2015–16 Australian Baseball League season

Sports season

2015–16 Australian Baseball League season

League| Australian Baseball League
Sport| Baseball
Duration| 23 October 2015 – 6 February 2016
Number of games| 159
Number of teams| 6
Total attendance| 150,213
Regular season
Season MVP| Justin Williams
Championship Series
Venue| Holloway Field
Champions| Brisbane Bandits (1st title)
Runners-up| Adelaide Bite
Seasons

← 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

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Adelaide Bite

Brisbane Bandits

Canberra Cavalry

Melbourne Aces

Perth Heat

Sydney Blue Sox

Teams in the ABL  Team  | City  | State  | Stadium  | Ref

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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

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### Standings

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Team  | Pld | W | L | GB | PCT | Home | Away | Qualification

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Brisbane Bandits | 56  | 37  | 19  | —  | .661  | 23–5  | 14–14  | Championship Series
Canberra Cavalry | 56  | 31  | 25  | 6  | .554  | 18–10  | 13–15  | Preliminary final
Adelaide Bite | 56  | 30  | 26  | 7  | .536  | 18–10  | 12–16
Sydney Blue Sox | 55  | 26  | 29  | 10.5  | .473  | 18–9  | 8–20  |
Perth Heat | 56  | 23  | 33  | 14  | .411  | 12–16  | 11–17
Melbourne Aces | 55  | 20  | 35  | 16.5  | .364  | 10–18  | 10–17

Source: [7]

### Statistical leaders

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Batting leaders  | Stat  | Player[S 1] | Team  | Total

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AVG | David Harris | Canberra Cavalry | .346
HR | Kyle Petty | Adelaide Bite | 14
RBI |

Kyle Petty

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Jason Leblebijian

Adelaide Bite

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Canberra Cavalry

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R | Riley Unroe | Brisbane Bandits | 42
H | Riley Unroe | Brisbane Bandits | 67
SB | Riley Unroe | Brisbane Bandits | 14
Pitching leaders  | Stat  | Player[S 2] | Team  | Total

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W |

Steven Chambers

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Jason Jarvis

Adelaide Bite

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Brisbane Bandits

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L |

Wayne Lundgren

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Daniel Schmidt

Sydney Blue Sox

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Perth Heat

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ERA | Ryan Searle | Brisbane Bandits | 0.40
K | Edwin Carl | Perth Heat | 85
IP | Matt Larkins | Melbourne Aces | 97
SV | Ryan Searle | Brisbane Bandits | 17

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

## Postseason

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### Bracket

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| Preliminary Final Series | | | Championship Series |

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| | | | 1 |  Brisbane Bandits | 2 |
| 2 |  Canberra Cavalry | 1 | | | 3 |  Adelaide Bite | 0 |
| 3 |  Adelaide Bite | 2 | | | |

### Preliminary Final Series

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#### Game 1

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January 29, 2016 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Norwood Oval Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Canberra Cavalry | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0
Adelaide Bite | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 | 11 | 0
WP: Josh Tols (1–0)   LP: Brian Grening (0–1)   Sv: Loek van Mil (1)
Home runs:
CAN: Ryan Miller (1)
ADE: Travis Demeritte 2 (2)
Boxscore

#### Game 2

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The second game of the series was scheduled to be played on 30 January, but was postponed due to wet weather. It was rescheduled to be the first game of a doubleheader the following day.

January 31, 2016 12:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Adelaide Bite | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0
Canberra Cavalry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 7 | 0
WP: Steven Kent (1–0)   LP: Takuro Ito (0–1)   Sv: Michael Click (1)
Home runs:
ADE: Kyle Petty (1)
CAN: Bryan Pounds (1)
Boxscore

#### Game 3

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January 31, 2016 15:30 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Adelaide Bite | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 1
Canberra Cavalry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1
WP: Nick Talbot (1–0)   LP: Scott Cone (0–1)
Home runs:
ADE: Travis Demeritte 2 (4), Kyle Petty (2)
CAN: None
Boxscore

#### Composite Line Score

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2016 ABL Preliminary Final Series (2–1): Adelaide Bite over Canberra Cavalry

Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Adelaide Bite | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 34 | 1
Canberra Cavalry | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 1

### Championship Series

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#### Game 1

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February 5, 2016 18:00 (UTC+10:00) at AFA Sdadium at Holloway Field Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Adelaide Bite | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1
Brisbane Bandits | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 | 10 | 0
WP: Jason Jarvis (1–0)   LP: Josh Tols (0–1)   Sv: Ryan Searle (1)
Home runs:
ADE: Angus Roeger (1)
BRI: Bralin Jackson (1), TJ Bennett (1)
Boxscore

#### Game 2

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February 6, 2016 18:00 (UTC+10:00) at AFA Sdadium at Holloway Field Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Adelaide Bite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3
Brisbane Bandits | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 8 | 2
WP: Travis Blackley (1–0)   LP: Steven Chambers (0–1)
Home runs:
ADE: Kyle Petty (1)
BRI: Donald Lutz (1)
Boxscore

#### Composite Line Score

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2016 ABL Championship Series (2–0): Brisbane Bandits over Adelaide Bite

Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Brisbane Bandits | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 2
Adelaide Bite | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 4

## References

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

## External links

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* The Australian Baseball League Archived 26 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine – Official ABL Website
* Official Baseball Australia Website

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