| Most recent season or competition: 2023–24 Australian Baseball League season | |
 The Claxton Shield | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1934 |
| First season | 1934 |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Country |  Australia |
| Continent | Australia |
| Most recent champion(s) | Adelaide Giants (ABL 2023–24, 2nd title) |
| Most titles | Victoria Aces (23 titles) |
| Related competitions | Australian Baseball League ABL (1989–1999) & IBLA |
| Official website | Australian Baseball League |
The Claxton Shield was the name of the premier baseball competition in Australia held between state-based teams, as well as the name of the trophy awarded to the champion team. From the summer of 1989–90 until 2001–02, and again since 2010–11, the tournament was replaced by one of three other competitions: the original Australian Baseball League (ABL), the International Baseball League of Australia (IBLA), and since the 2010–11 season the new ABL. Despite other competitions being held in place of the Claxton Shield, the physical trophy has remained the award for the winning teams.[1] Though city-based teams have competed for the Claxton Shield in some seasons, 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.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
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 second ABL title.
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- ^ "Season Launch Party". 90 Feet of Heat. Season 1. Episode 4. 19 October 2011. Event occurs at 2:04. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ Laidlaw, Robert (6 February 2010). "Victoria claim the 2009/10 Domino's Claxton Shield". Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ Kent, Mitsie. "Baseball Backgrounder". Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2010.