2011–12 Melbourne Aces season

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2011–12 Melbourne Aces season
Season:
2011–12 Australian Baseball League season
Team Details
LeagueAustralian Baseball League
CityMelbourne, Victoria
BallparkRoyal Melbourne Showgrounds
Management
ManagerPhil Dale
OwnerABL
General ManagerWindsor Knox
Assistant GMDirector of Operations Rosanne Tarrant
Local Broadcasting
RadioAussie Digital

The 2011–12 Melbourne Aces season was the second season for the team. As was the case for the previous season, the Aces will compete in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) with the other five foundation teams, and will again play its home games at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds.

Offseason[]

During the offseason, it was announced that the Aces' home ground, the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, would undergo major reconstruction in preparation for this season. Among others, the most notable change involved moving home plate approximately 15 feet closer to the fence, increasing the length of the field to 400 feet at centre field.[1] The ground was previously noted for its size among ABL grounds, having accounted for over 42% of all home runs hit during the inaugural ABL season.[2]

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Key
Clinched major semi final berth
Clinched minor semi final berth
2011–12 regular season standings
Team[3]
W L Pct. GB Home Road 1st Tiebreaker[S 1] 2nd Tiebreaker[S 2]
Perth Heat 34 11 .756 – 15–8 19–3
Melbourne Aces 21 24 .467 13 12–11 9–13
Adelaide Bite 20 25 .444 14 10–12 10–13 16–11 (.593)
Sydney Blue Sox 20 25 .444 14 14–8 6–17 13–14 (.481) 5–4 (.556)
Brisbane Bandits 20 25 .444 14 11–11 9–14 13–14 (.481) 4–5 (.444)
Canberra Cavalry 20 25 .444 14 11–12 9–13 12–15 (.444)
Notes
  1. ^ In a multi-way tie, the winning percentage from games in head-to-head competition with the other tied teams is used as the first tiebreaker.[4]
  2. ^ In a multi-way tie, where after the first tiebreaker two teams are still tied, the winning percentage from games in head-to-head competition between the two tied teams is used as the second tiebreaker.[4]

Record vs opponents[]

Opponent W–L
Record 		Largest Victory Largest Defeat Current
Streak
Score Date Ground Score Date Ground
Adelaide Bite – – –
Brisbane Bandits – – –
Canberra Cavalry – – –
Perth Heat 0–4 – 6–1 13 Nov 2011 Melbourne Showgrounds L4
Sydney Blue Sox 1–3 13–9 5 Nov 2011 Blue Sox Stadium 8–6 5 Nov 2011 Blue Sox Stadium L1
Total 1–7 Against Sydney Blue Sox Against Perth Heat L5
13–9 5 Nov 2011 Blue Sox Stadium 6–1 13 Nov 2011 Melbourne Showgrounds

Game log[]

W Aces win
L Aces loss
T Aces tie
  Game postponed
Bold Aces team member
2011–12 Game Log
November
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
1 4 November @ Blue Sox L 3–2 Chris Oxspring (1–0) Daniel McGrath (0–1) 1,193 0–1 [5]
2 5 November (DH 1) @ Blue Sox L 8–6 Matthew Williams (1–0) Andrew Mann (0–1) Koo Dae-Sung (1) — 0–2 [6]
3 5 November (DH 2) @ Blue Sox W 13–9 (1–0) Josh Wells (0–1) 1,295 1–2 [7]
4 6 November @ Blue Sox L 2–0 Chris Oxspring (2–0) (0–1) 1,425 1–3 [8]
5 11 November Heat L 6–3 Daniel Schmidt (1–0) Shane Lindsay (0–1) (2) 1,514 1–4 [9]
6 12 November Heat L 9–8 (1–0) Yusei Kikuchi (0–1) (1) 1,174 1–5 [10]
7 13 November (DH 1) Heat L 6–1 (1–0) Jason Hirsh (0–1) — 1–6 [11]
8 13 November (DH 2) Heat L 5–3 Warwick Saupold (1–0) (0–1) 923 1–7 [12]
9 17 November Bandits –
10 18 November Bandits –
11 19 November Bandits –
12 20 November Bandits –
13 24 November @ Cavalry –
14 25 November @ Cavalry –
15 26 November @ Cavalry –
16 27 November @ Cavalry –
December
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
17 1 December @ Bite –
18 2 December (DH 1) @ Bite –
19 2 December (DH 2) @ Bite –
20 3 December @ Bite –
21 16 December @ Heat –
22 17 December @ Heat –
23 18 December @ Heat –
24 19 December @ Heat –
25 20 December @ Heat –
26 29 December Blue Sox –
27 30 December Blue Sox –
28 31 December (DH 1) Blue Sox –
29 31 December (DH 2) Blue Sox –
January
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
30 1 January Blue Sox –
31 5 January Bite –
32 6 January Bite –
33 7 January (DH 1) Bite –
34 7 January (DH 2) Bite –
35 8 January Bite –
36 11 January @ Bandits –
37 12 January @ Bandits –
38 13 January @ Bandits –
39 14 January @ Bandits –
40 15 January @ Bandits –
41 18 January Cavalry –
42 19 January Cavalry –
43 20 January Cavalry –
44 21 January (DH 1) Cavalry –
45 21 January (DH 2) Cavalry –

Roster[]

Melbourne Aces roster - 2011–12 ABL
Active roster Inactive roster Coaching Staff
Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Left-handed pitchers

 Catchers
  • 15 Australia

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

  • 27 Australia Liam Bedford
  • -- United States
  • 26 Australia

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

  • 33 Australia (Pitching Coach)
  • 19 Australia (Coach)
  • 20 Australia (Coach)
Current as of 8 November 2011.

References[]

  1. ^ Building the Jet Couriers Melbourne Ace Field, Melbourne Aces website.
  2. ^ Stats, Melbourne Aces website.
  3. ^ "Australian Baseball League Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Playoff Procedures". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Melbourne @ Sydney boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Melbourne @ Sydney boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Melbourne @ Sydney boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Melbourne @ Sydney boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  10. ^ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  11. ^ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  12. ^ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
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