1998–99 Australian Baseball League season

November 2020 January 2018 Baseball Australian Baseball League 8 1998 10 17 1999 02 13 y Regular season Adam Burton (Melbourne Reds) Finals series Sydney Showground Stadium Gold Coast Cougars (1st title) Sydney Storm 132 1997–98 Australian Baseball League season 1997–98 1999–2000 Australian Baseball League season 1999–2000 The 1998–99 Australian Baseball League season was the 10th season of the original Australian Baseball League, contested between six teams representing state and regional capitals: ADEG, GOLD, MELM, MELR, PERH and SYDS. The championship was won by the Gold Coast Cougars, who defeated the Sydney Storm in 2 games in the championship series at the Sydney Showground Stadium. The Adelaide Giants finished the season on top of the ladder but were knocked out in Semi-final 1 by the Sydney Storm. All play-off games in the 1998–99 ABL season were held at the then-recently completed Sydney Showground,Flintoff, P. (1999?) Flintoff & Dunn's Australian Major League Baseball – The First 10 Years. Accessed on 28 July 2010. which was to become the main venue for baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics. 1998–99 was the final season of the original Australian Baseball League. At the completion of the season the rights to the league were purchased by Dave Nilsson who then attempted to form the International Baseball League of Australia. Teams 400 Adelaide Giants giants Gold Coast Cougars Cougars Melbourne Reds reds Melbourne Monarchs monarchs Perth Heat heat Sydney Storm storm Only 6 of the 8 teams from the previous season returned, The Hunter Eagles and Brisbane Bandits were both unable to continue in the league due to increasing financial pressure. Rosters During the regular season each team made use of an active roster of 22–24 men, with a maximum of 4 import players. Adelaide Giants Adelaide Giants 1998–99 ABL #EE1100 #FFDD00 #220066 #FFDD00 Inactive roster Coaching Staff ? AUS Kym Ashworth ? AUS Adrian Burnside ? AUS Tom Becker ? AUS Shayne Bennett ? AUS John Challinor ? AUS Darren Fidge ? USA Matt Herges ? AUS Graham Ingram ? USA Blake Mayo ? AUS Luke Prokopec ? AUS Jeff Williams ? AUS Darren Phillips ? AUS Sam Tibbets ? AUS Rick Bennett ? AUS Andrew Brett ? AUS Nathan Davison ? AUS Michael Forbes ? AUS Jason Hewitt ? AUS Andrew Scott ? AUS Jay Ivanoff ? AUS Tony Mota ? AUS Mark Paparella ? AUS Chip Sell ? USA Eric Stuckenschneider ? AUS Andrew Taintley ? AUS Marc Taintley ? AUS Craig Watts Current as of February 1999. Melbourne Monarchs Melbourne Monarchs 1998–99 ABL #0000FF #FFFFFF #F11A07 #FFFFFF Inactive roster Coaching Staff 5 AUS Earl Byrne 45 AUS Cameron Cairncross 11 USA Erick Nelson 43 AUS Phil Dale 34 USA Jason Flach 23 AUS Cameron Forbes 9 AUS Keith Gogas 47 AUS Michael Nakamura 18 AUS Steven Schram 14 AUS Brett Caulfield 28 AUS John Edwards 36 USA Steve Dax Norris 19 AUS Rohan Brasher 10 AUS Mark Doubleday 26 AUS Paul Gonzales 50 USA Mike Hessman 25 AUS David Kim 22 AUS Ben Risinger 4 AUS Jay Willis 37 AUS Ben Hammer 33 AUS Aaron Harvey 16 AUS Dean Marnell 24 AUS Jon Deeble - AUS Neil Bourke Current as of February 1999.Melbourne Monarchs Roster http://www.monarchs.com.au/ Melbourne Monarchs 15 February 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/19990422053355/http://www.monarchs.com.au/ 22 April 1999 Melbourne Reds Melbourne Reds 1998–99 ABL #EE0000 #FFFFFF #000000 #FFFFFF Inactive roster Coaching Staff ? USA John Box 44 AUS Ben Donald ? AUS Matt Ryan 27 AUS Matthew Gourlay ? AUS Ben Mann 37 AUS Warren May ? USA Denis Pujals ? AUS Lucas Van Raake ? USA David White ? AUS Gregg Wiltshire 8 AUS Scott Dawes 22 AUS Myles Barnden ? USA Brian Becker 20 AUS Adam Burton 16 AUS Shane Hogan 30 AUS Ben Utting ? AUS Cameron Hubbard ? AUS Matt Kent ? AUS David McGrady ? USA Matt Quatraro 26 AUS Jeff Spencer 19 AUS Darren White ? AUS Glynn Kimberley 35 AUS Glen Reeves 46 USA Derek Shumpert 18 AUS Paul Weichard Current as of February 1999. Sydney Storm Sydney Storm 1997–98 ABL #110044 #FFFFFF #440077 #FFFFFF Inactive roster Coaching Staff ? AUS Craig Anderson ? CAN Clint Lawrence 11 AUS Shane Pepper ? AUS Anthony Brasher 7 AUS Graham Cassel ? CAN Greg Clark ? USA Gary Glover ? AUS Craig Lewis ? AUS Mark Marino ? USA Sean McClellan ? AUS Peter Moylan ? AUS Brian Murphy ? AUS Robbie Taylor ? USA D. Tomaszewski 15 AUS Gary White ? AUS Matt Buckley ? AUS Greg Morrison 19 AUS Mark Shipley 43 AUS Craig Stone 4 AUS Scott Tunkin 3 AUS Matt Everingham 22 AUS Brendan Kingman ? AUS Ryan Manfield ? AUS Brett Schylder ? AUS Chris Snelling ? AUS Rodney van Buizen ? USA Vernon Wells 18 AUS Glenn Williams Current as of February 1998. Incomplete Venues + Teams in the ABL Team City State Stadium Ref ADEG Adelaide South Australia Norwood Oval GOLD Gold Coast Queensland Carrara Oval MELM Melbourne Victoria Melbourne Ballpark MELR Melbourne Victoria