1997–98 Perth Heat
LeagueAustralian Baseball League
BallparkWACA
CityPerth, Western Australia
Record30–23 (.566)
Place5th
General managerDoug Mateljan

The 1997-98 Perth Heat season was the 9th season for the team. As was the case for the Heat's previous seasons they competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL).

Offseason

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Melbourne Monarchs 52 32 20 .615 — Advance to Finals Series
2 Sydney Storm 54 32 22 .593 1
3 Melbourne Reds 51 30 21 .588 1.5
4 Gold Coast Cougars 53 31 22 .585 1.5
5 Perth Heat 53 30 23 .566 2.5
6 Adelaide Giants 53 26 27 .491 6.5
7 Brisbane Bandits 53 20 33 .377 12.5
8 Hunter Eagles 53 10 43 .189 22.5
Source:

Record vs opponents

Opponent W–L
Record		 Largest Victory Largest Defeat Current
Streak
Score Date Ground Score Date Ground
Adelaide Giants 6-7 7-2 5 December 1997 Norwood Oval 1-7 5 December 1997 Norwood Oval L2
Brisbane Bandits 3-3 15-2 5 January 1998 ANZ Stadium 2-18 4 January 1998 ANZ Stadium W2
Gold Coast Cougars 4-2 8-2 10 January 1998 Carrara Oval 2-19 8 January 1998 Carrara Oval W1
Hunter Eagles 5-2 17-6 28 January 1998 Marathon Stadium 0-8 19 January 1998 WACA W4
Melbourne Monarchs 3-5 6-1 22 November 1997 WACA 2-7 14 December 1997 Melbourne Ballpark L3
Melbourne Reds 4–2 13–6 26 December 1997 WACA 3–8 27 December 1997 WACA W2
Sydney Storm 5-3 10-3 8 November 1997 WACA 1-5 & 5-9 15 November 1997 Concord Oval W2
Total 30–23 Brisbane Bandits Gold Coast Cougars W1
15–2 5 January 1998 ANZ Stadium 2-19 8 January 1998 Carrara Oval

Game log

WHeat win
LHeat loss
THeat tie
 Game postponed
BoldHeat team member
1997-98 Game Log
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
1 31 October (DH 1) Giants 6–5 1-0 [1]
2 31 October (DH 2) Giants 6–3 2-0 [1]
November
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
3 1 November (DH 1) Giants 6–5 3-0 [1]
4 1 November (DH 2) Giants 2–8 3-1 [1]
5 7 November (DH 1) Storm 3–5 3-2 [2]
6 7 November (DH 2) Storm 3–2 4-2 [2]
7 8 November (DH 1) Storm 10–3 5-2 [2]
8 8 November (DH 2) Storm 4–1 6-2 [2]
9 15 November (DH 1) @ Storm 1–5 6-3 [3]
10 15 November (DH 2) @ Storm 5–9 6-4 [3]
11 16 November (DH 1) @ Storm 4–3 7-4 [3]
12 16 November (DH 2) @ Storm 11–7 8-4 [3]
13 21 November @ Monarchs 6–7 8-5 [4]
14 22 November (DH 1) @ Monarchs 6–1 9-5 [4]
15 22 November (DH 2) @ Monarchs 9–5 10-5 [4]
16 23 November @ Monarchs 0–2 10-6 [4]
December
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
17 5 December (DH 1) @ Giants 7–2 11-6 [5]
18 5 December (DH 2) @ Giants 1–7 11-7 [5]
19 6 December (DH 1) @ Giants 1–5 11-8 [5]
20 6 December (DH 2) @ Giants 3–6 11-9 [5]
21 14 December (DH 1) Monarchs 10–9 12-9 [6]
22 14 December (DH 2) Monarchs 2–7 P. Dale 12-10 [6]
23 15 December (DH 1) Monarchs 0–3 E. Nelsen R. Spear 12-11 [6]
24 15 December (DH 2) Monarchs 4–6 12-12 [6]
25 19 December Giants 4–2 13-12
26 20 December (DH 1) Giants 4-0 14-12
27 20 December (DH 2) Giants 2–5 14-13
28 21 December Giants 2–6 14-14
29 26 December (DH 1) Reds 13–6 15-14 [7]
30 26 December (DH 2) Reds 1–0 16-14 [7]
31 27 December (DH 1) Reds 2–3 16-15 [7]
32 27 December (DH 2) Reds 3–8 16-16 [7]
January
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
33 3 January @ Bandits 1–11 16-17 [8]
34 4 January @ Bandits 2–18 16-18 [8]
35 5 January @ Bandits 15–2 17-18 [8]
36 8 January @ Cougars 2–19 17-19 [9]
37 9 January @ Cougars 8–7 18-19 [9]
38 10 January @ Cougars 8-2 19-19 [9]
39 19 January (DH 1) Eagles 0–8 19-20 [10]
40 19 January (DH 2) Eagles 11–6 20-20 [10]
41 20 January (DH 1) Eagles 6–8 20-21 [10]
42 20 January (DH 2) Eagles 5–2 21-21 [10]
43 22 January @ Reds 2–0 22-21 [11]
44 23 January @ Reds 9–6 23-21 [11]
45 24 January @ Reds Wash Out 23-21 [11]
46 26 January @ Eagles 15–5 24-21 [12]
47 27 January @ Eagles 8–7 25-21 [12]
48 28 January @ Eagles 17-6 26-21 [12]
49 31 January Bandits 0–12 26-22 [13]
February
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
50 1 February Bandits 12–6 27-22 [13]
51 2 February Bandits 5–1 28-22 [13]
52 5 February Cougars 6-2 29-22 [14]
53 6 February Cougars 3-10 29-23 [14]
54 7 February Cougars 7-4 30-23 [14]

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.[15]

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.[15]

Full series results

Award Winners

ABL awards

Award Name Stat ref
Reliever of the Year Gabe Molina

All-stars

Position Name ref
Relief Pitcher Gabe Molina

Heat Awards

Award Name Stat ref

Roster

Perth Heat roster - 1997–98 ABL
Active roster
Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Left-handed pitchers

 Catchers

Infielders

  • 31 Australia Clayton Barnes
  • 20 Australia Sean Jones
  • 25 Australia Ben Needle
  •    Australia Dean Robertson

Outfielders

  •    Australia Mathew Davis
  •    United States Johnny Isom
  •  4 Australia Gerard Prosper
  •    Australia Shane Smith


Current as of February 1998.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Round 1: PERTH HEAT vs ADELAIDE GIANTS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Round 2: PERTH HEAT vs SYDNEY STORM". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Round 2: SYDNEY STORM vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Round 4: MELBOURNE MONARCHS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 8 October 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Round 5: PERTH HEAT vs ADELAIDE GIANTS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Round 6: PERTH HEAT vs MELBOURNE MONARCHS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Reds Draw with Perth". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  8. 1 2 3 "Round 9: BRISBANE BANDITS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 7 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 "Round 10: GOLD COAST COUGARS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Round 11: PERTH HEAT vs HUNTER EAGLES". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  11. 1 2 3 "Round 12: MELBOURNE REDS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  12. 1 2 3 "Round 13: HUNTER EAGLES vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 16 November 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  13. 1 2 3 "Round 14: PERTH HEAT vs BRISBANE BANDITS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 7 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  14. 1 2 3 "Round 15: PERTH HEAT vs GOLD COAST COUGARS". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 7 May 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  15. 1 2 "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.
  16. ↑ "Perth Heat Player Profiles". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 6 May 1999. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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