2017–18 Australian Baseball League season

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2017–18 Australian Baseball League season
League Australian Baseball League
Sport Baseball
Duration 16 November 2017 – 11 February 2018
Number of games 119
Number of teams 6
Total attendance 98,397
Regular season
Season MVP Jake Fraley
Championship Series
Venue Melbourne Ballpark
Champions Brisbane Bandits (3rd title)
  Runners-up Canberra Cavalry

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.

The league also saw a large spike in offensive production with the single season home-run, run, AVG, SLG & OPS records all broken and home runs doubled, leading to a juiced ball theory.[1]

Teams

Teams in the ABL
Team State / Territory Stadium
Adelaide Bite South Australia Diamond Sports Stadium[2]
Brisbane Bandits Queensland Holloway Field[3]
Canberra Cavalry Australian Capital Territory Narrabundah Ballpark[4]
Melbourne Aces Victoria Melbourne Ballpark[5]
Perth Heat Western Australia Baseball Park[6]
Sydney Blue Sox New South Wales Blue Sox Stadium[7]

Regular season

Key
Clinched postseason berth
2017–18 regular season standings[8]
Pos Team W L Pct. GB Home Away
1 Brisbane Bandits  28 11 .718 – 15–4 13–7
2 Perth Heat  26 14 .650 2.5 12–8 14–6
3 Canberra Cavalry  21 18 .538 4.0 14–6 10–9
4 Melbourne Aces  17 23 .425 11.5 9–11 8–12
5 Sydney Blue Sox 13 27 .325 15.5 7–13 6–14
6 Adelaide Bite 11 29 .275 17.5 7–13 4–16

Postseason

Semifinal Series Championship Series
           
1 Brisbane Bandits 1
4 Melbourne Aces 0
1 Brisbane Bandits 2
3 Canberra Cavalry 1
2 Perth Heat 1
3 Canberra Cavalry 2

Statistical leaders

  1. ↑ Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game.[9]
  2. ↑ Minimum 0.8 IP per team game.[10]

Championship Series

09 February 2018
18:00 (UTC+11:00)
Game 1		 Canberra Cavalry 5–1 Brisbane Bandits Australian Capital Territory Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra
Attendance: 2,275
Umpires: HP: Takahito Matsuda 1B: Trent Thomas 2B: Matthew Pearson 3B: Ben Nash
WP: Brian Grening (1–0)
Sv: Tyler Herr (1)		 Boxscore LP: Ryan Bollinger (0–1)
HR: David Kandilas (1), Robbie Perkins (1) HR: TJ Bennett (1)
10 February 2018
18:00 (UTC+10:00)
Game 2		 Brisbane Bandits 12–2 Canberra Cavalry Victoria (Australia) Holloway Field, Brisbane
Attendance: 2,202
Umpires: HP: Tom West 1B: Mal Mackay 2B: Paul Latta 3B: Takahito Matsuda
WP: Tim Atherton (1–0) Boxscore LP: Lake Bachar (0–1)
HR: 2 Chih-Sheng Lin (2), Mitch Nilsson (1), 2 Andrew Campbell (2), David Sutherland (1), Donald Lutz (1) HR: Travis Witherspoon (1)
11 February 2018
16:00 (UTC+10:00)
Game 3		 Brisbane Bandits 4–2 Canberra Cavalry Victoria (Australia) Holloway Field, Brisbane
Attendance: 1,333
Umpires: HP: Mal Mackay 1B: Paul Latta 2B: Takahito Matsuda 3B: Tom West
WP: Travis Blackley (1–0)
Sv: Ryan Searle (1)		 Boxscore LP: Frank Gailey (0–1)
HR: Mitch Nilsson (2), Adam Weisenberger (1)

References

  1. ↑ The Great Australian Home-Run Spike FanGraphs 28 March 2018
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