2015–16 Australian Baseball League season

Sports season

2015–16 Australian Baseball League season
League	Australian Baseball League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	23 October 2015 – 6 February 2016
Number of games	159
Number of teams	6
Total attendance	150,213
Regular season
Season MVP	Justin Williams
Championship Series
Venue	Holloway Field
Champions	Brisbane Bandits (1st title)
Runners-up	Adelaide Bite
Seasons
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

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
Brisbane Bandits	56	37	19	—	.661	23–5	14–14	Championship Series
Canberra Cavalry	56	31	25	6	.554	18–10	13–15	Preliminary final
Adelaide Bite	56	30	26	7	.536	18–10	12–16	Preliminary final
Sydney Blue Sox	55	26	29	10.5	.473	18–9	8–20
Perth Heat	56	23	33	14	.411	12–16	11–17
Melbourne Aces	55	20	35	16.5	.364	10–18	10–17

Source: ^[7]

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

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

Postseason

Bracket

Preliminary Final Series			Championship Series

			1	Brisbane Bandits	2
2	Canberra Cavalry	1	3	Adelaide Bite	0
3	Adelaide Bite	2

Preliminary Final Series

Game 1

January 29, 2016 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Norwood Oval
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canberra Cavalry	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	5	0
Adelaide Bite	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	6	11	0
WP: Josh Tols (1–0) LP: Brian Grening (0–1) Sv: Loek van Mil (1) Home runs: CAN: Ryan Miller (1) ADE: Travis Demeritte 2 (2) Boxscore

Game 2

The second game of the series was scheduled to be played on 30 January, but was postponed due to wet weather. It was rescheduled to be the first game of a doubleheader the following day.

January 31, 2016 12:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Adelaide Bite	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0
Canberra Cavalry	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	3	7	0
WP: Steven Kent (1–0) LP: Takuro Ito (0–1) Sv: Michael Click (1) Home runs: ADE: Kyle Petty (1) CAN: Bryan Pounds (1) Boxscore

Game 3

January 31, 2016 15:30 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Adelaide Bite	1	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	9	12	1
Canberra Cavalry	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	1
WP: Nick Talbot (1–0) LP: Scott Cone (0–1) Home runs: ADE: Travis Demeritte 2 (4), Kyle Petty (2) CAN: None Boxscore

Composite Line Score

2016 ABL Preliminary Final Series (2–1): Adelaide Bite over Canberra Cavalry


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Adelaide Bite	3	2	6	1	0	1	2	1	1	17	34	1
Canberra Cavalry	1	3	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	9	24	1

Championship Series

Game 1

February 5, 2016 18:00 (UTC+10:00) at AFA Sdadium at Holloway Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Adelaide Bite	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	10	1
Brisbane Bandits	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	X	7	10	0
WP: Jason Jarvis (1–0) LP: Josh Tols (0–1) Sv: Ryan Searle (1) Home runs: ADE: Angus Roeger (1) BRI: Bralin Jackson (1), TJ Bennett (1) Boxscore

Game 2

February 6, 2016 18:00 (UTC+10:00) at AFA Sdadium at Holloway Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Adelaide Bite	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	3
Brisbane Bandits	0	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	X	7	8	2
WP: Travis Blackley (1–0) LP: Steven Chambers (0–1) Home runs: ADE: Kyle Petty (1) BRI: Donald Lutz (1) Boxscore

Composite Line Score

2016 ABL Championship Series (2–0): Brisbane Bandits over Adelaide Bite


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brisbane Bandits	1	0	7	1	1	3	0	1	0	14	18	2
Adelaide Bite	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	5	16	4

References

^ "Adelaide Bite Homepage". Adelaide Bite. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "Brisbane Bandits Homepage". Brisbane Bandits. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "Canberra Cavalry Homepage". Canberra Cavalry. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "Melbourne Aces Homepage". Melbourne Aces. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "Perth Heat Homepage". Perth Heat. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "Sydney Blue Sox Homepage". Sydney Blue Sox. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
^ "2015 Australian Baseball League Current Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
^ "League Batting Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
^ "League Pitching Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.