Greater Brisbane League 2009–10

Greater Brisbane League 2009-10
League Greater Brisbane League
Sport Baseball
Duration September 13, 2009 – March 31, 2010
Number of teams 15 eligible
Major League
Premiers Wests Bulldogs
Minor Premiers Redcliffe Padres
Runners-up Windsor Royals
Pacific League
Premiers Pine Rivers Rapids
Minor Premiers Pine Rivers Rapids
  Runners-up Mudgeeraba Redsox

The Greater Brisbane League 2009–10 season is part of the annual summer baseball competition of South East Queensland run by Baseball Queensland. It runs from September 2009 through to March, 2010.

Season structure

The season will have a new structure to the previous Greater Brisbane League format of six open divisions. Instead, it was announced the league structure will be split into a 'Major League' and 'Pacific League' in division one and two (Major A and Major B) with eight teams playing in Major League and seven in Pacific League.

The leagues will be determined by a round robin competition every Friday and Sunday from September 13, 2009 to November 1, 2009 with the top eight teams that meet Major League Criteria qualifying for the Major League and the remaining seven, play in the Pacific League. Toowoomba and Carina, minor league clubs in recent years, have been invited back into the top tier of Queensland baseball after many years being dominant in the Minor leagues (division 4-6).

Super League

Planned to be included in the season was a competition very similar to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, with two teams picked from the Northside and the Southside of the Brisbane River, presumably linked to their regions. This tournament was played from November 6 until November 8, 2009 and February 12 to February 14, 2010, but didn't go ahead due to the 2010 Claxton Shield home games.

Preliminary rounds

The preliminary rounds were used to determine the top eight seeded teams for Major League and bottom seven for Pacific League for the rest of the season. Teams played each other once including one bye round over the space of eight weeks with teams playing Friday night and Sunday afternoon.

Qualified to Major League
Qualified to Pacific League
# Team Wins Losses Win% Tiebreaker
1Pine Hills Lightning 11 3 78.6 1-0
2Windsor Royals 11 3 78.6 0-1
3Runcorn Indians 10 4 71.4 1-0
4Surfers Paradise 10 4 71.4 0-1
5Redcliffe Padres 9 5 64.3
6Western Districts Bulldogs 8 6 57.1 1-0
7Beenleigh Hawks 8 6 57.1 0-1
8Ipswich Musketeers 7 7 50 1-0
9Mudgeeraba Redsox 7 7 50 0-1
10Pine Rivers Rapids 6 8 42.9
11Redlands Rays 5 9 35.7 1-0
12All Stars 5 9 36.4 0-1
13Narangba Demons 4 10 28.6
14Toowoomba Rangers 3 11 21.4
15Carina Redsox 1 13 7.1

Premiership rounds

Top four from each league progress into the playoffs where the Page playoff system is used.

Queensland Major League

# Team Wins Losses Win% Tiebreaker
1Redcliffe Padres 14 4 77.8
2Windsor Royals 15 6 71.4 2-2 (25-21)
3Surfers Paradise 15 6 71.4 2-2 (21-25)
4Western Districts Bulldogs 12 7 63.2
5Runcorn Indians 9 11 45
6Ipswich Musketeers 9 12 42.9
7Pine Hills Lightning 6 18 25
8Beenleigh Hawks 2 18 10

Pacific League

# Team Wins Losses Win% Tiebreaker
1Pine Rivers Rapids 14 5 73.7
2Toowoomba Rangers 12 6 66.7 2-1
3All Stars 12 6 66.7 1-2
4Mudgeeraba Redsox 10 8 55.6
5Redlands Rays 8 11 42.1
6Carina Redsox 5 15 25
7Narangba Demons 3 13 18.8

Playoffs

Windsor Royals were awarded the Major Club Champion for the season, this included Major and Pacific A and B Grades.[1]

Major League

  Semi Final Preliminary Final Final
                           
1  Redcliffe Padres 1  
2  Windsor Royals 2         2  Windsor Royals 0
      1  Redcliffe Padres 1   4  Wests Bulldogs 2
  4  Wests Bulldogs 2  
3  Surfers Paradise 1
4  Wests Bulldogs 2  

B-Grade

Beenleigh Hawks defeated Windsor Royals 10-9 in the Major League B-Grade final. This is their third consecutive B-Grade premiership.

Pacific League

  Semi Final Preliminary Final Final
                           
1  Pine Rivers Rapids 2  
2  Toowoomba Rangers 0         1  Pine Rivers Rapids 2
      2  Toowoomba Rangers 1   4  Mudgeeraba Redsox 0
  4  Mudgeeraba Redsox 2  
3  All Stars 1
4  Mudgeeraba Redsox 2  

B-Grade

Toowoomba Rangers defeated Redlands Rays 23-11 in the Pacific League B-Grade final.

South Queensland Baseball League

The inaugural SQBL competition consisted of A, B and C grades, which was effectively 3rd, 4th and 5th division. Redcliffe Padres were awarded the best SQBL club overall for the season.[2]

A-Grade

Redcliffe Padres defeated Pine Hills Lightning 11-4 in the South Queensland Baseball League A-Grade final.

B-Grade

Windsor Royals defeated Southern Stars 5-1 in the South Queensland Baseball League B-Grade final.

C-Grade

Windsor Royals defeated Mt Gravatt Eagles 12-9 in the South Queensland Baseball League C-Grade final

Masters

Mudgeeraba Redsox defeated Surfers Paradise 10-1 in the final of the inaugural Masters competition.

Individual Leaders

Major League as of April 2010

Batting leaders

Stat Player Total
AVG Jay Nilsson (PADR) .443
HR Ryan Battaglia (PNHL) 8
RBI Joshua Roberts (IPSW) 36
R Matt Roxborough (PNHL) 40
H David Sutherland (PNHL) 53
SB Ben Pressick (INDS) 28

Pitching leaders

Stat Player Total
W David Sutherland (PNHL) 11
L Pete Gibbs (BNLE)
Brad Gibbs (BNLE)
7
ERA Rodney Wodson (PADR) 1.77
K Matthew Bates (INDS) 97
IP David Sutherland (PNHL) 134.2
SV Robert Reeves (IPSW) 4

Most Valuable Players

Grade Player
Major A Jim Laird
Major B Brandon Nicholson
Pacific A Buzz Brown
Pacific B Craig Higginson
SQBL A Steven Hayes
SQBL B Alex Meikle
SQBL C Jamie Munz
Masters Bruce Harle

References

  1. McClenahan, Peter (26 March 2009). "Club Champions Announced". Baseball Queensland. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  2. McClenahan, Peter (26 March 2009). "Club Champions Announced". Baseball Queensland. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
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