2000–01 International Baseball League of Australia Development League

2000–01
International Baseball League of Australia Development League
Season details
Sport Baseball
Country  Australia
Teams 4
Dates 29 November 2000 – 21 January 2001
Defending champions Nill
Champions IBLA Internationals (1st title)
Final positions
Champions IBLA Internationals
Second place Australia
Third place MLB All-Stars
Fourth place Taiwan
Regular season
Games played 78
Best batting average Jarrod Hodges (AUS) (.375)
Most homeruns hit Robert Stratton (MLB) (7)
Most stolen bases Ryan Langerhans (INT)
Ji-Hwan Sohn (INT) (12)
Best ERA Luke Prokopec (AUS) (0.39)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher) Brad Guy (INT) (48)
Last updated on 17 February 2013

The 2000-01 International Baseball League of Australia Development League season was the first season the Development League was conducted. The League was held exclusively on the Gold Coast, and was contest between 4 teams, Australia, Taiwan, MLB All-Stars and Internationals.

Teams

IBLA League

Rosters

The 2000-01 season involved four teams; IBLA Australia, IBLA Internationals, MLB Stars and the Taiwan national Baseball team. All teams played on a home and away basis at the same two venues.

Venues

Teams in the ABL
City State Stadium Ref
Main Venue Gold Coast Queensland Palm Meadows
Secondary Venue Gold Coast Queensland Carrara Oval

Regular Season

The regular season fixture consisted of 78 games. Each team played each other on a home and away basis.

Ladder

2000-01 IBLA Development League standings
Team
W L D Pct. GB
IBLA Internationals 25 15 3 .658 –
IBLA Australia 17 19 2 .472 3.5
Taiwan 17 19 4 .472 4.5
MLB Stars 17 25 1 .405 9

    Statistical leaders

    Batting leaders
    Stat Player[S 1] Team Total
    AVG Jarrod Hodges Australia .375
    HR Robert Stratton MLB Stars 7
    RBI Travis Wilson IBLA Internationals 38
    R Andrew Zapp IBLA Internationals 33
    H Andrew Zapp IBLA Internationals 57
    SB Ryan Langerhans IBLA Internationals 12
    Pitching leaders
    Stat Player[S 2] Team Total
    W Chao-Hao Tseng Taiwan 5
    L Stephen Colyer MLB Stars 5
    ERA Luke Prokopec Australia 0.39
    K Brad Guy IBLA Internationals 48
    IP Chao-Hao Tseng Taiwan 59 1⁄3
    SV Brad Voyles IBLA Internationals 5
    1. ↑ Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game. Correct as of 17 February 2013. [1]
    2. ↑ Minimum 0.8 IP per team game. Correct as of 17 February 2013. [1]

    Postseason

    All games for the 2001 postseason were played at Palm Meadows on the Gold Coast. All finals were a 1 game play-off.

    Finals Series

    Winners of Game 1 and 2 went into Championship games, Losers of game 1 and 2 went into a playoff for 3rd.

    Game 1 1st vs 4th: 19 January 2001

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    MLB Stars 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
    IBLA Internationals 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 4 10 1
    Home runs:
    MLB: ?
    Internationals: ?[2]

    Game 2 2nd vs 3rd: 19 January 2001

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    IBLA Australia 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 4
    Taiwan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 2
    Home runs:
    Australia: ?
    Taiwan: ?[2]

    Game 3 Loser 1 vs Loser 2: 20 January 2001

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    MLB Stars 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 6 9 5
    Taiwan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
    Home runs:
    MLB: ?
    Taiwan: ?[2]

    Game 4 Championship Game: 21 January 2001

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    IBLA Australia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
    IBLA Internationals 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 1
    Home runs:
    Australia: ?
    Internationals: ?[2]

    Awards

    Award Person[3] Team
    Most Valuable Player Andrew Zapp IBLA Internationals
    Batting Champion Andrew Zapp IBLA Internationals
    Golden Glove Chi-Sheng Lin Taiwan
    Pitcher of the Year Chao-Hao Tseng Taiwan

    Top Stats

    Defensive Stats
    Name Wins Losses Saves ERA
    Mark Dewey 3 1 0 0.63
    P.J Bevis 3 1 1 1.54
    Kazuhiro Takeoka 4 0 2 1.71
    Brad Guy 2 4 0 2.48
    Kwang-Soo Kim 3 3 0 2.54
    Phil Stockman 1 1 0 5.29
    Offensive Stars
    Name Avg HR RBI
    Andrew Zapp .373 4 32
    Travis Wilson .352 7 38
    Ryan Langerhans .312 5 25
    Ji-Hwan Sohn .285 1 5
    Scott Goodman .271 3 24
    Nicholas Green .265 5 18

    All-Star Team

    Position Name Team
    Catcher Justin Huber IBLA Australia
    1st Base Andrew Zapp IBLA Internationals
    2nd Base Chung-Yi Huang Taiwan
    3rd Base Travis Wilson IBLA Internationals
    Short Stop Glenn Williams IBLA Australia
    Out Field Troy Shadar IBLA Internationals
    Out Field Jarrod Hodges IBLA Australia
    Out Field Chris Snelling IBLA Australia
    Designated Hitter Gavin Fingleson IBLA Internationals
    Starting Pitcher Chao-Hao Tseng Taiwan
    Relief Pitcher Luke Prokopec IBLA Australia
    Manager Chris Bando IBLA Internationals

    References

    1. 1 2 "League Leaders". IBLA. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
    2. 1 2 3 4 "IBLA Post-Season results". IBLA. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
    3. ↑ "IBLA 2001". Flintoff & Dunns Australian Major League Baseball. Flintoff & Dunn. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
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