# 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.
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 Victory | Largest Victory | Largest Defeat | Largest Defeat | Largest Defeat | Current Streak |
| Opponent | W–L Record | Score | Date | Ground | Score | Date | Ground | Current Streak |
| 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 | Taiwan | Taiwan | IBLA Internationals | IBLA Internationals | IBLA Internationals | 1L |
| Total | 17–19 | 12-1 | 22 December 2000 | Carrara Oval | 2-10 | 11 January 2001 | Palm Meadows | 1L |

### 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 | Record |
| 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 | Record |
| 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: ? |||||||||||||

#### 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: ? |||||||||||||

## Awards

| Award | Person | Team |
| No Awards Won | | |