2000–01 IBLA Australia season

The 2000–01 IBLA Australia season was the first season for the team. The team played in the one and only season of the International Baseball League of Australia's Development League, All games were held on the Gold Coast at Palm Meadows with some showcase games played at Carrara Oval.

2000–01 IBLA Australia
League	International Baseball League of Australia Development League
Ballpark	Palm Meadows Carrara Oval
City	Gold Coast, Queensland
Record	17–19–2 (.474)
Place	2nd
Owner	Dave Nilsson
Manager	Jon Deeble

The team was made up of then current players on the Australia national baseball team. The team was coached by former Australian Baseball League player/coach of the Melbourne Monarchs and Australian Head Coach Jon Deeble with assistant Coaches Phil Dale of the former Melbourne Reds & Monarchs and Greg Jelks of the former Perth Heat.

Regular season

The regular season consisted of 43 games, All games were played at Palm Meadows with the exception of showcase games that were played at Carrara Oval.

Standings

2000-01 IBLA Development League standings

Team	W	L	D	Pct.	GB
IBLA Internationals	25	15	3	.658	–
IBLA Australia	17	19	2	.472	3.5
Taiwan	17	19	4	.472	4.5
MLB Stars	17	25	1	.405	9

Record vs opponents

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
		Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground
IBLA Internationals	5-6	11-1	6 December 2000	Palm Meadows	2-10	11 January 2001	Palm Meadows	5L
MLB Stars	6-5	8-2	4 January 2001	Palm Meadows	5-10	19 December 2000	Palm Meadows	2L
Taiwan	7-8	12-1	9 January 2001	Carrara Oval	8-13	22 December 2000	Palm Meadows	1W
Total	17–19	Taiwan			IBLA Internationals			1L
		12-1	22 December 2000	Carrara Oval	2-10	11 January 2001	Palm Meadows

Game log

W	Australia win
L	Australia loss
T	Australia tie
	Game postponed
Bold	Australian team member

November game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Crowd	Record	Ref
1	29 November 2000 (Carrara Oval)	@ Taiwan	2-5					0-1
2	30 November 2000 (Carrara Oval)	Taiwan	4-5					0-2

December game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Crowd	Record	Ref
3	1 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)	@ Taiwan	12-4					1-2
4	2 December 2000	Taiwan	2-0					2-2
5	4 December 2000	Internationals	2-1					3-2
6	5 December 2000	@ Internationals	6-4					4-2
7	6 December 2000	Internationals	11-1					5-2
8	7 December 2000	@ MLB Stars	5-3					6-2
9	8 December 2000	MLB Stars	4-5					6-3
10	9 December 2000	MLB Stars	4-0					7-3
11	11 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)	Taiwan	5-1					8-3
12	12 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)	@ Taiwan	5-3					9-3
13	13 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)	Taiwan	1-0					10-3
14	14 December 2000	Internationals	3-4					10-4
15	16 December 2000	Internationals	4-3					11-4
16	18 December 2000	MLB Stars	2-4					11-5
17	19 December 2000	@ MLB Stars	5-10					11-6
18	20 December 2000	MLB Stars	3-2					12-6
19	21 December 2000	Taiwan	4-7					12-7
20	22 December 2000	@ Taiwan	8-13					12-8
21	23 December 2000	Taiwan	5-5					12-8

January game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Crowd	Record	Ref
22	2 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)	Taiwan	2-3					12-9
23	3 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)	@ Taiwan	6-7					12-10
24	4 January 2001	MLB Stars	8-2					13-10
25	5 January 2001	@ MLB Stars	4-1					14-10
26	6 January 2001	MLB Stars	12-10					15-10
27	8 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)	Taiwan	2-2					15-10
28	9 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)	@ Taiwan	12-1					16-10
29	10 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)	Taiwan	2-4					16-11
30	11 January 2001	Internationals	2-10					16-12
40	12 January 2001	@ Internationals	1-6					16-13
41	13 January 2001	Internationals	5-10					16-14
42	15 January 2001	MLB Stars	10-12					16-15
43	16 January 2001	@ Taiwan	6-7					16-16
44	17 January 2001	@ MLB Stars	10-14					16-17
45	18 January 2001	Internationals	4-10					16-18
46	19 January 2001	@ Taiwan	3-1					17-18
47	21 January 2001	@ Internationals	1-2					17-19

Postseason

All games for the 2001 postseason were played at Palm Meadows on the Gold Coast. All finals were a 1-game play-off.

Finals Series

Winners of Game 1 and 2 went into Championship games, Losers of game 1 and 2 went into a playoff for 3rd.

Game 2 2nd vs 3rd: 19 January 2001

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
IBLA Australia	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	4
Taiwan	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	2
Home runs: Australia: ? Taiwan: ?[1]

Game 4 Championship Game: 21 January 2001

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
IBLA Australia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
IBLA Internationals	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	1
Home runs: Australia: ? Internationals: ?[1]

Awards

Award	Person[2]	Team
No Awards Won

Roster

IBLA Australia roster – 2000-01 IBLA
Active roster				Coaching Staff
Pitchers Right-handed pitchers 35 Brett Baker 31 Simon Beresford 33 Anthony Collis 40 Craig Lewis 29 Wayne Lundgren Leigh Neuge 55 Luke Prokopec 42 Ben Rowe Left-handed pitchers Andrew Cooke 15 Travis Blackley 36 Duane Rochford		Catchers 19 Ben Foster 39 Justin Huber Infielders 9 Mathew Buckley 7 Trent Durrington 4 Gavin Fingleson 10 Adam Morrissey Ben Risinger 17 Brett Roneberg 43 Dane Tomaszwski 18 Glenn Williams Outfielders 38 Jarrod Hodges 24 Chris Snelling 8 Marc Taintey Paul Weichard		Manager Jon Deeble Coaches Phil Dale Tony Harris Greg Jelks
Current as of January 2001.[3]