1997–98 Melbourne Monarchs season

The 1997-98 Melbourne Monarchs season was the 7th season for the team. As was the case for the Monarchs's previous seasons they competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL).

1997–98 Melbourne Monarchs
LeagueAustralian Baseball League
Record32–20 (.615)
Place1st
Team information
General managerDavid Oertle
ManagerJon Deeble
BallparkMelbourne Ballpark
CityMelbourne, Victoria

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Melbourne Monarchs 52 32 20 .615 — Advance to Finals Series
2 Sydney Storm 54 32 22 .593 1
3 Melbourne Reds 51 30 21 .588 1.5
4 Gold Coast Cougars 53 31 22 .585 1.5
5 Perth Heat 53 30 23 .566 2.5
6 Adelaide Giants 53 26 27 .491 6.5
7 Brisbane Bandits 53 20 33 .377 12.5
8 Hunter Eagles 53 10 43 .189 22.5
Source:

Record vs opponents
Opponent W–L
Record		 Largest Victory Largest Defeat Current
Streak
Score Date Ground Score Date Ground
Adelaide Giants 2-6 3-1 7 November 1997 Norwood Oval 2-7 15 November 1997 Melbourne Ballpark L1
Brisbane Bandits 4-2 1 Run Tied (3) 10-15 27 January 1998 Melbourne Ballpark L1
Gold Coast Cougars 6-1 6-0 28 December 1997 Melbourne Ballpark 3-4 24 January 1998 Carrara Stadium L1
Hunter Eagles 6-0 9-0 30 January 1998 Melbourne Ballpark - W6
Melbourne Reds 6–3 14–4 10 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval 2–8 2 November 1997 Moorabbin Oval L1
Perth Heat 5-3 7-2 14 December 1997 Melbourne Ballpark 1-6 22 November 1997 WACA W3
Sydney Storm 3-5 8-4 6 December 1997 Concord Oval 5-18 7 December 1997 Concord Oval L1
Total 32–20 Sydney Storm L1
14–4 10 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval 5–18 7 December 1997 Sydney Showgrounds

Game log
WMonarchs win
LMonarchs loss
TMonarchs tie
 Game postponed
BoldMonarchs team member
1997-98 Game Log
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
1 31 October @ Reds 8–6 1-0
November
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
2 1 November (DH 1) Reds 10–6 2-0
3 1 November (DH 2) Reds 7–2 3-0
4 2 November @ Reds 2–8 3-1
5 7 November @ Giants 3–1 4-1
6 8 November (DH 1) @ Giants 0–3 4-2
7 8 November (DH 2) @ Giants 4–9 4-3
8 9 November @ Giants 4–7 4-4
9 14 November Giants  ?–? 4-5
10 15 November (DH 1) Giants 2–7 4-6
11 15 November (DH 2) Giants  ?–? 5-6
12 16 November Giants  ?–? 5-7
13 21 November Heat 7–6 6-7 [1]
14 22 November (DH 1) Heat 1–6 6-8 [1]
15 22 November (DH 2) Heat 5–9 6-9 [1]
16 23 November Heat 2–0 7-9 [1]
December
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
17 5 December @ Storm 2–3 7-10
18 6 December (DH 1) @ Storm 5–6 7-11
19 6 December (DH 2) @ Storm 8–4 8-11
20 7 December @ Storm 5–18 8-12
21 14 December (DH 1) @ Heat 9–10 8-13
22 14 December (DH 2) @ Heat 7–2 P. Dale 9-13
23 15 December (DH 1) @ Heat 3–0 E. Nelsen R. Spear 10-13
24 15 December (DH 2) @ Heat 6–4 11-13
25 19 December Storm 3–5 11-14
26 20 December (DH 1) Storm 6–3 12-14
27 20 December (DH 2) Storm 1–0 13-14
28 21 December Storm 5–6 13-15
29 26 December Cougars 4–1 P. Dale B. Cederbladd 14-15
30 27 December (DH 1) Cougars 2–1 E. Nelson 15-15
31 27 December (DH 2) Cougars 4–0 M. Bowie 16-15
32 28 December Cougars 6–0 E. Byrne 17-15
January
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
33 3 January @ Eagles 8–3 18-15
34 4 January @ Eagles 7–5 19-15
35 5 January @ Eagles 3–2 20-15
36 8 January @ Reds 6–2 21-15
37 9 January @ Reds 3–7 21-16
38 10 January @ Reds 14-4 E. Nelson 22-16
39 16 January (DH 1) Bandits 1–2 Williams R Spear 22-17
40 16 January (DH 2) Bandits 4–3 E. Nelson Smith 23-17
41 17 January (DH 1) Bandits 11–10 K. Gogos Gooda 24-17
42 17 January (DH 2) Bandits 12–11 K. Gogos Foxover 25-17
43 22 January @ Cougars 10–9 26-17
44 23 January @ Cougars 5–1 27-17
45 24 January @ Cougars 3–4 27-18
46 26 January @ Bandits – 28-18
47 27 January @ Bandits 10–15 28-19
48 28 January @ Bandits Wash Out 28-19
49 30 January Eagles 9–0 29-19
50 31 January (DH 1) Eagles 9–5 30-19
51 31 January (DH 2) Eagles 7–6 31-19
February
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
52 5 February Reds 5-4 32-19 [2]
53 6 February Reds 4-5 32-20 [2]
54 7 February @ Monarchs Wash Out 32-20 [2]

