1997–98 Melbourne Reds season

1997–98 Melbourne Reds
Claxton Shield champions
LeagueAustralian Baseball League
BallparkMoorabbin Oval
CityMelbourne, Victoria
Record30–21 (.588)
Place3rd
OwnerGeoff Pearce
General managerTony Peek
ManagerTom Nieto

The 1997-98 Melbourne Reds season was the eighth season for the team. As was the case for the Red's previous seasons they competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL).

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Melbourne Monarchs 52 32 20 .615 — Advance to Finals Series
2 Sydney Storm 54 32 22 .593 1
3 Melbourne Reds 51 30 21 .588 1.5
4 Gold Coast Cougars 53 31 22 .585 1.5
5 Perth Heat 53 30 23 .566 2.5
6 Adelaide Giants 53 26 27 .491 6.5
7 Brisbane Bandits 53 20 33 .377 12.5
8 Hunter Eagles 53 10 43 .189 22.5
Source: [citation needed]

Record vs opponents

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Opponent W–L
Record 		Largest Victory Largest Defeat Current
Streak
Score Date Ground Score Date Ground
Adelaide Giants 5-2 11–2 27 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval 4-5 16 January 1998 Norwood Oval L1
Brisbane Bandits 7–1 20–7 22 November 1997 ANZ Stadium 7–11 22 November 1997 ANZ Stadium W7
Gold Coast Cougars 4–3 10–6 7 November 1997 Carrara Oval 3–6 7 November 1997 Carrara Oval L1
Hunter Eagles 7–1 17–7 19 December 1997 Marathon Stadium 4–5 19 December 1997 Marathon Stadium W3
Melbourne Monarchs 3–6 8–2 2 November 1997 Moorabbin Oval 4–14 10 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval W1
Perth Heat 2–4 8–3 27 December 1997 WACA 6–13 26 December 1997 WACA L2
Sydney Storm 2–4 13–4 1 February 1998 Concord Oval 4–8 5 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval W1
Total 30–21 Brisbane Bandits Melbourne Monarchs W1
20–7 22 November 1997 ANZ Stadium 4–14 10 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval

Game log

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W Reds win
L Reds loss
T Reds tie
  Game postponed
Bold Reds team member
1997-98 Game Log
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
1 31 October Monarchs 6–8 0-1
November
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
2 1 November (DH 1) @ Monarchs 6–10 0-2
3 1 November (DH 2) @ Monarchs 2–7 0-3
4 2 November Monarchs 8–2 1-3
5 7 November (DH 1) @ Cougars 3–6 1-4
6 7 November (DH 2) @ Cougars 10–6 2-4
7 8 November (DH 1) @ Cougars 4–5 2-5
8 8 November (DH 2) @ Cougars Wash Out 2-5
9 14 November Cougars 4–1 3-5 [1]
10 15 November (DH 1) Cougars 6–2 4-5 [1]
11 15 November (DH 2) Cougars 3–2 5-5 [1]
12 16 November Cougars 1–2 5-6 [1]
13 21 November @ Bandits 7–11 5-7 [2]
14 22 November (DH 1) @ Bandits 20–7 6-7 [2]
15 22 November (DH 2) @ Bandits 12–7 7-7 [2]
16 23 November @ Bandits 12–8 8-7 [2]
17 28 November Bandits 12–8 9-7 [3]
18 29 November (DH 1) Bandits 12–1 10-7 [3]
19 29 November (DH 2) Bandits 11–7 11-7 [3]
20 30 November Bandits 11–7 12-7 [3]
December
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
21 5 December Eagles 2–1 13-7 [4]
22 6 December(DH 1) Eagles 10–6 14-7 [4]
23 6 December (DH 2) Eagles 7–6 15-7 [4]
24 7 December Eagles 8–1 16-7 [4]
25 19 December (DH 1) @ Eagles 4–5 16-8 [5]
26 19 December (DH 2) @ Eagles 17–7 17-8 [5]
27 21 December (DH 1) @ Eagles 8–7 18-8 [5]
28 21 December (DH 2) @ Eagles 7–0 19-8 [5]
29 26 December (DH 1) @ Heat 6–13 19-9 [6]
30 26 December (DH 2) @ Heat 0–1 19-10 [6]
31 27 December (DH 1) @ Heat 3–2 20-10 [6]
32 27 December (DH 2) @ Heat 8–3 21-10 [6]
January
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
33 3 January Storm 1–4 21-11
34 4 January Storm 10–1 22-11
35 5 January Storm 4–8 22-12
36 8 January Monarchs 2–6 22-13
37 9 January Monarchs 7–3 23-13
38 10 January Monarchs 4–14 23-14
39 16 January (DH 1) @ Giants 4–5 23-15 [7]
40 16 December (DH 2) @ Giants 10–6 24-15 [7]
41 17 January (DH 1) @ Giants 10–8 25-15 [7]
42 17 December (DH 2) @ Giants 11–10 26-15 [7]
43 22 January Heat 0–2 26-16
44 23 January Heat 6–9 26-17
45 24 January Heat No Result 26-17
46 26 January Giants 1–0 27-17
47 27 January Giants 11–2 28-17
48 28 January Giants 5–6 28-18
49 31 January @ Storm 11–14 28-19
February
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
50 1 February @ Storm 13–4 29-19
51 2 February @ Storm 9–10 29-20
52 5 February @ Monarchs 4–5 29-21 [8]
53 6 February @ Monarchs 5–4 30-21 [8]
54 7 February @ Monarchs Wash Out 30-21 [8]

