1997–98 Melbourne Monarchs season

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1997–98 Melbourne Monarchs season
Season:
1997–98 Australian Baseball League season
Team Details
League Australian Baseball League
City Melbourne, Victoria
Ballpark Melbourne Ballpark
Management
Manager Jon Deeble
General Manager David Oertle
Assistant GM Don Fenwick

The 1997-98 Melbourne Monarchs season was the 7th season for the team. As was the case for the Monarchs's previous seasons they competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL).

Offseason

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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 1​1⁄2 – –
Gold Coast Cougars† 31 22 .585 1​1⁄2 – –
Perth Heat 30 23 .566 2​1⁄2 – –
Adelaide Giants 26 27 .491 6​1⁄2 – –
Brisbane Bandits 20 33 .333 12​1⁄2 – –
Hunter Eagles 10 43 .189 22​1⁄2 – –

Record vs opponents

Opponent W–L
Record		 Largest Victory Largest Defeat Current
Streak
Score Date Ground Score Date Ground
Adelaide Giants 2-6 3-1 7 November 1997 Norwood Oval 2-7 15 November 1997 Melbourne Ballpark L1
Brisbane Bandits 4-2 1 Run Tied (3) 10-15 27 January 1998 Melbourne Ballpark L1
Gold Coast Cougars 6-1 6-0 28 December 1997 Melbourne Ballpark 3-4 24 January 1998 Carrara Stadium L1
Hunter Eagles 6-0 9-0 30 January 1998 Melbourne Ballpark - W6
Melbourne Reds 6–3 14–4 10 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval 2–8 2 November 1997 Moorabbin Oval L1
Perth Heat 5-3 7-2 14 December 1997 Melbourne Ballpark 1-6 22 November 1997 WACA W3
Sydney Storm 3-5 8-4 6 December 1997 Concord Oval 5-18 7 December 1997 Concord Oval L1
Total 32–20 Sydney Storm L1
14–4 10 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval 5–18 7 December 1997 Sydney Showgrounds

Game log

W Monarchs win
L Monarchs loss
T Monarchs tie
  Game postponed
Bold Monarchs team member
1997-98 Game Log
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
1 31 October @ Reds 8–6 1-0
November
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
2 1 November (DH 1) Reds 10–6 2-0
3 1 November (DH 2) Reds 7–2 3-0
4 2 November @ Reds 2–8 3-1
5 7 November @ Giants 3–1 4-1
6 8 November (DH 1) @ Giants 0–3 4-2
7 8 November (DH 2) @ Giants 4–9 4-3
8 9 November @ Giants 4–7 4-4
9 14 November Giants  ?–? 4-5
10 15 November (DH 1) Giants 2–7 4-6
11 15 November (DH 2) Giants  ?–? 5-6
12 16 November Giants  ?–? 5-7
13 21 November Heat 7–6 6-7 [1]
14 22 November (DH 1) Heat 1–6 6-8 [1]
15 22 November (DH 2) Heat 5–9 6-9 [1]
16 23 November Heat 2–0 7-9 [1]
December
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
17 5 December @ Storm 2–3 7-10
18 6 December (DH 1) @ Storm 5–6 7-11
19 6 December (DH 2) @ Storm 8–4 8-11
20 7 December @ Storm 5–18 8-12
21 14 December (DH 1) @ Heat 9–10 8-13
22 14 December (DH 2) @ Heat 7–2 P. Dale 9-13
23 15 December (DH 1) @ Heat 3–0 E. Nelsen R. Spear 10-13
24 15 December (DH 2) @ Heat 6–4 11-13
25 19 December Storm 3–5 11-14
26 20 December (DH 1) Storm 6–3 12-14
27 20 December (DH 2) Storm 1–0 13-14
28 21 December Storm 5–6 13-15
29 26 December Cougars 4–1 P. Dale B. Cederbladd 14-15
30 27 December (DH 1) Cougars 2–1 E. Nelson 15-15
31 27 December (DH 2) Cougars 4–0 M. Bowie 16-15
32 28 December Cougars 6–0 E. Byrne 17-15
January
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
33 3 January @ Eagles 8–3 18-15
34 4 January @ Eagles 7–5 19-15
35 5 January @ Eagles 3–2 20-15
36 8 January @ Reds 6–2 21-15
37 9 January @ Reds 3–7 21-16
38 10 January @ Reds 14-4 E. Nelson 22-16
39 16 January (DH 1) Bandits 1–2 Williams R Spear 22-17
40 16 January (DH 2) Bandits 4–3 E. Nelson Smith 23-17
41 17 January (DH 1) Bandits 11–10 K. Gogos Gooda 24-17
42 17 January (DH 2) Bandits 12–11 K. Gogos Foxover 25-17
43 22 January @ Cougars 10–9 26-17
44 23 January @ Cougars 5–1 27-17
45 24 January @ Cougars 3–4 27-18
46 26 January @ Bandits – 28-18
47 27 January @ Bandits 10–15 28-19
48 28 January @ Bandits Wash Out 28-19
49 30 January Eagles 9–0 29-19
50 31 January (DH 1) Eagles 9–5 30-19
51 31 January (DH 2) Eagles 7–6 31-19
February
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
52 5 February Reds 5-4 32-19 [2]
53 6 February Reds 4-5 32-20 [2]
54 7 February @ Monarchs Wash Out 32-20 [2]

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.[3]

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.[3]

Finals Series (Monarchs games)

Full series results

Game 1: 10 February 1998

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

Game 3: 11 February 1998

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Melbourne Monarchs  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 1  ?  ?
Sydney Storm  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 5  ?  ?
WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
Home runs:
Monarchs: ?
Storm: ?

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

Award Winners

ABL awards

Award Name Stat ref
Pitcher of the Year Erick Nelson

All-stars

Position Name ref
Starting Pitcher Erick Nelson

Monarchs Awards

Award Name Stat ref

Roster

Template:Melbourne Monarchs roster 1997-98

References

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