Coomera Cubs Baseball Club

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Coomera Cubs Baseball Club
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Information
LeagueGBL and GCBA
LocationOxenford, Australia
Ballpark Gambamora Park
Founded2006
Nickname(s)Cubs
2024–25 Season Record5–11
Former name(s)Coomera Cougars
ColorsPurple and Teal
OwnershipNick Day
PresidentNick Day
Manager Michael Sharp
Websitewww.coomera.baseball.com.au
Current uniforms
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The Coomera Cubs Baseball Club is a baseball club located on the Gold Coast in Queensland, that participates [1] in the Greater Brisbane League and the Gold Coast Baseball Association League. [2] The club is also a host to the annual Summer Classic. [3]

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History

The club has a history dating back to the 1990s and was originally known as the Coomera Cougars. The club shared playing fields on the eastern side of the M1 where the Coomera Soccer fields now reside. The club was moved in the early 2000s to the current site at Gambamora Park and was officially incorporated in 2006 as the Coomera Cubs Baseball Club Inc. That year the club entered multiple Junior and Senior teams in the Gold Coast Baseball Association competition.

GBL

In 2017/18 the club entered into the Senior Div 1, Div 2, U16 Div 1 and U14 Div1 GBL competition for the first time. The following year saw the U16 team make the grand final and the U14 team win the championship. 2019/20 in the third year of the GBL senior competition the Senior Div 1 and Div 2 both made the playoffs. The Div 2 side sitting equal top of the table after the regular season on for and against and narrowly losing to Surfers on head to head results for the minor premiership.

In what can only be described as unprecedented times the season finals series were not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the competition was awarded based on placings during the regular season. Div 1 came 4th and Div 2 came 2nd.

Junior Baseball Academy

In 2013 the club introduced the first club based junior elite academy [4] on the Gold Coast. This academy is aimed at 10 to 14 year olds and in 2019 was run inhouse at the club by the team at South Coast Academy of Sport. The academy continues to support the club's training activities.

Little League

In 2018 there was a large representation from the club that represented the Gold Coast at the Little League [5] District State Titles. This Gold Coast [6] team became the first team from Queensland to win National Little League Australian Championships in June 2018 and progress to the Little League World series.[ citation needed ]

Notable players

Aaron Whitefield [7] (Minnesota Twins) signed but did not play*

Josh Warner [8] (Philadelphia Phillies)

Darren Trainor [9] (Lewis-Clark State College)

Jack Waters (Arizona Western College)

Liam Sherer (Canberra Cavalry, Colby Trojans)

Records

Notable individual records set in one game, these include all games between the 2020–2021 season from Div 1 and 2

RecordHolderGradeYear
Most Strikeouts19Jack WatersDiv 12020–2021

Current Statistical Leaders

Hitting Leaders

Current Statistical Hitting Leaders of the 2024-2025 GBL Season

StatisticHolderGradeLeague Position
AVG.430Zackery CalicettoDiv 12nd
OBP.490Zackery CalicettoDiv 14th
OPS.985Zackery Calicetto, Shotaro UsuiDiv 1T-7th
Hits42Shotaro UsuiDiv 14th
Doubles8Shotaro Usui, Kokoro Aomatsu, Rui NarasakiDiv 1N/a
Triples3Shotaro UsuiDiv 11st
Homeruns3Shotaro UsuiDiv 1N/a
RBI25Kokoro AomatsuDiv 1N/a
Walks15Shotaro UsuiDiv 1N/a
Plate Appearance148Shotaro UsuiDiv 1T-10th
At Bats122Shotaro UsuiDiv 1T-10th
Stolen Base 27Shotaro UsuiDiv 1T-2nd

Pitching Leaders

Current Statistical Pitching Leaders of the 2024-2025 GBL Season

StatisticHolderGradeLeague Position
Innings Pitched67.1Jake MuscatDiv 19th
ERA2.81Jake MuscatDiv 110th
Strikeouts62Patrick DayDiv 1N/a
Wins5Jake MuscatDiv 1N/a
Losses5Patrick Day, Rui NarasakiDiv 1N/a

