List of Claxton Shield champions

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Claxton Shield (Australian baseball trophy) displayed in August 2013 by the 2013 championship team, Canberra Cavalry. Claxton Shield 2013-08.jpg
Claxton Shield (Australian baseball trophy) displayed in August 2013 by the 2013 championship team, Canberra Cavalry.
The Canberra Cavalry team celebrating with the Claxton Shield, after winning the 2012-13 ABL championship series. Canberra Cavalry - Claxton Shield 2013.JPG
The Canberra Cavalry team celebrating with the Claxton Shield, after winning the 2012–13 ABL championship series.

The Claxton Shield was the premier baseball competition in Australia, first held in 1934 and last held in 2010. The Claxton Shield is also the name of the trophy awarded to the champion team, and has also been awarded to winners of both the original Australian Baseball League (ABL) and the International Baseball League of Australia (IBLA). [1] The current version of the Australian Baseball League uses the Claxton Shield as its championship trophy in the same way as its predecessor of the same name did. [2]

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There had been interstate baseball tournaments held prior to the start of the Claxton Shield. The first was held in Hobart in 1910, won by New South Wales defeating Victoria and hosts Tasmania. New South Wales repeated the feat in 1912 in Melbourne when they won again, this time with the addition of South Australia. [3] None were held regularly though, and they did not always involve all baseball–playing states. In 1934 Norrie Claxton was the principal driver of an annual national competition, and donated the shield to be awarded to the champions. Though it was originally intended to be permanently held by the first team to win in three consecutive years, when South Australia won the first three tournaments [4] [5] [6] all participating states agreed that it should be a perpetual shield, and named it the Claxton Shield in honour of Norrie Claxton. [3]

The Victoria Aces were the last team to win the shield under the Claxton Shield format, having won the 2010 tournament by defeating South Australia two games to nil in the final series. [7] It was the eighteenth time the Aces had won the shield, and the twenty second time it had been won by a Victorian team—the most by any state—including three times by the Waverley / Melbourne Reds and once by the Melbourne Monarchs. [3] The Adelaide Giants currently hold the shield after overcoming the Perth Heat in the 2023–24 Australian Baseball League season. It was the Adelaide Giants first ABL title and seventeen time a South Australian team has won the Claxton Shield. Though city-based teams have competed for the Claxton Shield in some seasons, including under the current ABL format, the name engraved on the shield is that of the winning state; for the 2010–11 ABL season won by the Perth Heat, "West Australia 2011" was engraved. [8]

