# 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.

## Teams

Teams in the ABL :
| Team | City | State | Stadium |
| Adelaide Bite | Adelaide | South Australia | Norwood Oval |
| Brisbane Bandits | Brisbane | Queensland | Brisbane Exhibition Ground |
| Canberra Cavalry | Canberra | Australian Capital Territory | Narrabundah Ballpark |
| Melbourne Aces | Melbourne | Victoria | Melbourne Ballpark |
| Perth Heat | Perth | Western Australia | Baseball Park |
| Sydney Blue Sox | Sydney | New South Wales | Blue Sox Stadium |

## 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 | Preliminary final |
| 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 | |

### Statistical leaders

Batting leaders :
| Stat | Player | Team | Total |
| AVG | David Harris | Canberra Cavalry | .346 |
| HR | Kyle Petty | Adelaide Bite | 14 |
| RBI | Kyle PettyJason Leblebijian | Adelaide BiteCanberra Cavalry | 44 |
| R | Riley Unroe | Brisbane Bandits | 42 |
| H | Riley Unroe | Brisbane Bandits | 67 |
| SB | Riley Unroe | Brisbane Bandits | 14 |
Pitching leaders :
| Stat | Player | Team | Total |
| W | Steven ChambersJason Jarvis | Adelaide BiteBrisbane Bandits | 8 |
| L | Wayne LundgrenDaniel Schmidt | Sydney Blue SoxPerth 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 |
* ↑ Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game.
* ↑ Minimum 0.8 IP per team game.

## Postseason
### Bracket

| Preliminary Final Series | Preliminary Final Series | Preliminary Final Series | Championship Series | Championship 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 |