2011–12 Melbourne Aces season

2011–12 Melbourne Aces season
Team Details
Season: 2011–12 Australian Baseball League season
League	Australian Baseball League
City	Melbourne, Victoria
Ballpark	Royal Melbourne Showgrounds
Management
Manager	Phil Dale
Owner	ABL
General Manager	Windsor Knox
Assistant GM	Director of Operations Rosanne Tarrant
Local Broadcasting
Radio	Aussie Digital
← 2010–11

The 2011–12 Melbourne Aces season was the second season for the team. As was the case for the previous season, the Aces will compete in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) with the other five foundation teams, and will again play its home games at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds.

Offseason

During the offseason, it was announced that the Aces' home ground, the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, would undergo major reconstruction in preparation for this season. Among others, the most notable change involved moving home plate approximately 15 feet closer to the fence, increasing the length of the field to 400 feet at centre field.^[1] The ground was previously noted for its size among ABL grounds, having accounted for over 42% of all home runs hit during the inaugural ABL season.^[2]

Regular season

Standings

Key
†	Clinched major semi final berth
‡	Clinched minor semi final berth

2011–12 regular season standings
Team^[3]	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road	1st Tiebreaker^{[S 1]}	2nd Tiebreaker^{[S 2]}
Perth Heat^†	34	11	.756	–	15–8	19–3
Melbourne Aces^†	21	24	.467	13	12–11	9–13
Adelaide Bite^‡	20	25	.444	14	10–12	10–13	16–11 (.593)
Sydney Blue Sox^‡	20	25	.444	14	14–8	6–17	13–14 (.481)	5–4 (.556)
Brisbane Bandits	20	25	.444	14	11–11	9–14	13–14 (.481)	4–5 (.444)
Canberra Cavalry	20	25	.444	14	11–12	9–13	12–15 (.444)

Notes

↑ 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.^[4]
↑ 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.^[4]

Record vs opponents

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
Opponent	W–L Record	Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground	Current Streak
Adelaide Bite	–	–			–
Brisbane Bandits	–	–			–
Canberra Cavalry	–	–			–
Perth Heat	0–4	–			6–1	13 Nov 2011	Melbourne Showgrounds	L4
Sydney Blue Sox	1–3	13–9	5 Nov 2011	Blue Sox Stadium	8–6	5 Nov 2011	Blue Sox Stadium	L1
Total	1–7	Against Sydney Blue Sox			Against Perth Heat			L5
Total	1–7	13–9	5 Nov 2011	Blue Sox Stadium	6–1	13 Nov 2011	Melbourne Showgrounds	L5

Game log

W	Aces win
L	Aces loss
T	Aces tie
	Game postponed
Bold	Aces team member

2011–12 Game Log

November

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Crowd	Record	Ref
1	4 November	@ Blue Sox	L 3–2	Chris Oxspring (1–0)	Daniel McGrath (0–1)		1,193	0–1	^[5]
2	5 November (DH 1)	@ Blue Sox	L 8–6	Matthew Williams (1–0)	Andrew Mann (0–1)	Koo Dae-Sung (1)	—	0–2	^[6]
3	5 November (DH 2)	@ Blue Sox	W 13–9	Blake Cunningham (1–0)	Josh Wells (0–1)		1,295	1–2	^[7]
4	6 November	@ Blue Sox	L 2–0	Chris Oxspring (2–0)	Sam Gibbons (0–1)		1,425	1–3	^[8]
5	11 November	Heat	L 6–3	Daniel Schmidt (1–0)	Shane Lindsay (0–1)	Benn Grice (2)	1,514	1–4	^[9]
6	12 November	Heat	L 9–8	Trevor Caughey (1–0)	Yusei Kikuchi (0–1)	Matt Erikson (1)	1,174	1–5	^[10]
7	13 November (DH 1)	Heat	L 6–1	Jacob Clem (1–0)	Jason Hirsh (0–1)		—	1–6	^[11]
8	13 November (DH 2)	Heat	L 5–3	Warwick Saupold (1–0)	Nic Ungs (0–1)		923	1–7	^[12]
9	17 November	Bandits	–
10	18 November	Bandits	–
11	19 November	Bandits	–
12	20 November	Bandits	–
13	24 November	@ Cavalry	–
14	25 November	@ Cavalry	–
15	26 November	@ Cavalry	–
16	27 November	@ Cavalry	–

