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Baseball Australia

Sport	Baseball
Jurisdiction	Australia
Abbreviation	BA
Affiliation	World Baseball Softball Confederation
Regional affiliation	Baseball Confederation of Oceania
Headquarters	Sydney, New South Wales
Chairman	David Hynes
CEO	Glenn Williams
Men's coach	Dave Nilsson
Women's coach	Jason Pospishil

Baseball Australia, formerly the Australian Baseball Federation is the national governing body of Baseball in Australia and owns the Australian Baseball League.

Baseball is played in all the mainland states and territories, but it struggles for popularity due to the popularity of many other sports, including the comparable sport of cricket, in which Australia has always been one of the leading nations. School-aged children are generally guided toward a future in cricket, rather than baseball, especially in the private schooling system.

Baseball Australia were previously 25% stakeholders along with Major League Baseball of the ABL when it began play in November 2010. Following the 2015–16 Australian Baseball League season, MLB decided to relinquish its 75% share in the League, with Baseball Australia becoming the sole owner.

Since Australia's silver medal performance at the 2004 Athens Olympics the participation rate in most of the eastern states has remained stable, however, there has been a large increase in the sport's popularity and participation in Western Australia.

In 2003, within Australia there was roughly 57,000 Australians playing baseball in around 5000 teams.

The most notable Australian-born baseball players include Dave Nilsson and Graeme Lloyd - children were once issued a poster of the two with the slogan AUSTRALIAN RULES BASEBALL.

Awards

Baseball Australia Hall of Fame

See also

• Baseball in Australia

References

1. Australian Baseball League to go ahead in 2016, without financial support of Major League Baseball Herald Sun
2. Chris Egan (17 October 2006). "Perth Heat going from strength to strength". www.austadiums.com.
3. IBAF
4. ESPN – Welcome to Australia – MLB

External links

• Official website

v t e Baseball in Australia
WBSC Oceania
Governing bodies	Baseball Australia ACT New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia
National teams	Men's at the World Cup at the Summer Olympics U-19 Women's Schoolboys
National senior competitions	Current Australian Baseball League National Women's Championships Australian University Games Defunct Australian Baseball League (1989–1999) International Baseball League of Australia (1999–2002)
National junior competitions	Little League World Series in Australia Major League Baseball Australia Academy Program Schoolboys
Hosted international events	Summer Olympics 1956 2000 Asian Baseball Championship 1985 1993 1999 Intercontinental Cup 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers
Awards and honors	Claxton Shield (List of champions) Baseball Australia Hall of Fame Baseball Australia Diamond Awards
Related articles	Major League Baseball players from Australia Spalding World Tour
Champions

• Baseball governing bodies in Australia