1997-98 Australian Baseball League season

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The 1997-98 season of the Australian Baseball League saw the Melbourne Reds become the first champions defeating the Gold Coast Cougars 2 games to 0 in the Championship series, in front of a rather small home crowd of 600 at the Melbourne Ballpark.

Contents 1 Match Results 1.1 Round 1: November 1-5 1997 1.2 Round 2: November 7-9 1997 1.3 Round 3: November 14-16 1997 1.4 Round 4: November 21-23 1997 1.5 Round 5: November 28-30 1997 1.6 Round 6: December 5-7 1997 1.7 Round 7: December 14-16 1997 1.8 All Star Game 1.9 Round 8: December 19-21 1997 1.10 Round 9: December 26-28 1997 1.11 Round 10: December 30 1997, January 2-6 1998 1.12 Round 11: January 9-11 1998 1.13 Round 12: January 16-18 1998 1.14 Round 13: January 22-25 1998 1.15 Round 14: January 26-29 1998 1.16 Round 15: January 30-February 3 1998 1.17 Round 16: February 6-8 1998 2 Ladder 3 Championship Series at Melbourne Ballpark 3.1 Robin Semi-Finals - Round 1: February 10 3.2 Robin Semi-Finals - Round 2: February 11 3.3 Round-Robin Semi-Finals - Round 3: February 12 3.4 Final - Game 1: February 14 3.5 Final - Game 2: February 15 4 Awards 5 Top 10 Stats 6 All-Star Team

[edit] Match Results

[edit] Round 1: November 1-5 1997

Round 1
Perth Heat	3	d.	Adelaide Giants	1	(6-5, 6-3, 6-5, 2-8)
Gold Coast Cougars	2	d.	Brisbane Bandits	1	(7-1, 8-6, 13-14)
Melbourne Monarchs	3	d.	Melbourne Reds	1	(8-6, 10-6, 7-2, 2-8)
Sydney Storm	2	d.	Hunter Eagles	0	(11-10, 5-3)

[edit] Round 2: November 7-9 1997

Round 2
Perth Heat	3	d.	Sydney Storm	1	(3-5, 3-2, 10-3, 4-1)
Adelaide Giants	3	d.	Melbourne Monarchs	1	(1-3, 3-0, 9-4, 7-4)
Gold Coast Cougars	2	d.	Melbourne Reds	1	(6-3, 6-10, 5-4, W/out)
Brisbane Bandits	3	d.	Hunter Eagles	1	(6-4, 7-4, 4-3, 2-4)

[edit] Round 3: November 14-16 1997

Round 3
Perth Heat	2	dr.	Sydney Storm	2	(1-5, 5-9, 4-3, 11-7)
Melbourne Reds	3	d.	Gold Coast Cougars	1	(4-1, 6-2, 3-2, 1-2)
Adelaide Giants	3	d.	Melbourne Monarchs	1	(N/A, 7-2, N/A, N/A)
Brisbane Bandits	3	d.	Hunter Eagles	1	(9-1, 13-11, 12-6, 9-10)

[edit] Round 4: November 21-23 1997

'Round 4
Perth Heat	2	dr.	Melbourne Monarchs	2	(6-7, 6-1, 9-5, 0-2)
Melbourne Reds	3	d.	Brisbane Bandits	1	(7-11, 20-7, 12-7, 12-9)
Gold Coast Cougars	3	d.	Hunter Eagles	1	(10-5, 0-3, 8-4, 8-1)
Sydney Storm	3	d.	Adelaide Giants	1	(1-5, 3-2, 5-2, 6-3)

[edit] Round 5: November 28-30 1997

Round 5
Melbourne Reds	4	d.	Brisbane Bandits	0	(12-8, 12-1, 11-7, 11-7)
Gold Coast Cougars	3	d.	Hunter Eagles	1	(5-2, 0-6, 7-6, 15-3)
Sydney Storm	2	dr.	Adelaide Giants	2	(6-5, 1-4, 8-7, 2-6)

[edit] Round 6: December 5-7 1997

Round 6
Melbourne Reds	4	d.	Hunter Eagles	0	(2-1, 10-6, 7-6, 8-1)
Brisbane Bandits	2	d.	Gold Coast Cougars	1	(9-3, 14-9, 10-15)
Sydney Storm	3	d.	Melbourne Monarchs	1	(3-2, 6-5, 4-8, 18-5)
Adelaide Giants	3	d.	Perth Heat	1	(2-7, 7-1, 5-1, 6-3)

