2015–16 Australian Baseball League season

The 2015–16 Australian Baseball League season was the sixth Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, held from 23 October 2015 to 6 February 2016.

2015–16
Australian Baseball League
Season details
SportBaseball
Country Australia
Teams6
Dates23 October 2015 – 6 February 2016
Defending championsPerth Heat (2014–15)
ChampionsBrisbane Bandits (1st title)
Helms AwardJustin Williams
Final positions
ChampionsBrisbane Bandits
Second placeAdelaide Bite
Third placeCanberra Cavalry
Fourth placeSydney Blue Sox
Fifth placePerth Heat
Sixth placeMelbourne Aces
Regular season
Games played159
Attendance150,213  (945 per game)
Best batting averageDavid Harris (CAN) (.346)
Most homeruns hitKyle Petty (ADE) (14)
Most stolen basesTravis Demeritte (ADE) (60)
Best ERARyan Searle (BRI) (0.40)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher)Edwin Carl (PER) (85)

Teams
Teams in the ABL
Team City State Stadium Ref
Adelaide Bite Adelaide South Australia Norwood Oval [1]
Brisbane Bandits Brisbane Queensland Brisbane Exhibition Ground [2]
Canberra Cavalry Canberra Australian Capital Territory Narrabundah Ballpark [3]
Melbourne Aces Melbourne Victoria Melbourne Ballpark [4]
Perth Heat Perth Western Australia Baseball Park [5]
Sydney Blue Sox Sydney New South Wales Blue Sox Stadium [6]

Regular season
Key
Clinched Championship Series berth
Clinched Preliminary final berth
2015–16 regular season standings
Team[7]
W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brisbane Bandits 3719.661–23–514–10
Canberra Cavalry 3125.5546.018–1013–15
Adelaide Bite 3026.5367.018–1012–16
Sydney Blue Sox 2629.47310.518–98–20
Perth Heat 2333.41114.012–1611–17
Melbourne Aces 2035.36416.510–1810–17

    Statistical leaders
    1. Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game.[8]
    2. Minimum 0.8 IP per team game. [9]

    Postseason
    Main article: 2016 Australian Baseball League postseason
      Preliminary Final Series     Championship Series
                     
        1 Brisbane Bandits 2
      2 Canberra Cavalry 1     3 Adelaide Bite 0
      3 Adelaide Bite 2  

    Preliminary final series
    29 January 2016
    19:30 (UTC+11:00)
    Game 1    		 Adelaide Bite 6 – 4 Canberra Cavalry Norwood Oval, Adelaide
    Umpires: HP: Trent Thomas 1B: Tom West 2B: Andrew Bell 3B: Ian Reval
    WP: Josh Tols (1-0)
    Sv: Loek van Mil (1)    		 Boxscore LP: Brian Grening (0–1)
    HR: Travis Demeritte 2 (2) HR: Ryan Miller (1)
    31 January 2016
    12:00 (UTC+11:00)
    Game 2 (Postponed from 30 January)    		 Canberra Cavalry 3 – 2 Adelaide Bite Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra
    Umpires: HP: Takahito Matsuda 1B: Mal Mackay 2B: Riley Barrington 3B: Matthew Pearson
    WP: Steven Kent (1–0)
    Sv: Michael Click (1)    		 Boxscore LP: Takuro Ito (0–1)
    HR: Bryan Pounds (1) HR: Kyle Petty (1)
    31 January 2016
    16:00 (UTC+11:00)
    Game 3    		 Canberra Cavalry 2 – 9 Adelaide Bite Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra
    Umpires: HP: Mal Mackay 1B: Takahito Matsuda 2B: Matthew Pearson 3B: Riley Barrington
    LP: Scott Cone (0-1) Boxscore WP: Nick Talbot (1-0)
    HR: Travis Demeritte 2 (4), Kyle Petty (2)

    Championship Series
    5 February 2016
    18:00 (UTC+10:00)
    Game 1    		 Brisbane Bandits 7 – 4 Adelaide Bite AFA Stadium at Holloway Field, Brisbane
    Umpires: HP: Brett Robson 1B: Takahito Matsuda 2B: Trent Thomas 3B: Tom West
    WP: Jason Jarvis (1–0)
    Sv: Ryan Searle (1)    		 Boxscore LP: Josh Tols (0–1)
    HR: Bralin Jackson (1), TJ Bennett (1) HR: Angus Roeger (1)
    6 February 2016
    18:00 (UTC+10:00)
    Game 2    		 Brisbane Bandits 7 – 1 Adelaide Bite AFA Stadium at Holloway Field, Brisbane
    Umpires: HP: Takahito Matsuda 1B: Trent Thomas 2B: Tom West 3B: Brett Robson
    WP: Travis Blackley (1-0) Boxscore LP: Steven Chambers (0-1)
    HR: Donald Lutz (1) HR: Kyle Petty (1)

    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. "2015 Australian Baseball League Current Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
    8. "League Batting Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
    9. "League Pitching Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
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