Wade Dutton
{{short description|Australian baseball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Wade Dutton
|team= Brisbane Bandits
|number=3
|position=Utility
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1986|9|23|df=y}}
|birth_place=Brisbane, Queensland
| statyear = February 7, 2021
| statleague = ABL
| stat1label = Batting average
| stat1value = .272
| stat3label = Home runs
| stat3value = 22
| stat2label = Runs batted in
| stat2value = 104
}}
Wade Dutton (born 23 September 1986) is an Australian professional baseball utility for the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Baseball League.
Career
Dutton played alongside his brother Brad Dutton in the Queensland Rams, debuting in the 2008 Claxton Shield{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080721012013/http://www.pflintoff.com/CLAXT08/CLAXTEAM.htm 2008 Claxton Shield Rosters]}} Flintoff and Dunn before the inaugural Australian Baseball League season when they began playing for the Brisbane Bandits. Following the 2011–12 season, he was left off the roster, but continued playing in the Greater Brisbane League for Redcliffe Padres & Ipswich Musketeers.[https://www.qt.com.au/news/redcliffe-coach-rates-muskets-hitting-best-in-leag/3153051/ Redcliffe coach rates Muskets hitting 'best in league'] Ben Wilmott, The Queensland Times 10 March 2017
He made it back on the team for the 2016–17 Australian Baseball League season and has continued to be a part of the team through 2019, being part of three of the four Bandits consecutive championships[https://www.sbs.com.au/news/nilsson-s-bandits-secure-abl-four-peat Nilsson's Bandits secure ABL four-peat] SBS News 3 February 2019
Dutton was selected as a member of the Australia national baseball team for the 2019 WBSC Premier12.{{ cite web | url=https://baseball.com.au/news/boral-team-australias-premier12-roster-announced/ | title=BORAL TEAM AUSTRALIA'S PREMIER12 ROSTER ANNOUNCED | work=baseball.com.au | author=DAVID PENROSE | date=October 8, 2019 | accessdate=January 22, 2020 }}
References
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External links
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{{Australia roster 2019 WBSC Premier12}}
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Category:Australian baseball players
Category:Baseball players from Brisbane
Category:Sportsmen from Queensland
Category:Brisbane Bandits players
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
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