1997–98 Melbourne Reds season

1997–98 Melbourne Reds season
Team Details
Season: 1997–98 Australian Baseball League season
League	Australian Baseball League
City	Melbourne, Victoria
Ballpark	Moorabbin Oval
Management
Manager	Tom Nieto
Owner	Geoff Pearce
General Manager	Tony Peek
Assistant GM	Andy Karetsky Paul Tierney
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997-98 Melbourne Reds season was the eighth season for the team. As was the case for the Red's previous seasons they competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL).

Regular season

Standings

Key
†	Clinched final berth

1997-98 regular season standings
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Melbourne Monarchs^†	32	20	.615	–	–	–
Sydney Storm^†	32	22	.593	1	–	–
Melbourne Reds^†	30	21	.588	1¹⁄₂	–	–
Gold Coast Cougars^†	31	22	.585	1¹⁄₂	–	–
Perth Heat	30	23	.566	2¹⁄₂	–	–
Adelaide Giants	26	27	.491	6¹⁄₂	–	–
Brisbane Bandits	20	33	.333	12¹⁄₂	–	–
Hunter Eagles	10	43	.189	22¹⁄₂	–	–

Record vs opponents

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
Opponent	W–L Record	Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground	Current Streak
Adelaide Giants	5-2	11–2	27 January 1998	Moorabbin Oval	4-5	16 January 1998	Norwood Oval	L1
Brisbane Bandits	7–1	20–7	22 November 1997	ANZ Stadium	7–11	22 November 1997	ANZ Stadium	W7
Gold Coast Cougars	4–3	10–6	7 November 1997	Carrara Oval	3–6	7 November 1997	Carrara Oval	L1
Hunter Eagles	7–1	17–7	19 December 1997	Marathon Stadium	4–5	19 December 1997	Marathon Stadium	W3
Melbourne Monarchs	3–6	8–2	2 November 1997	Moorabbin Oval	4–14	10 January 1998	Moorabbin Oval	W1
Perth Heat	2–4	8–3	27 December 1997	WACA	6–13	26 December 1997	WACA	L2
Sydney Storm	2–4	13–4	1 February 1998	Concord Oval	4–8	5 January 1998	Moorabbin Oval	W1
Total	30–21	Brisbane Bandits			Melbourne Monarchs			W1
Total	30–21	20–7	22 November 1997	ANZ Stadium	4–14	10 January 1998	Moorabbin Oval	W1

Game log

W	Reds win
L	Reds loss
T	Reds tie
	Game postponed
Bold	Reds team member

1997-98 Game Log

October

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Crowd	Record	Ref
1	31 October	Monarchs	6–8					0-1

November

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Ref
2	1 November (DH 1)	@ Monarchs	6–10	0-2
3	1 November (DH 2)	@ Monarchs	2–7	0-3
4	2 November	Monarchs	8–2	1-3
5	7 November (DH 1)	@ Cougars	3–6	1-4
6	7 November (DH 2)	@ Cougars	10–6	2-4
7	8 November (DH 1)	@ Cougars	4–5	2-5
8	8 November (DH 2)	@ Cougars	Wash Out	2-5
9	14 November	Cougars	4–1	3-5	^[1]
10	15 November (DH 1)	Cougars	6–2	4-5	^[1]
11	15 November (DH 2)	Cougars	3–2	5-5	^[1]
12	16 November	Cougars	1–2	5-6	^[1]
13	21 November	@ Bandits	7–11	5-7	^[2]
14	22 November (DH 1)	@ Bandits	20–7	6-7	^[2]
15	22 November (DH 2)	@ Bandits	12–7	7-7	^[2]
16	23 November	@ Bandits	12–8	8-7	^[2]
17	28 November	Bandits	12–8	9-7	^[3]
18	29 November (DH 1)	Bandits	12–1	10-7	^[3]
19	29 November (DH 2)	Bandits	11–7	11-7	^[3]
20	30 November	Bandits	11–7	12-7	^[3]

December

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Ref
21	5 December	Eagles	2–1	13-7	^[4]
22	6 December(DH 1)	Eagles	10–6	14-7	^[4]
23	6 December (DH 2)	Eagles	7–6	15-7	^[4]
24	7 December	Eagles	8–1	16-7	^[4]
25	19 December (DH 1)	@ Eagles	4–5	16-8	^[5]
26	19 December (DH 2)	@ Eagles	17–7	17-8	^[5]
27	21 December (DH 1)	@ Eagles	8–7	18-8	^[5]
28	21 December (DH 2)	@ Eagles	7–0	19-8	^[5]
29	26 December (DH 1)	@ Heat	6–13	19-9	^[6]
30	26 December (DH 2)	@ Heat	0–1	19-10	^[6]
31	27 December (DH 1)	@ Heat	3–2	20-10	^[6]
32	27 December (DH 2)	@ Heat	8–3	21-10	^[6]

