Perth Heat

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Perth Heat
League	ABL (1989-99), Claxton Shield (2005-present).
Location	Perth
Ballpark	Baseball Park
Year Founded	1989-90
Year Defunct	1998-99
Re-formed	2005
Nickname(s)	Heat
Former Names
Former ballparks	Parry Field, WACA
2007	0-5 (6th)
Manager	Greg Jelks
Uniforms
Home	Away
Heat's Championships
1989-90	3rd
1990-91	1st
1991-92	2nd
1992-93	2nd
1993-94	3rd
1994-95	2nd
1995-96	3rd
1996-97	1st
1997-98	5th
1998-99	6th
2005	5th
2006	4th
2007	6th

The Perth Heat were one of the foundation members of the now defunct Australian Baseball League. Their first ABL championship was won in season 1990-91, when Graeme Lloyd pitched the Heat to a Game 5 championship win on the Gold Coast against the Dolphins to take the series 3-2. In late 2005 the Western Australian Baseball team that competes in the Claxton Shield adopted the Perth Heat name in an attempt to lift the team's profile and promote Baseball Western Australia.

Contents 1 Australian Baseball League years 2 Barbagallo Perth Heat 3 2007 Claxton Shield Squad 3.1 Player Roster 3.2 Coaching Staff 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Australian Baseball League years

[edit] Barbagallo Perth Heat

With the unofficial announcement of the Australian Baseball League starting back up in November 2007, Barbagallo Perth Heat will enter back into the Australian Baseball League to play against 4 other un-announced teams and the Australian Provincial team to be based in Canberra^[1].

Heat will be based at the head quarters of Baseball WA, Tom Bateman Reserve. After recently playing a number of exhibition matches Heat have been attracting crowds of up to 2,500, where other Australian states are getting between 500-800^[2].

[edit] 2007 Claxton Shield Squad

Perth Heat's 21 man roster for then 2007 Claxton Shield, Announced by Baseball WA.[1]

[edit] Player Roster

Surname	First	D.O.B.	Uni#	Bats	Throws	Position
GRAHAM	Mitchell	17/02/86	1	R	R	INF
HUGHES	Luke	2/08/84	4	R	R	INF
SMIT	Jason	27/10/89	6	R	R	INF
THOMAS	Brendan	28/02/79	7	R	L	LHP
FLOYD	Daniel	17/01/83	8	R	R	OF
EISSENS	Simon	10/01/68	9	R	R	RHP
DALE	Lachlan	22/06/83	10	R	R	INF
DE SAN MIGUEL	Allan	1/02/88	11	R	R	C
HOPKINS	Liam	3/10/84	15	R	R	INF
KENNELLY	Matthew	21/03/89	16	R	R	C/INF
HENDRIKS	Liam	10/02/89	18	R	R	RHP
GOADBY	Chris	2/05/85	19	R	R	RHP
WHITE	Dean	12/02/83	20	R	R	RHP
KYLE	Andrew	1/03/81	25	R	R	INF
WISE	Brendan	9/01/86	26	R	R	RHP
DALE	Brandon	1/09/80	27	R	R	OF
BARON	Liam	15/01/88	31	R	L	LHP
SCORER	Graeme	19/04/84	32	L	R	OF
KELLY	Mark	18/04/84	35	R	R	RHP
KENNELLY	Timothy	5/12/86	41	R	R	C/OF
MURPHY	Travis	15/11/84	45	R	R	RHP

[edit] Coaching Staff

Position	Surname	First	Uni#
Field Manager	JELKS	Greg	44
Assistant Coach	KYLE	Don	23
Assistant Coach	KIRKHAM	Stephan	28
Assistant Coach	HEWITT	Jason	36
Executive Officer	REID Sue
Trainer	POUSTIE	Bronwyn

[edit] See also

• Sport in Australia
• Australian Baseball
• Australian Baseball League

[edit] References

1. ^ Chris Egan. "Australia to get a new Baseball League in November 2007", www.austadiums.com, 2006-10-17.
2. ^ Chris Egan. "Perth Heat going from strength to strength", www.austadiums.com, 2006-10-17.

[edit] External links

• The Australian Baseball League: 1989-1999
• Perth Heat official website

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