Perth Heat

Perth Heat is a professional baseball team from the Australian city ​​of Perth . With four championship titles, the team is the record champion of the Australian Baseball League . Since the privatization of the franchise prior to the ABL season 2018/19 , the former wife of the late Australian entrepreneur - the broadcaster Christian Galopolous, the local businessman Rory Vassallo and Eileen Bond are Alan Bond - the new principal owner of the team.

history

Perth Heat was founded in 2010 as one of six founding teams of the re-launched Australian Baseball League. Already in the previous original Australian Baseball League (1989-99) and in the period from 2005 to 2009, the team existed under the same name. Since the founding of the Australian Baseball League, Perth Heat has won four championships in the 2010/11, 2011/12, 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons, making it the record champions, followed by the Brisbane Bandits with three titles. Since the league expanded to eight teams in the run-up to the 2018/19 ABL season and the associated division into two divisions, Perth Heat has belonged to the Southwest Division .

Current squad

Jerseys and caps

Squad Perth Heat 2018/19
Catcher Alex Hall Infielder Tim Kennelly Sam Kennelly Robbie Glendinning Jess Williams Outfielder TBA Utility Jake Bowey		Pitcher Nick Veale Dan Schmidt Scott Mitchinson Conor Lourey Cam Lamb Manager Andy Kyle Coaches Steven Fish Craig Albernatz

Audience numbers

The following shows the attendance at Perth Heat's games since the Australian Baseball League was founded in 2010.

season	spectator total	spectator per game
2010/11	19,350	1,138
2011/12	24,299	1,157
2012/13	29,803	1,419
2013/14	33,539	1,597
2014/15	32,571	1,357
2015/16	27,144	1,044
2016/17	19,211	1,372
2017/18	22,881	1,144

Web links

Commons : Perth Heat  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Perth Heat ownership announced | Australian Baseball League News. Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
2. ^ Eileen Bond among new Perth Heat owners . In: The West Australian . August 11, 2018 ( com.au [accessed October 17, 2018]).
3. ↑ ABL 2018/19 player signing tracker | Australian Baseball League News | The Official Site of the Australian Baseball League. Retrieved September 20, 2018 . 
4. ↑ ABL 2018/19 player signing tracker | Australian Baseball League News | The Official Site of the Australian Baseball League. Retrieved September 20, 2018 .