2015–16 Australian Baseball League season

2015–16
Australian Baseball League
Season details
Sport	Baseball
Country	Australia
Teams	6
Dates	23 October 2015 – 6 February 2016
Defending champions	Perth Heat (2014–15)
Champions	Brisbane Bandits (1st title)
Helms Award	Justin Williams
Final positions
Champions	Brisbane Bandits
Second place	Adelaide Bite
Third place	Canberra Cavalry
Fourth place	Sydney Blue Sox
Fifth place	Perth Heat
Sixth place	Melbourne Aces
Regular season
Games played	159
Attendance	150,213 (945 per game)
Best batting average	David Harris (CAN) (.346)
Most homeruns hit	Kyle Petty (ADE) (14)
Most stolen bases	Travis Demeritte (ADE) (60)
Best ERA	Ryan Searle (BRI) (0.40)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher)	(PER) (85)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Australian Baseball League season was the sixth Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, held from 23 October 2015 to 6 February 2016.

Teams[]

Adelaide Bite

Teams in the ABL
Team	City	State	Stadium	Ref
Adelaide Bite	Adelaide	South Australia	Norwood Oval	^[1]
Brisbane Bandits	Brisbane	Queensland	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	^[2]
Canberra Cavalry	Canberra	Australian Capital Territory	Narrabundah Ballpark	^[3]
Melbourne Aces	Melbourne	Victoria	Melbourne Ballpark	^[4]
Perth Heat	Perth	Western Australia	Baseball Park	^[5]
Sydney Blue Sox	Sydney	New South Wales	Blue Sox Stadium	^[6]

Regular season[]

Key
	Clinched Championship Series berth
	Clinched Preliminary final berth

2015–16 regular season standings
Team^[7] v t	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
	37	19	.661	–	23–5	14–10
	31	25	.554	6.0	18–10	13–15
	30	26	.536	7.0	18–10	12–16
Sydney Blue Sox	26	29	.473	10.5	18–9	8–20
	23	33	.411	14.0	12–16	11–17
	20	35	.364	16.5	10–18	10–17

Statistical leaders[]

Batting leaders
Stat	Player^{[S 1]}	Team	Total
AVG		Canberra Cavalry	.346
HR	Kyle Petty	Adelaide Bite	14
RBI	Kyle Petty	Adelaide Bite Canberra Cavalry	44
R		Brisbane Bandits	42
H		Brisbane Bandits	67
SB		Brisbane Bandits	14

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player^{[S 2]}	Team	Total
W	Steven Chambers Jason Jarvis	Adelaide Bite Brisbane Bandits	8
L	Wayne Lundgren Daniel Schmidt	Sydney Blue Sox Perth Heat	7
ERA	Ryan Searle	Brisbane Bandits	0.40
K		Perth Heat	85
IP		Melbourne Aces	97
SV	Ryan Searle	Brisbane Bandits	17

^ Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game.^[8]
^ Minimum 0.8 IP per team game. ^[9]

Postseason[]

Preliminary Final Series			Championship Series

			1	Brisbane Bandits	2

			3	Adelaide Bite	0
2	Canberra Cavalry	1

3	Adelaide Bite	2

Preliminary final series[]

29 January 2016 19:30 (UTC+11:00) Game 1	Adelaide Bite	6 – 4	Canberra Cavalry	Norwood Oval, Adelaide Umpires: HP: Trent Thomas 1B: 2B: 3B:
	WP: Josh Tols (1-0) Sv: Loek van Mil (1)	Boxscore	LP: (0–1)
	HR: Travis Demeritte 2 (2)		HR: Ryan Miller (1)

31 January 2016 12:00 (UTC+11:00) Game 2 (Postponed from 30 January)	Canberra Cavalry	3 – 2	Adelaide Bite	Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: 3B:
	WP: Steven Kent (1–0) Sv: (1)	Boxscore	LP: (0–1)
	HR: (1)		HR: Kyle Petty (1)

31 January 2016 16:00 (UTC+11:00) Game 3	Canberra Cavalry	2 – 9	Adelaide Bite	Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: 3B:
	LP: Scott Cone (0-1)	Boxscore	WP: Nick Talbot (1-0)
			HR: Travis Demeritte 2 (4), Kyle Petty (2)

Championship Series[]

5 February 2016 18:00 (UTC+10:00) Game 1	Brisbane Bandits	7 – 4	Adelaide Bite	AFA Stadium at Holloway Field, Brisbane Umpires: HP: 1B: 2B: Trent Thomas 3B:
	WP: Jason Jarvis (1–0) Sv: Ryan Searle (1)	Boxscore	LP: Josh Tols (0–1)
	HR: (1), (1)		HR: (1)

6 February 2016 18:00 (UTC+10:00) Game 2	Brisbane Bandits	7 – 1	Adelaide Bite	AFA Stadium at Holloway Field, Brisbane Umpires: HP: 1B: Trent Thomas 2B: 3B:
	WP: Travis Blackley (1-0)	Boxscore	LP: Steven Chambers (0-1)
	HR: Donald Lutz (1)		HR: Kyle Petty (1)

References[]

^ "Adelaide Bite Homepage". Adelaide Bite. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "Brisbane Bandits Homepage". Brisbane Bandits. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "Canberra Cavalry Homepage". Canberra Cavalry. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "Melbourne Aces Homepage". Melbourne Aces. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "Perth Heat Homepage". Perth Heat. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "Sydney Blue Sox Homepage". Sydney Blue Sox. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "2015 Australian Baseball League Current Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
^ "League Batting Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
^ "League Pitching Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

External links[]

The Australian Baseball League – Official ABL Website
Official Baseball Australia Website

[bat-9] Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game.^[8]

[pitch-11] Minimum 0.8 IP per team game. ^[9]

[bite-1] "Adelaide Bite Homepage". Adelaide Bite. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.

[bandits-2] "Brisbane Bandits Homepage". Brisbane Bandits. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.

[cavalry-3] "Canberra Cavalry Homepage". Canberra Cavalry. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.

[aces-4] "Melbourne Aces Homepage". Melbourne Aces. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.

[heat-5] "Perth Heat Homepage". Perth Heat. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.

[bluesox-6] "Sydney Blue Sox Homepage". Sydney Blue Sox. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.

[standings-7] "2015 Australian Baseball League Current Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

[batstat-8] "League Batting Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

[pitchstat-10] "League Pitching Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

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