2000–01 International Baseball League of Australia season

The 2000-01 International Baseball League of Australia was the 2nd season of the League. The 2000-01 leagues was to consist of 3 parts; A traditional Claxton Shield Tournament, to be played in late December 2000, an All-Star game and an International Development League to be played exclusively on the Gold Coast at Palm Meadows and Carrara Oval from late November 2000 to late January 2001.

Claxton Shield

The 2000-01 Claxton Shield was to be held at Blacktown Baseball Stadium in the week after Christmas.[1][2] The Tournament was canceled in early December due to the grounds being unfit for play. The timing of a Tournament was also unpopular with many of the players.[1]

All-Star Challenge

The All-Star Challenge was scheduled for the Australia Day weekend 26–28 January 2001,[2] it was to be held at Colonial Stadium, Melbourne.[1][2] The weekend was to be contested by the Australia national baseball team and an All-Star team that was rumored to include MLB player Roberto Alomar.[1] The game was canceled at the same time at the 2000-01 Claxton Shield.[1]

Development League

2000–01 International Baseball League of Australia season
League	International Baseball League of Australia
Sport	Baseball
Number of matches	78
Number of teams	4
Finals champions	IBLA Internationals
Runners-up	Australia

The 2000–01 International Baseball League of Australia Development League season, also known as the Gold Coast League, was the first season the Development League was conducted. The League was held exclusively on the Gold Coast, and was contest between 4 teams, Australia, Taiwan, MLB All-Stars and Internationals.

The league was held from 29 November 2000 to 20 January 2001,[2] The one game Championship playoff was won by the IBLA Internationals on 21 January 2001. The Internationals defeated Australia 2–1.

Teams

IBLA League

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Location in Australia

Rosters

Main article: 2000–01 International Baseball League of Australia team rosters

The 2000–01 season involved four teams: IBLA Australia, IBLA Internationals, MLB Stars and the Taiwan national Baseball team. All teams played on a home and away basis at the same two venues.

Venues

Teams in the ABL

	City	State	Stadium	Ref
Main Venue	Gold Coast	Queensland	Palm Meadows
Secondary Venue	Gold Coast	Queensland	Carrara Oval

Regular season

The regular season fixture consisted of 78 games. Each team played each other on a home and away basis.

Ladder

2000-01 IBLA Development League standings

Team	W	L	D	Pct.	GB
IBLA Internationals	25	15	3	.658	–
IBLA Australia	17	19	2	.472	3.5
Taiwan	17	19	4	.472	4.5
MLB Stars	17	25	1	.405	9

Statistical leaders

Batting leaders Stat Player[S 1] Team Total AVG Jarrod Hodges Australia .375 HR Robert Stratton MLB Stars 7 RBI Travis Wilson IBLA Internationals 38 R Andrew Zapp IBLA Internationals 33 H Andrew Zapp IBLA Internationals 57 SB Ryan Langerhans IBLA Internationals 12

Pitching leaders Stat Player[S 2] Team Total W Chao-Hao Tseng Taiwan 5 L Stephen Colyer MLB Stars 5 ERA Luke Prokopec Australia 0.39 K Brad Guy IBLA Internationals 48 IP Chao-Hao Tseng Taiwan 59+1⁄3 SV Brad Voyles IBLA Internationals 5

1. Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game. Correct as of 17 February 2013.[3]
2. Minimum 0.8 IP per team game. Correct as of 17 February 2013.[3]

Postseason

All games for the 2001 postseason were played at Palm Meadows on the Gold Coast. All finals were a 1-game play-off.

	Semifinals					Final
	19 January
	IBLA Internationals		4
						21 January
	MLB Stars		2
						1	IBLA Internationals	2
	19 January
						2	IBLA Australia	1
	Taiwan		1
	IBLA Australia		3
						Third place
						20 January
						4	MLB Stars	6
						3	Taiwan	0

Finals Series

Winners of Game 1 and 2 went into Championship games, Losers of game 1 and 2 went into a playoff for 3rd.

Game 1 1st vs 4th: 19 January 2001

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MLB Stars	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
IBLA Internationals	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	4	10	1
Home runs: MLB: ? Internationals: ?[4]

Game 2 2nd vs 3rd: 19 January 2001

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
IBLA Australia	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	4
Taiwan	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	2
Home runs: Australia: ? Taiwan: ?[4]

Game 3 Loser 1 vs Loser 2: 20 January 2001

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MLB Stars	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	6	9	5
Taiwan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Home runs: MLB: ? Taiwan: ?[4]

Game 4 Championship Game: 21 January 2001

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
IBLA Australia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
IBLA Internationals	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	1
Home runs: Australia: ? Internationals: ?[4]

Awards

Award	Person[5]	Team
Most Valuable Player	Andrew Zapp	IBLA Internationals
Batting Champion	Andrew Zapp	IBLA Internationals
Golden Glove	Chi-Sheng Lin	Taiwan
Pitcher of the Year	Chao-Hao Tseng	Taiwan

Top Stats

Defensive Stats Name Wins Losses Saves ERA Mark Dewey 3 1 0 0.63 P.J Bevis 3 1 1 1.54 Kazuhiro Takeoka 4 0 2 1.71 Brad Guy 2 4 0 2.48 Kwang-Soo Kim 3 3 0 2.54 Phil Stockman 1 1 0 5.29

Offensive Stars Name Avg HR RBI Andrew Zapp .373 4 32 Travis Wilson .352 7 38 Ryan Langerhans .312 5 25 Ji-Hwan Sohn .285 1 5 Scott Goodman .271 3 24 Nicholas Green .265 5 18

All-Star team

Position	Name	Team
Catcher	Justin Huber	IBLA Australia
1st base	Andrew Zapp	IBLA Internationals
2nd base	Chung-Yi Huang	Taiwan
3rd base	Travis Wilson	IBLA Internationals
Shortstop	Glenn Williams	IBLA Australia
Outfield	Troy Shadar	IBLA Internationals
Outfield	Jarrod Hodges	IBLA Australia
Outfield	Chris Snelling	IBLA Australia
Designated hitter	Gavin Fingleson	IBLA Internationals
Starting pitcher	Chao-Hao Tseng	Taiwan
Relief pitcher	Luke Prokopec	IBLA Australia
Manager	Chris Bando	IBLA Internationals

References

1. "2000/2001 SEASON - IBLA Year 2, The Gold Coast League!". Peter Flintoff. Flintoff & Dunn. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
2. "INTERNATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR 2000/2001 SEASON". IBLA. Archived from the original on 7 December 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
3. "League Leaders". IBLA. Archived from the original on 27 January 2002. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
4. "IBLA Post-Season results". IBLA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2002. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
5. "IBLA 2001". Flintoff & Dunns Australian Major League Baseball. Flintoff & Dunn. Retrieved 17 February 2013.