2011–12 Perth Heat season

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.

2011–12 Perth Heat
Claxton Shield champions
LeagueAustralian Baseball League
Record34–11 (.756)
Place1st
Team information
OwnerABL
General managerAlex Pellerano
ManagerBrooke Knight
BallparkBarbagallo Ballpark
CityPerth, Western Australia
Radio91.3 SportFM

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[lower-alpha 1] 14 Advance to minor semi final
4 Sydney Blue Sox 45 20 25 .444[lower-alpha 2] 14
5 Brisbane Bandits 45 20 25 .444[lower-alpha 3] 14
6 Canberra Cavalry 45 20 25 .444[lower-alpha 4] 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
WHeat win
LHeat loss
THeat tie
 Game postponed
BoldHeat team member
2011–12 Game Log
November
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
— 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]
— 5 November Postponed due to rain (6 November) [5]
— 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) — 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) — 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
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
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
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordRef
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
RosterInactive RosterCoaching Staff
Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

Left-handed pitchers

 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

  • -- Australia Liam Baron
  • 40 Australia Travis Bass
  • -- United States Trevor Caughey
  • 45 United States Matt Erickson
  • -- Australia Liam Hendriks
  • -- Australia Roy Hotvedt
  • 37 United States Dylan Jones
  • -- United States Benjamin Moore
  • -- Australia Josh Silvi
  • 14 Australia Dean White
  • 21 Australia Brendan Wise
  • 22 United States Matt Zachary

Catchers

  •  4 United States Alex Burg

Infielders

  • -- United States Aaron Baker
  • 10 Australia Lachlan Dale
  • -- Australia Anthony Daniele

Outfielders

  • 34 Australia Brandon Dale
  • 33 Australia Elliot Hargreaves
 Manager

Coaches

  • 27 Australia Graeme Lloyd (Pitching Coach)
  • 17 United States Steven Fish (First Base Coach)
  • 32 Australia Kevin Hooker (Bench Coach)
Correct as of 15 February 2012.[13]

References
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