1997–98 Melbourne Monarchs season

1997–98 Melbourne Monarchs season
Season:; 1997–98 Australian Baseball League season
Team Details
League	Australian Baseball League
City	Melbourne, Victoria
Ballpark	Melbourne Ballpark
Management
Manager	Jon Deeble
General Manager	David Oertle
Assistant GM	Don Fenwick
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The 1997-98 Melbourne Monarchs season was the 7th season for the team. As was the case for the Monarchs's previous seasons they competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL).

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Key
†	Clinched final berth

1997-98 regular season standings
Team v t	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Melbourne Monarchs^†	32	20	.615	–	–	–
Sydney Storm^†	32	22	.593	1	–	–
Melbourne Reds^†	30	21	.588	11⁄2	–	–
^†	31	22	.585	11⁄2	–	–
Perth Heat	30	23	.566	21⁄2	–	–
	26	27	.491	61⁄2	–	–
	20	33	.333	121⁄2	–	–
	10	43	.189	221⁄2	–	–

Record vs opponents[]

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
Opponent	W–L Record	Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground	Current Streak
Adelaide Giants	2-6	3-1	7 November 1997	Norwood Oval	2-7	15 November 1997	Melbourne Ballpark	L1
Brisbane Bandits	4-2	1 Run	Tied (3)		10-15	27 January 1998	Melbourne Ballpark	L1
Gold Coast Cougars	6-1	6-0	28 December 1997	Melbourne Ballpark	3-4	24 January 1998	Carrara Stadium	L1
Hunter Eagles	6-0	9-0	30 January 1998	Melbourne Ballpark	-			W6
Melbourne Reds	6–3	14–4	10 January 1998	Moorabbin Oval	2–8	2 November 1997	Moorabbin Oval	L1
Perth Heat	5-3	7-2	14 December 1997	Melbourne Ballpark	1-6	22 November 1997	WACA	W3
Sydney Storm	3-5	8-4	6 December 1997	Concord Oval	5-18	7 December 1997	Concord Oval	L1
Total	32–20				Sydney Storm			L1
Total	32–20	14–4	10 January 1998	Moorabbin Oval	5–18	7 December 1997	Sydney Showgrounds	L1

Game log[]

W	Monarchs win
L	Monarchs loss
T	Monarchs tie
	Game postponed
Bold	Monarchs team member

1997-98 Game Log

October

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Crowd	Record	Ref
1	31 October	@ Reds	8–6					1-0

November

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Ref
2	1 November (DH 1)	Reds	10–6	2-0
3	1 November (DH 2)	Reds	7–2	3-0
4	2 November	@ Reds	2–8	3-1
5	7 November	@ Giants	3–1	4-1
6	8 November (DH 1)	@ Giants	0–3	4-2
7	8 November (DH 2)	@ Giants	4–9	4-3
8	9 November	@ Giants	4–7	4-4
9	14 November	Giants	?–?	4-5
10	15 November (DH 1)	Giants	2–7	4-6
11	15 November (DH 2)	Giants	?–?	5-6
12	16 November	Giants	?–?	5-7
13	21 November	Heat	7–6	6-7	^[1]
14	22 November (DH 1)	Heat	1–6	6-8	^[1]
15	22 November (DH 2)	Heat	5–9	6-9	^[1]
16	23 November	Heat	2–0	7-9	^[1]

December

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record
17	5 December	@ Storm	2–3				7-10
18	6 December (DH 1)	@ Storm	5–6				7-11
19	6 December (DH 2)	@ Storm	8–4				8-11
20	7 December	@ Storm	5–18				8-12
21	14 December (DH 1)	@ Heat	9–10				8-13
22	14 December (DH 2)	@ Heat	7–2	P. Dale			9-13
23	15 December (DH 1)	@ Heat	3–0	E. Nelsen		R. Spear	10-13
24	15 December (DH 2)	@ Heat	6–4				11-13
25	19 December	Storm	3–5				11-14
26	20 December (DH 1)	Storm	6–3				12-14
27	20 December (DH 2)	Storm	1–0				13-14
28	21 December	Storm	5–6				13-15
29	26 December	Cougars	4–1	P. Dale	B. Cederbladd		14-15
30	27 December (DH 1)	Cougars	2–1	E. Nelson			15-15
31	27 December (DH 2)	Cougars	4–0	M. Bowie			16-15
32	28 December	Cougars	6–0	E. Byrne			17-15

