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Upcoming season or competition: 2024–25 ABL season | |
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| Formerly | Australian Baseball League |
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| Sport | Baseball |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Founder | Australian Baseball Federation & Major League Baseball |
| First season | 2010–11 |
| Owner(s) | Baseball Australia |
| CEO | Glenn Williams |
| COO | Michael Crooks |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Country | Australia |
| Continent | Australia |
| Most recent champion(s) | Adelaide Giants (2nd title) |
| Most titles | Brisbane Bandits, Perth Heat (4 titles) |
| Qualification | Asia Series (2011–2013) |
| TV partner(s) | MLB Network (United States) Sky Sport (New Zealand) Eleven Sports (Taiwan) MBC Sports+ (South Korea) |
| Streaming partner(s) | Baseball+ YouTube Streamer |
| Related competitions | Claxton Shield |
| Official website | theabl.com.au |
The Australian Baseball League (ABL) is a professional baseball league in Australia. The league is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation (ABF). It uses the same name as a now-defunct competition held during the 1990s, and though it shares some history of the original league with the Claxton Shield awarded to winners of both competitions, it is considered to be a separate competition.
Because the ABL's season takes place from November to February, the ABL is one of baseball's recognised winter leagues (although it is summer in Australia when the season takes place), where minor-league prospects in North America are often assigned as an English-speaking alternative to the primary Spanish-speaking Latin America-based winter leagues.