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The 2018–19 Australian Baseball League season is the ninth year Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, and is being held from 15 November 2018 to 3 February 2019. It is the first season that it was played with eight teams, as the league expanded for the first time.

Teams

Teams in the ABL
Team	State / Territory	Stadium
Adelaide Bite	South Australia	Diamond Sports Stadium^[1]
Auckland Tuatara	New Zealand	McLeod Park^[2]
Brisbane Bandits	Queensland	Holloway Field^[3]
Canberra Cavalry	Australian Capital Territory	Narrabundah Ballpark^[4]
Geelong-Korea	Victoria	Geelong Baseball Park^[5]
Melbourne Aces	Victoria	Melbourne Ballpark^[6]
Perth Heat	Western Australia	Baseball Park^[7]
Sydney Blue Sox	New South Wales	Blue Sox Stadium^[8]

Regular season

With the addition of the Auckland Tuatara and Geelong-Korea as expansion teams, the competition was split into a 'Northeast' and 'Southwest' division. The league retained a 10 round, 40 game schedule, with teams playing division rivals twice and inter division teams once.

Northeast Division^[9]
Pos	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Away
1	Brisbane Bandits‡	25	15	.625	1.0	12-8	13-7
2	Sydney Blue Sox‡	25	15	.625	–	14–6	11-9
3	Canberra Cavalry‡	23	17	.575	2.0	13-7	10-10
4	Auckland Tuatara	14	26	.350	11.0	8-12	6-14

Southwest Division^[9]
Pos	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Away
1	Perth Heat‡	24	16	.600	–	12-8	12-8
2	Melbourne Aces‡	23	17	.575	1.0	14-6	9-11
3	Adelaide Bite	19	21	.475	5.0	10-10	9-11
4	Geelong-Korea	7	33	.175	17.0	4-16	3-17

Postseason

A new playoff structure was announced 29 August 2018 with the addition of a single wild card game between the fourth and fifth seeds prior to two rounds of best-of-three finals series.

The top seed awarded to the team with the best regular season record, with the other division winner awarded the second seed. The third and fourth seed were awarded to the two divisional runner ups with the fifth seed being given to the team with the next best season record. ^[10]

Wild Card

Semi Finals Series

Championship Series

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WC

SF1

SF2

2

3

Championship Series

References

^ "Adelaide Bite Homepage". Adelaide Bite. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Auckland Tuatara Homepage". Auckland Tuatara. Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
^ "Brisbane Bandits Homepage". Brisbane Bandits. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Canberra Cavalry Homepage". Canberra Cavalry. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Geelong-Korea Homepage". Geelong-Korea. Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
^ "Melbourne Aces Homepage". Melbourne Aces. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Perth Heat Homepage". Perth Heat. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Sydney Blue Sox Homepage". Sydney Blue Sox. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b "2016 Australian Baseball League Final Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ New-look playoff structure revealed

External links

The Australian Baseball League – Official ABL Website
Official Baseball Australia Website

[bite-1] "Adelaide Bite Homepage". Adelaide Bite. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[tuatara-2] "Auckland Tuatara Homepage". Auckland Tuatara. Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 9 November 2018.

[bandits-3] "Brisbane Bandits Homepage". Brisbane Bandits. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[cavalry-4] "Canberra Cavalry Homepage". Canberra Cavalry. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[geelong-5] "Geelong-Korea Homepage". Geelong-Korea. Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 9 November 2018.

[aces-6] "Melbourne Aces Homepage". Melbourne Aces. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[heat-7] "Perth Heat Homepage". Perth Heat. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[bluesox-8] "Sydney Blue Sox Homepage". Sydney Blue Sox. Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[standings-9] "2016 Australian Baseball League Final Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

[10] New-look playoff structure revealed

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Current clubs	Adelaide Giants Brisbane Bandits Canberra Cavalry Melbourne Aces Perth Heat Sydney Blue Sox
Former, relocated, and disestablished clubs	Auckland Tuatara Geelong-Korea
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