2015–16 Australian Baseball League season

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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)

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

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 37 19 .661 – 23–5 14–10
Canberra Cavalry 31 25 .554 6.0 18–10 13–15
Adelaide Bite 30 26 .536 7.0 18–10 12–16
Sydney Blue Sox 26 29 .473 10.5 18–9 8–20
Perth Heat 23 33 .411 14.0 12–16 11–17
Melbourne Aces 20 35 .364 16.5 10–18 10–17

Statistical leaders

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

Postseason

Bracket

Preliminary Final Series Championship Series
      
1 Brisbane Bandits 2
3 Adelaide Bite 0
2 Canberra Cavalry 1
3 Adelaide Bite 2

Preliminary Final Series

Game 1

January 29, 2016 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Norwood Oval
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Canberra Cavalry 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 5 0
Adelaide Bite 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 6 11 0
WP: Josh Tols (1–0)   LP: Brian Grening (0–1)   Sv: Loek van Mil (1)
Home runs:
CAN: Ryan Miller (1)
ADE: Travis Demeritte 2 (2)
Boxscore

Game 2

The second game of the series was scheduled to be played on 30 January, but was postponed due to wet weather. It was rescheduled to be the first game of a doubleheader the following day.

January 31, 2016 12:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Adelaide Bite 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0
Canberra Cavalry 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 3 7 0
WP: Steven Kent (1–0)   LP: Takuro Ito (0–1)   Sv: Michael Click (1)
Home runs:
ADE: Kyle Petty (1)
CAN: Bryan Pounds (1)
Boxscore

Game 3

January 31, 2016 15:30 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Adelaide Bite 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 9 12 1
Canberra Cavalry 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 1
WP: Nick Talbot (1–0)   LP: Scott Cone (0–1)
Home runs:
ADE: Travis Demeritte 2 (4), Kyle Petty (2)
CAN: None
Boxscore

Composite Line Score

2016 ABL Preliminary Final Series (2–1): Adelaide Bite over Canberra Cavalry

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Adelaide Bite 3 2 6 1 0 1 2 1 1 17 34 1
Canberra Cavalry 1 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 9 24 1

Championship Series

Game 1

February 5, 2016 18:00 (UTC+10:00) at AFA Sdadium at Holloway Field
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Adelaide Bite 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 10 1
Brisbane Bandits 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 X 7 10 0
WP: Jason Jarvis (1–0)   LP: Josh Tols (0–1)   Sv: Ryan Searle (1)
Home runs:
ADE: Angus Roeger (1)
BRI: Bralin Jackson (1), TJ Bennett (1)
Boxscore

Game 2

February 6, 2016 18:00 (UTC+10:00) at AFA Sdadium at Holloway Field
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Adelaide Bite 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 3
Brisbane Bandits 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 X 7 8 2
WP: Travis Blackley (1–0)   LP: Steven Chambers (0–1)
Home runs:
ADE: Kyle Petty (1)
BRI: Donald Lutz (1)
Boxscore

Composite Line Score

2016 ABL Championship Series (2–0): Brisbane Bandits over Adelaide Bite

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brisbane Bandits 1 0 7 1 1 3 0 1 0 14 18 2
Adelaide Bite 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 16 4

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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  9. ^ "League Pitching Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

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