75th Claxton Shield Diamond Anniversary |
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Season details | |
Sport | Baseball |
Country | ![]() |
Teams | 5 |
Dates | 2 December 2008 – 8 February 2009 |
Defending champions | Perth Heat (2008) |
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 | |
Final | |
Champions | Perth Heat (10th title) |
Game score | 2–1 |
Runner-up | New South Wales Patriots |
Semi final | |
Finalist | New South Wales Patriots |
Game score | 2–1 |
Eliminated | Victoria Aces |
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.
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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]
The 2009 Claxton Shield will be competed between 5 teams from around Australia in 13 different venues.[2]
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 |
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.
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[4] |
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[5] |
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[6] |
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:[7] |
Perth Heat def. New South Wales Patriots.
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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[8] |
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 re-scheduled 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.[9]
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.[10]
This is awarded recognition of outstanding individual performances each round of the 2009 Claxton Shield by the Australian Baseball Federation.[11]
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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 | Tom Cox | New South Wales Patriots |
Rookie of the Year | Chris House | Perth Heat |
Manager of the Year | Don Kyle | Perth Heat |
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The 74th Claxton Shield was held from 28 December 2007 to 10 February 2008. The 2008 Shield was conducted on a Home and Away series made up of 2 Divisions; Eastern Division: Australian Provincial, New South Wales Patriots and the Queensland Rams, Southern Division: Perth Heat, Victoria Aces and South Australia. Each divisional series saw each team meet 6 times with 3 home games and 3 away games, the top team from each division then meet in a 3 game Championship series.
The 2008 Claxton Shield was contested between six teams from around Australia, divided into two divisions.
The 1948 Claxton Shield (at the time known as either the 1948 Australian Carnival or the 1948 Interstate Carnival) was the ninth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held in Perth, Western Australia from 7 to 14 August, and was won by Victoria for the second time overall, successfully defending their title from 1947. The other participants were South Australia, New South Wales, and hosts Western Australia.
As had been the case in all previous tournaments where there had been four teams, each team played a round-robin schedule, meeting each other team once, with two competition points were on offer in each game. The points were awarded as follows:
At the end of the these preliminary games, the top two teams played each other to determine the champions, while the remaining two teams faced each other to determine third place.
The 1936 Claxton Shield was the third annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held at Marrickville Oval in Sydney from 3 to 10 August, and was won by South Australia for the third time in a row. The other participating teams were Victoria and hosts New South Wales.
Western Australia applied to join the competition, however the plans for the tournament had already been confirmed between the other three states at that time. Alternate arrangements were made, where Victoria sent a team for a three-game series in September as a way for Western Australia to prepare for their entry in the 1937 tournament.
As had been the case in the two previous editions of the tournament, each team met each other team twice over the course of the week. In each game, two competition points were on offer to the teams. The points were awarded as follows:
At the end of the tournament, the team with the most points was declared the winner, and awarded the Claxton Shield. Had there been a tie between New South Wales and Victoria for first place, they would have been declared joint winners. However had South Australia been involved in a tie for first, they would have retained the Shield.