Postseason

Finals Series at Melbourne Ballpark

In previous years the post season was played as home and away best of 3 games, with the two winner of each series meeting for a best of 5 series{fact}, in 1997-98 this was changed to a round robin play-off format with each team playing 3 games, 1 against each of the other 3 qualified teams, with the two highest places teams playing off in the Championship Series.[3]

All games for the 9th ABL title were played at the Melbourne Ballpark from February, 10-12 with the best of three championship series February 14–15.[3]

Finals Series (Monarchs games)

Full series results

Game 1: 10 February 1998
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Gold Coast Cougars ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?7 ? ?
Melbourne Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?5 ? ?
WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
Home runs:
Cougars: ?
Monarchs: ?

Game 3: 11 February 1998
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Melbourne Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?1 ? ?
Sydney Storm ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?5 ? ?
WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
Home runs:
Monarchs: ?
Storm: ?

Game 6: 12 February 1998
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Melbourne Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?12 ? ?
Melbourne Reds ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?5 ? ?
WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
Home runs:
Monarchs: ?
Reds: ?

Postseason Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1 Melbourne Reds 3 2 1 25 18 +7 .667 — Advance to Championship series
2 Gold Coast Cougars 3 2 1 16 13 +3 .667 —
3 Melbourne Monarchs 3 1 2 18 17 +1 .333 1
4 Sydney Storm 3 1 2 16 27 −11 .333 1
Source:

ABL awards
Award Name Stat ref
Pitcher of the Year Erick Nelson

All-stars
Position Name ref
Starting Pitcher Erick Nelson

Monarchs Awards
Award Name Stat ref

Roster
Melbourne Monarchs roster - 1997–98 ABL
Active rosterCoaching Staff
Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

  • 21 Australia John Challinor
  • 43 Australia Phil Dale
  • 24 Australia Jon Deeble
  • 23 Australia Cameron Forbes
  •  9 Australia Keith Gogas
  • 25 United States Cameron Hardy
  • 18 Australia Steven Schram
  •  8 Australia Russel Spear

Left-handed pitchers

 Catchers
  • 14 Australia Brett Caulfield
  • 28 Australia John Edwards
  • 35 Australia Tristen McDonald
  • 36 United States Steve Dax Norris

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

  •    Australia Neil Bourke
  •    Australia Mike Deeble
Current as of February 1998.[4]

References
  1. "Round 4: MELBOURNE MONARCHS vs PERTH HEAT". Perth Heat. Archived from the original on 8 October 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  2. "Reds March to Playoffs". Melbourne Reds. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  3. "FAI Cup Pitches new finals format and all star competition as baseball bats up for the summer of 1997/1998". Press Release. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 30 June 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  4. "Melbourne Monarchs Roster". Melbourne Monarchs. Archived from the original on 22 April 1999. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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