Robert Joe Wickman is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five teams:the New York Yankees (1992–1996),Milwaukee Brewers (1996–2000),Cleveland Indians (2000–2006),Atlanta Braves (2006–2007),and Arizona Diamondbacks (2007). He batted and threw right-handed.
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.
John Emil Jaha is an American former first baseman in Major League Baseball who had a 10-year career from 1992 to 2001. He played for the Milwaukee Brewers and Oakland Athletics,playing in both the American League and National League. He was elected to the American League All-Star team in 1999.
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.
The 1997–98 Australian Baseball League season was the 9th season of the original Australian Baseball League,contested between eight teams representing state and regional capitals: Adelaide Giants, Brisbane Bandits, Gold Coast Cougars, Hunter Eagles, Melbourne Monarchs, Melbourne Reds, Perth Heat and Sydney Storm. The Melbourne Reds became the first three-time champions defeating the Gold Coast Cougars 2 games to 0 in the Championship series,in front of a small home crowd of 600 at the Melbourne Ballpark.
Robert Lane Miller was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1957 to 1974. Miller played for three World Series champions:the 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers,1965 Los Angeles Dodgers and the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates—five league champions and four division winners,as well as for four teams that lost 100 or more games in a season.
The 1998–99 Australian Baseball League season was the 10th season of the original Australian Baseball League,contested between six teams representing state and regional capitals: Adelaide Giants, Gold Coast Cougars, Melbourne Monarchs, Melbourne Reds, Perth Heat and Sydney Storm. The championship was won by the Gold Coast Cougars,who defeated the Sydney Storm in 2 games in the championship series at the Sydney Showground Stadium. The Adelaide Giants finished the season on top of the ladder but were knocked out in Semi-final 1 by the Sydney Storm.
Ryan Searle is an Australian professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
Phillip Dale,is an Australian former minor league baseball player and is currently a coach with the Australia national baseball team.
Gary Nilsson is a former Australian baseball player who played as a pitcher for the Lakeland Tigers in 1984 and in the Australian Baseball League from 1989 to 1996. He is the brother of former All-Star,Dave Nilsson as well as former minor leaguer Bob Nilsson. His son is Mitch Nilsson,currently contracted to the Cleveland Indians and nephew Jay Nilsson,former Gulf Coast Indians player. He is currently pitching coach for the Brisbane Bandits in the Australian Baseball League.
The 2010 Claxton Shield was the 76th Claxton Shield tournament,the premier baseball competition in Australia,and was held from 6 November 2009 to 7 February 2010. It was hailed as the precursor to the new Australian Baseball League that would start in the place of the Claxton Shield in late 2010 to early 2011. The Victoria Aces defeated South Australia two games to nil in the championship series to win the tournament;this was the 22nd time the Claxton Shield had been awarded to a Victorian team. The competition was sponsored by Domino's Pizza.
P.J. Bevis is an Australian baseball player who is a right-handed pitcher for the Queensland Rams. Bevis has played professional baseball ranging from Rookie to AAA for over 13 years,including time with the Arizona Diamondbacks,New York Mets,and Colorado Rockies organizations.
The Adelaide Giants are a professional baseball team that plays in the Australian Baseball League. They are one of the six foundation franchises of the league,in its first incarnation from 1989 to 1999. The team adopted the name Bite or Adelaide Bite when the league relaunched in 2010,officially Adelaide ETSA Bite,when the South Australian power company ETSA Utilities became its major sponsor. After an ETSA rebrand to SA Power Networks,the Bite became the Adelaide Bite,proudly presented by SA Power Networks. In 2019,the team was rebranded as Adelaide Giants.
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 Peter Tols is an Australian former professional baseball pitcher.
Grant Alexander Wesley McDonald,is an Australian baseball player. He competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.