[edit] Round 7: December 14-16 1997

Round 7
Sydney Storm	2	d.	Hunter Eagles	1	(8-5, 4-1, 4-6)
Gold Coast Cougars	1	d.	Brisbane Bandits	0	(N/A)
Sydney Storm	2	d.	Hunter Eagles	1	(N/A)

[edit] All Star Game

Round 8
U.S.A.	15	d.	Australia	9

[edit] Round 8: December 19-21 1997

Round 8
Sydney Storm	2	dr.	Melbourne Monarchs	2	(5-3, 3-6, 0-1, 6-5)
Gold Coast Cougars	3	d.	Brisbane Bandits	0	(8-3, 9-8, 15-8)
Perth Heat	2	dr.	Adelaide Giants	2	(4-2, 4-0, 2-5, 2-6)
Melbourne Reds	3	d.	Hunter Eagles	1	(4-5, 17-7, 8-7, 7-0)

[edit] Round 9: December 26-28 1997

Round 9
Perth Heat	2	dr.	Melbourne Reds	2	(13-6, 7-6, 2-3, 3-8)
Sydney Storm	4	d.	Brisbane Bandits	0	(23-9, 3-2, 10-0, 10-7)
Melbourne Monarchs	4	d.	Gold Coast Cougars	0	(4-1, 4-1, 4-0, 6-0)
Adelaide Giants	3	d.	Hunter Eagles	1	(12-4, 1-6, 6-2, 7-3)

[edit] Round 10: December 30 1997, January 2-6 1998

Round 10
Brisbane Bandits	2	d.	Perth Heat	1	(11-1, 18-2, 2-15)
Sydney Storm	2	d.	Melbourne Reds	1	(4-1, 1-10, 8-4)
Gold Coast Cougars	3	d.	Adelaide Giants	0	(8-6, 9-8, 10-9)
Melbourne Monarchs	3	d.	Hunter Eagles	0	(8-3, 7-5, 3-2)
Sydney Storm	1	d.	Hunter Eagles	0	(17-14)

[edit] Round 11: January 9-11 1998

Round 11
Sydney Storm	3	d.	Hunter Eagles	0	(10-3, 14-3, 10-3)
Melbourne Monarchs	2	d.	Melbourne Reds	1	(6-2, 3-7, 14-4)
Adelaide Giants	2	d.	Brisbane Bandits	1	(4-2, 4-8, 8-6)
Perth Heat	2	d.	Gold Coast Cougars	1	(2-19, 8-7, 8-2)

[edit] Round 12: January 16-18 1998

Round 12
Melbourne Monarchs	3	d.	Brisbane Bandits	1	(1-2, 4-3, 11-10, 12-11)
Gold Coast Cougars	4	d.	Sydney Storm	0	(17-12, 7-2, 15-7, 10-8)
Melbourne Reds	3	d.	Adelaide Giants	1	(4-5, 10-6, 10-8, 11-10)
Perth Heat	2	dr.	Hunter Eagles	2	(0-8, 11-6, 6-8, 5-2)

[edit] Round 13: January 22-25 1998

Round 13
Brisbane Bandits	2	d.	Sydney Storm	1	(2-3, 6-1, 2-1)
Melbourne Monarchs	2	d.	Gold Coast Cougars	1	(10-9, 5-1, 3-4)
Adelaide Giants	1	dr.	Hunter Eagles	1	(9-1, 4-5, W/Out)
Perth Heat	2	d.	Melbourne Reds	0	(2-0, 9-6)

[edit] Round 14: January 26-29 1998

Round 14
Brisbane Bandits	1	dr.	Melbourne Monarchs	1	(N/A, 15-10)
Melbourne Reds	2	d.	Adelaide Giants	1	(N/A, 11-2, 5-6)
Perth Heat	3	d.	Hunter Eagles	0	(15-5, 8-7, 17-6)
Gold Coast Cougars	2	d.	Sydney Storm	1	(9-3, 8-5, 7-12)

[edit] Round 15: January 30-February 3 1998

Round 15
Perth Heat	2	d.	Brisbane Bandits	1	(0-12, 12-6, 5-1)
Gold Coast Cougars	2	d.	Adelaide Giants	1	(1-4, 9-6, 7-5)
Melbourne Monarchs	3	d.	Hunter Eagles	0	(9-0, 9-5, 7-6)
Sydney Storm	2	d.	Melbourne Reds	1	(14-11, 4-13, 10-9)

[edit] Round 16: February 6-8 1998

Round 16
Perth Heat	2	d.	Gold Coast Cougars	1	(6-2, 3-10, 7-4)
Adelaide Giants	2	d.	Brisbane Bandits	1	(13-12, 12-10, 8-9)
Melbourne Monarchs	1	dr.	Melbourne Reds	1	(5-4, 4-5, W/Out)
Sydney Storm	1	d.	Hunter Eagles	0	(11-5)

