11 | 29 | .275 | 17.5 | 7–13 | 4–16 |
Postseason
[edit]Semifinal Series | Championship Series | ||||||||
1 | Brisbane Bandits | 1 | |||||||
4 | Melbourne Aces | 0 | |||||||
1 | Brisbane Bandits | 2 | |||||||
3 | Canberra Cavalry | 1 | |||||||
2 | Perth Heat | 1 | |||||||
3 | Canberra Cavalry | 2 |
Statistical leaders
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Championship Series
[edit]09 February 2018 18:00 (UTC+11:00) Game 1 |
Canberra Cavalry | 5–1 | Brisbane Bandits | ![]() Attendance: 2,275 Umpires: HP: Takahito Matsuda 1B: Trent Thomas 2B: Matthew Pearson 3B: Ben Nash |
WP: Brian Grening (1–0) Sv: Tyler Herr (1) |
Boxscore | LP: Ryan Bollinger (0–1) | ||
HR: David Kandilas (1), Robbie Perkins (1) | HR: TJ Bennett (1) |
10 February 2018 18:00 (UTC+10:00) Game 2 |
Brisbane Bandits | 12–2 | Canberra Cavalry | ![]() Attendance: 2,202 Umpires: HP: Tom West 1B: Mal Mackay 2B: Paul Latta 3B: Takahito Matsuda |
WP: Tim Atherton (1–0) | Boxscore | LP: Lake Bachar (0–1) | ||
HR: 2 Chih-Sheng Lin (2), Mitch Nilsson (1), 2 Andrew Campbell (2), David Sutherland (1), Donald Lutz (1) | HR: Travis Witherspoon (1) |
11 February 2018 16:00 (UTC+10:00) Game 3 |
Brisbane Bandits | 4–2 | Canberra Cavalry | ![]() Attendance: 1,333 Umpires: HP: Mal Mackay 1B: Paul Latta 2B: Takahito Matsuda 3B: Tom West |
WP: Travis Blackley (1–0) Sv: Ryan Searle (1) |
Boxscore | LP: Frank Gailey (0–1) | ||
HR: Mitch Nilsson (2), Adam Weisenberger (1) |
References
[edit]- ^ The Great Australian Home-Run Spike FanGraphs 28 March 2018
- ^ "Adelaide Bite Homepage". Adelaide Bite. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ^ "Brisbane Bandits Homepage". Brisbane Bandits. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ^ "Canberra Cavalry Homepage". Canberra Cavalry. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ^ "Melbourne Aces Homepage". Melbourne Aces. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ^ "Perth Heat Homepage". Perth Heat. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ^ "Sydney Blue Sox Homepage". Sydney Blue Sox. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ^ "2016 Australian Baseball League Final Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "League Batting Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ "League Pitching Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
External links
[edit]- The Australian Baseball League Archived 2020-09-26 at the Wayback Machine – Official ABL Website
- Official Baseball Australia Website