List of Claxton Shield champions
Introduction Claxton Shield (Australian baseball trophy) displayed in August 2013 by the 2013 championship team, Canberra Cavalry.The Canberra Cavalry team celebrating with the Claxton Shield, after winning the 2012–13 ABL championship series.The '''Claxton Shield''' was the premier baseball competition in Australia, first held in 1934 and last held in 2010.The Claxton Shield is also the name of the trophy awarded to the champion team, and has also been awarded to winners of both the original Australian Baseball League (ABL) and the International Baseball League of Australia (IBLA). The current version of the Australian Baseball League uses the Claxton Shield as its championship trophy in the same way as its predecessor of the same name did.There had been interstate baseball tournaments held prior to the start of the Claxton Shield. The first was held in Hobart in 1910, won by New South Wales defeating Victoria and hosts Tasmania. New South Wales repeated the feat in 1912 in Melbourne when they won again, this time with the addition of South Australia. None were held regularly though, and they did not always involve all baseball–playing states. In 1934 Norrie Claxton was the principal driver of an annual national competition, and donated the shield to be awarded to the champions. Though it was originally intended to be permanently held by the first team to win in three consecutive years, when South Australia won the first three tournaments all participating states agreed that it should be a perpetual shield, and named it the Claxton Shield in honour of Norrie Claxton.The Victoria Aces were the last team to win the shield under the Claxton Shield format, having won the 2010 tournament by defeating South Australia two games to nil in the final series. It was the eighteenth time the Aces had won the shield, and the twenty second time it had been won by a Victorian team—the most by any state—including three times by the Waverley / Melbourne Reds and once by the Melbourne Monarchs. The Adelaide Giants currently hold the shield after overcoming the Perth Heat in the 2023–24 Australian Baseball League season. It was the Adelaide Giants first ABL title and seventeen time a South Australian team has won the Claxton Shield. Though city-based teams have competed for the Claxton Shield in some seasons, including under the current ABL format, the name engraved on the shield is that of the winning state; for the 2010–11 ABL season won by the Perth Heat, "West Australia 2011" was engraved.
Champions === Claxton Shield ===+ Key StateTitles The number of championships won by that ''state'' at the time. (Includes wins by ABL/IBLA teams from the same state.) TeamTitles The number of championships won by that ''team'' at the time. (Treats ABL/IBLA teams as separate from the state teams.) †  Denotes most championships by a team/state at the time. ‡  Denotes tied for most championships by a team/state at the time. *  Denotes member of Baseball Australia Hall of Fame. Year Champion Team StateTitles TeamTitles Final Host Helms Award Winner Ref 1934  01† 01† Adelaide, SA  1935  02† 02† Melbourne, VIC  1936  03† 03† Sydney, NSW  1937  01 01 Adelaide, SA  1938  02 02 Perth, WA  1939  03‡ 03‡ Melbourne, VIC  1940''No tournament held 1940–1945'' 1946  04† 04† Sydney, NSW  1947  01 01 Adelaide, SA  1948  02 02 Perth, WA  1949  03 03 Melbourne, VIC  1950  05† 05† Sydney, NSW  1951  06† 06† Adelaide, SA  1952  01 01 Perth, WA  1953  07† 07† Brisbane, QLD  1954  04 04 Melbourne, VIC  