2016–17 Australian Baseball League season

Sports season

2016–17 Australian Baseball League season
League	Australian Baseball League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	17 November 2016 – 11 February 2017
Number of games	119
Number of teams	6
Total attendance	87,475
Regular season
Season MVP	Aaron Whitefield
Championship Series
Venue	Melbourne Ballpark
Champions	Brisbane Bandits (2nd title)
Runners-up	Melbourne Aces
Seasons
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Australian Baseball League season was the seventh Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, and was held from 17 November 2016 to 11 February 2017.

Teams

Teams in the ABL
Team	State / Territory	Stadium
Adelaide Bite	South Australia	Diamond Sports Stadium
Brisbane Bandits	Queensland	Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Canberra Cavalry	Australian Capital Territory	Narrabundah Ballpark
Melbourne Aces	Victoria	Melbourne Ballpark
Perth Heat	Western Australia	Baseball Park
Sydney Blue Sox	New South Wales	Blue Sox Stadium

Regular season

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Away	Qualification
Melbourne Aces	40	26	14	—	.650	13–7	13–7	Championship Series
Adelaide Bite	40	23	17	3	.575	12–8	11–9	Preliminary final
Brisbane Bandits	39	21	18	4.5	.538	11–8	10–10	Preliminary final
Canberra Cavalry	40	20	20	6	.500	11–9	9–11
Sydney Blue Sox	39	15	24	10.5	.385	11–9	4–15
Perth Heat	40	14	26	12	.350	10–10	4–16

Source:

Statistical leaders

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
AVG	Mitch Dening	Adelaide Bite	.340
HR	Mitch Nilsson Mike Walker Stone Garrett	Brisbane Bandits Melbourne Aces Sydney Blue Sox	7
RBI	Mitch Dening	Adelaide Bite	27
R	Aaron Whitefield	Brisbane Bandits	34
H	Aaron Whitefield	Brisbane Bandits	53
SB	Aaron Whitefield	Brisbane Bandits	20

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
W	Mark Hamburger	Melbourne Aces	5
L	Mike Lee Tom Bailey	Perth Heat Perth Heat	6
ERA	Mark Hamburger	Melbourne Aces	1.90
K	Mark Hamburger	Melbourne Aces	86
IP	Mark Hamburger	Melbourne Aces	752⁄3
SV	Ryan Searle	Brisbane Bandits	9

Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game.
Minimum 0.8 IP per team game.

Postseason

Bracket

Preliminary Final Series			Championship Series

			1	Melbourne Aces	0
2	Adelaide Bite	1	3	Brisbane Bandits	2
3	Brisbane Bandits	2

Preliminary Final Series

Game 1

3 February 2017 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Diamond Sports Stadium in Adelaide
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brisbane Bandits	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	8	0
Adelaide Bite	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	1
WP: Zac Treece (1–0) LP: Matthew Williams (0–1) Sv: Ryan Searle (1) Boxscore

Game 2

4 February 2017 18:00 (UTC+10:00) at AFA Stadium at Holloway Field in Brisbane (F/12)
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Adelaide Bite	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	8	15	2
Brisbane Bandits	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	1
WP: Zach Cooper (1–0) LP: Ryan Searle (0–1) Home runs: ADE: Marcus Greene Jr (1), Mitch Dening (1) BRI: Aaron Whitefield (1), Wade Dutton (1) Boxscore

Game 3

5 February 2017 13:00 (UTC+10:00) at AFA Stadium at Holloway Field in Brisbane
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Adelaide Bite	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	6	0
Brisbane Bandits	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	8	X	18	23	3
WP: Rick Teasley (1–0) LP: Hei Chun Lee (0–1) Home runs: ADE: Stefan Welch (1), Jordan McArdle (1) BRI: Trent Oeltjen (1), Ryan Battaglia 2 (2), Logan Wade (1), Mitch Nilsson 2 (2), David Rodriguez (1) Boxscore

Composite Line Score

2017 ABL Preliminary Final Series (2–1): Brisbane Bandits over Adelaide Bite


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Brisbane Bandits	1	2	0	1	2	2	6	11	0	0	0	0	25	41	4
Adelaide Bite	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	11	25	2

Championship Series

Game 1

10 February 2017 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Ballpark in Melbourne
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brisbane Bandits	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	10	0
Melbourne Aces	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
WP: Rick Teasley (1–0) LP: Mark Hamburger (0–1) Home runs: BRI: Trent Oeltjen (1), David Rodriguez (1), Logan Wade (1), Kevin Padlo (1) MEL: None Boxscore

Game 2

11 February 2017 18:30 (UTC+11:00) at Melbourne Ballpark in Melbourne
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brisbane Bandits	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	8	0
Melbourne Aces	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
WP: Kramer Champlin (1–0) LP: Jon Kennedy (0–1) Sv: Ryan Searle (1) Home runs: BRI: None MEL: Cody Jones (1) Boxscore

Composite Line Score

2017 ABL Championship Series (2–0): Brisbane Bandits over Melbourne Aces


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brisbane Bandits	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	9	18	0
Melbourne Aces	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	0

References

"Adelaide Bite Homepage". Adelaide Bite. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
"Brisbane Bandits Homepage". Brisbane Bandits. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
"Canberra Cavalry Homepage". Canberra Cavalry. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
"Melbourne Aces Homepage". Melbourne Aces. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
"Perth Heat Homepage". Perth Heat. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
"Sydney Blue Sox Homepage". Sydney Blue Sox. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
"2016 Australian Baseball League Final Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
"League Batting Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
"League Pitching Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

External links

The Australian Baseball League Archived 26 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine – Official ABL Website
Official Baseball Australia Website

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