Wade Dutton

Wade Dutton
Brisbane Bandits – No. 3
Utility
Born: (1986-09-23) 23 September 1986 (age 38)
Brisbane, Queensland
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
ABL statistics
(through February 7, 2021)
Batting average.272
Runs batted in104
Home runs22

Wade Dutton (born 23 September 1986) is an Australian professional baseball utility for the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Baseball League.

Career

Dutton played alongside his brother Brad Dutton in the Queensland Rams, debuting in the 2008 Claxton Shield[1] before the inaugural Australian Baseball League season when they began playing for the Brisbane Bandits. Following the 2011–12 season, he was left off the roster, but continued playing in the Greater Brisbane League for Redcliffe Padres & Ipswich Musketeers.[2]

He made it back on the team for the 2016–17 Australian Baseball League season and has continued to be a part of the team through 2019, being part of three of the four Bandits consecutive championships[3]

Dutton was selected as a member of the Australia national baseball team for the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[4]

References

  1. ^ 2008 Claxton Shield Rosters Flintoff and Dunn
  2. ^ Redcliffe coach rates Muskets hitting 'best in league' Ben Wilmott, The Queensland Times 10 March 2017
  3. ^ Nilsson's Bandits secure ABL four-peat SBS News 3 February 2019
  4. ^ DAVID PENROSE (8 October 2019). "BORAL TEAM AUSTRALIA'S PREMIER12 ROSTER ANNOUNCED". baseball.com.au. Retrieved 22 January 2020.