1955  08† 08† Sydney, NSW  1956  05 05 Adelaide, SA  1957  04 04 Perth, WA  1958  06 06 Brisbane, QLD  1959  05 05 Melbourne, VIC  1960  06 06 Sydney, NSW  1961  07 07 Adelaide, SA  1962  07 07 Perth, WA    1963  09† 09† Brisbane, QLD  *  1964  08 08 Melbourne, VIC    1965  08 08 Sydney, NSW  *  1966  09‡ 09‡ Adelaide, SA  *  1967  10† 10† Perth, WA    1968  09 09 Brisbane, QLD  *  1969  11† 11† Melbourne, VIC  *  1970  12† 12† Sydney, NSW    1971  13† 13† Adelaide, SA    1972  10 10 Brisbane, QLD  *  1973  11 11 Perth, WA  *  1974  12 12 Melbourne, VIC    1975  02 02 Sydney, NSW  Larry Home*  1976  14† 14† Adelaide, SA  *  1977  03 03 Perth, WA    1978  04 04 Brisbane, QLD  *  1979  05 05 Melbourne, VIC    1980  15† 15† Sydney, NSW    1981  13 13 Adelaide, SA    1982  01 01 Sydney, NSW    1983  02 02 Perth, WA  *  1984  14 14 Brisbane, QLD    1985  06 06 Brisbane, QLD    1986  15‡ 15‡ Sydney, NSW    1987  03 03 Brisbane, QLD  *  1988  04 04 Brisbane, QLD  *  1989  010 010 Sydney, NSW    1989''Replaced by ABL & IBLA 1989–2002'' 2003  Queensland Rams 08 05 Sydney, NSW    2004  New South Wales Patriots 12 11 Sydney, NSW    2005  New South Wales Patriots 13 12 Sydney, NSW    2006  Queensland Rams 09 06 Sydney, NSW    2007  Victoria Aces 21† 16† Perth, WA    2008  Perth Heat 10 07 Sydney, NSW    2009  Perth Heat 11 08 Perth, WA    2010  Victoria Aces 22† 17† Melbourne, VIC   === Australian Baseball League (1989–1999) === Season Champion Team Games Runner Up TeamTitles StateTitles League MVP Ref   Waverley Reds 3–1  Melbourne Monarchs 01† 16†  Phil Dale (WR)    Perth Heat 3–2  Daikyo Dolphins 01‡ 07  David Nilsson (DD)    Daikyo Dolphins 3–1  Perth Heat 01‡ 05  Adrian Meagher (DD)    Melbourne Monarchs 2–0  Perth Heat 01‡ 17†  Kevin Jordan (BB)    Brisbane Bandits 2–0  Sydney Blues 01‡ 06  Homer Bush (BB)    Waverley Reds 2–0  Perth Heat 02† 18†  Scott Metcalf (PH)    Sydney Blues 2–0  Melbourne Reds 01 11  Gary White (SB)    Perth Heat 2–1  Brisbane Bandits 02‡ 08  Andrew Scott (AG)    Melbourne Reds 2–0  Gold Coast Cougars 03† 19†  Brendan Kingman (SS)    Gold Coast Cougars 2–0  Sydney Storm 02 07  Adam Burton (MR) === International Baseball League of Australia === Season Champion Team Games Runner Up TeamTitles StateTitles Helms Award Winner Ref 1999–2000  Perth Heat 2–1  Queensland Rams 01† 09    2002  Victoria Aces 1–0  Perth Heat 01‡ 20†   === Australian Baseball League (2010–present) === Season Champion Team Games Runner Up TeamTitles StateTitles Helms Award Winner Ref    2–1   01† 12  James McOwen (ADE)     2–1   02† 13  Tim Kennelly (PER)     2–0   01 01  Adam Buschini (CAN)     2–0   03† 14  Ryan Casteel (MEL)     2–1   04† 15  Aaron Miller (ADE)      2–0   01 10  Justin Williams (BRI)     2–0   02 11  Aaron Whitefield (BRI)     2–1   03 12  Jake Fraley (PER)     2–0   04 13  Tim Kennelly (PER) Marcus Solbach (ADE)      2–0   01 23      1–0   02 24   Season cancelled due to COVID      2–1   01 16  Jordan McArdle (ADE)    2023- 24Adelaide Giants2-1Perth Heat217=== Championships by state === Rank State Titles Most Recent Tournaments Contested 1st  24  78 2nd  17 2023-24 78 3rd  15  73 =4th  13 2018-19 68 =4th  13 2005 75 6th  1  18 =7th  0  8 =7th  0  2 "Titles" includes seasons of the ABL & IBLA.
See also * Australian Baseball Federation* Australian Baseball League (2010–Current)* Australian Baseball League (1989–1999)* International Baseball League of Australia
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External links * Australian Baseball Federation official website