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 season
Season:
1997–98 Australian Baseball League season
Team Details
LeagueAustralian Baseball League
CityMelbourne, Victoria
BallparkMelbourne Ballpark
Management
ManagerJon Deeble
General ManagerDavid Oertle
Assistant GMDon Fenwick
← 1996–97
1998–99 →

Regular season

Standings
Key
†Clinched final berth
1997-98 regular season standings
Team
W L Pct. GB Home Road
Melbourne Monarchs† 3220.615–––
Sydney Storm† 3222.5931––
Melbourne Reds† 3021.5881​1⁄2––
Gold Coast Cougars† 3122.5851​1⁄2––
Perth Heat 3023.5662​1⁄2––
Adelaide Giants 2627.4916​1⁄2––
Brisbane Bandits 2033.33312​1⁄2––
Hunter Eagles 1043.18922​1⁄2––

    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
    # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
    1 31 October @ Reds 8–6 1-0
    November
    # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
    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
    # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
    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
    # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
    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
    # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
    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
    Team123456789RHE
    Melbourne Monarchs?????????1??
    Sydney Storm?????????5??
    WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
    Home runs:
    Monarchs: ?
    Storm: ?

    Game 6: 12 February 1998
    Team123456789RHE
    Melbourne Monarchs?????????12??
    Melbourne Reds?????????5??
    WP: ? (1-0)   LP: ? (0-1)   Sv: ?
    Home runs:
    Monarchs: ?
    Reds: ?

    Postseason Ladder
    Key
    †Clinched Championship series berth
    1997-98 postseason season standings
    Team
    		W L Pct. GB For Against
    Melbourne Reds† 21.667-2518
    Gold Coast Cougars† 21.667-1613
    Melbourne Monarchs 12.33311817
    Sydney Storm 12.33311627

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

      Left-handed pitchers

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

      Infielders

      Outfielders

      		 Manager

      Coaches

      •    Neil Bourke
      •    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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