Australian Baseball Federation

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The Australian Baseball Federation is the national governing body of baseball in Australia. Baseball is played in all the mainland states and territories, but it struggles for popularity due to the popularity of many other sports, including the comparable sport of cricket, in which Australia has always been one of the leading nations. School-aged children are generally guided toward a future in cricket, rather than baseball, especially in the private schooling system.

Currently there is no national league in Australia, although it has been un-officially announced that in November of 2007, a national competition will begin^[1]. Since Australia's silver medal performance at the 2004 Athens Olympics the participation rate in most of the eastern states has remained stable, however there has been a large increase in the sport's popularity and participation in Western Australia^[2].

There are many Australians playing baseball professionally in the United States, Japan, Korea, and various other countries.