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Baseball WA is the governing body of baseball within Western Australia. Baseball WA is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation.

In 1999, Baseball WA Ltd was formed as a company limited by shares by the merger of the West Australian Baseball League, the West Australian Junior Baseball League and the Baseball Development Foundation. Each member club is considered a shareholder in the company, as well as the local umpires and scorers associations and the local masters league, for players over 35 years of age.

State League

The top level of baseball locally in Western Australia is the Baseball WA State League. The league began in 1936 as the West Australian Baseball League's 'A Grade' competition, changing its name to State League in 1991/92. The league played during the winter months from its formation until 1963, switching to a summer competition for the 1963/64 season.

State League Clubs

Club	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Field Manager	Championships	Most Recent
Braves Baseball Club of Melville City	Braves	Willagee, Western Australia	Winnacott Reserve	Geoff Dyer	8[a]	2016-17
Carine Cats Ball Club	Cats	Carine, Western Australia	Carine Open Space	Evan Stewart	0	N/A
Gosnells Hawks Baseball Club	Hawks	Thornlie, Western Australia	Tom Bateman Reserve	Liam Baron	0	N/A
Morley Eagles Baseball Club	Eagles	Morley, Western Australia	Crimea Park	Chris House	4	2009-10
Perth Baseball Club	Mets	Inglewood, Western Australia	Inglewood Oval	Glenn Watson	16	2005-06
Rockingham Districts Baseball Club	Rams	Cooloongup, Western Australia	Hourglass Reserve	Mark Clay	0	N/A
South Perth Baseball Club	Cubs	Como, Western Australia	Collins Oval	Rod Drew	12	2012-13
Swan Districts Baseball Club	Swans	Middle Swan, Western Australia	Charlie Hodder Field	Adam Courcha	11	2007-08
Victoria Park/Belmont Baseball Club	Reds	Cloverdale, Western Australia	Forster Park	Gary Boyer	7	1984-85
Wanneroo Giants Baseball Club	Giants	Madeley, Western Australia	Mateljan Park	Andrew Kyle	6	2015-16
Wembley Baseball Club	Magpies	Wembley, Western Australia	Wembley Sports Park	Chris King	5	1992-93
West Stirling Baseball Club	Indians	Karrinyup, Western Australia	Kevan Langdon Field	Ken McGee	9[b]	1989-90

^a Championship total for Braves includes championships won under their former names of East Fremantle, Cockburn and Melville Braves.

^b Championship total for West Stirling includes championships won under their former names of Wests, Press (Wests and Press merged in 1946) and West Perth.

Minor Grade Clubs

Club	Nickname	Location	Home Ground
Cockburn Cobras Baseball Club	Cobras	Spearwood, Western Australia	Beale Park
Kalamunda Rangers Baseball Club	Rangers	Maida Vale, Western Australia	Maida Vale Reserve
Kelmscott Baseball Club	Bulldogs	Kelmscott, Western Australia	John Dunn Memorial Oval
North Coast Ball Club	-	Quinns Rocks, Western Australia	Gumblossom Park
Peel Mariners Baseball Club	Mariners	Falcon, Western Australia	Merlin Street Reserve
University of WA Baseball Club	Whips	Mount Claremont, Western Australia	UWA Sports Park
Willetton Baseball Club	Wildcats	Willetton, Western Australia	Willetton Park
Yangebup Knights Baseball Club	Knights	Bibra Lake, Western Australia	Meller Park

A Grade/State League Premiers

Season	Premiers
1936	Wests
1937	Wests
1938	Press
1939	Wests
1940	Press
1941	Press
1942-1945	Recess - World War II
1946	Victoria Park
1947	South Perth
1948	South Perth
1949	Perth
1950	Perth
1951	South Perth
1952	South Perth
1953	Swan Districts
1954	Swan Districts
1955	Swan Districts
1956	Swan Districts
1957	Swan Districts
1958	Swan Districts
1959	Swan Districts
1960	Perth
1961	Perth
1962	Swan Districts
1963	Swan Districts
1963/64	West Perth
1964/65	Victoria Park
1965/66	Perth
1966/67	South Perth
1967/68	Perth
1968/69	Perth
1969/70	West Perth
1970/71	Perth
1971/72	Wembley
1972/73	Wembley
1973/74	East Fremantle
1974/75	Eagles
1975/76	Perth
1976/77	Victoria Park
1977/78	Wembley
1978/79	Victoria Park
1979/80	Wembley
1980/81	Victoria Park
1981/82	Victoria Park
1982/83	Perth
1983/84	Perth
1984/85	Victoria Park
1985/86	Morley Eagles
1986/87	Cockburn
1987/88	Melville Braves
1988/89	Melville Braves
1989/90	West Stirling
1990/91	Morley Eagles
1991/92	Melville Braves
1992/93	Wembley
1993/94	Perth
1994/95	Perth
1995/96	Perth
1996/97	Perth
1997/98	Wanneroo Giants
1998/99	Wanneroo Giants
1999/2000	South Perth
2000/01	South Perth
2001/02	South Perth
2002/03	Wanneroo Giants
2003/04	South Perth
2004/05	South Perth
2005/06	Perth
2006/07	Swan Districts
2007/08	Swan Districts
2008/09	Wanneroo Giants
2009/10	Morley Eagles
2010/11	Wanneroo Giants
2011/12	South Perth
2012/13	South Perth
2013/14	Braves
2014/15	Braves
2015/16	Wanneroo Giants
2016/17	Braves

