2009 Claxton Shield
The 2009 Diamond Anniversary Claxton Shield was the 75-year anniversary of the Claxton Shield and was held from 2 December 2008 to 8 February 2009 and was the Shield's Diamond anniversary. The Perth Heat won the tournament after defeating the New South Wales Patriots 3–2 in the third game of a best of three series.
| 75th Claxton Shield Diamond Anniversary | |
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| Sport | Baseball |
| Defending champions | Perth Heat (2008) |
| Duration | 2 December 2008 – 8 February 2009 |
| Number of teams | 5 |
| Regular season | |
| First place | Perth Heat (12–4) |
| Second place | Victoria Aces (10–6) |
| Third place | New South Wales Patriots (9–7) |
| Fourth place | Queensland Rams (8–8) |
| Fifth place | South Australia (1–15) |
| Finals series | |
| Champions | Perth Heat (10th title) |
| Runners-up | New South Wales Patriots |
Overview
The 2009 Shield series excluded the Australian Provincial baseball team and consisted of four, three-game series against each team including a two home, two away and a bye round for each of the teams. On top of this to start off the tournament, there was also a showcase round where each team played each other once. To celebrate the 75th anniversary, the showcase round also hosted a variety of other events such as a Home Run Derby. Teams that competed in the 2009 Claxton Shield were the New South Wales Patriots, Queensland Rams, Perth Heat, Victoria Aces and the South Australia.[1]
The competition served as the primary selection trial for the national team to compete in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The first round of the WBC commenced Mexico City on 8 March 2009, a month after the final round.[2]
Teams
Rosters
Venues
The 2009 Claxton Shield will be competed between 5 teams from around Australia in 13 different venues.[2]
- Perth Heat
- South Australia
- Anderson Reserve – Glenelg
- Blue Lake Sports Park – Mount Gambier
- Victoria Aces
- Melbourne Ballpark – Altona
- Geelong Baseball Park – Geelong
- Aerodrome Oval – Mildura[3]
- New South Wales Patriots
- Blacktown Baseball Stadium – Sydney
- Narrabundah Baseball Park – Canberra
- Aquatic Reserve – Manly
- Fred Finch Park – Wollongong
- Queensland Rams
Regular season
The regular season was held from 2 December 2008 through to 18 January 2009, followed by a two-week finals series from 23 January to 8 February 2009. The season started with a showcase round featuring all five teams in a single round-robin series of matches at Blacktown Olympic Park. This was followed by five rounds of home and away games, with each team playing four 3-game series, one against each other team, two at home and two away. As there was an odd number of teams, each team also had a bye round. At the end of the home and away season, the top three teams qualified for the finals series.[4]
Standings
| Clinched championship series berth | |
| Clinched semi-final series berth |
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| Perth Heat | 12 | 4 | .750 | – |
| Victoria Aces | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2 |
| New South Wales Patriots | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3 |
| Queensland Rams | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4 |
| South Australia | 1 | 15 | .063 | 11 |
Showcase - Round 1
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- Round 1 notes
- Originally scheduled for 14:00 start. Delayed by 45 minutes due to storm.
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- Round 2 notes
- Originally scheduled for 19:00, 12 December at Melbourne Ballpark. Re-scheduled to be first game of a doubleheader (7 innings) after a washout.
- Originally scheduled for 19:00, 12 December. Re-scheduled to be first game of a doubleheader (7 innings) after a washout.
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8 January 2009 at 7.00pm, Baseball Park
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Victoria Aces | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Perth Heat | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: T Murphy (1-0) LP: A Blackley (3-1) Sv: B Wise (4) Home runs: VIC: P Weichard (1) Perth: L Hughes (5) Attendance:[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 January 2009 at 7.00pm, Blacktown Baseball Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| South Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| New South Wales Patriots | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: W Lundgren (2-1) LP: D Fidge (1-2) Home runs: SA: None NSW: Attendance:[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 January 2009 at 7.00pm, Baseball Park
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Victoria Aces | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: W Saupold (1-0) LP: M Blackmore (2-2) Sv: B Grice (1) Home runs: VIC: P Weichard (2) Perth: Attendance:[7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 January 2009 at 7.00pm, Blacktown Baseball Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| South Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| New South Wales Patriots | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | X | 11 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: T Cox (3-0) LP: P Brassington (0-3) Home runs: SA: None NSW: Attendance:[8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Round 6
Championship series
The 2009 Claxton Shield finals series will have the top three teams after regular fixtures qualify. The team who finishes first will auto-qualify for the final where they will meet the winner of the 2nd vs 3rd. Both semi-finals and finals are best of three series.
