2011–12 Brisbane Bandits season

2011–12 Brisbane Bandits
League	Australian Baseball League
Ballpark	Brisbane Exhibition Ground
City	Brisbane, Queensland
Record	20–25 (.444)
Place	5th
Owner	ABL
General manager	Paul Gonzalez
Manager	Kevin Jordan
Television	In-House Broadcast

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

Offseason

In October 2011, Bandits manager David Nilsson stood down from his role, with Kevin Jordan named manager for the 2011–12 season.[1]

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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: [2]
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.[3]
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

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
		Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground
Adelaide Bite	–	–			–
Canberra Cavalry	2–2	7–4	5 Nov 2011	Narrabundah Ballpark	6–0	4 Nov 2011	Narrabundah Ballpark	W1
Melbourne Aces	–	–			–
Perth Heat	–	–			–
Sydney Blue Sox	3–1	10–0 (F/7)	11 Nov 2011	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	6–4	10 Nov 2011	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	W3
Total	5–3	Against Sydney Blue Sox			Against Canberra Cavalry			W3
		10–0 (F/7)	11 Nov 2011	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	6–0	4 Nov 2011	Narrabundah Ballpark

Game log

W	Bandits win
L	Bandits loss
T	Bandits tie
	Game postponed
Bold	Bandits team member

2011–12 Game Log
November # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 1 4 November @ Cavalry L 6–0 Mike McGuire (1–0) Simon Morriss (0–1) 1,685 0–1 [4] 2 5 November (DH 1) @ Cavalry W 7–4 Alex Maestri (1–0) Nathan Crawford (0–1) John Veitch (1) — 1–1 [5] 3 5 November (DH 2) @ Cavalry L 5–4 Steven Kent (1–0) Chris Mowday (0–1) 1,224 1–2 [6] 4 6 November @ Cavalry W 9–6 John Veitch (1–0) Brian Grening (0–1) Chris Mowday (1) 987 2–2 [7] 5 10 November Blue Sox L 6–4 Craig Anderson (1–0) Simon Morriss (0–2) Koo Dae-Sung (2) 803 2–3 [8] 6 11 November Blue Sox W 10–0 (F/7) Alex Maestri (2–0) Wayne Lundgren (0–1) 1,030 3–3 [9] 7 12 November Blue Sox W 2–0 Yohei Yanagawa (1–0) Aiden Francis (0–1) Chris Mowday (2) 1,353 4–3 [10] 8 13 November Blue Sox W 2–1 Chris Mowday (1–1) Chris Oxspring (2–1) 640 5–3 [11] 9 17 November @ Aces – 10 18 November @ Aces – 11 19 November @ Aces – 12 20 November @ Aces –
December # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 13 1 December @ Blue Sox – 14 2 December (DH 1) @ Blue Sox – 15 2 December (DH 2) @ Blue Sox – 16 3 December @ Blue Sox – 17 4 December @ Blue Sox – 18 8 December Heat – 19 9 December Heat – 20 10 December (DH 1) Heat – 21 10 December (DH 2) Heat – 22 15 December Bite – 23 16 December Bite – 24 17 December Bite – 25 18 December Bite – 26 29 December Cavalry – 27 30 December Cavalry – 28 31 December (DH 1) Cavalry – 29 31 December (DH 2) Cavalry –
January # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref 30 1 January Cavalry – 31 4 January @ Heat – 32 5 January @ Heat – 33 6 January @ Heat – 34 7 January @ Heat – 35 8 January @ Heat – 36 11 January Aces – 37 12 January Aces – 38 13 January Aces – 39 14 January Aces – 40 15 January Aces – 41 19 January @ Bite – 42 20 January @ Bite – 43 21 January (DH 1) @ Bite – 44 21 January (DH 2) @ Bite – 45 22 January @ Bite –

Roster

Brisbane Bandits roster - 2011–12 ABL
Active roster				Inactive Roster		Coaching Staff
Pitchers Right-handed pitchers 15 Steven Chambers 16 Justin Erasmus 36 Sean Jarrett 27 Alex Maestri 28 Andrew Marck 24 Simon Morriss 34 Chris Mowday 32 John Veitch 23 Yohei Yanagawa Left-handed pitchers  6 Trent Baker  5 Jon Durket  7 Chris Lamb		Catchers 25 Joel Naughton 18 Mitchell Nilsson  2 Ayatsugu Yamashita Infielders 17 Andrew Campbell 21 Brad Dutton 10 Wade Dutton  1 Taisei Makihara 33 Rory Rhodes 43 David Sutherland Outfielders  9 Keiji Nakahara 19 Joshua Roberts 20 Matt Roxburgh		Pitchers 35 Jason Kilby -- Tristan Loetzsch 12 Rhys Niit 22 Ryan Searle 31 Aaron Thompson 26 Josh Warner Catchers 29 Ryan Battaglia -- Kieran Bradford Infielders -- Kenta Imamiya 31 Daniel Lamb-Hunt 20 Jay Nilsson  8 Alan Schoenberger Outfielders -- Aven Fletcher		Manager 11 Kevin Jordan Coaches 37 Gary Nilsson (Pitching Coach) 13 Shayne Watson (Coach)
Current as of 30 November 2011.

References

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