2014–15 Australian Baseball League season

The 2014–15 Australian Baseball League season was the fifth Australian Baseball League (ABL) season. It was held from 30 October 2014 to 8 February 2015, with the Perth Heat winning their fourth title in five seasons, defeating the Adelaide Bite in the finals to defend their title.

2014–15 Australian Baseball League season
League	Australian Baseball League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	30 October 2014 – 8 February 2015
Number of games	138
Number of teams	6
Total attendance	140,932
Regular season
Season MVP	Aaron Miller
Championship Series
Venue	Norwood Oval
Champions	Perth Heat (4th title)
Runners-up	Adelaide Bite

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

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Away	Qualification
Adelaide Bite	48	32	16	—	.667	18–6	14–10	Championship Series
Perth Heat	48	28	20	4	.583	15–9	13–11	Preliminary final
Sydney Blue Sox	46	22	24	9	.478	12–10	10–14
Canberra Cavalry	46	22	24	9	.478	10–12	12–12
Brisbane Bandits	46	21	25	10	.457	14–10	7–15
Melbourne Aces	46	15	31	16	.326	10–14	5–17

Source: ^[7]

Statistical leaders

Batting leaders Stat Player[S 1] Team Total AVG Aaron Miller Adelaide Bite .389 HR Kellin Deglan Melbourne Aces 16 RBI Jack Murphy Canberra Cavalry 37 R Brandon Dixon Joey Wong Adelaide Bite Perth Heat 38 H Thomas Coyle Brisbane Bandits 60 SB Brandon Dixon Adelaide Bite 21

Pitching leaders Stat Player[S 2] Team Total W Josh Tols Adelaide Bite 9 L Tim Brown Melbourne Aces 7 ERA Mike McClendon Perth Heat 1.66 K Ryan Searle Brisbane Bandits 69 IP Craig Anderson Sydney Blue Sox 77+2⁄3 SV Jorge Marban Tyler Brunnemann Dustin Crenshaw Perth Heat Adelaide Bite Canberra Cavalry 8

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

Postseason

Bracket

	Preliminary Final Series					Championship Series
						1	Adelaide Bite	1
	2	Perth Heat	2			2	Perth Heat	2
	3	Sydney Blue Sox	0

Preliminary Final Series

Game 1

January 30, 2015 19:30 (UTC+11:00) at Blue Sox Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Perth Heat	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	9	0
Sydney Blue Sox	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	10	1
WP: McKenzie Acker (1–0)   LP: Aaron Sookee (0–1)   Sv: Jorge Marban (1) Home runs: PER: Rene Tosoni (1) SYD: None Umpires: HP: Trent Thomas 1B: Riley Barrington 2B: Jordan Taylor 3B: Bob Crawford Boxscore

Game 2

January 31, 2015 19:20 (UTC+08:00) at Baseball Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sydney Blue Sox	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	10	4
Perth Heat	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	X	9	13	0
WP: Scott Mitchinson (1–0)   LP: Luke Wilkins (0–1) Umpires: HP: Brett Robson 1B: Ryan Harder 2B: Lou Bonomi 3B: Peter Bowie Boxscore

Composite line score

2015 ABL Preliminary Final Series (2–0): Perth Heat over Sydney Blue Sox

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Perth Heat	1	0	5	3	1	0	0	4	0	14	23	0
Sydney Blue Sox	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6	20	5

Championship Series

Game 1

February 6, 2015 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Norwood Oval

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Perth Heat	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
Adelaide Bite	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	3	7	1
WP: Morgan Coombs (1–0)   LP: Mike McClendon (0–1)   Sv: Tyler Brunnemann (1) Home runs: PER: Tim Smith (1) ADE: Stefan Welch (1), Tom Brice (1), Mitch Dening (1) Umpires: HP: Brett Robson 1B: Paul Latta 2B: Neil Poulton 3B: Trent Thomas Boxscore

Game 2

February 7, 2015 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Norwood Oval (F/10)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Perth Heat	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	6	0
Adelaide Bite	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	9	0
WP: Jorge Marban (1–0)   LP: Tyler Brunnemann (0–1) Home runs: PER: Tim Kennelly (1), Brian Pointer (1) ADE: Stefan Welch (2), Chris Adamson (1) Umpires: HP: Neil Poulton 1B: Brett Robson 2B: Trent Thomas 3B: Paul Latta Boxscore

Game 3

February 8, 2015 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Norwood Oval

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Perth Heat	2	4	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	12	13	0
Adelaide Bite	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	12	1
WP: Mike McCarthy (1–0)   LP: Wilson Lee (0–1) Home runs: PER: Tim Kennelly (1), Tim Smith (2), Luke Hughes (1) ADE: Mitch Dening 2 (3), Craig Maddox (1) Umpires: HP: Paul Latta 1B: Trent Thomas 2B: Brett Robson 3B: Neil Poulton Boxscore

Composite line score

2015 ABL Championship Series (2–1): Adelaide Bite over Perth Heat

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Perth Heat	3	4	2	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	19	25	2
Adelaide Bite	1	1	0	3	0	0	5	1	0	0	11	28	2