2018–19 Australian Baseball League season

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2018–19 Australian Baseball League season
League Australian Baseball League
Sport Baseball
Duration 15 November 2018 – 3 February 2019
Number of games 160
Number of teams 8
Regular season
Season MVP Timothy Kennelly
Marcus Solbach
Championship Series
Champions Brisbane Bandits (4th title)
  Runners-up Perth Heat

The 2018–19 Australian Baseball League season was the ninth year Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, and was held from 15 November 2018 to 2 February 2019. It was the first season that it was played with eight teams, as the league expanded for the first time. The Brisbane Bandits won the championship for the fourth consecutive season.

Teams

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Main article: 2018–19 Australian Baseball League rosters
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Teams in the ABL
Team State / Territory Stadium
Adelaide Bite South Australia Diamond Sports Stadium[1]
AUK New Zealand McLeod Park[2]
Brisbane Bandits Queensland Holloway Field[3]
Canberra Cavalry Australian Capital Territory Narrabundah Ballpark[4]
GEK Victoria Geelong Baseball Park[5]
Melbourne Aces Victoria Melbourne Ballpark[6]
Perth Heat Western Australia Baseball Park[7]
Sydney Blue Sox New South Wales Blue Sox Stadium[8]

Regular season

With the addition of the Auckland Tuatara and Geelong-Korea as expansion teams, the competition was split into a 'Northeast' and 'Southwest' division. The league retained a 10-round, 40 game schedule, with teams playing division rivals eight times and inter division teams four times.

Key
Secured Semi-finals berth
Secured Wild Card berth
Northeast Division[9]
Pos Team W L Pct. GB Home Away
1 Brisbane Bandits 25 15 .625 1.0 12–8 13–7
2 Sydney Blue Sox 25 15 .625 – 14–6 11–
3 Canberra Cavalry 23 17 .575 2.0 13–7 10–10
4 Auckland Tuatara 14 26 .350 11.0 8–12 6–14
Southwest Division[9]
Pos Team W L Pct. GB Home Away
1 Perth Heat 24 16 .600 – 12–8 12–8
2 Melbourne Aces 23 17 .575 1.0 14–6 9–11
3 Adelaide Bite 19 21 .475 5.0 10–10 9–11
4 Geelong-Korea 7 33 .175 17.0 4–16 3–17


Statistical leaders

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Postseason

A new playoff structure was announced 29 August 2018 with the addition of a single wild card game between the fourth and fifth seeds prior to two rounds of best-of-three finals series.

The top seed awarded to the team with the best regular season record, with the other division winner awarded the second seed. The third and fourth seed were awarded to the two divisional runner ups with the fifth seed being given to the team with the next best season record.[12]

  Wild Card     Semi-finals series     Championship Series
                           
        1  Brisbane Bandits 2  
  4  Melbourne Aces 0     5  Canberra Cavalry 1    
  5  Canberra Cavalry 1         1  Brisbane Bandits 2
      2  Perth Heat 0
        2  Perth Heat 2    
        3  Sydney Blue Sox 1  

Championship Series

31 January 2019
19:00 (UTC+08:00)
Game 1		 Perth Heat 2-3 Brisbane Bandits Western Australia Baseball Park, Perth
Attendance: 2,870
Umpires: HP: Brett Robson. 1B: Paul Latta. 2B: Ryan Harder. 3B: Tom West. LF: Peter Bowie. RF: Lou Bonomi.
LP: John Anderson (0-1) Boxscore WP: Ryan Bollinger (1-0)
Sv: Ryan Searle (1)
02 February 2019
18:00 (UTC+10:00)
Game 2		 Brisbane Bandits 9-4 Perth Heat Queensland Holloway Field, Brisbane
Attendance: 2,304
Umpires: HP: Paul Latta. 1B: Ryan Harder. 2B: Tom West. 3B: Brett Robson. LF: James Shields. RF: Gavin Carson.
WP: Tim Atherton (1-0) Boxscore LP: Connor Lourey (0-1)
HR: T.J Bennett (1), Wade Dutton (1), Andrew Campbell (1) HR: Pete Kozma (1), Robbie Glendenning 2 (2), Chris Clare (1)

References

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