2024–25 Australian Baseball League season

2024–25 Australian Baseball League season
League	Australian Baseball League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	15 November 2024 – 2 February 2025
Number of teams	6
Regular season
Postseason

The 2024–25 Australian Baseball League season is the fourteenth season of the Australian Baseball League (ABL), and began on 15 November 2024.[1] The six-team competition is the premier English speaking winter baseball league with players affiliated with Major League Baseball, Nippon Professional Baseball, KBO League, Chinese Professional Baseball League, and various independent baseball leagues.[2]

Teams

Main article: List of current Australian Baseball League team rosters

Teams in the ABL

Team	State/Territory	Stadium
Adelaide Giants	South Australia	Dicolor Australia Stadium[3]
Brisbane Bandits	Queensland	Viticon Stadium[4]
Canberra Cavalry	Australian Capital Territory	Narrabundah Ballpark[5]
Melbourne Aces	Victoria	Melbourne Ballpark[6]
Perth Heat	Western Australia	Empire Ballpark[7]
Sydney Blue Sox	New South Wales	Blue Sox Stadium[8]

Regular Season

The regular season began on 15 November 2024 and is scheduled to end on 19 January 2025.[1] Each team will play 40 games (20 home and 20 away) across 10 rounds and will face every other team twice (once at home and once away) in four-game series.[1]

The round two matchup between Brisbane and Melbourne in Brisbane was reduced to three games due to rain and fourth game rescheduled to round seven between the teams in Melbourne. The round three matchup between Sydney and Melbourne in Sydney was reduced to three games due to rain and the fourth game rescheduled to round nine between the teams in Melbourne.

Adelaide Giants

Brisbane Bandits

Canberra Cavalry

Melbourne Aces

Perth Heat

Sydney Blue Sox

Standings

Key

Postseason

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
1	Sydney Blue Sox	14	9	.609	—
2	Adelaide Giants	14	10	.583	0.5
3	Canberra Cavalry	14	9	.583	0.5
4	Perth Heat	11	13	.458	3.5
5	Melbourne Aces	10	12	.455	3.5
6	Brisbane Bandits	7	16	.316	7.0

Statistical leaders

Through Round 6.

Batting leaders Stat Player[S 1] Team Total AVG Robbie Perkins Canberra Cavalry .386 HR Arturo Disla Brennon McNair Melbourne Aces Brisbane Bandits 7 RBI Arturo Disla Melbourne Aces 19 R Aaron Whitefield Melbourne Aces 18 H 4 tied at 27 SB Miles Simington Canberra Cavalry 9

Pitching leaders Stat Player[S 2] Team Total W Alex Wells Colten Davis James Bradwell Sydney Blue Sox Canberra Cavalry Adelaide Giants 4 L 7 tied at 3 ERA Alex Wells Sydney Blue Sox 1.05 K Lachlan Wells Adelaide Giants 46 IP Makoto Kyomoto Adelaide Giants 35 SV Tyler Beardsley Perth Heat 7

1. Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game.[9]
2. Minimum 0.8 IP per team game.[10]

Postseason

The postseason is scheduled to begin 24 January 2025, with four teams making the playoffs.[1] All postseason series will use a best-of-three format, with the first-placed team hosting the fourth-placed and the second-placed team hosting the third-placed.[1] The winners of the semi-finals will compete for the Claxton Shield, beginning on 31 January 2025.[1]

Postseason bracket

	Semi-Final Series					Championship Series
	1
	4
						SF1
						SF2
	2
	3

References

1. "2024-25 Season Schedule Released". The Australian Baseball League. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
2. "Signing Tracker". The Australian Baseball League. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
3. "Dicolor Australia Becomes Stadium Naming Rights Partner at West Beach". Adelaide Giants. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
4. "The Brisbane Bandits Announce Home Venue to Be Called Viticon Stadium". Brisbane Bandits. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
5. "Contact Us". Canberra Cavalry. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
6. "About Us". Melbourne Aces. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
7. "Contact Us". Perth Heat. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
8. "About Us". Sydney Blue Sox. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
9. "League Batting Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
10. "League Pitching Leaders". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

External links

• The Australian Baseball League Archived 26 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine – Official ABL Website
• Official Baseball Australia Website