1997–98 Melbourne Reds season

1997–98 Melbourne Reds
Claxton Shield champions
LeagueAustralian Baseball League
BallparkMoorabbin Oval
CityMelbourne, Victoria
Record30–21 (.588)
Place3rd
OwnerGeoff Pearce
General managerTony Peek
ManagerTom Nieto

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

Pos Team
 Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Melbourne Monarchs 52 32 20 .615 — Advance to Finals Series
2 Sydney Storm 54 32 22 .593 1
3 Melbourne Reds 51 30 21 .588 1.5
4 Gold Coast Cougars 53 31 22 .585 1.5
5 Perth Heat 53 30 23 .566 2.5
6 Adelaide Giants 53 26 27 .491 6.5
7 Brisbane Bandits 53 20 33 .377 12.5
8 Hunter Eagles 53 10 43 .189 22.5
Source: [citation needed]

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
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
1 31 October Monarchs 6–8 0-1
November
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
2 1 November (DH 1) @ Monarchs 6–10 0-2
3 1 November (DH 2) @ Monarchs 2–7 0-3
4 2 November Monarchs 8–2 1-3
5 7 November (DH 1) @ Cougars 3–6 1-4
6 7 November (DH 2) @ Cougars 10–6 2-4
7 8 November (DH 1) @ Cougars 4–5 2-5
8 8 November (DH 2) @ Cougars Wash Out 2-5
9 14 November Cougars 4–1 3-5 [1]
10 15 November (DH 1) Cougars 6–2 4-5 [1]
11 15 November (DH 2) Cougars 3–2 5-5 [1]
12 16 November Cougars 1–2 5-6 [1]
13 21 November @ Bandits 7–11 5-7 [2]
14 22 November (DH 1) @ Bandits 20–7 6-7 [2]
15 22 November (DH 2) @ Bandits 12–7 7-7 [2]
16 23 November @ Bandits 12–8 8-7 [2]
17 28 November Bandits 12–8 9-7 [3]
18 29 November (DH 1) Bandits 12–1 10-7 [3]
19 29 November (DH 2) Bandits 11–7 11-7 [3]
20 30 November Bandits 11–7 12-7 [3]
December
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
21 5 December Eagles 2–1 13-7 [4]
22 6 December(DH 1) Eagles 10–6 14-7 [4]
23 6 December (DH 2) Eagles 7–6 15-7 [4]
24 7 December Eagles 8–1 16-7 [4]
25 19 December (DH 1) @ Eagles 4–5 16-8 [5]
26 19 December (DH 2) @ Eagles 17–7 17-8 [5]
27 21 December (DH 1) @ Eagles 8–7 18-8 [5]
28 21 December (DH 2) @ Eagles 7–0 19-8 [5]
29 26 December (DH 1) @ Heat 6–13 19-9 [6]
30 26 December (DH 2) @ Heat 0–1 19-10 [6]
31 27 December (DH 1) @ Heat 3–2 20-10 [6]
32 27 December (DH 2) @ Heat 8–3 21-10 [6]
January
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
33 3 January Storm 1–4 21-11
34 4 January Storm 10–1 22-11
35 5 January Storm 4–8 22-12
36 8 January Monarchs 2–6 22-13
37 9 January Monarchs 7–3 23-13
38 10 January Monarchs 4–14 23-14
39 16 January (DH 1) @ Giants 4–5 23-15 [7]
40 16 December (DH 2) @ Giants 10–6 24-15 [7]
41 17 January (DH 1) @ Giants 10–8 25-15 [7]
42 17 December (DH 2) @ Giants 11–10 26-15 [7]
43 22 January Heat 0–2 26-16
44 23 January Heat 6–9 26-17
45 24 January Heat No Result 26-17
46 26 January Giants 1–0 27-17
47 27 January Giants 11–2 28-17
48 28 January Giants 5–6 28-18
49 31 January @ Storm 11–14 28-19
February
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
50 1 February @ Storm 13–4 29-19
51 2 February @ Storm 9–10 29-20
52 5 February @ Monarchs 4–5 29-21 [8]
53 6 February @ Monarchs 5–4 30-21 [8]
54 7 February @ Monarchs Wash Out 30-21 [8]

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

Pos Team
 Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1 Melbourne Reds 3 2 1 25 18 +7 .667 — Advance to Championship series
2 Gold Coast Cougars 3 2 1 16 13 +3 .667 —
3 Melbourne Monarchs 3 1 2 18 17 +1 .333 1
4 Sydney Storm 3 1 2 16 27 −11 .333 1
Source: [citation needed]

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

Left-handed pitchers

 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Current as of February 1998.[11]

References

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  9. ^ a b "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 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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