1997–98 Melbourne Reds season

1997–98 Melbourne Reds season
Season:
1997–98 Australian Baseball League season
Team Details
League Australian Baseball League
City Melbourne, Victoria
Ballpark Moorabbin Oval
Management
Manager Tom Nieto
Owner Geoff Pearce
General Manager Tony Peek
Assistant GM Andy Karetsky
Paul Tierney
← 1996–97
1998–99 →

The 1997-98 Melbourne Reds season was the eighth season for the team. As was the case for the Red'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 1 1⁄2 – –
Gold Coast Cougars† 31 22 .585 1 1⁄2 – –
Perth Heat 30 23 .566 2 1⁄2 – –
Adelaide Giants 26 27 .491 6 1⁄2 – –
Brisbane Bandits 20 33 .333 12 1⁄2 – –
Hunter Eagles 10 43 .189 22 1⁄2 – –

    Record vs opponents

    Opponent W–L
    Record    		 Largest Victory Largest Defeat Current
    Streak
    Score Date Ground Score Date Ground
    Adelaide Giants 5-2 11–2 27 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval 4-5 16 January 1998 Norwood Oval L1
    Brisbane Bandits 7–1 20–7 22 November 1997 ANZ Stadium 7–11 22 November 1997 ANZ Stadium W7
    Gold Coast Cougars 4–3 10–6 7 November 1997 Carrara Oval 3–6 7 November 1997 Carrara Oval L1
    Hunter Eagles 7–1 17–7 19 December 1997 Marathon Stadium 4–5 19 December 1997 Marathon Stadium W3
    Melbourne Monarchs 3–6 8–2 2 November 1997 Moorabbin Oval 4–14 10 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval W1
    Perth Heat 2–4 8–3 27 December 1997 WACA 6–13 26 December 1997 WACA L2
    Sydney Storm 2–4 13–4 1 February 1998 Concord Oval 4–8 5 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval W1
    Total 30–21 Brisbane Bandits Melbourne Monarchs W1
    20–7 22 November 1997 ANZ Stadium 4–14 10 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval

    Game log

    W Reds win
    L Reds loss
    T Reds tie
      Game postponed
    Bold Reds 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.[9]

    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.[9]

    Finals Series (Reds games)

    Full series results

    Game 2: 10 February 1998

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Melbourne Reds ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 18 ? ?
    Sydney Storm ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 5 ? ?
    WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
    Home runs:
    Reds: ?
    Storm: ?

    Game 4: 11 February 1998

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Gold Coast Cougars ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1 ? ?
    Melbourne Reds ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2 ? ?
    WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
    Home runs:
    Cougars: ?
    Reds: ?

    Game 6: 12 February 1998

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Melbourne Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 12 ? ?
    Melbourne Reds ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 5 ? ?
    WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
    Home runs:
    Monarchs: ?
    Reds: ?

    Postseason Ladder

    Key
    † Clinched Championship series berth
    1997-98 postseason season standings
    Team
    		W L Pct. GB For Against
    Melbourne Reds† 2 1 .667 - 25 18
    Gold Coast Cougars† 2 1 .667 - 16 13
    Melbourne Monarchs 1 2 .333 1 18 17
    Sydney Storm 1 2 .333 1 16 27

      Championship Series

      Game 1: 14 February 1998

      Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
      Gold Coast Cougars 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 ? ?
      Melbourne Reds 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 4 ? ?
      WP: David White (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
      Home runs:
      Cougars: -
      Reds: Shane Hogan (1)

      Game 2: 15 February 1998

      Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
      Melbourne Reds 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 6 ?
      Gold Coast Cougars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ?
      WP: Jason Beverlin (1-0)   LP: Paxton Crawford (0-1)   Sv: -
      Home runs:
      Reds: Shane Hogan (1), Myles Barnden (1)
      Cougars: -

      Award Winners

      ABL awards

      Award Name Stat ref
      Manager of the Year Tom Nieto [10]
      All-Star Game Home Run King Chris Ashby [10]
      Championship Series MVP Shane Hogan [10]

      All-stars

      Position Name ref
      1st Base Adam Burton [10]
      Short Stop Ben Utting [10]
      Manager Tom Nieto [10]

      Reds Awards

      Award Name Stat ref
      Batting Champion Adam Burton .388 (165 At Bats) [10]
      RBI Champion Adam Burton 55 [10]
      Home Run King Adam Burton 21 [10]
      Base Path Pirate Adam Burton 18 of 19 [10]
      Pitching Champion Pat Ahearne 3.36ERA 3–4, 56.1IP [10]
      Pitching Workhorse Jason Beverlin 72.1IP 2–4, 6.22 [10]
      Strikeout King Jason Beverlin 67 [10]
      Sigh of Relief David Simpson
      David White      		 2 Saves [10]

      Roster

      Melbourne Reds roster - 1997–98 ABL
      Active roster Coaching Staff
      Pitchers

      Right-handed pitchers

      • 52 United States Jason Beverlin
      • 49 Australia Jason Blejwas
      • 15 Australia Michael Crooks
      • ? Australia Andrew Fennell
      • 27 Australia Matthew Gourlay
      • 24 Australia Lee Hogan
      • 41 Australia Rob Hogan
      • 37 Australia Warren May
      • 10 Australia David Simpson
      • 29 United States Sloan Smith
      • 28 Australia Ben Smith
      • 36 Australia Jarrod Warner
      • ? United States David White

      Left-handed pitchers

      		 Catchers

      Infielders

      • 14 United States Chris Ashby
      • 22 Australia Myles Barnden
      • 20 Australia Adam Burton
      • ? Australia Ross Cameron
      • 16 Australia Shane Hogan
      • 26 Australia Jeff Spencer
      • 30 Australia Ben Utting

      Outfielders

      • ? Australia Glynn Kimberley
      • 35 Australia Glen Reeves
      • 46 United States Derek Shumpert
      • 18 Australia Paul Weichard
      • 19 Australia Darren White
      		Manager

      Coaches

      • -- Australia David Clarkson
      • -- Australia Gavin Marshall
      Current as of February 1998.[11]

      References

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      9. 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.
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