1997–98 Perth Heat season

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1997–98  Perth Heat
League Australian Baseball League
Ballpark WACA
City Perth, Western Australia
Record30–23 (.566)
Place5th
General manager Doug Mateljan

The 1997-98 Perth Heat season was the 9th season for the team. As was the case for the Heat's previous seasons they competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL).

Contents

Offseason

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 6-77-25 December 1997 Norwood Oval 1-75 December 1997Norwood OvalL2
Brisbane Bandits 3-315-25 January 1998 ANZ Stadium 2-184 January 1998ANZ StadiumW2
Gold Coast Cougars 4-28-210 January 1998 Carrara Oval 2-198 January 1998Carrara OvalW1
Hunter Eagles 5-217-628 January 1998 Marathon Stadium 0-819 January 1998WACAW4
Melbourne Monarchs 3-56-122 November 1997 WACA 2-714 December 1997 Melbourne Ballpark L3
Melbourne Reds 4–213–626 December 1997WACA3–827 December 1997WACAW2
Sydney Storm 5-310-38 November 1997WACA1-5 & 5-915 November 1997 Concord Oval W2
Total30–23Brisbane BanditsGold Coast CougarsW1
15–25 January 1998ANZ Stadium2-198 January 1998Carrara Oval

Game log

WHeat win
LHeat loss
THeat tie
 Game postponed
BoldHeat team member
1997-98 Game Log
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
131 October (DH 1) Giants 6–51-0 [1]
231 October (DH 2) Giants 6–32-0 [1]
November
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
31 November (DH 1) Giants 6–53-0 [1]
41 November (DH 2) Giants 2–83-1 [1]
57 November (DH 1) Storm 3–53-2 [2]
67 November (DH 2) Storm 3–24-2 [2]
78 November (DH 1) Storm 10–35-2 [2]
88 November (DH 2) Storm 4–16-2 [2]
915 November (DH 1)@ Storm 1–56-3 [3]
1015 November (DH 2)@ Storm 5–96-4 [3]
1116 November (DH 1)@ Storm 4–37-4 [3]
1216 November (DH 2)@ Storm 11–78-4 [3]
1321 November@ Monarchs 6–78-5 [4]
1422 November (DH 1)@ Monarchs 6–19-5 [4]
1522 November (DH 2)@ Monarchs 9–510-5 [4]
1623 November@ Monarchs 0–210-6 [4]
December
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
175 December (DH 1)@ Giants 7–211-6 [5]
185 December (DH 2)@ Giants 1–711-7 [5]
196 December (DH 1)@ Giants 1–511-8 [5]
206 December (DH 2)@ Giants 3–611-9 [5]
2114 December (DH 1) Monarchs 10–912-9 [6]
2214 December (DH 2) Monarchs 2–7P. Dale12-10 [6]
2315 December (DH 1) Monarchs 0–3E. NelsenR. Spear12-11 [6]
2415 December (DH 2) Monarchs 4–612-12 [6]
2519 December Giants 4–213-12
2620 December (DH 1) Giants 4-014-12
2720 December (DH 2) Giants 2–514-13
2821 December Giants 2–614-14
2926 December (DH 1) Reds 13–615-14 [7]
3026 December (DH 2) Reds 1–016-14 [7]
3127 December (DH 1) Reds 2–316-15 [7]
3227 December (DH 2) Reds 3–816-16 [7]
January
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
333 January@ Bandits 1–1116-17 [8]
344 January@ Bandits 2–1816-18 [8]
355 January@ Bandits 15–217-18 [8]
368 January@ Cougars 2–1917-19 [9]
379 January@ Cougars 8–718-19 [9]
3810 January@ Cougars 8-219-19 [9]
3919 January (DH 1) Eagles 0–819-20 [10]
4019 January (DH 2) Eagles 11–620-20 [10]
4120 January (DH 1) Eagles 6–820-21 [10]
4220 January (DH 2) Eagles 5–221-21 [10]
4322 January@ Reds 2–022-21 [11]
4423 January@ Reds 9–623-21 [11]
4524 January@ Reds Wash Out23-21 [11]
4626 January@ Eagles 15–524-21 [12]
4727 January@ Eagles 8–725-21 [12]
4828 January@ Eagles 17-626-21 [12]
4931 January Bandits 0–1226-22 [13]
February
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
501 February Bandits 12–627-22 [13]
512 February Bandits 5–128-22 [13]
525 February Cougars 6-229-22 [14]
536 February Cougars 3-1029-23 [14]
547 February Cougars 7-430-23 [14]

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. [15]

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. [15]

Full series results

Award Winners

ABL awards

AwardNameStatref
Reliever of the Year Gabe Molina

All-stars

PositionNameref
Relief PitcherGabe Molina

Heat Awards

AwardNameStatref

Roster

Perth Heat roster - 1997–98 ABL
Active roster
Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Left-handed pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Current as of February 1998. [16]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Round 2: PERTH HEAT vs SYDNEY STORM". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
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  9. 1 2 3 "Round 10: GOLD COAST COUGARS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Round 11: PERTH HEAT vs HUNTER EAGLES". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  11. 1 2 3 "Round 12: MELBOURNE REDS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  12. 1 2 3 "Round 13: HUNTER EAGLES vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 16 November 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
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  15. 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 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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