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2011–12 Perth Heat
Claxton Shield champions
Minor premiership
League Australian Baseball League
Ballpark Barbagallo Ballpark
City Perth, Western Australia
Record34–11 (.756)
Place1st
OwnerABL
General managerAlex Pellerano
Manager Brooke Knight
Radio 91.3 SportFM

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

The Heat will also be defending the ABL Championship title, having won the previous season's Championship Series, and over the course of the season, will represent Australia in the 2011 Asia Series.

Offseason

Following the Heat's inaugural ABL Championship victory, the League announced that, beginning in 2011, the winner of each ABL Championship Series would participate in that year's Asia Series, a round-robin tournament of champion teams from the baseball leagues of Asia, including representatives of Japan, Republic of Korea, Republic of China and, going forward, People's Republic of China. As winners of the 2011 ABL Championship Series, the Heat will be the first Australian team to enter into this competition.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team 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: [1]
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. [2]
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 3–0 6–1 4 Nov 2011 Baseball Park – W3
Brisbane Bandits – – –
Canberra Cavalry – – –
Melbourne Aces 4–0 6–1 13 Nov 2011 Melbourne Showgrounds – W4
Sydney Blue Sox – – –
Total 7–0 Against Adelaide & Melbourne Against W7
6–1 4 Nov 2011
13 Nov 2011
Baseball Park
Melbourne Showgrounds
–

Game log

W Heat win
L Heat loss
T Heat tie
  Game postponed
Bold Heat team member
2011–12 Game Log
November
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
β€” 3 November Postponed due to rain (5 November) [3]
1 4 November Bite W 6–1 Cameron Lamb (1–0) Dushan Ruzic (0–1) 958 1–0 [4]
β€” 5 November Postponed due to rain (6 November) [5]
β€” 5 November Postponed due to rain (TBA) [6]
2 6 November ( DH 1) Bite W 7–4 Geoff Brown (1–0) Chris Lawson (0–1) Benn Grice (1) β€” 2–0 [7]
3 6 November ( DH 2) Bite W 3–2 Benn Grice (1–0) Wayne Ough (0–1) 952 3–0 [8]
4 11 November @ Aces W 6–3 Daniel Schmidt (1–0) Shane Lindsay (0–1) Benn Grice (2) 1,514 4–0 [9]
5 12 November @ Aces W 9–8 Trevor Caughey (1–0) Yusei Kikuchi (0–1) Matt Erikson (1) 1,174 5–0 [10]
6 13 November ( DH 1) @ Aces W 6–1 Jacob Clem (1–0) Jason Hirsh (0–1) β€” 6–0 [11]
7 13 November ( DH 2) @ Aces W 5–3 Warwick Saupold (1–0) Nic Ungs (0–1) 923 7–0 [12]
8 17 November @ Blue Sox –
9 18 November ( DH 1) @ Blue Sox –
10 18 November ( DH 2) @ Blue Sox –
11 19 November @ Blue Sox –
2011 Asia Series
December
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
12 2 December Cavalry –
13 3 December Cavalry –
14 4 December Cavalry –
15 5 December Cavalry –
16 8 December @ Bandits –
17 9 December @ Bandits –
18 10 December ( DH 1) @ Bandits –
19 10 December ( DH 2) @ Bandits –
20 16 December Aces –
21 17 December Aces –
22 18 December Aces –
23 19 December Aces –
24 20 December Aces –
25 29 December @ Bite –
26 30 December @ Bite –
27 31 December ( DH 1) @ Bite –
28 31 December ( DH 2) @ Bite –
January
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Ref
29 1 January @ Bite –
30 4 January Bandits –
31 5 January Bandits –
32 6 January Bandits –
33 7 January Bandits –
34 8 January Bandits –
35 12 January @ Cavalry –
36 13 January @ Cavalry –
37 14 January ( DH 1) @ Cavalry –
38 14 January ( DH 2) @ Cavalry –
39 15 January @ Cavalry –
40 18 January Blue Sox –
41 19 January Blue Sox –
42 20 January Blue Sox –
43 21 January Blue Sox –
44 22 January Blue Sox –

Roster

Perth Heat roster - 2011–12 ABL
Roster Inactive Roster Coaching Staff
Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Left-handed pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Correct as of 15 February 2012. [13]

References

  1. ^ "Australian Baseball League Standings". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Playoff Procedures". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Adelaide @ Perth boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Adelaide @ Perth boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Adelaide @ Perth boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Adelaide @ Perth boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Adelaide @ Perth boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Adelaide @ Perth boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 11 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  10. ^ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  11. ^ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  12. ^ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  13. ^ "Perth Heat Roster". Perth Heat. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.