*Premierships since 1936

• Perth - 16
• South Perth - 12
• Swan Districts - 11
• West Stirling - 9 (*inc. 3 as Wests, 3 as Press and 2 as West Perth)
• Braves - 8 (*inc. 1 as East Fremantle, 1 as Cockburn and 3 as Melville)
• Victoria Park/Belmont - 7 (all won as Victoria Park)
• Wanneroo Giants - 6
• Wembley - 5
• Morley Eagles - 4

Neville Pratt Medal

The Neville Pratt Medal is the most prestigious baseball award in Western Australia and is presented to the best and fairest player in the State League season. Until 2014/15, the award was determined through umpires votes from each minor round game with the best player on the day receiving 3 votes, the second best 2 votes and the third best 1 vote. For the 2015/16 season, a special panel will be convened by Baseball WA to determine the winner.

The medal was known as the President's Medal from its founding in 1952 until 2000, when it was renamed for its 1961 winner, 1956 Olympian and legendary WABL administrator Neville Pratt. Since 1984/85, the medal has also incorporated the James Garfield Crawford Memorial Award.

Year	Player	Club
1952	Jim Doré	South Perth
1953	Doug Stewart	Wembley
1954	Doug Stewart	Wembley
1955	Don Callanan	West Perth
1956	Kevin Parry	Northern Suburbs
1957	Kaye Greenham	Swan Districts
1958	Bob Meloncelli	Victoria Park
1959	Norm Macey Jnr	West Perth
1960	Bob Meloncelli	Victoria Park
	Brian Wren	West Perth
1961	Neville Pratt	Nedlands
1962	Eddie Hayes	Victoria Park
	Denis Adams	Victoria Park
1963	Mel O'Hern	Swan Districts
1963/64	Graeme Menner	South Perth
1964/65	Ron Thornton	West Perth
1965/66	Graeme Menner	South Perth
1966/67	Mel O'Hern	Swan Districts
1967/68	Bob Meloncelli	Victoria Park
1968/69	Mel O'Hern	Swan Districts
1969/70	Mel O'Hern	Swan Districts
1970/71	Alan Cunningham	South Perth
	Sid Thompson	Wembley
1971/72	Bob Harris	Swan Districts
1972/73	Sid Thompson	Wembley
1973/74	Sid Thompson	Wembley
1974/75	Ray Del Carlo	University
1975/76	Kerry Wither	Swan Districts
1976/77	Neil Page	University
1977/78	Mark Stipetich	Victoria Park
	Ray Michell	Wembley
1978/79	Mark Stipetich	Victoria Park
1979/80	Mark Stipetich	Victoria Park
1980/81	Ray Michell	Perth
1981/82	Graham Ward	Swan Districts
1982/83	Dave Rusin	Fremantle
1983/84	Mike Burgermeister	Kelmscott
1984/85	Doug Mateljan	Swan Districts
1985/86	Graham Ward	Swan Districts
1986/87	Ray Michell	Wembley
1987/88	Dave Rusin	Melville Braves
1988/89	Dave Rusin	Melville Braves
1989/90	Brett List	Perth
1990/91	Kevin Driscoll	Morley Eagles
1991/92	Dave Rusin	Melville Braves
1992/93	John Greenleaf	Wembley
	Steve Johnson	West Stirling
1993/94	Dave Rusin	Melville Braves
1994/95	Dave Rusin	South Perth
1995/96	Jeff Wishart	Wembley
1996/97	Brad Williamson	Morley Eagles
1997/98	Kevin Hooker	Wanneroo Giants
1998/99	Kevin Hooker	Wanneroo Giants
1999/2000	Mike Boire	Wanneroo Giants
2000/01	Gavin Edmondson	West Stirling
2001/02	Michael Moyle	Perth
2002/03	Steve Fish	Wanneroo Giants
2003/04	Brad Thomas	Wanneroo Giants
2004/05	Matthew Brendon	Perth
2005/06	Ryan Schurman	Gosnells Hawks
2006/07	Brendon Thomas	Morley Eagles
2007/08	Steve Fish	Wanneroo Giants
2008/09	Brad Reeves	Morley Eagles
	Kevin Roovers	Gosnells Hawks
2009/10	Brad Thomas	Wanneroo Giants
2010/11	Graeme Scorer	Melville Braves
2011/12	Dylan Jones	Morley Eagles
2012/13	Matthew Erickson	Wembley
2013/14	Michael McIver	Wembley
2014/15	Ryan Bollinger	Braves
2015/16	Jordan Dyer	Braves
2016/17	Matt Kennelly	Braves

External links

• Baseball WA

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