Moorabbin Oval PERH Perth Western Australia Bassendean Oval SYDS Sydney New South Wales Sydney Showground Stadium Match results + Key † Clinched final berth + Regular season standings TeamFINAL FAI CUP STANDINGS http://www.storm.aapt.com.au/frame.htm Australian Baseball League Sydney Storm 12 February 2013 29 April 1999 https://web.archive.org/web/19990429061737/http://www.storm.aapt.com.au/frame.htm bot: unknown W L Pct. GB Home Road ADEG 1998-99† 28 17 28 17 - 15-9 13–8 GOLD 1998-99† 24 20 24 20 3 16–10 8–10 MELM 1998-99† 22 22 22 22 5 13–8 9–14 SYDS 1998-99† 21 22 21 22 6 13–10 8–12 MELR 1998-99 20 23 20 23 7 15–8 5–15 PERH 1998-99 17 28 17 28 11 12–9 5–19 S Top 10 Stats + Defensive Stats Name Wins Losses Saves ERAAdrian Meagher6132.97Brett Cederblad4102.34Phil Brassington5303.68Paul Wollin1213.41Jason Davis2313.60Aaron Reed2223.89 1em + Offensive Stars Name Avg HR RBIBrandon Pollard.3171233Ron Johnson.307519Steve Hinton.30318Grant McDonald.269529Paul Gorman.263722Jose Macias.267118 Postseason Finals series at Sydney Showground Stadium The 1999 Postseason was held at the newly constructed Sydney Showground Stadium, The Showgrounds Stadium was to be the main venue for Baseball at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. The Postseason followed a 3-game Semi-final playoff format, 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd. The winners of the two Semi-finals series then played off in a 3-game Championship series. Semi-final 1: 1st vs 4th Game 1: 10 February 1999 Sydney Storm Storm 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 7 10 2 Adelaide Giants Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 ? ? ? C. Anderson S. Bennett C. Anderson (1–0) S. Bennett (0–1) C. Lewis G. White, C. Snelling D. PhillipsAttendance: 1,500FAI CUP – Playoff 1 Game 1 http://www.storm.aapt.com.au/frame.htm Sydney Storm 12 February 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/19990429061737/http://www.storm.aapt.com.au/frame.htm 29 April 1999 Game 2: 10 February 1999 Sydney Storm Storm 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 1 Adelaide Giants Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 G Glover M. Herges G Glover (1–0) M. Herges (0–1) G. Cassel - -Attendance: 1,500FAI CUP – Playoff 1 Game 2 http://www.storm.aapt.com.au/frame.htm Sydney Storm 12 February 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/19990429061737/http://www.storm.aapt.com.au/frame.htm 29 April 1999 Semi-final 2: 2nd vs 3rd Game 1: 11 February 1999 Melbourne Monarchs Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Gold Coast Cougars Cougars ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (1–0) ? (0–1) ? ? ? Game 2: 11 February 1999 Melbourne Monarchs Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Gold Coast Cougars Cougars ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (1–0) ? (0–1) ? ? ? Championship Series at Sydney Showground Stadium Game 1: 12 February 1999 Sydney Storm Storm 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 13 1 Gold Coast Cougars Cougars 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 12 1 C. Lawrence K. Calvert A. Meagher (1–0) G. Cassel (0–1) nill - R. Jonhnson, B. Pollard, P. GormanAttendance: 3,120FAI CUP – Championship Game 1 http://www.storm.aapt.com.au/frame.htm Sydney Storm 12 February 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/19990429061737/http://www.storm.aapt.com.au/frame.htm 29 April 1999 Game 2: 12 February 1999 Sydney Storm Storm 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 8 13 8 Gold Coast Cougars Cougars 1 2 0 1 0 8 2 0 - 14 9 1 C. Lewis P. Brassington P. Brassington (1–0) S. Pepper (0–1) nill S. Tunkin, G. White (2) S. Hinton, A. PearceAttendance: 5,600FAI CUP – Championship Game 2 http://www.storm.aapt.com.au/frame.htm Sydney Storm 12 February 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/19990429061737/http://www.storm.aapt.com.au/frame.htm 29 April 1999 Awards Award Person TeamMost Valuable PlayerAdam BURTONMelbourne RedsChampionship M.V.P.Paul GORMANGold Coast CougarsGolden GloveGary WHITESydney StormBatting ChampionAdam BURTONMelbourne RedsPitcher of the YearPat AhearnePerth HeatRookie of the YearClinton BALGERAPerth HeatManager of the Year All-Star Team Position Name TeamCatcherGary WHITESydney Storm1st BaseAndrew SCOTTAdelaide Giants2nd BaseAdam BURTONMelbourne Reds3rd BasePaul GONZALEZMelbourne MonarchsShort StopMatt BUCKLEYSydney StormOut FieldBrandon POLLARDGold Coast CougarsOut FieldMatt QuatraroMelbourne RedsOut FieldChip SELLAdelaide GiantsDesignated HitterCraig WATTSAdelaide GiantsStarting PitcherPat AhearnePerth HeatRelief PitcherJohn CHALLINORAdelaide GiantsManagerTony HARRISAdelaide Giants References Category:Australian Baseball League (1989–1999) seasons Category:1998 in Australian sport Category:1998 in baseball Category:1999 in Australian sport Category:1999 in baseball