January

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Record
33	3 January	@ Eagles	8–3			18-15
34	4 January	@ Eagles	7–5			19-15
35	5 January	@ Eagles	3–2			20-15
36	8 January	@ Reds	6–2			21-15
37	9 January	@ Reds	3–7			21-16
38	10 January	@ Reds	14-4	E. Nelson		22-16
39	16 January (DH 1)	Bandits	1–2	Williams	R Spear	22-17
40	16 January (DH 2)	Bandits	4–3	E. Nelson	Smith	23-17
41	17 January (DH 1)	Bandits	11–10	K. Gogos	Gooda	24-17
42	17 January (DH 2)	Bandits	12–11	K. Gogos	Foxover	25-17
43	22 January	@ Cougars	10–9			26-17
44	23 January	@ Cougars	5–1			27-17
45	24 January	@ Cougars	3–4			27-18
46	26 January	@ Bandits	–			28-18
47	27 January	@ Bandits	10–15			28-19
48	28 January	@ Bandits	Wash Out			28-19
49	30 January	Eagles	9–0			29-19
50	31 January (DH 1)	Eagles	9–5			30-19
51	31 January (DH 2)	Eagles	7–6			31-19

February

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Ref
52	5 February	Reds	5-4	32-19	^[2]
53	6 February	Reds	4-5	32-20	^[2]
54	7 February	@ Monarchs	Wash Out	32-20	^[2]

Postseason[]

Finals Series at Melbourne Ballpark[]

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.^[3]

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.^[3]

Finals Series (Monarchs games)[]

Full series results

Game 1: 10 February 1998[]


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

Game 3: 11 February 1998[]


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

Game 6: 12 February 1998[]


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[]

Key
†	Clinched Championship series berth

1997-98 postseason season standings
Team v t	W	L	Pct.	GB	For	Against
Melbourne Reds^†	2	1	.667	-	25	18
^†	2	1	.667	-	16	13
Melbourne Monarchs	1	2	.333	1	18	17
Sydney Storm	1	2	.333	1	16	27

Award Winners[]

ABL awards[]

Award	Name	Stat	ref

Pitcher of the Year

All-stars[]

Position	Name	ref

Starting Pitcher	Erick Nelson

Monarchs Awards[]

Award	Name	Stat	ref

Roster[]

Melbourne Monarchs roster - 1997–98 ABL

Active roster

Coaching Staff

Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

21
43 Phil Dale
24 Jon Deeble
23
9
25
18
8

Left-handed pitchers

34 Micah Bowie
5
11

Catchers

14
28
35
36

Infielders

Outfielders

9
37
33 Aaron Harvey
17 George Lombard
16

Manager

24 Jon Deeble

Coaches

Current as of February 1998.^[4]

References[]

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Reds March to Playoffs". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
^ ^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.
^ "Melbourne Monarchs Roster". Melbourne Monarchs. Archived from the original on 22 April 1999. Retrieved 24 November 2012.

[Round_4-1] "Round 4: MELBOURNE MONARCHS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 8 October 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.

[Reds_March_to_Playoffs-2] "Reds March to Playoffs". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.

[FAI_Cup_Pitches_new_finals_format_and_all_star_competition_as_baseball_bats_up_for_the_summer_of_1997/1998.-3] "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.

[4] "Melbourne Monarchs Roster". Melbourne Monarchs. Archived from the original on 22 April 1999. Retrieved 24 November 2012.

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Team Details
Season: 1997–98 Australian Baseball League season
League	Australian Baseball League
City	Melbourne, Victoria
Ballpark	Melbourne Ballpark
Management
Manager	Jon Deeble
General Manager	David Oertle
Assistant GM	Don Fenwick
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