2000–01 International Baseball League of Australia Development League

2000–01
International Baseball League of Australia Development League
Season details
Sport	Baseball
Country	Australia
Teams	4
Dates	29 November 2000 – 21 January 2001
Defending champions	Nill
Champions	IBLA Internationals (1st title)
Final positions
Champions	IBLA Internationals
Second place	Australia
Third place	MLB All-Stars
Fourth place	Taiwan
Regular season
Games played	78
Best batting average	(AUS) (.375)
Most homeruns hit	Robert Stratton (MLB) (7)
Most stolen bases	Ryan Langerhans (INT); (INT) (12)
Best ERA	Luke Prokopec (AUS) (0.39)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher)	(INT) (48)
	Last updated on 17 February 2013

The 2000–01 International Baseball League of Australia Development League season was the first season the Development League was conducted. The League was held exclusively on the Gold Coast, and was contest between 4 teams, Australia, Taiwan, MLB All-Stars and Internationals.

Teams[]

IBLA League

Location in Australia

Rosters[]

The 2000–01 season involved four teams: IBLA Australia, IBLA Internationals, MLB Stars and the Taiwan national Baseball team. All teams played on a home and away basis at the same two venues.

Venues[]

Teams in the ABL
	City	State	Stadium	Ref
Main Venue	Gold Coast	Queensland	Palm Meadows
Secondary Venue	Gold Coast	Queensland	Carrara Oval

Regular season[]

The regular season fixture consisted of 78 games. Each team played each other on a home and away basis.

Ladder[]

2000-01 IBLA Development League standings
Team v t	W	L	D	Pct.	GB
IBLA Internationals	25	15	3	.658	–
IBLA Australia	17	19	2	.472	3.5
Taiwan	17	19	4	.472	4.5
	17	25	1	.405	9

Statistical leaders[]

Batting leaders
Stat	Player^{[S 1]}	Team	Total
AVG		Australia	.375
HR	Robert Stratton	MLB Stars	7
RBI	Travis Wilson	IBLA Internationals	38
R		IBLA Internationals	33
H	Andrew Zapp	IBLA Internationals	57
SB	Ryan Langerhans	IBLA Internationals	12

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player^{[S 2]}	Team	Total
W		Taiwan	5
L		MLB Stars	5
ERA	Luke Prokopec	Australia	0.39
K		IBLA Internationals	48
IP	Chao-Hao Tseng	Taiwan	59+1⁄3
SV	Brad Voyles	IBLA Internationals	5

^ Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game. Correct as of 17 February 2013.^[1]
^ Minimum 0.8 IP per team game. Correct as of 17 February 2013.^[1]

Postseason[]

All games for the 2001 postseason were played at Palm Meadows on the Gold Coast. All finals were a 1-game play-off.

Finals Series[]

Winners of Game 1 and 2 went into Championship games, Losers of game 1 and 2 went into a playoff for 3rd.

Game 1 1st vs 4th: 19 January 2001[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MLB Stars	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
IBLA Internationals	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	4	10	1
Home runs: MLB: ? Internationals: ?^[2]

Game 2 2nd vs 3rd: 19 January 2001[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
IBLA Australia	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	4
Taiwan	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	2
Home runs: Australia: ? Taiwan: ?^[2]

Game 3 Loser 1 vs Loser 2: 20 January 2001[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MLB Stars	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	6	9	5
Taiwan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Home runs: MLB: ? Taiwan: ?^[2]

Game 4 Championship Game: 21 January 2001[]


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
IBLA Australia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
IBLA Internationals	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	1
Home runs: Australia: ? Internationals: ?^[2]

Awards[]

Award	Person^[3]	Team
Most Valuable Player	Andrew Zapp	IBLA Internationals
Batting Champion	Andrew Zapp	IBLA Internationals
Golden Glove	Chi-Sheng Lin	Taiwan
Pitcher of the Year	Chao-Hao Tseng	Taiwan

Top Stats[]

Defensive Stats
Name	Wins	Losses	Saves	ERA
Mark Dewey	3	1	0	0.63
P.J Bevis	3	1	1	1.54
Kazuhiro Takeoka	4	0	2	1.71
Brad Guy	2	4	0	2.48
Kwang-Soo Kim	3	3	0	2.54
Phil Stockman	1	1	0	5.29

Offensive Stars
Name	Avg	HR	RBI
Andrew Zapp	.373	4	32
Travis Wilson	.352	7	38
Ryan Langerhans	.312	5	25
Ji-Hwan Sohn	.285	1	5
Scott Goodman	.271	3	24
Nicholas Green	.265	5	18

All-Star team[]

Position	Name	Team
Catcher	Justin Huber	IBLA Australia
1st base	Andrew Zapp	IBLA Internationals
2nd base	Chung-Yi Huang	Taiwan
3rd base	Travis Wilson	IBLA Internationals
Shortstop	Glenn Williams	IBLA Australia
Outfield	Troy Shadar	IBLA Internationals
Outfield	Jarrod Hodges	IBLA Australia
Outfield	Chris Snelling	IBLA Australia
Designated hitter	Gavin Fingleson	IBLA Internationals
Starting pitcher	Chao-Hao Tseng	Taiwan
Relief pitcher	Luke Prokopec	IBLA Australia
Manager	Chris Bando	IBLA Internationals

References[]

^ ^a ^b "League Leaders". IBLA. Archived from the original on 27 January 2002. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "IBLA Post-Season results". IBLA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2002. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
^ "IBLA 2001". Flintoff & Dunns Australian Major League Baseball. Flintoff & Dunn. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

[bat-2] Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game. Correct as of 17 February 2013.^[1]

[pitch-3] Minimum 0.8 IP per team game. Correct as of 17 February 2013.^[1]

[League_Leaders-1] "League Leaders". IBLA. Archived from the original on 27 January 2002. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

[IBLA_Post-Season-4] "IBLA Post-Season results". IBLA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2002. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

[IBLA_awards-5] "IBLA 2001". Flintoff & Dunns Australian Major League Baseball. Flintoff & Dunn. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

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