Postseason

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Finals Series at Melbourne Ballpark

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In previous years the post season was played as home and away best of 3 games, with the two winner of each series meeting for a best of 5 series{fact}, in 1997-98 this was changed to a round robin play-off format with each team playing 3 games, 1 against each of the other 3 qualified teams, with the two highest places teams playing off in the Championship Series.[9]

All games for the 9th ABL title were played at the Melbourne Ballpark from February, 10-12 with the best of three championship series February 14–15.[9]

Finals Series (Reds games)

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Full series results

Game 2: 10 February 1998

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Melbourne Reds ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 18 ? ?
Sydney Storm ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 5 ? ?
WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
Home runs:
Reds: ?
Storm: ?

Game 4: 11 February 1998

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Gold Coast Cougars ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1 ? ?
Melbourne Reds ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2 ? ?
WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
Home runs:
Cougars: ?
Reds: ?

Game 6: 12 February 1998

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Melbourne Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 12 ? ?
Melbourne Reds ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 5 ? ?
WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
Home runs:
Monarchs: ?
Reds: ?

Postseason Ladder

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Pos Team
 Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1 Melbourne Reds 3 2 1 25 18 +7 .667 — Advance to Championship series
2 Gold Coast Cougars 3 2 1 16 13 +3 .667 —
3 Melbourne Monarchs 3 1 2 18 17 +1 .333 1
4 Sydney Storm 3 1 2 16 27 −11 .333 1
Source: [citation needed]

Championship Series

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Game 1: 14 February 1998

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Gold Coast Cougars 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 ? ?
Melbourne Reds 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 4 ? ?
WP: David White (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
Home runs:
Cougars: -
Reds: Shane Hogan (1)

Game 2: 15 February 1998

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Melbourne Reds 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 6 ?
Gold Coast Cougars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? ?
WP: Jason Beverlin (1-0)   LP: Paxton Crawford (0-1)   Sv: -
Home runs:
Reds: Shane Hogan (1), Myles Barnden (1)
Cougars: -

Award Winners

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ABL awards

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Award Name Stat ref
Manager of the Year Tom Nieto [10]
All-Star Game Home Run King Chris Ashby [10]
Championship Series MVP Shane Hogan [10]

All-stars

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Position Name ref
1st Base Adam Burton [10]
Short Stop Ben Utting [10]
Manager Tom Nieto [10]

Reds Awards

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Award Name Stat ref
Batting Champion Adam Burton .388 (165 At Bats) [10]
RBI Champion Adam Burton 55 [10]
Home Run King Adam Burton 21 [10]
Base Path Pirate Adam Burton 18 of 19 [10]
Pitching Champion Pat Ahearne 3.36ERA 3–4, 56.1IP [10]
Pitching Workhorse Jason Beverlin 72.1IP 2–4, 6.22 [10]
Strikeout King Jason Beverlin 67 [10]
Sigh of Relief David Simpson
David White 		2 Saves [10]

Roster

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Melbourne Reds roster - 1997–98 ABL
Active roster Coaching Staff
Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Left-handed pitchers

 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Current as of February 1998.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Reds Savage Cougars". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Reds On a Roll". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d "Reds Rout Bandits". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d "Reds Sweep Hunter". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d "Reds Clip Eagles". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d "Reds Draw with Perth". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  7. ^ a b c d "Reds Back On Top". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  8. ^ a b c "Reds March to Playoffs". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  9. ^ a b "FAI Cup Pitches new finals format and all star competition as baseball bats up for the summer of 1997/1998". Press Release. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "1997/98 MELBOURNE REDS". Waverley Baseball Club. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  11. ^ "Melbourne Reds Roster". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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