2015–16 Australian Baseball League season

2015–16
Australian Baseball League
Season details
Sport Baseball
Country  Australia
Teams 6
Dates 23 October 2015 6 February 2016
Defending champions Perth Heat (2014–15)
Champions Brisbane Bandits (1st title)
Final positions
Champions Brisbane Bandits
Second place Adelaide Bite
Third place Canberra Cavalry
Fourth place Sydney Blue Sox
Fifth place Perth Heat
Sixth place Melbourne Aces
Regular season
Games played 159
Attendance 150,213  (945 per game)
Best batting average David Harris (CAN) (.346)
Most homeruns hit Kyle Petty (ADE) (14)
Most stolen bases Travis Demeritte (ADE) (60)
Best ERA Ryan Searle (BRI) (0.40)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher) Edwin Carl (PER) (85)

The 2015–16 Australian Baseball League season was the sixth Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, held from 23 October 2015 to 7 February 2016.

Teams

Teams in the ABL
Team City State Stadium Ref
Adelaide Bite Adelaide South Australia Norwood Oval [1]
Brisbane Bandits Brisbane Queensland Brisbane Exhibition Ground [2]
Canberra Cavalry Canberra Australian Capital Territory Narrabundah Ballpark [3]
Melbourne Aces Melbourne Victoria Melbourne Ballpark [4]
Perth Heat Perth Western Australia Baseball Park [5]
Sydney Blue Sox Sydney New South Wales Blue Sox Stadium [6]

Regular Season

Key
Clinched Championship Series berth
Clinched postseason berth
2015–16 regular season standings
Team[7]
W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brisbane Bandits 37 19 .661 23–5 14–10
Canberra Cavalry 31 25 .554 6.0 18–10 13–15
Adelaide Bite 30 26 .536 7.0 18–10 12–16
Sydney Blue Sox 26 29 .473 10.5 18–9 8–20
Perth Heat 23 33 .411 14.0 12–16 11–17
Melbourne Aces 20 35 .364 16.5 10–18 10–17

    Postseason

      Preliminary Final Series     Championship Series
                     
        1   Brisbane Bandits 2
      2   Canberra Cavalry 1     3   Adelaide Bite 0
      3   Adelaide Bite 2  

    Preliminary final series

    29 January 2016
    19:30 (UTC+11:00)
    Game 1
    Adelaide Bite 6 – 4 Canberra Cavalry South Australia Norwood Oval, Adelaide
    Umpires: HP: Trent Thomas 1B: Tom West 2B: Andrew Bell 3B: Ian Reval
    WP: Josh Tols (1-0)
    Sv: Loek Van Mil (1)
    Boxscore LP: Brian Grening (0–1)
    HR: Travis Demeritte 2 (2) HR: Ryan Miller (1)
    31 January 2016
    12:00 (UTC+11:00)
    Game 2
    Canberra Cavalry 3 – 2 Adelaide Bite Australian Capital Territory Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra
    Umpires: HP: Takahito Matsuda 1B: Mal Mackay 2B: Riley Barrington 3B: Matthew Pearson
    WP: Steven Kent (1–0)
    Sv: Michael Click (1)
    Boxscore LP: Takuro Ito (0–1)
    HR: Bryan Pounds (1) HR: Kyle Petty (1)
    31 January 2016
    16:00 (UTC+11:00)
    Game 3
    Canberra Cavalry 2 – 9 Adelaide Bite Australian Capital Territory Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra
    Umpires: HP: Mal Mackay 1B: Takahito Matsuda 2B: Matthew Pearson 3B: Riley Barrington
    LP: Scott Cone (0-1) Boxscore WP: Nick Talbot (1-0)
    HR: Kyle Petty (2), Travis Demeritte 2 (4)

    Championship Series

    5 February 2016
    18:00 (UTC+10:00)
    Game 1
    Brisbane Bandits 7 – 4 Adelaide Bite Queensland AFA Stadium at Holloway Field, Brisbane
    Umpires: HP: Brett Robson 1B: Takahito Matsuda 2B: Trent Thomas 3B: Tom West
    WP: Jason Jarvis (1–0)
    Sv: Ryan Searle (1)
    Boxscore LP: Josh Tols (0–1)
    HR: Bralin Jackson (1), TJ Bennett (1) HR: Angus Roeger (1)
    6 February 2016
    18:00 (UTC+10:00)
    Game 2
    Brisbane Bandits 7 – 1 Adelaide Bite Queensland AFA Stadium at Holloway Field, Brisbane
    Umpires: HP: Takahito Matsuda 1B: Trent Thomas 2B: Tom West 3B: Brett Robson
    WP: Travis Blackley (1-0) Boxscore LP: Steven Chambers (0-1)
    HR: Donald Lutz (1) HR: Kyle Petty (1)

    References

    1. "Adelaide Bite Homepage". Adelaide Bite. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
    2. "Brisbane Bandits Homepage". Brisbane Bandits. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
    3. "Canberra Cavalry Homepage". Canberra Cavalry. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
    4. "Melbourne Aces Homepage". Melbourne Aces. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
    5. "Perth Heat Homepage". Perth Heat. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
    6. "Sydney Blue Sox Homepage". Sydney Blue Sox. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
    7. "2015 Australian Baseball League Current Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

    External links

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