This is a list of all players that played for the Waverley Reds and later the Melbourne Reds between 1989 and 1999 in the Australian Baseball League.
– A native born Australian, who played for the Waverley Baseball Club.
– A native-born Australian.
– Played with the Reds as a US import.| Origin | Name | Games | ERA | Wins | Saves | Innings Pitched | Starts | Complete Games | K2s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pat Ahearne | 9 | 3.36 | 3 | 0 | 56.1 | 9 | 0 | 43 |
| | Mike Anderson | 11 | 2.58 | 6 | 0 | 66.1 | 11 | 1 | 48 |
| | Jason Beverlin | 14 | 6.22 | 2 | 0 | 72.1 | 14 | 3 | 67 |
| | Dirk Blair | 19 | 3.73 | 14 | 0 | 113.1 | 19 | 6 | 74 |
| | Jason Blewjas | 5 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | Jeff Bock | 3 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | John Box | 15 | 6.93 | 1 | 0 | 50.2 | 11 | 0 | 29 |
| | Charles Brown | 8 | 4.85 | 1 | 0 | 42.2 | 7 | 2 | 27 |
| | Rohan Chapman | 1 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Barry Chiles | 15 | 4.08 | 7 | 1 | 57.1 | 7 | 3 | 53 |
| | Michael Crooks | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Phil Dale | 104 | 2.71 | 46 | 17 | 529.00 | 67 | 38 | 351 |
| | Jon Deeble | 10 | 5.56 | 4 | 0 | 56.2 | 10 | 2 | 34 |
| | Ben Donald | 12 | 6.35 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| | Darrell Einertson | 9 | 6.20 | 1 | 0 | 40.2 | 9 | 1 | 25 |
| | Matthew Ellis | 7 | 3.77 | 0 | 1 | 14.1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| | Ben Ford | 8 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 42.0 | 8 | 3 | 31 |
| | Matthew Gourlay | 37 | 8.01 | 5 | 4 | 73.0 | 9 | 3 | 48 |
| | Carl Grovom | 13 | 2.73 | 7 | 0 | 82.1 | 13 | 2 | 70 |
| | Stuart Harben | 6 | 3.91 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| | Tommy Harrison | 5 | 5.89 | 2 | 0 | 18.1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| | Gavin Hockey | 15 | 4.24 | 3 | 0 | 40.1 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| | Lee Hogan | 46 | 5.91 | 2 | 1 | 77.2 | 5 | 2 | 40 |
| | Robert Hogan | 65 | 4.66 | 12 | 4 | 172.0 | 21 | 7 | 103 |
| | Shane Hogan | 1 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Brad Hubbard | 7 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | Cameron Hubbard | 3 | 16.20 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Rikki Johnston | 15 | 8.28 | 2 | 0 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| | Peter Jose | 7 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| | Richard King | 19 | 2.95 | 2 | 1 | 60.0 | 7 | 1 | 26 |
| | Ben Mann | 7 | 7.29 | 1 | 0 | 21.0 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| | Quinn Marsh | 5 | 16.71 | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | Heath Martin | 21 | 7.42 | 0 | 0 | 26.2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| | Warren May | 77 | 4.93 | 17 | 1 | 217.1 | 20 | 6 | 128 |
| | Dave McAuliffe | 14 | 5.76 | 2 | 3 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| | Danny McGrath | 14 | 5.35 | 2 | 0 | 33.2 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| | David McWatters | 13 | 5.71 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| | Damian Moss | 13 | 3.72 | 4 | 0 | 67.2 | 12 | 2 | 58 |
| | Micheal Nakamura | 29 | 4.47 | 4 | 4 | 46.1 | 3 | 1 | 35 |
| | Tim O'Meara | 7 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| | Michael Place | 4 | 4.30 | 2 | 0 | 23.0 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| | Denis Pujals | 8 | 4.12 | 3 | 0 | 39.1 | 8 | 0 | 25 |
| | Brendan Ratcliffe | 26 | 2.56 | 3 | 2 | 31.2 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| | Mark Respondek | 63 | 3.69 | 11 | 7 | 165.2 | 16 | 5 | 125 |
| | Greg Resz | 8 | 2.27 | 4 | 0 | 43.2 | 8 | 1 | 31 |
| | Carlos Reyes | 14 | 2.02 | 9 | 0 | 98.0 | 14 | 6 | 74 |
| | Darren Ritter | 13 | 3.52 | 4 | 0 | 76.2 | 13 | 2 | 46 |
| | Matt Ryan | 4 | 3.60 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| | Scott Ryder | 15 | 3.80 | 8 | 0 | 92.1 | 15 | 4 | 71 |
| | Troy Scoble | 1 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Simon Sheldon-Collins | 82 | 4.07 | 32 | 1 | 380.2 | 66 | 16 | 239 |
| | David Simpson | 31 | 6.43 | 7 | 2 | 70.0 | 3 | 1 | 33 |
| | Andrew Smith | 1 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Ben Smith | 16 | 6.23 | 2 | 1 | 52.0 | 6 | 3 | 27 |
| | Sloan Smith | 1 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Aaron Turnier | 15 | 4.24 | 6 | 0 | 74.1 | 15 | 1 | 48 |
| | Lucas Van Raalte | 13 | 5.15 | 4 | 0 | 50.2 | 6 | 1 | 41 |
| | Joey Viera | 7 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| | David White | 32 | 5.42 | 9 | 5 | 116.1 | 9 | 4 | 76 |
| | John Wilder | 6 | 8.68 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| | Flynn Wilkinson | 7 | 8.25 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | Greg Wiltshire | 4 | 9.45 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Origin | Name | Games | ERA | Wins | Saves | Innings pitched | Starts | Complete games | K2s |
| Origin | Name | Games | Batting average | At Bats | Hits | RBIs | Home Runs | Stolen Bases | Walks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chris Ashby | 18 | .314 | 51 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| | Myles Barnden | 315 | .266 | 961 | 256 | 134 | 29 | 8 | 117 |