[edit] Ladder

Team	Played	Wins	Loss	Win %
Melbourne Monarchs	52	32	20	61.5
Sydney Storm	54	32	22	59.2
Melbourne Reds	51	30	21	58.8
Gold Coast Cougars	53	31	22	58.4
Perth Heat	53	30	23	56.6
Adelaide Giants	53	26	27	49.0
Brisbane Bandits	53	20	33	37.7
Hunter Eagles	53	10	43	18.8

[edit] Championship Series at Melbourne Ballpark

[edit] Robin Semi-Finals - Round 1: February 10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Gold Coast Cougars	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	7	?	?
Melbourne Monarchs	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	5	?	?

WP: ? (1-0)  LP: ? (0-1)  SV: ?  
HRs:  Cougars – ?  Monarchs – ?

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Melbourne Reds	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	18	?	?
Sydney Storm	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	5	?	?

WP: ? (1-0)  LP: ? (0-1)  SV: ?  
HRs:  Reds – ?  Storm – ?

[edit] Robin Semi-Finals - Round 2: February 11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Melbourne Monarchs	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1	?	?
Sydney Storm	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	5	?	?

WP: ? (1-0)  LP: ? (0-1)  SV: ?  
HRs:  Monarchs – ?  Storm – ?

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Gold Coast Cougars	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1	?	?
Melbourne Reds	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	2	?	?

WP: ? (1-0)  LP: ? (0-1)  SV: ?  
HRs:  Cougars – ?  Reds – ?

[edit] Round-Robin Semi-Finals - Round 3: February 12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sydney Storm	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	6	?	?
Gold Coast Cougars	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	8	?	?

WP: ? (1-0)  LP: ? (0-1)  SV: ?  
HRs:  Storm – ?  Cougars – ?

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Melbourne Monarchs	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	12	?	?
Melbourne Reds	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	5	?	?

WP: ? (1-0)  LP: ? (0-1)  SV: ?  
HRs:  Monarchs – ?  Reds – ?

[edit] Final - Game 1: February 14

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Gold Coast Cougars	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	3	?	?
Melbourne Reds	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	4	?	?

WP: ? (1-0)  LP: ? (0-1)  SV: ?  
HRs:  Cougars – ?  Reds – ?

[edit] Final - Game 2: February 15

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Melbourne Reds	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	4	?	?
Gold Coast Cougars	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	?	?

WP: ? (1-0)  LP: ? (0-1)  SV: ?  
HRs:  Reds – ?  Cougars – ?

[edit] Awards

Award	Person	Team
Batting Champion	Brendan Kingman	Sydney Storm
Golden Glove	Glenn Williams	Sydney Storm
Manager of the Year	Tom Nieto	Melbourne Reds
Most Valuable Player	Brendan Kingman	Sydney Storm
Championship M.V.P.	Shane Hogan	Melbourne Reds
Rookie of the Year	Rodney Van Buizen	Hunter Eagles
Reliever of the Year	Gabe Molina	Perth Heat
Pitcher of the Year	Erick Nelson	Melbourne Monarchs
Umpire of the Year	Gerard Tancred	New South Wales

[edit] Top 10 Stats

Defensive Stats Name Wins Losses Saves ERA Mark Respondek 4 0 0 2.57 Warren May 6 1 1 4.96 Robert Hogan 5 2 0 5.97 Pat Ahearne 3 4 0 3.46 David White 2 4 2 7.79 Jason Beverlin 2 4 0 6.22

Offensive Stars Name Avg HR RBI Adam Burton .388 21 55 Ben Utting .346 7 34 Myles Barnden .343 6 28 Chris Ashby .314 6 18 Jeff Spencer .306 7 41 Shane Hogan .298 18 49

[edit] All-Star Team

Position	Name	Team
Catcher	Gary White	Sydney Storm
1st Base	Ron Johnson	Gold Coast Cougars
2nd Base	Adam Burton	Melbourne Reds
3rd Base	Paul Gorman	Gold Coast Cougars
Short Stop	Ben Utting	Melbourne Reds
Out Field	Glen Barker	Brisbane Bandits
Out Field	Trent Durrington	Gold Coast Cougars
Out Field	Grant McDonald	Brisbane Bandits
Designated Hitter	Brendan Kingman	Sydney Storm
Starting Pitcher	Erick Nelson	Melbourne Monarchs
Relief Pitcher	Gabe Molina	Perth Heat
Manager	Tom Nieto	Melbourne Reds

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