Brisbane Bandits
The Brisbane Bandits are a professional baseball team in Brisbane, Queensland that plays in the Australian Baseball League and is one of the six founding teams of the league. From the 2010/11 season till the 2012/13 season their home ballpark was the Brisbane Exhibition Ground, the ground which the old Brisbane Bandits played at for the majority of their nine-year tenure. As of the start of the 2013/14 the Bandits home ground is Holloway Field (officially Viticon Stadium, formerly Onehub Stadium, powered by Optus) in Newmarket.
| Brisbane Bandits | |||||
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| Information | |||||
| League | Australian Baseball League | ||||
| Location | Brisbane, Queensland | ||||
| Ballpark | Viticon Stadium | ||||
| Founded | 2009 | ||||
| Minor premierships | 3 (2015–16, 2017–18,2022–23) | ||||
| Post-season championships | 4 (2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19) | ||||
| Colours | Blue Gold | ||||
| Mascot | Buster | ||||
| Ownership | Mark Ready, Kevin Cuyler | ||||
| Manager | Dave Nilsson | ||||
| General Manager | Ryan Searle | ||||
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In the inaugural season, Paul Gonzalez was announced as the GM, replacing Kim Jessop as the previous GM with the Queensland Rams. Former ABL MVP and MLB All-Star Dave Nilsson was named the manager and Gary Nilsson the pitching coach. In 2011, another ABL MVP and ex-MLB player, Kevin Jordan, replaced Nilsson as manager. In 2014, Dave Nilsson returned as manager.
The current GM for the Bandits is Ryan Searle