January

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Ref
33	3 January	Storm	1–4	21-11
34	4 January	Storm	10–1	22-11
35	5 January	Storm	4–8	22-12
36	8 January	Monarchs	2–6	22-13
37	9 January	Monarchs	7–3	23-13
38	10 January	Monarchs	4–14	23-14
39	16 January (DH 1)	@ Giants	4–5	23-15	^[7]
40	16 December (DH 2)	@ Giants	10–6	24-15	^[7]
41	17 January (DH 1)	@ Giants	10–8	25-15	^[7]
42	17 December (DH 2)	@ Giants	11–10	26-15	^[7]
43	22 January	Heat	0–2	26-16
44	23 January	Heat	6–9	26-17
45	24 January	Heat	No Result	26-17
46	26 January	Giants	1–0	27-17
47	27 January	Giants	11–2	28-17
48	28 January	Giants	5–6	28-18
49	31 January	@ Storm	11–14	28-19

February

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Ref
50	1 February	@ Storm	13–4	29-19
51	2 February	@ Storm	9–10	29-20
52	5 February	@ Monarchs	4–5	29-21	^[8]
53	6 February	@ Monarchs	5–4	30-21	^[8]
54	7 February	@ Monarchs	Wash Out	30-21	^[8]

Postseason

Finals Series at Melbourne Ballpark

In previous years the post season was played as home and away best of 3 games, with the two winner of each series meeting for a best of 5 series{fact}, in 1997-98 this was changed to a round robin play-off format with each team playing 3 games, 1 against each of the other 3 qualified teams, with the two highest places teams playing off in the Championship Series.^[9]

All games for the 9th ABL title were played at the Melbourne Ballpark from February, 10-12 with the best of three championship series February 14–15.^[9]

Finals Series (Reds games)

Full series results

Game 2: 10 February 1998


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: ? Home runs: Reds: ? Storm: ?

Game 4: 11 February 1998


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: ? Home runs: Cougars: ? Reds: ?

Game 6: 12 February 1998


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: ? Home runs: Monarchs: ? Reds: ?

Postseason Ladder

Key
†	Clinched Championship series berth

1997-98 postseason season standings
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	For	Against
Melbourne Reds^†	2	1	.667	-	25	18
Gold Coast Cougars^†	2	1	.667	-	16	13
Melbourne Monarchs	1	2	.333	1	18	17
Sydney Storm	1	2	.333	1	16	27

Championship Series

Game 1: 14 February 1998


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Gold Coast Cougars	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	?	?
Melbourne Reds	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	-	4	?	?
WP: David White (1-0) LP: ? (0-1) Sv: ? Home runs: Cougars: - Reds: Shane Hogan (1)

Game 2: 15 February 1998


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Melbourne Reds	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	6	?
Gold Coast Cougars	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	?	?
WP: Jason Beverlin (1-0) LP: Paxton Crawford (0-1) Sv: - Home runs: Reds: Shane Hogan (1), Myles Barnden (1) Cougars: -

Award Winners

ABL awards

Award	Name	ref

Manager of the Year	Tom Nieto	^[10]
All-Star Game Home Run King	Chris Ashby	^[10]
Championship Series MVP	Shane Hogan	^[10]

All-stars

Position	Name	ref

1st Base	Adam Burton	^[10]
Short Stop	Ben Utting	^[10]
Manager	Tom Nieto	^[10]

Reds Awards

Award	Name	Stat	ref

Batting Champion	Adam Burton	.388 (165 At Bats)	^[10]
RBI Champion	Adam Burton	55	^[10]
Home Run King	Adam Burton	21	^[10]
Base Path Pirate	Adam Burton	18 of 19	^[10]
Pitching Champion	Pat Ahearne	3.36ERA 3–4, 56.1IP	^[10]
Pitching Workhorse	Jason Beverlin	72.1IP 2–4, 6.22	^[10]
Strikeout King	Jason Beverlin	67	^[10]
Sigh of Relief	David Simpson David White	2 Saves	^[10]

Roster

Melbourne Reds roster - 1997–98 ABL

Active roster

Coaching Staff

Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

52 Jason Beverlin
49 Jason Blejwas
15 Michael Crooks
? Andrew Fennell
27 Matthew Gourlay
24 Lee Hogan
41 Rob Hogan
37 Warren May
10 David Simpson
29 Sloan Smith
28 Ben Smith
36 Jarrod Warner
? David White

Left-handed pitchers

44 Ben Donald
? Ryan Francis
25 Rikki Johnston

Catchers

34 Mark Cater
8 Scott Dawes
7 Andrew Utting

Infielders

14 Chris Ashby
22 Myles Barnden
20 Adam Burton
? Ross Cameron
16 Shane Hogan
26 Jeff Spencer
30 Ben Utting

Outfielders

? Glynn Kimberley
35 Glen Reeves
46 Derek Shumpert
18 Paul Weichard
19 Darren White

Manager

-- Tom Nieto

Coaches

-- David Clarkson
-- Gavin Marshall

Current as of February 1998.^[11]

References

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1 2 3 4 "Reds Clip Eagles". Melbourne Reds. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
1 2 3 4 "Reds Draw with Perth". Melbourne Reds. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
1 2 3 4 "Reds Back On Top". Melbourne Reds. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
1 2 3 "Reds March to Playoffs". Melbourne Reds. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
1 2 "FAI Cup Pitches new finals format and all star competition as baseball bats up for the summer of 1997/1998.". Press Release. Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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↑ "Melbourne Reds Roster". Melbourne Reds. Retrieved 19 November 2012.

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