2000–01 International Baseball League of Australia Development League

The 2000–01 International Baseball League of Australia Development League season was the first season the Development League was conducted. The League was held exclusively on the Gold Coast, and was contest between 4 teams, Australia, Taiwan, MLB All-Stars and Internationals.

2000–01
International Baseball League of Australia Development League

Season details
Sport	Baseball
Country	Australia
Teams	4
Dates	29 November 2000 – 21 January 2001
Defending champions	Nill
Champions	IBLA Internationals (1st title)
Final positions
Champions	IBLA Internationals
Second place	Australia
Third place	MLB All-Stars
Fourth place	Taiwan
Regular season
Games played	78
Best batting average	Jarrod Hodges (AUS) (.375)
Most homeruns hit	Robert Stratton (MLB) (7)
Most stolen bases	Ryan Langerhans (INT) Ji-Hwan Sohn (INT) (12)
Best ERA	Luke Prokopec (AUS) (0.39)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher)	Brad Guy (INT) (48)
Last updated on 17 February 2013

Teams

IBLA League

Location in Australia

Rosters

The 2000–01 season involved four teams: IBLA Australia, IBLA Internationals, MLB Stars and the Taiwan national Baseball team. All teams played on a home and away basis at the same two venues.

Venues

Teams in the ABL

	City	State	Stadium	Ref
Main Venue	Gold Coast	Queensland	Palm Meadows
Secondary Venue	Gold Coast	Queensland	Carrara Oval

Regular season

The regular season fixture consisted of 78 games. Each team played each other on a home and away basis.

Ladder

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

Statistical leaders

Batting leaders Stat Player[S 1] Team Total AVG Jarrod Hodges Australia .375 HR Robert Stratton MLB Stars 7 RBI Travis Wilson IBLA Internationals 38 R Andrew Zapp IBLA Internationals 33 H Andrew Zapp IBLA Internationals 57 SB Ryan Langerhans IBLA Internationals 12

Pitching leaders Stat Player[S 2] Team Total W Chao-Hao Tseng Taiwan 5 L Stephen Colyer MLB Stars 5 ERA Luke Prokopec Australia 0.39 K Brad Guy IBLA Internationals 48 IP Chao-Hao Tseng Taiwan ​59 ^1⁄3 SV Brad Voyles IBLA Internationals 5

1. Minimum 2.7 PAs per team game. Correct as of 17 February 2013.[1]
2. Minimum 0.8 IP per team game. Correct as of 17 February 2013.[1]

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 1 1st vs 4th: 19 January 2001

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MLB Stars	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
IBLA Internationals	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	4	10	1
Home runs: MLB: ? Internationals: ?[2]

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: ?[2]

Game 3 Loser 1 vs Loser 2: 20 January 2001

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MLB Stars	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	6	9	5
Taiwan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Home runs: MLB: ? Taiwan: ?[2]

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: ?[2]

Awards

Award	Person[3]	Team
Most Valuable Player	Andrew Zapp	IBLA Internationals
Batting Champion	Andrew Zapp	IBLA Internationals
Golden Glove	Chi-Sheng Lin	Taiwan
Pitcher of the Year	Chao-Hao Tseng	Taiwan

Top Stats

Defensive Stats Name Wins Losses Saves ERA Mark Dewey 3 1 0 0.63 P.J Bevis 3 1 1 1.54 Kazuhiro Takeoka 4 0 2 1.71 Brad Guy 2 4 0 2.48 Kwang-Soo Kim 3 3 0 2.54 Phil Stockman 1 1 0 5.29

Offensive Stars Name Avg HR RBI Andrew Zapp .373 4 32 Travis Wilson .352 7 38 Ryan Langerhans .312 5 25 Ji-Hwan Sohn .285 1 5 Scott Goodman .271 3 24 Nicholas Green .265 5 18

All-Star team

Position	Name	Team
Catcher	Justin Huber	IBLA Australia
1st base	Andrew Zapp	IBLA Internationals
2nd base	Chung-Yi Huang	Taiwan
3rd base	Travis Wilson	IBLA Internationals
Short stop	Glenn Williams	IBLA Australia
Out field	Troy Shadar	IBLA Internationals
Out field	Jarrod Hodges	IBLA Australia
Out field	Chris Snelling	IBLA Australia
Designated hitter	Gavin Fingleson	IBLA Internationals
Starting pitcher	Chao-Hao Tseng	Taiwan
Relief pitcher	Luke Prokopec	IBLA Australia
Manager	Chris Bando	IBLA Internationals

References

1. "League Leaders". IBLA. Archived from the original on 27 January 2002. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
2. "IBLA Post-Season results". IBLA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2002. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
3. "IBLA 2001". Flintoff & Dunns Australian Major League Baseball. Flintoff & Dunn. Retrieved 17 February 2013.