23 January 2009 at 7.00 pm, Melbourne Ballpark
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| NSW Patriots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Victoria Aces | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: Patriots: W Lundgren Aces: T Blackley WP: T Blackley (1-0) LP: W Lundgren (0-1) Home runs: Patriots: 0 Aces: 0 Attendance: 737[9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 January 2009 at 3.00 pm, Waverley
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Victoria Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NSW Patriots | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | X | 9 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: Aces: A Blackley Patriots: T Cox WP: T Cox (1-0) LP: A Blackley (0-1) Home runs: Aces: 0 Patriots: 2, M Lysaught, S Pender Attendance: 1731[10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 January 2009 at 12.00 pm, Melbourne Ballpark
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| NSW Patriots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Victoria Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: Patriots: C Anderson Aces: D Cassidy WP: C Anderson (1-0) LP: D Cassidy (0-1) Sv: W Lundgren 1 Home runs: Patriots: 1, S Pender Aces: 0 Attendance: 154[11] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 February 2009 at 7.00 pm, Baseball Park
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| NSW Patriots | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: Patriots: C Anderson Heat: L Hendriks WP: C Anderson (2-0) LP: L Hendriks (0-1) Sv: W Lundgren 2 Home runs: Patriots: 0 Heat: 0 Attendance:[12] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 February 2009 at 7.00 pm, Baseball Park
Perth Heat def. New South Wales Patriots.
8 February 2009 at 7.30 pm, Baseball Park
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| NSW Patriots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: Patriots: W Lundgren Heat: D Schmidt WP: B Wise (1-0) LP: M Williams (0-1) Sv: W Lundgren 2 Home runs: Patriots: 0 Heat: 1, C House Attendance: 2150[13] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conditions
Blacktown Baseball Stadium experienced quite warm December summer weather for New South Wales. Although the average maximum temperature is 25 °C (77 °F), most games were above this, with Game 8 of the showcase round between South Australia and Victoria Aces hitting 32 °C (90 °F) during the match.
On 7 December, the temperature dropped to a maximum of 22 °C with a strong breeze over Blacktown as well as clouds, however, no rain fell and the games finished as scheduled.
A large low-pressure system and long periods of rain forced the postponement of both games on 12 December in Altona, Victoria and Canberra. Games the next day were rescheduled to allow for 7-inning double headers. Game 1 between Queensland Rams and Victoria Aces was relocated to Mildura, Victoria where Game 2 and 3 were also being played.[14]
On 3 January, the New South Wales Patriots vs Queensland Rams second game at Baxter Field, Lismore was delayed during the 6th inning due to a small stint of heavy rain. Drizzle was present throughout the game, but was only delayed for approximately ten minutes.[15]
Fielders Choice Player of the Series
This is awarded recognition of outstanding individual performances each round of the 2009 Claxton Shield by the Australian Baseball Federation.[16]
- Round 1 – Nick Kimpton
- Round 2 – Daniel Berg
- Round 3 – Tim Kennelly
- Round 4 – Luke Hughes
- Round 5 – Wayne Lundgren
- Round 6 – Justin Huber
Statistics leaders
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Awards
| Award | Name | Team |
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| Championship MVP | Luke Hughes | Perth Heat |
| Golden Glove | Grant Karlsen | Victoria Aces |
| Batting Champion | Nick Kimpton | Perth Heat |
| Pitcher of the Year | Tim Cox | New South Wales Patriots |
| Rookie of the Year | Chris House | Perth Heat |
| Manager of the Year | Don Kyle | Perth Heat |
External links
References
- Stockman, Jennifer (3 November 2008). "2009 Claxton Shield Schedule" (PDF). Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2009.
- Stockman, Jennifer (24 November 2008). "2009 Claxton Shield Media Guide" (PDF). Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2009.
- Collins, Kingsley (5 December 2008). "Claxton Shield a fillip for Sunraysia baseball". Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012.
- "2009 (75th Anniversary) Claxton Shield Schedule" (PDF). 2009 Claxton Shield. Australian Baseball Federation. 3 November 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- Victoria vs West Australia 8 Jan 2009
- South Australia vs New South Wales 9 Jan 2009
- Victoria vs West Australia 9 Jan 2009
- South Australia vs New South Wales 10 Jan 2009
- New South Wales vs Victoria Semi-Final 1 Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Victoria vs New South Wales Semi-Final 2 Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- "Programs/Claxton Shield/2009/SF3/xvisitor.htm New South Wales vs Victoria Semi-Final 3". Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- New South Wales vs Perth Grand-Final 1
- New South Wales vs Perth Grand-Final 3 Archived 30 March 2009 at archive.today
- Foster, Ben (13 December 2008). "BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A BALLGAME...Let's play two!". Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
- Queensland vs New South Wales 3 January 2008
- FIELDERS CHOICE Player of the Round