2015–16 Australian Baseball League season

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

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)	Edwin Carl (PER) (85)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Teams

Adelaide Bite

Brisbane Bandits

Canberra Cavalry

Melbourne Aces

Perth Heat

Sydney Blue Sox

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] W L Pct. GB Home Road Brisbane Bandits 37 19 .661 – 23–5 14–10 Canberra Cavalry 31 25 .554 6.0 18–10 13–15 Adelaide Bite 30 26 .536 7.0 18–10 12–16 Sydney Blue Sox 26 29 .473 10.5 18–9 8–20 Perth Heat 23 33 .411 14.0 12–16 11–17 Melbourne Aces 20 35 .364 16.5 10–18 10–17

Statistical leaders

Batting leaders Stat Player[S 1] Team Total AVG David Harris Canberra Cavalry .346 HR Kyle Petty Adelaide Bite 14 RBI Kyle Petty Jason Leblebijian Adelaide Bite Canberra Cavalry 44 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 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 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

	Preliminary Final Series					Championship Series
						1	Brisbane Bandits	2
	2	Canberra Cavalry	1			3	Adelaide Bite	0
	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: Tom West 2B: Andrew Bell 3B: Ian Reval
	WP: Josh Tols (1-0) Sv: Loek van Mil (1)	Boxscore	LP: Brian Grening (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: Takahito Matsuda 1B: Mal Mackay 2B: Riley Barrington 3B: Matthew Pearson
	WP: Steven Kent (1–0) Sv: Michael Click (1)	Boxscore	LP: Takuro Ito (0–1)
	HR: Bryan Pounds (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: Mal Mackay 1B: Takahito Matsuda 2B: Matthew Pearson 3B: Riley Barrington
	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: Brett Robson 1B: Takahito Matsuda 2B: Trent Thomas 3B: Tom West
	WP: Jason Jarvis (1–0) Sv: Ryan Searle (1)	Boxscore	LP: Josh Tols (0–1)
	HR: Bralin Jackson (1), TJ Bennett (1)		HR: Angus Roeger (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: Takahito Matsuda 1B: Trent Thomas 2B: Tom West 3B: Brett Robson
	WP: Travis Blackley (1-0)	Boxscore	LP: Steven Chambers (0-1)
	HR: Donald Lutz (1)		HR: Kyle Petty (1)

References

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. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
9. "League Pitching Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

External links

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