The 2018–19 Australian Baseball League season was the ninth year
Australian Baseball League
The Australian Baseball League (ABL) is a professional baseball league in Australia. The league is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation (ABF). It uses the same name as a now-defunct competition held during the 1990s, and though it s ...
(ABL) season, and was held from 15 November 2018 to 2 February 2019. It was the first season that it was played with eight teams, as the league expanded for the first time. The Brisbane Bandits won the championship for the fourth consecutive season.
Teams
Regular season
With the addition of the
Auckland Tuatara Auckland Tuatara may refer to:
* Auckland Tuatara (baseball)
* Auckland Tuatara (basketball)
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and
Geelong-Korea as expansion teams, the competition was split into a 'Northeast' and 'Southwest' division. The league retained a 10-round, 40 game schedule, with teams playing division rivals eight times and inter division teams four times.
Statistical leaders
Postseason
A new playoff structure was announced 29 August 2018 with the addition of a single wild card game between the fourth and fifth seeds prior to two rounds of best-of-three finals series.
The top seed awarded to the team with the best regular season record, with the other division winner awarded the second seed. The third and fourth seed were awarded to the two divisional runner ups with the fifth seed being given to the team with the next best season record.
Championship Series
References
External links
The Australian Baseball League – Official ABL Website
Official Baseball Australia Website
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Australian Baseball League seasons
2018 in Australian sport
Australian Baseball League season
2019 in Australian sport
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