Top 5 Team Leaders 2024-2025

Top 5 Hitting Leaders

Current Statistical Hitting Leaders of the 2024-2025 GBL Season Players Must Have Minimum 15 Plate Appearances For the Cubs

*Denotes Leads the League
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
AVG.571Riley CooperDiv 11st
.465Zackery CalicettoDiv 12nd
.364Shotaro UsuiDiv 13rd
.318Takashi MizunoDiv 14th
.270Kokoro AomatsuDiv 15th
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
OBP.700Riley CooperDiv 11st
.540Zackery CalicettoDiv 12nd
.444Shotaro UsuiDiv 13rd
.400Jack HuawaiDiv 1T-4th
.400Thomas RyanDiv 1T-4th
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
OPS1.462Riley CooperDiv 11st
1.098Zackery CalicettoDiv 12nd
1.081Shotaro UsuiDiv 13rd
.757Takashi MizunoDiv 14th
.746Kokoro AomatsuDiv 15th
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
Hits20Zackery CalicettoDiv 1T-1st
20Shotaro UsuiDiv 1T-1st
12Riley CooperDiv 12nd
11Rui NarasakiDiv 13rd
10Kokoro AomatsuDiv 14th
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
Doubles5Shotaro UsuiDiv 1T-1st
5Kokoro AomatsuDiv 1T-1st
4Riley CooperDiv 1T-2nd
4Rui NarasakiDiv 1T-2nd
2Liam KiddleDiv 1T-3rd
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
Triples2Shotaro Usui*Div 11st
1Zackery CalicettoDiv 12nd
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
Homeruns2Shotaro UsuiDiv 11st
1Kent WardDiv 1T-2nd
1Liam KiddleDiv 1T-2nd
1Nick BatteseDiv 1T-2nd
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
RBIs15Kokoro AomatsuDiv 11st
10Rui NarasakiDiv 12nd
7Shotaro UsuiDiv 1T-3rd
7Liam KiddleDiv 1T-3rd
7Zackery CalicettoDiv 1T-3rd
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
Walks9Nick HawkinsDiv 11st
8Jack HuawaiDiv 12nd
7Zackery CalicettoDiv 13rd
6Rui NarasakiDiv 1T-4th
6Riley CooperDiv 1T-4th
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
Stolen bases 13Shotaro UsuiDiv 11st
9Zackery CalicettoDiv 12nd
7Riley CooperDiv 13rd
5Kokoro AomatsuDiv 14th
4Nick BatteseDiv 15th

Top 5 Pitching Leaders

Current Statistical Pitching Leaders of the 2024-2025 GBL Season Players Must Have Minimum 2.1 Innings Pitched For the Cubs

*Denotes Leads the League
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
IP36.0Patrick DayDiv 11st
35.0Jake MuscatDiv 12nd
28.0Rui NakasakiDiv 13rd
7.0Dylan SippelDiv 14th
4.2Lewis DayDiv 15th
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
Wins2Patrick DayDiv 11st
1Kyle WatsonDiv 1T-2nd
1Jake MuscatDiv 1T-2nd
1Rui NakasakiDiv 1T-2nd
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
Losses3Jake MuscatDiv 1T-1st
3Patrick DayDiv 1T-1st
3Rui NakasakiDiv 1T-1st
1Dylan SippelDiv 1T-2nd
1Jayden BatteseDiv 1T-2nd
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
K's43Patrick DayDiv 11st
28Rui NakasakiDiv 12nd
27Jake MuscatDiv 13rd
7Dylan SippelDiv 1T-4th
7Shotaro UsuiDiv 1T-4th
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
BB14Patrick DayDiv 11st
11Jayden BatteseDiv 1T-2nd
10Rui NakasakiDiv 1T-2nd
7Dylan SippelDiv 14th
6Lewis DayDiv 15th
StatisticHolderGradeTeam Position
ERA3.34Jake MuscatDiv 11st
4.82Rui NakasakiDiv 12nd
5.75Patrick DayDiv 13rd
8.31Kyle WatsonDiv 14th
10.29Dylan SippelDiv 15th

