The 1997-98 Perth Heat season was the 9th season for the team. As was the case for the Heat's previous seasons they competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL).
Regular season
Standings
Record vs opponents Opponent W–LRecord Largest Victory Largest Defeat CurrentStreak Score Date Ground Score Date Ground 6-7 7-2 5 December 1997 Norwood Oval 1-7 5 December 1997 Norwood Oval L2 3-3 15-2 5 January 1998 ANZ Stadium 2-18 4 January 1998 ANZ Stadium W2 4-2 8-2 10 January 1998 Carrara Oval 2-19 8 January 1998 Carrara Oval W1 5-2 17-6 28 January 1998 Marathon Stadium 0-8 19 January 1998 WACA W4 3-5 6-1 22 November 1997 WACA 2-7 14 December 1997 Melbourne Ballpark L3 4–2 13–6 26 December 1997 WACA 3–8 27 December 1997 WACA W2 5-3 10-3 8 November 1997 WACA 1-5 & 5-9 15 November 1997 Concord Oval W2 Total 30–23 Brisbane Bandits Gold Coast Cougars W1 15–2 5 January 1998 ANZ Stadium 2-19 8 January 1998 Carrara Oval
Game log W Heat win L Heat loss T Heat tie Game postponed Bold Heat team member
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 1 | 31 October (DH 1) | | 6–5
| 1-0 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | 31 October (DH 2) | | 6–3
| 2-0
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 3 | 1 November (DH 1) | | 6–5
| 3-0 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 4 | 1 November (DH 2) | | 2–8
| 3-1 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 5 | 7 November (DH 1) | | 3–5
| 3-2 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 6 | 7 November (DH 2) | | 3–2
| 4-2 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 7 | 8 November (DH 1) | | 10–3
| 5-2 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 8 | 8 November (DH 2) | | 4–1
| 6-2 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 9 | 15 November (DH 1) | @ | 1–5
| 6-3 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 10 | 15 November (DH 2) | @ | 5–9
| 6-4 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 11 | 16 November (DH 1) | @ | 4–3
| 7-4 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 12 | 16 November (DH 2) | @ | 11–7
| 8-4 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 13 | 21 November | @ | 6–7
| 8-5 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 14 | 22 November (DH 1) | @ | 6–1
| 9-5 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 15 | 22 November (DH 2) | @ | 9–5
| 10-5 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 16 | 23 November | @ | 0–2
| 10-6
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 17 | 5 December (DH 1) | @ | 7–2
| 11-6 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 18 | 5 December (DH 2) | @ | 1–7
| 11-7 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 19 | 6 December (DH 1) | @ | 1–5
| 11-8 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 20 | 6 December (DH 2) | @ | 3–6
| 11-9 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 21 | 14 December (DH 1) | | 10–9
| 12-9 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 22 | 14 December (DH 2) | | 2–7 | P. Dale
| 12-10 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 23 | 15 December (DH 1) | | 0–3 | E. Nelsen | | R. Spear | | 12-11 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 24 | 15 December (DH 2) | | 4–6
| 12-12 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 25 | 19 December | | 4–2
| 13-12 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 26 | 20 December (DH 1) | | 4-0
| 14-12 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 27 | 20 December (DH 2) | | 2–5
| 14-13 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 28 | 21 December | | 2–6
| 14-14 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 29 | 26 December (DH 1) | | 13–6
| 15-14 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 30 | 26 December (DH 2) | | 1–0
| 16-14 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 31 | 27 December (DH 1) | | 2–3
| 16-15 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 32 | 27 December (DH 2) | | 3–8
| 16-16
|- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 33 | 3 January | @ | 1–11
| 16-17 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 34 | 4 January | @ | 2–18
| 16-18 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 35 | 5 January | @ | 15–2
| 17-18 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 36 | 8 January | @ | 2–19
| 17-19 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 37 | 9 January | @ | 8–7
| 18-19 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 38 | 10 January | @ | 8-2
| 19-19 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 39 | 19 January (DH 1) | | 0–8
| 19-20 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 40 | 19 January (DH 2) | | 11–6
| 20-20 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 41 | 20 January (DH 1) | | 6–8
| 20-21 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 42 | 20 January (DH 2) | | 5–2
| 21-21 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 43 | 22 January | @ | 2–0
| 22-21 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 44 | 23 January | @ | 9–6
| 23-21 | |- bgcolor=#bbbbbb | 45 | 24 January | @ | Wash Out
| 23-21 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 46 | 26 January | @ | 15–5
| 24-21 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 47 | 27 January | @ | 8–7
| 25-21 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 48 | 28 January | @ | 17-6
| 26-21 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 49 | 31 January | | 0–12
| 26-22
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 50 | 1 February | | 12–6
| 27-22 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 51 | 2 February | | 5–1
| 28-22 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 52 | 5 February | | 6-2
| 29-22 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 53 | 6 February | | 3-10
| 29-23 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 54 | 7 February | | 7-4
| 30-23
Postseason
Finals Series at Melbourne Ballpark In previous years the post season was played as home and away best of 3 games, with the two winner of each series meeting for a best of 5 series{fact}, in 1997-98 this was changed to a round robin play-off format with each team playing 3 games, 1 against each of the other 3 qualified teams, with the two highest places teams playing off in the Championship Series.
All games for the 9th ABL title were played at the Melbourne Ballpark from February, 10–12 with the best of three championship series February 14–15.
Full series results
Award winners
ABL awards Award Name Stat ref Reliever of the Year Gabe Molina
All-stars Position Name ref Relief Pitcher Gabe Molina
Heat Awards Award Name Stat ref
Roster
References