Champions

Claxton Shield

Key
State
Titles
The number of championships won by that state at the time.
(Includes wins by ABL/IBLA teams from the same state.)
Team
Titles
The number of championships won by that team at the time.
(Treats ABL/IBLA teams as separate from the state teams.)
Denotes most championships by a team/state at the time.
Denotes tied for most championships by a team/state at the time.
*Denotes member of Baseball Australia Hall of Fame.
YearChampion TeamState
Titles
Team
Titles
Final HostHelms Award WinnerRef
1934 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 11 Adelaide, SA [4]
1935 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 22 Melbourne, VIC [5]
1936 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 33 Sydney, NSW [6]
1937 Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales 11 Adelaide, SA [9]
1938 Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales 22 Perth, WA [10]
1939 Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales 33 Melbourne, VIC [11]
No tournament held 1940–1945
1946 Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales 44 Sydney, NSW [12]
1947 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 11 Adelaide, SA [13]
1948 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 22 Perth, WA [14]
1949 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 33 Melbourne, VIC [15]
1950 Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales 55 Sydney, NSW [16]
1951 Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales 66 Adelaide, SA [17]
1952 Flag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia 11 Perth, WA [18]
1953 Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales 77 Brisbane, QLD [19]
1954 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 44 Melbourne, VIC [20]
1955 Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales 88 Sydney, NSW [21]
1956 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 55 Adelaide, SA [21]
1957 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 44 Perth, WA [21]
1958 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 66 Brisbane, QLD [21]
1959 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 55 Melbourne, VIC [21]
1960 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 66 Sydney, NSW [21]
1961 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 77 Adelaide, SA [21]
1962 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 77 Perth, WA Flag of New South Wales.svg Anthony Strand [21] [22]
1963 Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales 99 Brisbane, QLD Flag of New South Wales.svg Kevin Cantwell * [21] [23]
1964 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 88 Melbourne, VIC Flag of South Australia.svg Adrian Pearce [21] [22]
1965 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 88 Sydney, NSW Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Graham Deany * [21] [23]
1966 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 99 Adelaide, SA Flag of South Australia.svg Kevin Greatrex * [23] [24]
1967 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 1010 Perth, WA Flag of South Australia.svg Garry Thompson [21] [22]
1968 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 99 Brisbane, QLD Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg John Swanson * [21] [23]
1969 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 1111 Melbourne, VIC Flag of South Australia.svg Neil Page * [21] [23]
1970 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 1212 Sydney, NSW Flag of New South Wales.svg Paul Russell [21] [22]
1971 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 1313 Adelaide, SA Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Ron McIver [21] [22]
1972 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 1010 Brisbane, QLD Flag of Western Australia.svg Don Knapp * [21] [22]
1973 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 1111 Perth, WA Flag of South Australia.svg David Mundy * [21] [23]
1974 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 1212 Melbourne, VIC Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Neil Buszard [21] [22]
1975 Flag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia 22 Sydney, NSW Flag of Queensland.svg Larry Home * [21] [25]
1976 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 1414 Adelaide, SA Flag of Queensland.svg Alan Albury * [26]
1977 Flag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia 33 Perth, WA Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Ron Owens [21] [22]
1978 Flag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia 44 Brisbane, QLD Flag of Western Australia.svg Ray Michell * [21] [23]
1979 Flag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia 55 Melbourne, VIC Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Brian Wonnacott [21] [27]
1980 Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 1515 Sydney, NSW Flag of South Australia.svg John Galloway [28]
1981 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 1313 Adelaide, SA Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg John Hodges [29] [30]
1982 Flag of Queensland.svg  Queensland 11 Sydney, NSW Flag of Queensland.svg Geoff Martin [21] [22]
1983 Flag of Queensland.svg  Queensland 22 Perth, WA Flag of Western Australia.svg Doug Mateljan * [21] [22]
1984 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 1414 Brisbane, QLD Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Brett Ward [31] [32]
1985 Flag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia 66 Brisbane, QLD Flag of Western Australia.svg Tony Stall [22] [33]
1986 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 1515 Sydney, NSW Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Lindsay Orford [21] [22]
1987 Flag of Queensland.svg  Queensland 33 Brisbane, QLD Flag of Queensland.svg Dave Nilsson * [34] [35]
1988 Flag of Queensland.svg  Queensland 44 Brisbane, QLD Flag of Western Australia.svg Tony Adamson * [22] [36]
1989 Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales 1010 Sydney, NSW Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Richard Vagg [22] [36]
Replaced by ABL & IBLA 1989–2002
2003 Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland Rams 85 Sydney, NSW Flag of New South Wales.svg Craig Lewis [22] [37]
2004 Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales Patriots 1211 Sydney, NSW Flag of Queensland.svg Brett Roneberg [38] [39]
2005 Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales Patriots 1312 Sydney, NSW Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Brad Harman [40]
2006 Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland Rams 96 Sydney, NSW Flag of Queensland.svg Brad Dutton [39] [41]
2007 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Victoria Aces 2116 Perth, WA Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Matthew Kent [42] [43]
2008 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 107 Sydney, NSW Flag of Western Australia.svg Clint Balgera [22] [44]
2009 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 118 Perth, WA Flag of Western Australia.svg Nick Kimpton [45] [46]
2010 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Victoria Aces 2217 Melbourne, VIC Flag of New South Wales.svg Wayne Lundgren [47] [48]

Australian Baseball League (1989–1999)