| | Brian Becker | 43 | .241 | 158 | 38 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| | Pete Beeler | 79 | .345 | 293 | 101 | 60 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| | David Buckthorpe | 161 | .283 | 502 | 142 | 80 | 20 | 24 | 74 |
| | Adam Burton | 226 | .305 | 669 | 204 | 149 | 51 | 64 | 118 |
| | Ron Carothers | 177 | .297 | 644 | 191 | 118 | 24 | 19 | 47 |
| | Mark Cater | 16 | .125 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | Haydn Chinn | 40 | .260 | 123 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| | David Clarkson | 342 | .300 | 1061 | 318 | 197 | 33 | 13 | 142 |
| | Phil Dale | 1 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Scott Dawes | 304 | .268 | 857 | 230 | 129 | 22 | 7 | 117 |
| | Jon Deeble | 63 | .333 | 186 | 62 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 34 |
| | Geoff Dunn | 64 | .255 | 188 | 48 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| | Brendan Edwards | 31 | .293 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| | Andrew Ferguson | 6 | .333 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | Tim Fisher | 5 | .111 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Aaron Harvey | 184 | .294 | 520 | 153 | 52 | 5 | 47 | 38 |
| | Lee Heath | 48 | .238 | 168 | 40 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| | Michael Herman | 4 | .286 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | Robert Hogan | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Shane Hogan | 163 | .289 | 488 | 141 | 100 | 30 | 10 | 53 |
| | Cameron Hubbard | 15 | .258 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| | Ian Hubble | 124 | .287 | 314 | 90 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 78 |
| | Greg Jelks | 15 | .364 | 55 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| | Matthew Kent | 11 | .087 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Craig Kernick | 45 | .318 | 148 | 47 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| | David Kim | 31 | .292 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| | Glynn Kimberley | 7 | .071 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | John Knott | 58 | .220 | 164 | 36 | 22 | 7 | 16 | 28 |
| | Brian Kowitz | 40 | .302 | 139 | 42 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 32 |
| | Mark Linger | 50 | .253 | 186 | 47 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 30 |
| | Travis Loft | 6 | .214 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Steven McGrady | 13 | .118 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | David Nilsson | 65 | .365 | 192 | 70 | 63 | 18 | 7 | 32 |
| | Kevin O'Connor | 103 | .283 | 332 | 94 | 55 | 6 | 32 | 40 |
| | Aldo Pecorilli | 24 | .264 | 91 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| | Matt Quatraro | 42 | .292 | 154 | 45 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| | Simon Ratcliffe | 14 | .107 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| | Glenn Reeves | 300 | .249 | 839 | 209 | 84 | 12 | 37 | 128 |
| | Raul Rodarte | 20 | .288 | 66 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 7 | |
| | Cody Samuel | 29 | .231 | 91 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| | M. Sheldon-Collins | 327 | .275 | 1110 | 305 | 157 | 19 | 46 | 89 |
| | Derek Shumpert | 40 | .295 | 129 | 38 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| | David Simpson | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Richard Sisson | 53 | .293 | 140 | 41 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| | Marshall Skinner | 6 | .267 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Andrew Smith | 35 | .297 | 74 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| | Ben Smith | 7 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Sloan Smith | 27 | .167 | 84 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| | Andrew Spencer | 123 | .268 | 325 | 87 | 54 | 12 | 9 | 27 |
| | Jeff Spencer | 133 | .252 | 413 | 104 | 73 | 14 | 19 | 32 |
| | Pedro Swann | 53 | .236 | 178 | 42 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| | David Thiele | 3 | .167 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Andrew Utting | 65 | .189 | 164 | 31 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| | Ben Utting | 251 | .236 | 751 | 177 | 86 | 10 | 33 | 64 |
| | Mike Warner | 41 | .235 | 136 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| | Paul Weichard | 50 | .213 | 94 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| | Michael Wells | 5 | .143 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Darren White | 83 | .266 | 256 | 68 | 50 | 18 | 7 | 37 |
| | Justin Whitford | 102 | .214 | 224 | 48 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| | Luke Wilcox | 25 | .244 | 78 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| | Juan Williams | 44 | .231 | 143 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| | Carlos Yedo | 28 | .262 | 84 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Origin | Name | Games | Batting average | At bats | Hits | RBIs | Home runs | Stolen bases | Walks |
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