2017–18 Australian Baseball League season

2017–18
Australian Baseball League
Season details
Sport Baseball
Country  Australia
Teams 6
Dates 16 November 2017 – 11 February 2018
Defending champions Brisbane Bandits (2016–17)
Champions Brisbane Bandits (3rd title)
Final positions
Champions Brisbane Bandits
Second place Canberra Cavalry
Third place Perth Heat
Fourth place Melbourne Aces
Fifth place Sydney Blue Sox
Sixth place Adelaide Bite
Regular season
Games played 118
Attendance 98,397  (834 per game)
Best batting average Jay Baum (CAN) (.439)
Most homeruns hit T.J. Bennett (BRI)
Donald Lutz (BRI) (16)
Most stolen bases Jake Frayley (PER) (39)
Best ERA Frank Gailey (CAN) (1.80)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher) Ryan Bollinger (BRI)
Josh Tols (MEL) (75)
2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Australian Baseball League season was the eighth Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, and was held from 16 November 2017 to 11 February 2018. It was the last season of the ABL that was played with 6 teams, as the league expanded to eight teams for the 2018-19 season.

Teams

Teams in the ABL
Team State / Territory Stadium
Adelaide Bite South Australia Diamond Sports Stadium[1]
Brisbane Bandits Queensland Holloway Field[2]
Canberra Cavalry Australian Capital Territory Narrabundah Ballpark[3]
Melbourne Aces Victoria Melbourne Ballpark[4]
Perth Heat Western Australia Baseball Park[5]
Sydney Blue Sox New South Wales Blue Sox Stadium[6]

Regular Season

Key
†Clinched Championship Series berth
‡Clinched Postseason berth
2017–18 regular season standings
Pos Team [7]
 W L Pct. GB Home Away
1Brisbane Bandits † 2811.718–15-413-7
2Perth Heat ‡ 2614.6502.512-814-6
3Canberra Cavalry † 2118.5384.014-610-9
4Melbourne Aces ‡ 1723.42511.59-118-12
5Sydney Blue Sox 1327.32515.57-136-14
6Adelaide Bite 1129.27517.57-134-16

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Postseason

  Preliminary Final Series     Championship Series
                 
    3 Canberra Cavalry 1
  2 Perth Heat 1     1 Brisbane Bandits 2
  3 Canberra Cavalry 2  







Championship Series

09 February 2018
18:00 (UTC+11:00)
Game 1		 Canberra Cavalry 5 – 1 Brisbane Bandits Australian Capital Territory Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra
Boxscore
10 February 2018
18:00 (UTC+11:00)
Game 2		 Canberra Cavalry 2 – 12 Brisbane Bandits Victoria (Australia) Holloway Field, Brisbane
Boxscore
11 February 2018
16:00 (UTC+11:00)
Game 3		 Canberra Cavalry 2 – 4 Brisbane Bandits Victoria (Australia) Holloway Field, Brisbane
Boxscore

References

  1. ↑ "Adelaide Bite Homepage". Adelaide Bite. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Brisbane Bandits Homepage". Brisbane Bandits. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "Canberra Cavalry Homepage". Canberra Cavalry. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "Melbourne Aces Homepage". Melbourne Aces. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  5. ↑ "Perth Heat Homepage". Perth Heat. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  6. ↑ "Sydney Blue Sox Homepage". Sydney Blue Sox. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  7. ↑ "2016 Australian Baseball League Final Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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