December

#	Date	Opponent	Score
17	1 December	@ Bite	–
18	2 December (DH 1)	@ Bite	–
19	2 December (DH 2)	@ Bite	–
20	3 December	@ Bite	–
21	16 December	@ Heat	–
22	17 December	@ Heat	–
23	18 December	@ Heat	–
24	19 December	@ Heat	–
25	20 December	@ Heat	–
26	29 December	Blue Sox	–
27	30 December	Blue Sox	–
28	31 December (DH 1)	Blue Sox	–
29	31 December (DH 2)	Blue Sox	–

January

#	Date	Opponent	Score
30	1 January	Blue Sox	–
31	5 January	Bite	–
32	6 January	Bite	–
33	7 January (DH 1)	Bite	–
34	7 January (DH 2)	Bite	–
35	8 January	Bite	–
36	11 January	@ Bandits	–
37	12 January	@ Bandits	–
38	13 January	@ Bandits	–
39	14 January	@ Bandits	–
40	15 January	@ Bandits	–
41	18 January	Cavalry	–
42	19 January	Cavalry	–
43	20 January	Cavalry	–
44	21 January (DH 1)	Cavalry	–
45	21 January (DH 2)	Cavalry	–

Roster

Melbourne Aces roster - 2011–12 ABL

Active roster

Inactive roster

Coaching Staff

Pitchers

Right-handed pitchers

27 Kyle Bedford
9 Blake Cunningham
23 Alex De Silva
52 John Edwards
2 Sam Gibbons
5 Fumikazu Kimura
42 Shane Lindsay
32 Andrew Mann
28 Kevin Reese

Left-handed pitchers

66 Daniel McGrath
49 Paul Weichard

Catchers

15 Mitchell Ayres

Infielders

12 Josh Davies
63 Tom Dicker
4 Hayden Dingle
16 Darryl George
6 Joshua Hendricks
26 Justin Huber
38 Dominic Ramos
7 Scott Wearne

Outfielders

21 Nathan Aron
33 Elliot Biddle
34 Paul Rutgers

Pitchers

22 Adam Blackley
18 Matthew Blackmore
11 Adam Bright
-- Bubbie Buzachero
-- Cameron Forbes
36 Donovan Hendricks
30 Jeff Jamnik
-- Yusei Kikuchi
-- Markus Solbach
17 Russell Spear
-- Josh Spence
40 Greg Wiltshire

Catchers

27 Liam Bedford
-- Kevin David
26 Grant Karlsen

Infielders

-- Brad Harman
10 Matthew Lawman
-- Jamie Lethborg
-- Jamie Papanicolaou
-- Jacob Sheldon-Collins
-- Adam Silva
25 Brett Tamburrino

Outfielders

3 Andrew Russell

Manager

43 Phil Dale

Coaches

33 Lee Hogan (Pitching Coach)
19 Phil Allen (Coach)
20 Damian Shanahan (Coach)

Current as of 8 November 2011.

References

↑ Building the Jet Couriers Melbourne Ace Field, Melbourne Aces website.
↑ Stats, Melbourne Aces website.
↑ "Australian Baseball League Standings". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
1 2 "Playoff Procedures". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
↑ "Melbourne @ Sydney boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
↑ "Melbourne @ Sydney boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
↑ "Melbourne @ Sydney boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
↑ "Melbourne @ Sydney boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
↑ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
↑ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
↑ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
↑ "Perth @ Melbourne boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.

Melbourne Aces

The Franchise

Ballparks

Important figures

Postseason appearances (2)

2011
2012

Broadcasting

Radio 1116 SEN
Television Nil
Internet Nil

Seasons (5)

2010s-2020s	2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

2011–12 ABL season

Adelaide Bite Brisbane Bandits Canberra Cavalry Melbourne Aces Perth Heat Sydney Blue Sox

2011 Asia Series 2011 All-Star Game 2012 Postseason

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