South Australia (baseball team)

South Australia (previously known as the South Australian Bite) compete in the Claxton Shield Baseball Championship in Australia. They were one of the founding teams of the Claxton Shield in 1934 and competed until 1988 where the Claxtion Shield was thereafter awarded to the winner of the Australian Baseball League until 1999 when they were invited to join the International Baseball League of Australia which they competed in for 2 seasons(1999-00 and 2002), after this point the Claxton Shield reverted to a competition similar to 1988.

South Australia
Information
LeagueIBLA (1999-00 & 2002),
Claxton Shield (1934–88, 2003–2010.
LocationSouth Australia
BallparkNorwood Oval
1961-1989
2010
Year founded1934
League championships15 (Claxton Shield)
Former name(s)South Australia Bite
20083–9 (3rd south)
ManagerMark Haylock
Uniforms
Home
Away

History

SeasonFinish
1999-005th
20024th
20035th
20043rd
20053rd
20066th
20073rd
20083rd Southern

2009 Claxton Shield squad

South Australia's 19-man roster for the 2009 Claxton Shield, Announced by Baseball South Australia.[1]

2009 South Australia roster
Active rosterCoaches
Pitchers
  • 24 Phil Brassington
  • 8 Adam Crabb
  • 9 Chris Doyle
  • 21 Lachlan Eldridge
  • 13 Micheal Ewart
  • 26 Darren Fidge
  • 18 Tom Fieburg
  • 27 Chris Lawson
  • 5 Nick Talbot
  • 19 Jay Ziersch
Catchers
  • 11 Brendan Pett

Infielders

  • 3 Josh Cakebread
  • 1 Jeremy Crasswell
  • 2 Jared Kempf
  • 12 Craig Watts
  • 22 Stefan Welch

Outfielders

  • 14 Angus Roeger
  • 10 Ben Wigmore
  • 20 Dan Wilson
Manager
  • 15 Ron Harvey

Coaches

  • 7 Brian Cakebread (assistant coach)
  • 28 Jeff Downs (assistant coach)
  • 25 David Hilterbrand (executive officer)
  • -- Dave Watkins (physio)


Famous players

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.baseball.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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