2013–14 Australian Baseball League season explained

Sport:Baseball
League:Australian Baseball League
No Of Teams:6
Duration: –
Season:Regular season
Mvp:Ryan Casteel
Finals:Championship Series
Finals Venue:Barbagallo Ballpark
Finals Champ:Perth Heat (3rd title)
Finals Runner-Up:Canberra Cavalry
No Of Games:125
Attendance:147,887
Prevseason Link:2012–13 Australian Baseball League season
Prevseason Year:2012–13
Nextseason Link:2014–15 Australian Baseball League season
Nextseason Year:2014–15

The 2013–14 Australian Baseball League season was the fourth Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, and was held from 31 October 2013 to 8 February 2014. The season started with a game between the Melbourne Aces and the Canberra Cavalry at Narrabundah Ballpark in Canberra. The Perth Heat won their third title in four seasons defeating defending champions the Canberra Cavalry in the finals.[1]

Teams

Team! scope="col"
CityStateStadiumRef
AdelaideSouth AustraliaNorwood Oval[2]
BrisbaneQueenslandBrisbane Exhibition Ground[3]
CanberraAustralian Capital TerritoryNarrabundah Ballpark[4]
MelbourneVictoriaMelbourne Ballpark[5]
PerthWestern AustraliaBaseball Park[6]
SydneyNew South WalesBlue Sox Stadium[7]

Regular season

Statistical leaders

Stat! scope="col" width=150
PlayerTeamTotal
AVGRyan CasteelMelbourne Aces.343
HRRyan CasteelMelbourne Aces11
RBIBrandon TrippPerth Heat41
RJon BertiCanberra Cavalry46
HBrandon TrippPerth Heat58
SBJon BertiCanberra Cavalry31
Stat! scope="col" width=150
PlayerTeamTotal
WJack FrawleyPerth Heat7
LAaron SookeeSydney Blue Sox7
ERAMike EkstromPerth Heat0.72
KBrian GreningCanberra Cavalry70
IPCraig AndersonSydney Blue Sox78
SVDae-Sung Koo
Sean Toler
Sydney Blue Sox
Canberra Cavalry
11

Postseason

Three teams qualified for a two-round postseason. The highest placed team at the end of the regular season gained entry to and hosted the championship series. The other place was determined by a preliminary final series between the second and third placed teams, hosted by the second placed team.[8]

Championship series

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/perth-heat-win-baseball-premiership-20140209-329ko.html Sydney Morning Herald, February 9 2014 Perth Heat win baseball premiership
  2. Web site: Adelaide Bite Homepage . Adelaide Bite. Australian Baseball League . 9 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101111083928/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4064. 11 November 2010 . live.
  3. Web site: Brisbane Bandits Homepage . Brisbane Bandits . Australian Baseball League . 9 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101111083933/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4065. 11 November 2010 . live.
  4. Web site: Canberra Cavalry Homepage . Canberra Cavalry . Australian Baseball League . 9 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101108075942/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4066. 8 November 2010 . live.
  5. Web site: Melbourne Aces Homepage . Melbourne Aces . Australian Baseball League . 9 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101109201345/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4067. 9 November 2010 . live.
  6. Web site: Perth Heat Homepage . Perth Heat. Australian Baseball League . 9 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101109201346/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4068. 9 November 2010 . live.
  7. Web site: Sydney Blue Sox Homepage . Sydney Blue Sox . Australian Baseball League . 9 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101109025036/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4069. 9 November 2010 . live.
  8. Web site: Playoff Procedures . Australian Baseball League . 12 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120129142126/http://web.theabl.com.au/standings/playoff_procedures.jsp?lid=595&sid=l595 . 29 January 2012 . dead .