2015–16 Australian Baseball League season

The 2015–16 Australian Baseball League season was the sixth Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, held from 23 October 2015 to 6 February 2016.

2015–16 Australian Baseball League season
League	Australian Baseball League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	23 October 2015 – 6 February 2016
Number of games	159
Number of teams	6
Total attendance	150,213
Regular season
Season MVP	Justin Williams
Championship Series
Venue	Holloway Field
Champions	Brisbane Bandits (1st title)
Runners-up	Adelaide Bite

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	[1]
Brisbane Bandits	Brisbane	Queensland	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	[2]
Canberra Cavalry	Canberra	Australian Capital Territory	Narrabundah Ballpark	[3]
Melbourne Aces	Melbourne	Victoria	Melbourne Ballpark	[4]
Perth Heat	Perth	Western Australia	Baseball Park	[5]
Sydney Blue Sox	Sydney	New South Wales	Blue Sox Stadium	[6]

Regular season

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Away	Qualification
Brisbane Bandits	56	37	19	—	.661	23–5	14–14	Championship Series
Canberra Cavalry	56	31	25	6	.554	18–10	13–15	Preliminary final
Adelaide Bite	56	30	26	7	.536	18–10	12–16
Sydney Blue Sox	55	26	29	10.5	.473	18–9	8–20
Perth Heat	56	23	33	14	.411	12–16	11–17
Melbourne Aces	55	20	35	16.5	.364	10–18	10–17

Source: ^[7]

Statistical leaders

Batting leaders Stat Player[S 1] Team Total AVG David Harris Canberra Cavalry .346 HR Kyle Petty Adelaide Bite 14 RBI Kyle Petty Jason Leblebijian Adelaide Bite Canberra Cavalry 44 R Riley Unroe Brisbane Bandits 42 H Riley Unroe Brisbane Bandits 67 SB Riley Unroe Brisbane Bandits 14

Pitching leaders Stat Player[S 2] Team Total W Steven Chambers Jason Jarvis Adelaide Bite Brisbane Bandits 8 L Wayne Lundgren Daniel Schmidt Sydney Blue Sox Perth Heat 7 ERA Ryan Searle Brisbane Bandits 0.40 K Edwin Carl Perth Heat 85 IP Matt Larkins Melbourne Aces 97 SV Ryan Searle Brisbane Bandits 17

1. Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game.^[8]
2. Minimum 0.8 IP per team game. ^[9]

Postseason

Bracket

	Preliminary Final Series					Championship Series
						1	Brisbane Bandits	2
	2	Canberra Cavalry	1			3	Adelaide Bite	0
	3	Adelaide Bite	2

Preliminary Final Series

Game 1

January 29, 2016 19:00 (UTC+10:30) at Norwood Oval

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canberra Cavalry	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	5	0
Adelaide Bite	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	6	11	0
WP: Josh Tols (1–0)   LP: Brian Grening (0–1)   Sv: Loek van Mil (1) Home runs: CAN: Ryan Miller (1) ADE: Travis Demeritte 2 (2) Boxscore

Game 2

The second game of the series was scheduled to be played on 30 January, but was postponed due to wet weather. It was rescheduled to be the first game of a doubleheader the following day.

January 31, 2016 12:00 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Adelaide Bite	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0
Canberra Cavalry	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	3	7	0
WP: Steven Kent (1–0)   LP: Takuro Ito (0–1)   Sv: Michael Click (1) Home runs: ADE: Kyle Petty (1) CAN: Bryan Pounds (1) Boxscore

Game 3

January 31, 2016 15:30 (UTC+11:00) at Narrabundah Ballpark

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Adelaide Bite	1	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	9	12	1
Canberra Cavalry	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	1
WP: Nick Talbot (1–0)   LP: Scott Cone (0–1) Home runs: ADE: Travis Demeritte 2 (4), Kyle Petty (2) CAN: None Boxscore

Composite Line Score

2016 ABL Preliminary Final Series (2–1): Adelaide Bite over Canberra Cavalry

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Adelaide Bite	3	2	6	1	0	1	2	1	1	17	34	1
Canberra Cavalry	1	3	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	9	24	1

Championship Series

Game 1

February 5, 2016 18:00 (UTC+10:00) at AFA Sdadium at Holloway Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Adelaide Bite	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	10	1
Brisbane Bandits	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	X	7	10	0
WP: Jason Jarvis (1–0)   LP: Josh Tols (0–1)   Sv: Ryan Searle (1) Home runs: ADE: Angus Roeger (1) BRI: Bralin Jackson (1), TJ Bennett (1) Boxscore

Game 2

February 6, 2016 18:00 (UTC+10:00) at AFA Sdadium at Holloway Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Adelaide Bite	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	3
Brisbane Bandits	0	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	X	7	8	2
WP: Travis Blackley (1–0)   LP: Steven Chambers (0–1) Home runs: ADE: Kyle Petty (1) BRI: Donald Lutz (1) Boxscore

Composite Line Score

2016 ABL Championship Series (2–0): Brisbane Bandits over Adelaide Bite

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brisbane Bandits	1	0	7	1	1	3	0	1	0	14	18	2
Adelaide Bite	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	5	16	4