2014–15 Australian Baseball League season

The 2014–15 Australian Baseball League season was the fifth Australian Baseball League (ABL) season. It was held from 30 October 2014 to 8 February 2015, with the Perth Heat winning their fourth title in five seasons, defeating the Adelaide Bite in the finals to defend their title.

Teams

Adelaide Bite

Brisbane Bandits

Canberra Cavalry

Melbourne Aces

Perth Heat

Sydney Blue Sox

Teams in the ABL

Team	City	State	Stadium	Ref
Adelaide Bite	Adelaide	South Australia	Norwood Oval
Brisbane Bandits	Brisbane	Queensland	Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Canberra Cavalry	Canberra	Australian Capital Territory	Narrabundah Ballpark
Melbourne Aces	Melbourne	Victoria	Melbourne Ballpark
Perth Heat	Perth	Western Australia	Baseball Park
Sydney Blue Sox	Sydney	New South Wales	Blue Sox Stadium

Regular season

Template:2014–15 ABL standings

Statistical leaders

Batting leaders

Stat	Player	Team	Total
AVG	Aaron Miller	Adelaide Bite	.389
HR	Kellin Deglan	Melbourne Aces	16
RBI	Jack Murphy	Canberra Cavalry	37
R	Brandon Dixon Joey Wong	Adelaide Bite Perth Heat	38
H	Thomas Coyle	Brisbane Bandits	60
SB	Brandon Dixon	Adelaide Bite	21

Pitching leaders

Stat	Player	Team	Total
W	Josh Tols	Adelaide Bite	9
L	Tim Brown	Melbourne Aces	7
ERA	Mike McClendon	Perth Heat	1.66
K	Ryan Searle	Brisbane Bandits	69
IP	Craig Anderson	Sydney Blue Sox	77⅔
SV	Jorge Marban Tyler Brunnemann Dustin Crenshaw	Perth Heat Adelaide Bite Canberra Cavalry	8

Postseason

Main article: 2015 Australian Baseball League postseason

	Preliminary Final Series					Championship Series
						1	Adelaide Bite	1
	2	Perth Heat	2			2	Perth Heat	2
	3	Sydney Blue Sox	0

Preliminary final series

30 January 2015 19:30 (UTC+11:00) Game 1	Sydney Blue Sox	4 – 5	Perth Heat	Blue Sox Stadium, Sydney Umpires: HP: Trent Thomas 1B: Riley Barrington 2B: Jordan Taylor 3B: Bob Crawford
	LP: Aaron Sookee (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: McKenzie Acker (1–0) Sv: Jorge Marban (1)
			HR: Rene Tosoni (1)

31 January 2015 19:20 (UTC+08:00) Game 2	Perth Heat	9 – 2	Sydney Blue Sox	Baseball Park, Perth Umpires: HP: Brett Robson 1B: Ryan Harder 2B: Lou Bonomi 3B: Peter Bowie
	WP: Scott Mitchinson (1–0)	Boxscore	LP: Luke Wilkins (0–1)

Championship Series

6 February 2015 19:00 (UTC+10:30) Game 1	Adelaide Bite	3 – 2	Perth Heat	Norwood Oval, Adelaide Umpires: HP: Brett Robson 1B: Paul Latta 2B: Neil Poulton 3B: Trent Thomas
	WP: Morgan Coombs (1–0) Sv: Tyler Brunnemann (1)	Boxscore	LP: Mike McClendon (0–1)
	HR: Stefan Welch (1), Tom Brice (1), Mitch Dening (1)		HR: Tim Smith (1)

7 February 2015 19:00 (UTC+10:30) Game 2	Adelaide Bite	3 – 5 (F/10)	Perth Heat	Norwood Oval, Adelaide Umpires: HP: Neil Poulton 1B: Brett Robson 2B: Trent Thomas 3B: Paul Latta
	LP: Tyler Brunnemann (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Jorge Marban (1–0)
	HR: Stefan Welch (2), Chris Adamson (1)		HR: Tim Kennelly (1), Brian Pointer (1)

8 February 2015 19:00 (UTC+10:30) Game 3	Adelaide Bite	5 – 12	Perth Heat	Norwood Oval, Adelaide Umpires: HP: Paul Latta 1B: Trent Thomas 2B: Brett Robson 3B: Neil Poulton
	LP: Wilson Lee (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Mike McCarthy (1–0)
	HR: Mitch Dening 2 (3), Craig Maddox (1)		HR: Tim Kennelly (1), Tim Smith (2), Luke Hughes (1)

External links

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