2013–14 Australian Baseball League season

The 2013–14 Australian Baseball League season was the fourth Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, and was held from 31 October 2013 to 8 February 2014. The season started with a game between the Melbourne Aces and the Canberra Cavalry at Narrabundah Ballpark in Canberra. The Perth Heat won their third title in four seasons defeating defending champions the Canberra Cavalry in the finals.^[1]

2013–14 Australian Baseball League season
League	Australian Baseball League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	31 October 2013 – 8 February 2014
Number of games	125
Number of teams	6
Total attendance	147,887
Regular season
Season MVP	Ryan Casteel
Championship Series
Venue	Barbagallo Ballpark
Champions	Perth Heat (3rd title)
Runners-up	Canberra Cavalry

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	[2]
Brisbane Bandits	Brisbane	Queensland	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	[3]
Canberra Cavalry	Canberra	Australian Capital Territory	Narrabundah Ballpark	[4]
Melbourne Aces	Melbourne	Victoria	Melbourne Ballpark	[5]
Perth Heat	Perth	Western Australia	Baseball Park	[6]
Sydney Blue Sox	Sydney	New South Wales	Blue Sox Stadium	[7]

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Perth Heat	46	32	14	.696	—	Advance to Championship Series
2	Sydney Blue Sox	46	23	23	.500	9	Advance to Preliminary final
3	Canberra Cavalry	46	22	24	.478	10
4	Melbourne Aces	46	22	24	.478	10
5	Adelaide Bite	46	21	25	.457	11
6	Brisbane Bandits	46	18	28	.391	14

Source: ^[8]

Statistical leaders

Batting leaders

Stat	Player[S 1]	Team	Total
AVG	Ryan Casteel	Melbourne Aces	.343
HR	Ryan Casteel	Melbourne Aces	11
RBI	Brandon Tripp	Perth Heat	41
R	Jon Berti	Canberra Cavalry	46
H	Brandon Tripp	Perth Heat	58
SB	Jon Berti	Canberra Cavalry	31

Pitching leaders

Stat	Player[S 2]	Team	Total
W	Jack Frawley	Perth Heat	7
L	Aaron Sookee	Sydney Blue Sox	7
ERA	Mike Ekstrom	Perth Heat	0.72
K	Brian Grening	Canberra Cavalry	70
IP	Craig Anderson	Sydney Blue Sox	78
SV	Dae-Sung Koo Sean Toler	Sydney Blue Sox Canberra Cavalry	11

1. Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game.^[9]
2. Minimum 0.8 IP per team game. ^[10]

Postseason

Three teams qualified for a two-round postseason. The highest placed team at the end of the regular season gained entry to and hosted the championship series. The other place was determined by a preliminary final series between the second and third placed teams, hosted by the second placed team.^[11]

	Preliminary Final Series					Championship Series
						1	Perth Heat	2
	2	Sydney Blue Sox	1			3	Canberra Cavalry	0
	3	Canberra Cavalry	2

Preliminary final series

31 January Game 1	Sydney Blue Sox	18 – 11	Canberra Cavalry	Narrabundah Ballpark, Canberra Umpires: HP: Mal Mackay. 1B: Paul Hyham. 2B: Trent Thomas. 3B: Takahito Matsuda
		Boxscore

1 February Game 2	Sydney Blue Sox	3 – 4	Canberra Cavalry	Blue Sox Stadium, Sydney Umpires: HP: Paul Hyham. 1B: Trent Thomas. 2B: Takahito Matsuda. 3B: Mal Mackay
		Boxscore

2 February Game 3	Sydney Blue Sox	1 – 9	Canberra Cavalry	Blue Sox Stadium, Sydney Umpires: HP: Trent Thomas. 1B: Takahito Matsuda. 2B: Mal Mackay. 3B: Paul Hyham
		Boxscore

Championship series

7 February Game 1	Perth Heat	4 – 3	Canberra Cavalry	Barbagallo Ballpark, Perth Umpires: HP: Brett Robson. 1B: Paul Hyham. 2B: Mal Mackay. 3B: Trent Thomas
		Boxscore

8 February Game 2	Perth Heat	2 – 1	Canberra Cavalry	Barbagallo Ballpark, Perth Umpires: HP: Brett Robson. 1B: Paul Hyham. 2B: Mal Mackay. 3B: Trent Thomas
		Boxscore