1997–98 Perth Heat season

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1997–98 Perth Heat
LeagueAustralian Baseball League
BallparkWACA
CityPerth, Western Australia
Record30–23 (.566)
Place5th
General managerDoug Mateljan

The 1997-98 Perth Heat season was the 9th season for the team. As was the case for the Heat's previous seasons they competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL).

Offseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

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[edit]

Opponent W–L
Record 		Largest Victory Largest Defeat Current
Streak
Score Date Ground Score Date Ground
Adelaide Giants 6-7 7-2 5 December 1997 Norwood Oval 1-7 5 December 1997 Norwood Oval L2
Brisbane Bandits 3-3 15-2 5 January 1998 ANZ Stadium 2-18 4 January 1998 ANZ Stadium W2
Gold Coast Cougars 4-2 8-2 10 January 1998 Carrara Oval 2-19 8 January 1998 Carrara Oval W1
Hunter Eagles 5-2 17-6 28 January 1998 Marathon Stadium 0-8 19 January 1998 WACA W4
Melbourne Monarchs 3-5 6-1 22 November 1997 WACA 2-7 14 December 1997 Melbourne Ballpark L3
Melbourne Reds 4–2 13–6 26 December 1997 WACA 3–8 27 December 1997 WACA W2
Sydney Storm 5-3 10-3 8 November 1997 WACA 1-5 & 5-9 15 November 1997 Concord Oval W2
Total 30–23 Brisbane Bandits Gold Coast Cougars W1
15–2 5 January 1998 ANZ Stadium 2-19 8 January 1998 Carrara Oval

Game log[edit]

W Heat win
L Heat loss
T Heat tie
  Game postponed
Bold Heat team member
1997-98 Game Log
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
1 31 October (DH 1) Giants 6–5 1-0 [1]
2 31 October (DH 2) Giants 6–3 2-0 [1]
November
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
3 1 November (DH 1) Giants 6–5 3-0 [1]
4 1 November (DH 2) Giants 2–8 3-1 [1]
5 7 November (DH 1) Storm 3–5 3-2 [2]
6 7 November (DH 2) Storm 3–2 4-2 [2]
7 8 November (DH 1) Storm 10–3 5-2 [2]
8 8 November (DH 2) Storm 4–1 6-2 [2]
9 15 November (DH 1) @ Storm 1–5 6-3 [3]
10 15 November (DH 2) @ Storm 5–9 6-4 [3]
11 16 November (DH 1) @ Storm 4–3 7-4 [3]
12 16 November (DH 2) @ Storm 11–7 8-4 [3]
13 21 November @ Monarchs 6–7 8-5 [4]
14 22 November (DH 1) @ Monarchs 6–1 9-5 [4]
15 22 November (DH 2) @ Monarchs 9–5 10-5 [4]
16 23 November @ Monarchs 0–2 10-6 [4]
December
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
17 5 December (DH 1) @ Giants 7–2 11-6 [5]
18 5 December (DH 2) @ Giants 1–7 11-7 [5]
19 6 December (DH 1) @ Giants 1–5 11-8 [5]
20 6 December (DH 2) @ Giants 3–6 11-9 [5]
21 14 December (DH 1) Monarchs 10–9 12-9 [6]
22 14 December (DH 2) Monarchs 2–7 P. Dale 12-10 [6]
23 15 December (DH 1) Monarchs 0–3 E. Nelsen R. Spear 12-11 [6]
24 15 December (DH 2) Monarchs 4–6 12-12 [6]
25 19 December Giants 4–2 13-12
26 20 December (DH 1) Giants 4-0 14-12
27 20 December (DH 2) Giants 2–5 14-13
28 21 December Giants 2–6 14-14
29 26 December (DH 1) Reds 13–6 15-14 [7]
30 26 December (DH 2) Reds 1–0 16-14 [7]
31 27 December (DH 1) Reds 2–3 16-15 [7]
32 27 December (DH 2) Reds 3–8 16-16 [7]
January
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
33 3 January @ Bandits 1–11 16-17 [8]
34 4 January @ Bandits 2–18 16-18 [8]
35 5 January @ Bandits 15–2 17-18 [8]
36 8 January @ Cougars 2–19 17-19 [9]
37 9 January @ Cougars 8–7 18-19 [9]
38 10 January @ Cougars 8-2 19-19 [9]
39 19 January (DH 1) Eagles 0–8 19-20 [10]
40 19 January (DH 2) Eagles 11–6 20-20 [10]
41 20 January (DH 1) Eagles 6–8 20-21 [10]
42 20 January (DH 2) Eagles 5–2 21-21 [10]
43 22 January @ Reds 2–0 22-21 [11]
44 23 January @ Reds 9–6 23-21 [11]
45 24 January @ Reds Wash Out 23-21 [11]
46 26 January @ Eagles 15–5 24-21 [12]
47 27 January @ Eagles 8–7 25-21 [12]
48 28 January @ Eagles 17-6 26-21 [12]
49 31 January Bandits 0–12 26-22 [13]
February
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
50 1 February Bandits 12–6 27-22 [13]
51 2 February Bandits 5–1 28-22 [13]
52 5 February Cougars 6-2 29-22 [14]
53 6 February Cougars 3-10 29-23 [14]
54 7 February Cougars 7-4 30-23 [14]

Postseason[edit]

Finals Series at Melbourne Ballpark[edit]

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.[15]

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.[15]

Full series results

Award Winners[edit]

ABL awards[edit]

Award Name Stat ref
Reliever of the Year Gabe Molina

All-stars[edit]

Position Name ref
Relief Pitcher Gabe Molina

Heat Awards[edit]

Award Name Stat ref

Roster[edit]

Perth Heat roster - 1997–98 ABL
Active roster
Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Left-handed pitchers

 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Current as of February 1998.[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Round 1: PERTH HEAT vs ADELAIDE GIANTS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Round 2: PERTH HEAT vs SYDNEY STORM". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d "Round 2: SYDNEY STORM vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d "Round 4: MELBOURNE MONARCHS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 8 October 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d "Round 5: PERTH HEAT vs ADELAIDE GIANTS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d "Round 6: PERTH HEAT vs MELBOURNE MONARCHS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  7. ^ a b c d "Reds Draw with Perth". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  8. ^ a b c "Round 9: BRISBANE BANDITS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 7 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  9. ^ a b c "Round 10: GOLD COAST COUGARS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  10. ^ a b c d "Round 11: PERTH HEAT vs HUNTER EAGLES". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  11. ^ a b c "Round 12: MELBOURNE REDS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  12. ^ a b c "Round 13: HUNTER EAGLES vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 16 November 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  13. ^ a b c "Round 14: PERTH HEAT vs BRISBANE BANDITS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 7 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  14. ^ a b c "Round 15: PERTH HEAT vs GOLD COAST COUGARS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 7 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "Perth Heat Player Profiles". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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