17-597: Auckland Tuatara may refer to: Auckland Tuatara (baseball) Auckland Tuatara (basketball) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Auckland Tuatara . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Auckland_Tuatara&oldid=1238185014 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
34-548: A Career, these include all games between 2018-Present, To qualify players must return for a second Season Notable individual records set in one Season, these include all games between 2018-Present 2022%E2%80%9323 Australian Baseball League season The 2022–23 Australian Baseball League season was the twelfth season of the Australian Baseball League (ABL). After the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled
51-539: A best-of-three final. The first game was hosted by Perth at Empire Ballpark, and the remaining games were hosted by Adelaide at Diamond Sports Stadium. Adelaide and Perth last faced each other in the final of the 2014–15 Australian Baseball League season , when Perth won the Claxton Shield . Despite Adelaide making the final four times since the ABL's inaugural season in 2010–11, a team from South Australia has not won
68-479: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Auckland Tuatara (baseball) The Auckland Tuatara were a professional baseball team in the Australian Baseball League based in Auckland , New Zealand . They were the only team from New Zealand to compete in the ABL, and one of two expansion teams that entered the league in the 2018/19 season. The team
85-618: The 2021–22 season and reduced the 2020–21 season to six teams, this season was the first in three years not to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports . The regular season began on 10 November 2022 and concluded on 22 January 2023 with the Adelaide Giants winning the Claxton Shield over the Perth Heat . This season was the last season to feature Auckland Tuatara and Geelong-Korea , with both teams folding at
102-588: The 2022–23 Australian Baseball League season , but went into liquidation following the season. Names in Bold are players still active in the Australian Baseball League Notable individual records set in one Season, these include all games between 2018-Present Notable individual records set in a Career, these include all games between 2018-Present, To qualify players must return for a second Season Notable individual records set in
119-455: The "Northeast Division" with Adelaide, Geelong, Melbourne and Perth grouped into the "Southwest Division". 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 before a curfew. Baxter Field was previously announced to be hosting
136-702: The conclusion of the season. Both the Auckland Tuatara and Geelong-Korea returned to the competition for the first time since the 2019–20 Australian Baseball League season . The Tuatara purchased the National Basketball League team the Auckland Huskies, who now go by the same name . The league returned to a 10-round, 40 game schedule, with teams playing division rivals eight times and inter-division teams four times. Auckland, Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney grouped into
153-431: The first Australian Baseball League All-Star Game since 2017, but was delayed due to the damage caused by the 2022 eastern Australia floods . Milestones during the regular season included Tim Atherton becoming the first pitcher to 400 strikeouts. The first Canberra Cavalry player to 300 games for Robbie Perkins and the first Brisbane Bandits player to 350 games for Andrew Campbell . The Adelaide Giants broke
170-406: The first game, but Perth won the remaining two to secure a place in the finals. Adelaide Giants hosted Auckland Tuatara for a best-of-three semi-final at Diamond Sports Stadium. Game 2 was postponed and moved to the next day due to rain, resulting in double-header being played. Adelaide won the first and third games to secure a place in the final against Perth. Adelaide Giants and Perth Heat played
187-643: The region's marine heritage. The Tuatara played its home games at McLeod Park in Te Atatū South for the 2018/19 season, and moved to an expanded North Harbour Stadium in Albany for the 2019/20 season and beyond. For baseball a section of seating was permanently removed and replaced by an outfield wall which is termed The Teal monster after the Green Monster wall in Boston. The club's inaugural manager
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#1732797961391204-611: The single-season homerun record with 17 homeruns, a record he previously held with 16 alongside Kellin Deglan and Donald Lutz . The game between Canberra Cavalry and Sydney Blue Sox scheduled for Sunday 23 January was rained out before play could begin. Because that was the last Sunday of the regular season, the game could not be rescheduled, and both teams were awarded a half win per the League's rules. The playoffs will see four teams compete in two rounds. The semi-final round saw
221-438: The win streak record with 12 games between 24 November and 10 December 2022. Trent D'Antonio broke the record for most career appearances on 8 January 2023 with 387 games. Dae-sung Koo who held the record for the oldest player to play in the ABL when he pitched an inning for Geelong-Korea at age 48 in 2018, came back out of retirement to break his own record, pitching a scoreless inning against at age 53. T.J. Bennett broke
238-455: The winner of each division host the runner-up of the other division in a best-of-three series. The winners of each semi-final will compete in a best-of-three final round, with the first game being hosted by the lower seed and the remaining games hosted by the higher seed. This format is similar to that used for the 2017–18 season. Brisbane Bandits hosted Perth Heat for a best-of-three semi-final at Viticon Stadium (Holloway Field). Brisbane won
255-425: Was announced as former MLB pitcher Steve Mintz . Three days before the start of the 2019–20 season , Tuatara player Ryan Costello was found dead in his sleep by teammates on 18 November 2019. Players wore 'RC' on their game jersey for the season in his memory. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the team sat out the 2020–21 and 2021–22 Australian Baseball League seasons . The team returned to action for
272-419: Was liquidated and folded after the 2022/23 season. Prior to the team's foundation in 2018, Baseball New Zealand , the country's governing body of the sport of baseball , held talks starting in 2009 regarding the prospects of adding a New Zealand-based team in the Australian Baseball League . In November 2017, the league decided to expand to eight teams beginning in the 2018/19 season, and Baseball New Zealand
289-554: Was officially awarded a spot in the competition. On 26 August 2018, the club's name was announced as the Auckland Tuatara, named after the oldest surviving species endemic to the country. According to one of the team's board members, Brett O'Riley, the tuatara was chosen as the name in order to celebrate the resilience of the ancient reptiles, and to raise awareness of New Zealand's commitment to species protection. The club's colours, teal and navy blue, are representative of
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