2018–19 Australian Baseball League season


The 2018–19 Australian Baseball League season was the ninth year Australian Baseball League season, and was held from 15 November 2018 to 2 February 2019. It was the first season that it was played with eight teams, as the league expanded for the first time. The Brisbane Bandits won the championship for the fourth consecutive season.

Teams


TeamState / TerritoryStadium
South AustraliaDiamond Sports Stadium
New ZealandMcLeod Park
QueenslandHolloway Field
Australian Capital TerritoryNarrabundah Ballpark
VictoriaGeelong Baseball Park
VictoriaMelbourne Ballpark
Western AustraliaBaseball Park
New South WalesBlue Sox Stadium

Regular season

With the addition of the Auckland Tuatara and Geelong-Korea as expansion teams, the competition was split into a 'Northeast' and 'Southwest' division. The league retained a 10-round, 40 game schedule, with teams playing division rivals eight times and inter division teams four times.

Secured Semi Finals berth
Secured Wild Card berth

PosTeamWLPct.GBHomeAway
1Perth Heat241612–812–8
2Melbourne Aces23171.014–69–11
3Adelaide Bite19215.010–109–11
4Geelong-Korea73317.04–163–17

Statistical leaders

StatPlayerTeamTotal
AVGGift NgoepeSydney Blue Sox.437
HRT.J. BennettBrisbane Bandits13
RBITristan GrayPerth Heat41
R
Tristan Gray

Tim Kennelly
Perth Heat

Perth Heat
38
HDwayne KempSydney Blue Sox55
SBD.J. BurtMelbourne Aces18

StatPlayerTeamTotal
W
Tim Atherton

Josh Guyer

Steve Kent
Brisbane Bandits

Sydney Blue Sox

Canberra Cavalry
7
LJin-U KimGeelong-Korea8
ERAShota ImanagaCanberra Cavalry0.51
KAlex MaestriSydney Blue Sox78
IPMarkus SolbachAdelaide Bite65⅓
SVTodd Van SteenselSydney Blue Sox10

Postseason

A new playoff structure was announced 29 August 2018 with the addition of a single wild card game between the fourth and fifth seeds prior to two rounds of best-of-three finals series.
The top seed awarded to the team with the best regular season record, with the other division winner awarded the second seed. The third and fourth seed were awarded to the two divisional runner ups with the fifth seed being given to the team with the next best season record.

Championship Series