1997–98 Melbourne Monarchs season

The 1997-98 Melbourne Monarchs season was the 7th season for the team. As was the case for the Monarchs's previous seasons they competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL).

Regular season

Standings

Record vs opponents Opponent W–LRecord Largest Victory Largest Defeat CurrentStreak Score Date Ground Score Date Ground 2-6 3-1 7 November 1997 Norwood Oval 2-7 15 November 1997 Melbourne Ballpark L1 4-2 1 Run Tied (3) 10-15 27 January 1998 Melbourne Ballpark L1 6-1 6-0 28 December 1997 Melbourne Ballpark 3-4 24 January 1998 Carrara Stadium L1 6-0 9-0 30 January 1998 Melbourne Ballpark - W6 6–3 14–4 10 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval 2–8 2 November 1997 Moorabbin Oval L1 5-3 7-2 14 December 1997 Melbourne Ballpark 1-6 22 November 1997 WACA W3 3-5 8-4 6 December 1997 Concord Oval 5-18 7 December 1997 Concord Oval L1 Total 32–20 Sydney Storm L1 14–4 10 January 1998 Moorabbin Oval 5–18 7 December 1997 Sydney Showgrounds

Game log W Monarchs win L Monarchs loss T Monarchs tie   Game postponed Bold Monarchs team member

|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 1 | 31 October | @ | 8–6

| 1-0

|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | 1 November (DH 1) | | 10–6

| 2-0 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 3 | 1 November (DH 2) | | 7–2

| 3-0 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 4 | 2 November | @ | 2–8

| 3-1 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 5 | 7 November | @ | 3–1

| 4-1 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 6 | 8 November (DH 1) | @ | 0–3

| 4-2 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 7 | 8 November (DH 2) | @ | 4–9

| 4-3 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 8 | 9 November | @ | 4–7

| 4-4 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 9 | 14 November | | ?–?

| 4-5 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 10 | 15 November (DH 1) | | 2–7

| 4-6 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 11 | 15 November (DH 2) | | ?–?

| 5-6 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 12 | 16 November | | ?–?

| 5-7 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 13 | 21 November | | 7–6

| 6-7 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 14 | 22 November (DH 1) | | 1–6

| 6-8 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 15 | 22 November (DH 2) | | 5–9

| 6-9 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 16 | 23 November | | 2–0

| 7-9

|- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 17 | 5 December | @ | 2–3

| 7-10 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 18 | 6 December (DH 1) | @ | 5–6

| 7-11 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 19 | 6 December (DH 2) | @ | 8–4

| 8-11 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 20 | 7 December | @ | 5–18

| 8-12 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 21 | 14 December (DH 1) | @ | 9–10

| 8-13 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 22 | 14 December (DH 2) | @ | 7–2 | P. Dale

| 9-13 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 23 | 15 December (DH 1) | @ | 3–0 | E. Nelsen | | R. Spear | | 10-13 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 24 | 15 December (DH 2) | @ | 6–4

| 11-13 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 25 | 19 December | | 3–5

| 11-14 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 26 | 20 December (DH 1) | | 6–3

| 12-14 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 27 | 20 December (DH 2) | | 1–0

| 13-14 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 28 | 21 December | | 5–6

| 13-15 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 29 | 26 December | | 4–1 | P. Dale | B. Cederbladd

| 14-15 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 30 | 27 December (DH 1) | | 2–1 | E. Nelson

| 15-15 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 31 | 27 December (DH 2) | | 4–0 | M. Bowie

| 16-15 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 32 | 28 December | | 6–0 | E. Byrne

| 17-15

|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 33 | 3 January | @ | 8–3

| 18-15 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 34 | 4 January | @ | 7–5

| 19-15 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 35 | 5 January | @ | 3–2

| 20-15 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 36 | 8 January | @ | 6–2

| 21-15 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 37 | 9 January | @ | 3–7

| 21-16 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 38 | 10 January | @ | 14-4 | E. Nelson

| 22-16 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 39 | 16 January (DH 1) | | 1–2 | Williams | R Spear

| 22-17 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 40 | 16 January (DH 2) | | 4–3 | E. Nelson | Smith

| 23-17 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 41 | 17 January (DH 1) | | 11–10 | K. Gogos | Gooda

| 24-17 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 42 | 17 January (DH 2) | | 12–11 | K. Gogos | Foxover

| 25-17 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 43 | 22 January | @ | 10–9

| 26-17 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 44 | 23 January | @ | 5–1

| 27-17 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 45 | 24 January | @ | 3–4

| 27-18 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 46 | 26 January | @ | –

| 28-18 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 47 | 27 January | @ | 10–15

| 28-19 | |- bgcolor=#bbbbbb | 48 | 28 January | @ | Wash Out

| 28-19 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 49 | 30 January | | 9–0

| 29-19 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 50 | 31 January (DH 1) | | 9–5

| 30-19 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 51 | 31 January (DH 2) | | 7–6

| 31-19

|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 52 | 5 February | | 5-4

| 32-19 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 53 | 6 February | | 4-5

| 32-20 | |- bgcolor=#bbbbbb | 54 | 7 February | @ | Wash Out

| 32-20

Postseason

Finals Series at Melbourne Ballpark In previous years, the post season was played as home and away best of 3 games, with the two winner of each series meeting for a best of 5 series{fact}. In 1997-98, this was changed to a round robin play-off format with each team playing 3 games, 1 against each of the other 3 qualified teams, with the two highest places teams playing off in the Championship Series.

All games for the 9th ABL title were played at the Melbourne Ballpark from February, 10-12 with the best of three championship series February 14–15.

Finals Series (Monarchs games) Full series results

Game 1: 10 February 1998

Game 3: 11 February 1998

Game 6: 12 February 1998

Postseason Ladder

Award winners

ABL awards Award Name Stat refPitcher of the YearErick Nelson

All-stars Position Name refStarting PitcherErick Nelson

Monarchs Awards Award Name Stat ref

Roster

References