1997–98 Melbourne Reds season

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1997–98  Melbourne Reds
Claxton Shield champions
League Australian Baseball League
Ballpark Moorabbin Oval
City Melbourne, Victoria
Record30–21 (.588)
Place3rd
Owner Geoff Pearce
General manager Tony Peek
Manager Tom 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).

Contents

Regular season

Standings

PosTeam
PldWLPCTGBQualification
1 Melbourne Monarchs 523220.615—Advance to Finals Series
2 Sydney Storm 543222.5931
3 Melbourne Reds 513021.5881.5
4 Gold Coast Cougars 533122.5851.5
5 Perth Heat 533023.5662.5
6 Adelaide Giants 532627.4916.5
7 Brisbane Bandits 532033.37712.5
8 Hunter Eagles 531043.18922.5
Source: [ citation needed ]

Record vs opponents

OpponentW–L
Record		Largest VictoryLargest DefeatCurrent
Streak
ScoreDateGroundScoreDateGround
Adelaide Giants 5-211–227 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval 4-516 January 1998 Norwood Oval L1
Brisbane Bandits 7–120–722 November 1997 ANZ Stadium 7–1122 November 1997ANZ StadiumW7
Gold Coast Cougars 4–310–67 November 1997 Carrara Oval 3–67 November 1997Carrara OvalL1
Hunter Eagles 7–117–719 December 1997 Marathon Stadium 4–519 December 1997Marathon StadiumW3
Melbourne Monarchs 3–68–22 November 1997Moorabbin Oval4–1410 January 1998Moorabbin OvalW1
Perth Heat 2–48–327 December 1997 WACA 6–1326 December 1997WACAL2
Sydney Storm 2–413–41 February 1998 Concord Oval 4–85 January 1998Moorabbin OvalW1
Total30–21Brisbane BanditsMelbourne MonarchsW1
20–722 November 1997ANZ Stadium4–1410 January 1998Moorabbin Oval

Game log

WReds win
LReds loss
TReds tie
 Game postponed
BoldReds team member
1997-98 Game Log
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
131 October Monarchs 6–80-1
November
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
21 November (DH 1)@ Monarchs 6–100-2
31 November (DH 2)@ Monarchs 2–70-3
42 November Monarchs 8–21-3
57 November (DH 1)@ Cougars 3–61-4
67 November (DH 2)@ Cougars 10–62-4
78 November (DH 1)@ Cougars 4–52-5
88 November (DH 2)@ Cougars Wash Out2-5
914 November Cougars 4–13-5 [1]
1015 November (DH 1) Cougars 6–24-5 [1]
1115 November (DH 2) Cougars 3–25-5 [1]
1216 November Cougars 1–25-6 [1]
1321 November@ Bandits 7–115-7 [2]
1422 November (DH 1)@ Bandits 20–76-7 [2]
1522 November (DH 2)@ Bandits 12–77-7 [2]
1623 November@ Bandits 12–88-7 [2]
1728 November Bandits 12–89-7 [3]
1829 November (DH 1) Bandits 12–110-7 [3]
1929 November (DH 2) Bandits 11–711-7 [3]
2030 November Bandits 11–712-7 [3]
December
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
215 December Eagles 2–113-7 [4]
226 December(DH 1) Eagles 10–614-7 [4]
236 December (DH 2) Eagles 7–615-7 [4]
247 December Eagles 8–116-7 [4]
2519 December (DH 1)@ Eagles 4–516-8 [5]
2619 December (DH 2)@ Eagles 17–717-8 [5]
2721 December (DH 1)@ Eagles 8–718-8 [5]
2821 December (DH 2)@ Eagles 7–019-8 [5]
2926 December (DH 1)@ Heat 6–1319-9 [6]
3026 December (DH 2)@ Heat 0–119-10 [6]
3127 December (DH 1)@ Heat 3–220-10 [6]
3227 December (DH 2)@ Heat 8–321-10 [6]
January
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
333 January Storm 1–421-11
344 January Storm 10–122-11
355 January Storm 4–822-12
368 January Monarchs 2–622-13
379 January Monarchs 7–323-13
3810 January Monarchs 4–1423-14
3916 January (DH 1)@ Giants 4–523-15 [7]
4016 December (DH 2)@ Giants 10–624-15 [7]
4117 January (DH 1)@ Giants 10–825-15 [7]
4217 December (DH 2)@ Giants 11–1026-15 [7]
4322 January Heat 0–226-16
4423 January Heat 6–926-17
4524 January Heat No Result26-17
4626 January Giants 1–027-17
4727 January Giants 11–228-17
4828 January Giants 5–628-18
4931 January@ Storm 11–1428-19
February
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
501 February@ Storm 13–429-19
512 February@ Storm 9–1029-20
525 February@ Monarchs 4–529-21 [8]
536 February@ Monarchs 5–430-21 [8]
547 February@ Monarchs Wash Out30-21 [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

Team123456789 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

Team123456789 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

Team123456789 R H E
Melbourne Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?12 ? ?
Melbourne Reds ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?5 ? ?
WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
Home runs:
Monarchs: ?
Reds: ?

Postseason Ladder

PosTeam
PldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1 Melbourne Reds 3212518+7.667—Advance to Championship series
2 Gold Coast Cougars 3211613+3.667—
3 Melbourne Monarchs 3121817+1.3331
4 Sydney Storm 3121627−11.3331
Source: [ citation needed ]

Championship Series

Game 1: 14 February 1998

Team123456789 R H E
Gold Coast Cougars0000003003 ? ?
Melbourne Reds10002010-4 ? ?
WP: David White (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
Home runs:
Cougars: -
Reds: Shane Hogan (1)

Game 2: 15 February 1998

Team123456789 R H E
Melbourne Reds00000103046 ?
Gold Coast Cougars0000000000 ? ?
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

AwardNameStatref
Manager of the Year Tom Nieto [10]
All-Star Game Home Run KingChris Ashby [10]
Championship Series MVPShane Hogan [10]

All-stars

PositionNameref
1st BaseAdam Burton [10]
Short Stop Ben Utting [10]
Manager Tom Nieto [10]

Reds Awards

AwardNameStatref
Batting Champion Adam Burton .388 (165 At Bats) [10]
RBI ChampionAdam Burton55 [10]
Home Run KingAdam Burton21 [10]
Base Path PirateAdam Burton18 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 KingJason Beverlin67 [10]
Sigh of Relief David Simpson
David White 		2 Saves [10]

Roster

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

Right-handed pitchers

Left-handed pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Current as of February 1998. [11]

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