1997–98 Melbourne Monarchs season

1997–98 Melbourne Monarchs season
Season:
1997–98 Australian Baseball League season
Team Details
League Australian Baseball League
City Melbourne, Victoria
Ballpark Melbourne Ballpark
Management
Manager Jon Deeble
General Manager David Oertle
Assistant GM Don Fenwick
1996–97
1998–99

The 1997-98 Melbourne Monarchs season was the 7th season for the team. As was the case for the Monarchs's previous seasons they competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL).

Regular season

Standings

Key
Clinched final berth
1997-98 regular season standings
Team
W L Pct. GB Home Road
Melbourne Monarchs 32 20 .615
Sydney Storm 32 22 .593 1
Melbourne Reds 30 21 .588 112
Gold Coast Cougars 31 22 .585 112
Perth Heat 30 23 .566 212
Adelaide Giants 26 27 .491 612
Brisbane Bandits 20 33 .333 1212
Hunter Eagles 10 43 .189 2212

    Record vs opponents

    Opponent W–L
    Record
    Largest Victory Largest Defeat Current
    Streak
    Score Date Ground Score Date Ground
    Adelaide Giants 2-6 3-1 7 November 1997 Norwood Oval 2-7 15 November 1997 Melbourne Ballpark L1
    Brisbane Bandits 4-2 1 Run Tied (3) 10-15 27 January 1998 Melbourne Ballpark L1
    Gold Coast Cougars 6-1 6-0 28 December 1997 Melbourne Ballpark 3-4 24 January 1998 Carrara Stadium L1
    Hunter Eagles 6-0 9-0 30 January 1998 Melbourne Ballpark - W6
    Melbourne Reds 6–3 14–4 10 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval 2–8 2 November 1997 Moorabbin Oval L1
    Perth Heat 5-3 7-2 14 December 1997 Melbourne Ballpark 1-6 22 November 1997 WACA W3
    Sydney Storm 3-5 8-4 6 December 1997 Concord Oval 5-18 7 December 1997 Concord Oval L1
    Total 32–20 Sydney Storm L1
    14–4 10 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval 5–18 7 December 1997 Sydney Showgrounds

    Game log

    W Monarchs win
    L Monarchs loss
    T Monarchs tie
      Game postponed
    Bold Monarchs team member
    1997-98 Game Log

    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.[3]

    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.[3]

    Finals Series (Monarchs games)

    Full series results

    Game 1: 10 February 1998

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Gold Coast Cougars ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 7 ? ?
    Melbourne Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 5 ? ?
    WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
    Home runs:
    Cougars: ?
    Monarchs: ?

    Game 3: 11 February 1998

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Melbourne Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1 ? ?
    Sydney Storm ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 5 ? ?
    WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
    Home runs:
    Monarchs: ?
    Storm: ?

    Game 6: 12 February 1998

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Melbourne Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 12 ? ?
    Melbourne Reds ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 5 ? ?
    WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
    Home runs:
    Monarchs: ?
    Reds: ?

    Postseason Ladder

    Key
    Clinched Championship series berth
    1997-98 postseason season standings
    Team
    W L Pct. GB For Against
    Melbourne Reds 2 1 .667 - 25 18
    Gold Coast Cougars 2 1 .667 - 16 13
    Melbourne Monarchs 1 2 .333 1 18 17
    Sydney Storm 1 2 .333 1 16 27

      Award Winners

      ABL awards

      Award Name Stat ref
      Pitcher of the Year Erick Nelson

      All-stars

      Position Name ref
      Starting Pitcher Erick Nelson

      Monarchs Awards

      Award Name Stat ref

      Roster

      Melbourne Monarchs roster - 1997–98 ABL
      Active roster Coaching Staff
      Pitchers

      Right-handed pitchers

      • 21 Australia John Challinor
      • 43 Australia Phil Dale
      • 24 Australia Jon Deeble
      • 23 Australia Cameron Forbes
      • 9 Australia Keith Gogas
      • 25 United States Cameron Hardy
      • 18 Australia Steven Schram
      • 8 Australia Russel Spear

      Left-handed pitchers

      Catchers
      • 14 Australia Brett Caulfield
      • 28 Australia John Edwards
      • 35 Australia Tristen McDonald
      • 36 United States Steve Dax Norris

      Infielders

      • 19 Australia Rohan Brasher
      • 45 Australia Clayton Byrne
      • 10 Australia Mark Doubleday
      • 22 Australia Ben Risinger
      • 7 Australia Richard Vagg
      • 4 Australia Jay Willis

      Outfielders

      • 9 Australia Keith Gogas
      • 37 Australia Ben Hammer
      • 33 Australia Aaron Harvey
      • 17 United States George Lombard
      • 16 Australia Dean Marnell
      Manager

      Coaches

      • - Australia Neil Bourke
      • - Australia Mike Deeble
      Current as of February 1998.[4]

      References

      1. 1 2 3 4 "Round 4: MELBOURNE MONARCHS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on October 8, 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
      2. 1 2 3 "Reds March to Playoffs". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on June 30, 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
      3. 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 June 30, 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
      4. "Melbourne Monarchs Roster". Melbourne Monarchs. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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