2011–12 Perth Heat season

The 2011–12 Perth Heat season will be the second season for the team. As was the case for the previous season, the Heat will compete in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) with the other five foundation teams, and will again play its home games at Barbagallo Ballpark.

2011–12 Perth Heat
Claxton Shield champions
Minor premiership
LeagueAustralian Baseball League
BallparkBarbagallo Ballpark
CityPerth, Western Australia
Record34–11 (.756)
Place1st
OwnerABL
General managerAlex Pellerano
ManagerBrooke Knight
Radio91.3 SportFM

The Heat will also be defending the ABL Championship title, having won the previous season's Championship Series, and over the course of the season, will represent Australia in the 2011 Asia Series.

Offseason

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Following the Heat's inaugural ABL Championship victory, the League announced that, beginning in 2011, the winner of each ABL Championship Series would participate in that year's Asia Series, a round-robin tournament of champion teams from the baseball leagues of Asia, including representatives of Japan, Republic of Korea, Republic of China and, going forward, People's Republic of China. As winners of the 2011 ABL Championship Series, the Heat will be the first Australian team to enter into this competition.

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Perth Heat 45 34 11 .756 Advance to major semi final
2 Melbourne Aces 45 21 24 .467 13
3 Adelaide Bite 45 20 25 .444[a] 14 Advance to minor semi final
4 Sydney Blue Sox 45 20 25 .444[b] 14
5 Brisbane Bandits 45 20 25 .444[c] 14
6 Canberra Cavalry 45 20 25 .444[d] 14
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: Teams are ranked on winning percentage. In a multi-way tie, the winning percentage from games in head-to-head competition with the other tied teams is used as the first tiebreaker. In a multi-way tie, where after the first tiebreaker two teams are still tied, the winning percentage from games in head-to-head competition between the two tied teams is used as the second tiebreaker.[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ 1st tiebreaker: 16–11 (.593)
  2. ^ 1st tiebreaker: 13–14 (.481); 2nd tiebreaker: 5–4 (.556)
  3. ^ 1st tiebreaker: 13–14 (.481); 2nd tiebreaker: 4–5 (.444)
  4. ^ 1st tiebreaker: 12–15 (.444)

Record vs opponents

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Opponent W–L
Record
Largest Victory Largest Defeat Current
Streak
Score Date Ground Score Date Ground
Adelaide Bite 3–0 6–1 4 Nov 2011 Baseball Park W3
Brisbane Bandits
Canberra Cavalry
Melbourne Aces 4–0 6–1 13 Nov 2011 Melbourne Showgrounds W4
Sydney Blue Sox
Total 7–0 Against Adelaide & Melbourne Against W7
6–1 4 Nov 2011
13 Nov 2011
Baseball Park
Melbourne Showgrounds

Game log

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W Heat win
L Heat loss
T Heat tie
  Game postponed
Bold Heat team member
2011–12 Game Log
November
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
3 November Postponed due to rain (5 November) [3]
1 4 November Bite W 6–1 Cameron Lamb (1–0) Dushan Ruzic (0–1) 958 1–0 [4]
5 November Postponed due to rain (6 November) [5]
5 November Postponed due to rain (TBA) [6]
2 6 November (DH 1) Bite W 7–4 Geoff Brown (1–0) Chris Lawson (0–1) Benn Grice (1) 2–0 [7]
3 6 November (DH 2) Bite W 3–2 Benn Grice (1–0) Wayne Ough (0–1) 952 3–0 [8]
4 11 November @ Aces W 6–3 Daniel Schmidt (1–0) Shane Lindsay (0–1) Benn Grice (2) 1,514 4–0 [9]
5 12 November @ Aces W 9–8 Trevor Caughey (1–0) Yusei Kikuchi (0–1) Matt Erickson (1) 1,174 5–0 [10]
6 13 November (DH 1) @ Aces W 6–1 Jacob Clem (1–0) Jason Hirsh (0–1) 6–0 [11]
7 13 November (DH 2) @ Aces W 5–3 Warwick Saupold (1–0) Nic Ungs (0–1) 923 7–0 [12]
8 17 November @ Blue Sox
9 18 November (DH 1) @ Blue Sox
10 18 November (DH 2) @ Blue Sox
11 19 November @ Blue Sox
2011 Asia Series
December
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
12 2 December Cavalry
13 3 December Cavalry
14 4 December Cavalry
15 5 December Cavalry
16 8 December @ Bandits
17 9 December @ Bandits
18 10 December (DH 1) @ Bandits
19 10 December (DH 2) @ Bandits
20 16 December Aces
21 17 December Aces
22 18 December Aces
23 19 December Aces
24 20 December Aces
25 29 December @ Bite
26 30 December @ Bite
27 31 December (DH 1) @ Bite
28 31 December (DH 2) @ Bite
January
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
29 1 January @ Bite
30 4 January Bandits
31 5 January Bandits
32 6 January Bandits
33 7 January Bandits
34 8 January Bandits
35 12 January @ Cavalry
36 13 January @ Cavalry
37 14 January (DH 1) @ Cavalry
38 14 January (DH 2) @ Cavalry
39 15 January @ Cavalry
40 18 January Blue Sox
41 19 January Blue Sox
42 20 January Blue Sox
43 21 January Blue Sox
44 22 January Blue Sox

Roster

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Perth Heat roster - 2011–12 ABL
Roster Inactive Roster Coaching Staff
Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Left-handed pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Correct as of 15 February 2012.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Australian Baseball League Standings". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Playoff Procedures". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Adelaide @ Perth boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Adelaide @ Perth boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Adelaide @ Perth boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Adelaide @ Perth boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Adelaide @ Perth boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Adelaide @ Perth boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 11 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  10. ^ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  11. ^ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  12. ^ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  13. ^ "Perth Heat Roster". Perth Heat. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.