David Wayne Nilsson is an Australian former professional baseball catcher and current manager of the Australia national baseball team and the Brisbane Bandits. He played for Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers from 1992 to 1999 and was an All-Star in 1999,becoming the first Australian player to appear in an All-Star game. He ended his Major League career on 3 October 1999 with 837 games played,789 hits,105 home runs and a .284 career batting average.
Kirk Samuel Penney is a New Zealand former professional basketball player. He is the all-time leading scorer for New Zealand's national team and he ranks 12th all-time in points scored at the FIBA World Cup. In 2024,he was inducted in the FIBA Hall of Fame.
The Australian Baseball League (ABL) was a baseball league,established in 1987 and disbanded in 1999.
The Perth Heat is a baseball team in the current Australian Baseball League and a founding member of the Australian Baseball League. It is the most successful team in ABL history,winning 15 Claxton Shields.
The Brisbane Bandits were a foundation team in the Australian Baseball League which was bought by a private owner and shut down in 1999. The Bandits have now been resurrected as a team in the new Australian Baseball League which is due to start in November 2010. The Bandits won the ABL Championship in 1994 and finished 2nd in 1997,going down to the Perth Heat in the championship series. The Bandits only competed in the first 9 ABL Championships,but had intentions of re-joining the ABL Championship in following Seasons.
Baseball New Zealand,formerly known as the New Zealand Baseball Federation,is the governing body of the sport of baseball in New Zealand. Baseball New Zealand is composed of a number of regional associations and local clubs.
Scott Daniel Richmond is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Ryan Searle is an Australian professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
The Australian Baseball League (ABL) is a professional baseball league in Australia. The league is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation (ABF). It uses the same name as a now-defunct competition held during the 1990s,and though it shares some history of the original league with the Claxton Shield awarded to winners of both competitions,it is considered to be a separate competition.
The Brisbane Bandits are a professional baseball team in Brisbane,Queensland that plays in the Australian Baseball League and is one of the six founding teams of the league. From the 2010/11 season till the 2012/13 season their home ballpark was the Brisbane Exhibition Ground,the ground which the old Brisbane Bandits played at for the majority of their nine-year tenure. As of the start of the 2013/14 the Bandits home ground is Holloway Field in Newmarket.
Joshua Michael Collmenter is an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves between 2011 and 2017,and currently plays in the Australian Baseball League for the Auckland Tuatara. He attended Central Michigan University and was the 2007 Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Year.
Ryan John Battaglia,nicknamed Boof,is an Australian professional baseball player who plays catcher for the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Baseball League.
Daniel Edward Lamb-Hunt is a New Zealand-German professional baseball player who plays as a utility infielder for the Auckland Tuatara in the Australian Baseball League and the Bonn Capitals in the German Bundesliga.
Donald Thomas Lutz III is an American-German former professional baseball first baseman / leftfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds.
The Auckland Tuatara were a professional baseball team in the Australian Baseball League based in Auckland,New Zealand. They were the only team from New Zealand to compete in the ABL,and one of two expansion teams that entered the league in the 2018/19 season. The team was liquidated and folded after the 2022/23 season.
The 2018–19 Australian Baseball League season was the ninth year Australian Baseball League (ABL) season,and was held from 15 November 2018 to 2 February 2019. It was the first season that it was played with eight teams,as the league expanded for the first time. The Brisbane Bandits won the championship for the fourth consecutive season.
The 2019–20 Australian Baseball League season was the tenth year Australian Baseball League (ABL) season. The season was held from 21 November 2019 to 9 February 2020. The Melbourne Aces won their first title after defeating the Adelaide Giants in the postseason.
The 2020–21 Australian Baseball League season was the eleventh year of the Australian Baseball League (ABL) season. The season was held from 17 December 2020 to 7 February 2021. The Melbourne Aces won their second consecutive title by defeating the Perth Heat in a shortened playoff series.
The 2022–23 Australian Baseball League season was the twelfth season of the Australian Baseball League (ABL). After the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the 2021–22 season and reduced the 2020–21 season to six teams,this season was the first in three years not to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports. The regular season began on 10 November 2022 and concluded on 22 January 2023 with the Adelaide Giants winning the Claxton Shield over the Perth Heat. This season was the last season to feature Auckland Tuatara and Geelong-Korea,with both teams folding at the conclusion of the season.
The 2023–24 Australian Baseball League season is the thirteenth season of the Australian Baseball League (ABL),and began on 17 November 2023. Six teams will compete in the season,down from eight in the previous season,due to Auckland Tuatara being liquidated and Geelong-Korea's exit from the league.
