1997–98 Perth Heat season

1997–98 Perth Heat season
Season:
1997–98 Australian Baseball League season
Team Details
League Australian Baseball League
City Perth, Western Australia
Ballpark WACA
Management
General Manager Doug Mateljan
← 1996–97
1998–99 →

The 1997-98 Perth Heat season was the 9th season for the team. As was the case for the Heat's previous seasons they competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL).

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 11⁄2 – –
Gold Coast Cougars† 31 22 .585 11⁄2 – –
Perth Heat 30 23 .566 21⁄2 – –
Adelaide Giants 26 27 .491 61⁄2 – –
Brisbane Bandits 20 33 .333 121⁄2 – –
Hunter Eagles 10 43 .189 221⁄2 – –

    Record vs opponents

    Opponent W–L
    Record    		 Largest Victory Largest Defeat Current
    Streak
    Score Date Ground Score Date Ground
    Adelaide Giants 6-7 7-2 5 December 1997 Norwood Oval 1-7 5 December 1997 Norwood Oval L2
    Brisbane Bandits 3-3 15-2 5 January 1998 ANZ Stadium 2-18 4 January 1998 ANZ Stadium W2
    Gold Coast Cougars 4-2 8-2 10 January 1998 Carrara Oval 2-19 8 January 1998 Carrara Oval W1
    Hunter Eagles 5-2 17-6 28 January 1998 Marathon Stadium 0-8 19 January 1998 WACA W4
    Melbourne Monarchs 3-5 6-1 22 November 1997 WACA 2-7 14 December 1997 Melbourne Ballpark L3
    Melbourne Reds 4–2 13–6 26 December 1997 WACA 3–8 27 December 1997 WACA W2
    Sydney Storm 5-3 10-3 8 November 1997 WACA 1-5 & 5-9 15 November 1997 Concord Oval W2
    Total 30–23 Brisbane Bandits Gold Coast Cougars W1
    15–2 5 January 1998 ANZ Stadium 2-19 8 January 1998 Carrara Oval

    Game log

    W Heat win
    L Heat loss
    T Heat tie
      Game postponed
    Bold Heat team member
    1997-98 Game Log

    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.[15]

    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.[15]

    Full series results

    Award Winners

    ABL awards

    Award Name Stat ref
    Reliever of the Year Gabe Molina

    All-stars

    Position Name ref
    Relief Pitcher Gabe Molina

    Heat Awards

    Award Name Stat ref

    Roster

    Perth Heat roster - 1997–98 ABL
    Active roster
    Pitchers

    Right-handed pitchers

    Left-handed pitchers

    		 Catchers
    • ? Australia Toby Barnett
    • ? Australia Gavin Edmondson
    • 42 Australia John Moore
    • 11 Australia Michael Toohey

    Infielders

    • 31 Australia Clayton Barnes
    • 20 Australia Sean Jones
    • 25 Australia Ben Needle
    • ? Australia Dean Robertson

    Outfielders

    • ? Australia Mathew Davis
    • ? United States Johnny Isom
    • 4 Australia Gerard Prosper
    • ? Australia Shane Smith
    Current as of February 1998. [16]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "Round 1: PERTH HEAT vs ADELAIDE GIANTS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on May 6, 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
    2. 1 2 3 4 "Round 2: PERTH HEAT vs SYDNEY STORM". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on May 6, 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
    3. 1 2 3 4 "Round 2: SYDNEY STORM vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on May 6, 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
    4. 1 2 3 4 "Round 4: MELBOURNE MONARCHS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on October 8, 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
    5. 1 2 3 4 "Round 5: PERTH HEAT vs ADELAIDE GIANTS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on May 6, 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
    6. 1 2 3 4 "Round 6: PERTH HEAT vs MELBOURNE MONARCHS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on May 6, 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
    7. 1 2 3 4 "Reds Draw with Perth". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on June 30, 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
    8. 1 2 3 "Round 9: BRISBANE BANDITS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on May 7, 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
    9. 1 2 3 "Round 10: GOLD COAST COUGARS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on May 6, 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
    10. 1 2 3 4 "Round 11: PERTH HEAT vs HUNTER EAGLES". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on May 6, 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
    11. 1 2 3 "Round 12: MELBOURNE REDS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on May 6, 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
    12. 1 2 3 "Round 13: HUNTER EAGLES vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on November 16, 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
    13. 1 2 3 "Round 14: PERTH HEAT vs BRISBANE BANDITS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on May 7, 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
    14. 1 2 3 "Round 15: PERTH HEAT vs GOLD COAST COUGARS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on May 7, 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
    15. 1 2 "FAI Cup Pitches new finals format and all star competition as baseball bats up for the summer of 1997/1998.". Press Release. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on June 30, 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
    16. ↑ "Perth Heat Player Profiles". Perth Heat. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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