:2021–22 Australian Baseball League season

{{Infobox sports season

| sport = Baseball

| league = Australian Baseball League

| no_of_teams = 6

| duration = {{nowrap|18 November 2021}} – {{nowrap|6 February 2022}}

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| prevseason_link = 2020–21 Australian Baseball League season

| prevseason_year = 2020–21

| nextseason_link = 2022–23 Australian Baseball League season

| nextseason_year = 2022–23

}}

The 2021–22 Australian Baseball League season was to be the twelfth season of the Australian Baseball League (ABL). The regular season was to be held from {{nowrap|18 November 2021}} to {{nowrap|23 January 2022}}.

For the second consecutive season, the league was to be temporarily reduced to six teams, with Geelong-Korea and Auckland Tuatara impacted by international travel affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the impact of local COVID-19 restrictions, it was announced that the start of the season would be delayed to late-December. However on 22 October 2021, it was announced that the season had been cancelled in full due to COVID-19 interstate travel restrictions and lockdowns.{{Cite web|date=2021-10-22|title=Australian Baseball League cancels entire 2021-2022 season due to COVID-19|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1114469/australian-baseball-league-cancelled|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-22|website=Inside the Games|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022131652/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1114469/australian-baseball-league-cancelled |archive-date=22 October 2021 }}

Teams

{{Australia locator map

| size = 400

| adelaide-label = Adelaide Giants

| adelaide-bb-icon = bite

| brisbane-label = Brisbane Bandits

| brisbane-bb-icon = bandits

| canberra-label = Canberra Cavalry

| canberra-bb-icon = cavalry

| melbourne-label = Melbourne Aces

| melbourne-bb-icon = aces

| perth-label = Perth Heat

| perth-bb-icon = heat

| sydney-label = Sydney Blue Sox

| sydney-bb-icon = blue sox

}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:100%;" \|+ Teams in the ABL ! scope="col" \| Team ! scope="col" \| State / Territory/ Country ! scope="col" \| Stadium
scope="row" \| Adelaide Giants \| South Australia \| Diamond Sports Stadium{{cite web \| title=Adelaide Giants Homepage \| url=http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4064 \| work=Adelaide Giants\|publisher=Australian Baseball League \| access-date=9 November 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101111083928/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4064\| archive-date= 11 November 2010 \| url-status= live}}
scope="row" \| {{ABL team \| BRI}} \| Queensland \| Holloway Field{{cite web \| title=Brisbane Bandits Homepage \| url=http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4065 \| work=Brisbane Bandits \| publisher=Australian Baseball League \| access-date=9 November 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101111083933/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4065\| archive-date= 11 November 2010 \| url-status= live}}
scope="row" \| {{ABL team \| CAN}} \| Australian Capital Territory \| Narrabundah Ballpark{{cite web \| title=Canberra Cavalry Homepage \| url=http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4066 \| work=Canberra Cavalry \| publisher=Australian Baseball League \| access-date=9 November 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101108075942/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4066\| archive-date= 8 November 2010 \| url-status= live}}
scope="row" \| {{ABL team \| MEL}} \| Victoria \| Melbourne Ballpark{{cite web \| title=Melbourne Aces Homepage \| url=http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4067 \| work=Melbourne Aces \| publisher=Australian Baseball League \| access-date=9 November 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101109201345/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4067\| archive-date= 9 November 2010 \| url-status= live}}
scope="row" \| {{ABL team \| PER}} \| Western Australia \| Baseball Park{{cite web \| title=Perth Heat Homepage \| url=http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4068 \| work=Perth Heat\|publisher=Australian Baseball League \|access-date=9 November 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101109201346/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4068\| archive-date= 9 November 2010 \| url-status= live}}
scope="row" \| {{ABL team \| SYD}} \| New South Wales \| Blue Sox Stadium{{cite web \| title=Sydney Blue Sox Homepage \| url=http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4069 \| work=Sydney Blue Sox \| publisher=Australian Baseball League \| access-date=9 November 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101109025036/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4069\| archive-date= 9 November 2010 \| url-status= live}}

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|+ Teams in the ABL

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | State / Territory/ Country

! scope="col" | Stadium

scope="row" | Adelaide Giants

| South Australia

| Diamond Sports Stadium{{cite web | title=Adelaide Giants Homepage | url=http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4064 | work=Adelaide Giants|publisher=Australian Baseball League | access-date=9 November 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101111083928/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4064| archive-date= 11 November 2010 | url-status= live}}

scope="row" | {{ABL team | BRI}}

| Queensland

| Holloway Field{{cite web | title=Brisbane Bandits Homepage | url=http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4065 | work=Brisbane Bandits | publisher=Australian Baseball League | access-date=9 November 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101111083933/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4065| archive-date= 11 November 2010 | url-status= live}}

scope="row" | {{ABL team | CAN}}

| Australian Capital Territory

| Narrabundah Ballpark{{cite web | title=Canberra Cavalry Homepage | url=http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4066 | work=Canberra Cavalry | publisher=Australian Baseball League | access-date=9 November 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101108075942/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4066| archive-date= 8 November 2010 | url-status= live}}

scope="row" | {{ABL team | MEL}}

| Victoria

| Melbourne Ballpark{{cite web | title=Melbourne Aces Homepage | url=http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4067 | work=Melbourne Aces | publisher=Australian Baseball League | access-date=9 November 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101109201345/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4067| archive-date= 9 November 2010 | url-status= live}}

scope="row" | {{ABL team | PER}}

| Western Australia

| Baseball Park{{cite web | title=Perth Heat Homepage | url=http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4068 | work=Perth Heat|publisher=Australian Baseball League |access-date=9 November 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101109201346/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4068| archive-date= 9 November 2010 | url-status= live}}

scope="row" | {{ABL team | SYD}}

| New South Wales

| Blue Sox Stadium{{cite web | title=Sydney Blue Sox Homepage | url=http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4069 | work=Sydney Blue Sox | publisher=Australian Baseball League | access-date=9 November 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101109025036/http://web.theabl.com.au/index.jsp?sid=t4069| archive-date= 9 November 2010 | url-status= live}}

Regular season

The season was to include a 40 game schedule, consisting of ten series, with each team playing a four game home and away series against each other.

Baxter Field was previously announced to be hosting the first Australian Baseball League All-Star Game since 2017.{{cite web |last1=Swanton |first1=Will |title=Lismore plays ball |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/baseball-regional-nsw-saves-another-season-as-blue-sox-go-to-lismore/news-story/30d3cbf37ab3c32c75829455efe7748d |website=The Australian |accessdate=20 January 2021 |language=en |date=18 January 2021}}

Scheduled doubleheaders consist of a seven inning game followed by a nine inning game. The league uses the WBSC tiebreaker rule for all games going beyond the 9th inning, or extra innings beginning less than one hour to a curfew.

References

External links

[http://www.theabl.com.au/ The Australian Baseball League] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926071150/http://www.theabl.com.au/ |date=26 September 2020 }} – Official ABL Website
[http://www.baseball.com.au/ Official Baseball Australia Website]

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