SeasonChampion TeamGamesRunner UpTeam
Titles
State
Titles
League MVPRef
1989–90 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Waverley Reds 3–1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne Monarchs 116 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Phil Dale (WR) [49]
1990–91 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 3–2 Flag of Queensland.svg Daikyo Dolphins 17 Flag of Queensland.svg David Nilsson (DD) [50]
1991–92 Flag of Queensland.svg Daikyo Dolphins 3–1 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 15 Flag of Queensland.svg Adrian Meagher (DD) [51]
1992–93 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne Monarchs 2–0 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 117 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Jordan (BB) [52]
1993–94 Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane Bandits 2–0 Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Blues 16 Flag of the United States.svg Homer Bush (BB) [53]
1994–95 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Waverley Reds 2–0 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 218 Flag of Western Australia.svg Scott Metcalf (PH) [54]
1995–96 Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Blues 2–0 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne Reds 111 Flag of New South Wales.svg Gary White (SB) [55]
1996–97 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 2–1 Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane Bandits 28 Flag of South Australia.svg Andrew Scott (AG) [56]
1997–98 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne Reds 2–0 Flag of Queensland.svg Gold Coast Cougars 319 Flag of New South Wales.svg Brendan Kingman (SS) [57]
1998–99 Flag of Queensland.svg Gold Coast Cougars 2–0 Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Storm 27 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Adam Burton (MR) [58]

International Baseball League of Australia

SeasonChampion TeamGamesRunner UpTeam
Titles
State
Titles
Helms Award WinnerRef
1999–2000 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 2–1 Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland Rams 19 Flag of New South Wales.svg Chris Snelling [1] [22]
2002 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Victoria Aces 1–0 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 120 Flag of New South Wales.svg Rodney van Buizen [1] [22]

Australian Baseball League (2010–present)

SeasonChampion TeamGamesRunner UpTeam
Titles
State
Titles
Helms Award WinnerRef
2010–11 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 2–1 Flag of South Australia.svg Adelaide Bite 112 Flag of the United States.svg James McOwen (ADE) [59] [60]
2011–12 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 2–1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne Aces 213 Flag of Western Australia.svg Tim Kennelly (PER) [61] [62]
2012–13 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Cavalry 2–0 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 11 Flag of the United States.svg Adam Buschini (CAN) [63]
2013–14 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 2–0 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Cavalry 314 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Casteel (MEL) [64]
2014–15 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 2–1 Flag of South Australia.svg Adelaide Bite 415 Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Miller (ADE) 
2015–16 Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane Bandits 2–0 Flag of South Australia.svg Adelaide Bite 110 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Williams (BRI) [65]
2016–17 Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane Bandits 2–0 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne Aces 211 Flag of Queensland.svg Aaron Whitefield (BRI) [66]
2017–18 Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane Bandits 2–1 Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Cavalry 312 Flag of the United States.svg Jake Fraley (PER) [67]
2018–19 Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane Bandits 2–0 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 413 Flag of Western Australia.svg Tim Kennelly (PER)

Flag of Germany.svg Marcus Solbach (ADE)

 
2019–20 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne Aces 2–0 Flag of South Australia.svg Adelaide Bite 123 
2020–21 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne Aces 1–0 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 224 
2021–22 Season cancelled due to COVID 
2022–23 Flag of South Australia.svg Adelaide Bite 2–1 Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Heat 116 Flag of South Australia.svg Jordan McArdle (ADE)
  
2023- 24 Adelaide Giants 2-1 Perth Heat 217

Championships by state

RankStateTitlesMost RecentTournaments Contested
1stFlag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 24 2019–20 78
2ndFlag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 17 2023-24 78
3rdFlag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia 15 2014–15 73
=4thFlag of Queensland.svg  Queensland 13 2018-19 68
=4thFlag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales 13 2005 75
6thFlag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg  Australian Capital Territory 1 2012–13 18
=7thFlag of the Northern Territory.svg  Northern Territory 08
=7thFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 02
"Titles" includes seasons of the ABL & IBLA.

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