Division 1 roster

Coomera Cubs Division 1 roster – 2024–25 GBL
Active Roster
Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

  • Kyle Watson
  • Patrick Day
  • Jake Muscat
  • Shotaro Usui
  • Dylan Sippel
  • Jayden Battese

Left-handed pitchers
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Catchers
  • Jack Hauwai
  • Kokoro Aomatsu

Infielders

  • Liam Kiddle
  • Rui Narasaki
  • Shotaro Usui
  • Kent Ward
  • Cooper Amiet
  • Riley Cooper
  • Kokoro Aomatsu
  • Nick Battese

Outfielders

  • Nic Hawkins*
  • Lewis Day
  • Zakery Calicetto
  • Thomas Ryan


8 November 2024
*Denotes over from college

Division 2 roster

Coomera Cubs Division 2 roster – 2024–25 GBL
Active Roster
Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

  • Dylan Sippel
  • Garreth Miya-Jones
  • Jayden Battese
  • Kyle Watson
  • Lachlan O'Sullivan
  • Lachlan Travis
  • Lewis Day
  • Michael Sharp
  • Mitchell Anderson

Left-handed pitchers
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Catchers
  • Jack Hauwai
  • Dallas Knapp

Infielders

  • Ben Bristow
  • Case Bunting
  • Cooper Amiet
  • Damian Gregson
  • Nick Battese
  • Kent Ward
  • Liam Kiddle
  • Riley Cooper

Outfielders

  • Haruto Okano
  • Adrian Perrin
  • Takashi Mizuno
  • Thomas Ryan
  • Lewis Day
  • Zakery Calicetto


9 November 2024

GCBA D2

Coomera Cubs Green roster – 2022–23 GCBA Seniors
Active Roster
Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

  • Paul Walberg
  • Lachlan Travis

Left-handed pitchers
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Catchers
  • Garreth Constan

Infielders

Outfielders

  • Beau McKenzie
  • Cory Robinson
  • Dennis De Cicco


12 October 2023
Coomera Cubs Purple roster – 2022–23 GCBA Seniors
Active Roster
Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

  • Lewis Day
  • Mitsuki Kudo

Left-handed pitchers
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Catchers
  • Dallas Knapp

Infielders

  • Will Richardson
  • Jordan Salmon-Patrick
  • Lincoln Thompson

Outfielders

  • Noah Reynolds
  • Adrian Perrin
  • Joshua Patrick
  • Nathan McEwan


16 November 2022

Managers

Phil Stockman [10] – (2018–2019)

Andrew Azzopardi [11] – (2019–2020)

Case Bunting – (2020–2023)

Michael Sharp – (2023–present)

Assistant Coach

Scott Nieass – (2019–2021)

Glen Hall – (2021–2025)

Dylan Sipple – (2023–present) Pitching Coach

Brent Iddon – (2022–2024)

James Somerville – (2022–2024)

Dallas Knapp – (2023–present) Hitting Coach

Location

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References

  1. "Champions Surfers Paradise and newcomers Coomera taking different focus into GBL season". Gold Coast Bulletin.(subscription required)
  2. "GBL". Baseball Queensland. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  3. "Gold Coast Baseball Association Inc". gcba.baseball.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  4. "Logan baseball academy links USA". www.couriermail.com.au. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. League, Little. "Little League Baseball and Softball". Little League. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  6. "Gold Coast Baseball Association Inc". www.gcba.baseball.com.au. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  7. "Aaron Whitefield signs with the Coomera Cubs for the 2017/18 Season".
  8. "Ex-Philadelphia Phillies minors pitcher Josh Warner makes big impact on return for Coomera Cubs". Gwww.goldcoastbulletin.com.au. Retrieved 28 March 2019.(subscription required)
  9. "All-American Darren Trainor Signs with Coomera Cubs". Lewis-Clark State College Athletics. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  10. "Former MLB and Olympian Phil Stockman set to lead the Coomera Cubs Baseball Club". Coomera Cubs Baseball Club Inc. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  11. "Andrew Azzopardi has been announced as the Coomera Cub's new GBL coach for the upcoming summer season".(subscription required)