Draft:2024 Banana Ball World Tour

2024 Banana Ball World Tour
League	Banana Ball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	February 8 – October 18, 2024
Number of games	96
Number of teams	4
TV partner(s)	YouTube

The 2024 Banana Ball World Tour is the fourth annual exhibition barnstorming baseball tour by the Savannah Bananas. The teams must use the "Banana Ball" rules during the tour.

Player movement

Trades

• On December 6, 2023, Connor Higgens was traded from the Savannah Bananas to the Party Animals.
• On December 6, 2023, Dakota McFadden was traded from the Savannah Bananas to the Firefighters.
• On December 6, 2023, Nolan Daniel was traded from the Savannah Bananas to the Firefighters.
• On December 6, 2023, Matt Malatesta was traded from the Savannah Bananas to the Firefighters.
• On December 6, 2023, Joe Lytle was traded from the Party Animals to the Firefighters.

Rosters

Savannah Bananas

Savannah Bananas roster

Players						Coaches
Pitchers 12 Kyle Luigs 21 Jared Donalson 22 Austin Krzeminski 24 Andy Archer 25 Christian Dearman 29 Zack Phillips 37 Ethan Skuija 49 Ryan Kellogg 88 Noah Niznik 91 D. J. Roberts		Catchers  1 Bill LeRoy Infielders  6 Ryan Cox  8 Jackson Olson 10 Alex Ziegler 11 Gabe Howell 13 Dalton Mauldin 15 RobertAnthony Cruz 19 Dan Oberst		Outfielders  2 Reese Alexiades  5 D. R. Meadows  9 Noah Bridges Utility players  3 Eric Jones Jr.  4 Mat Wolf  7 Michael Deeb 14 Dakota Albritton 17 Brandon Crosby 18 Danny Hosley  ⚡️ Malachi Mitchell		Head coach 66 Tyler Gillum Coaches 00 Maceo Harrison (Choreographer) 16 Adam Virant (assistant head coach) 99 Ray Ortega (hitting coach)

Party Animals

Party Animals roster

Players						Coaches
Pitchers  10 Bret Helton  15 Dylan Porter  17 Dalton Ponce  21 Riyan Rodriguez  23 Garrett DeClue  27 Jake Lialios  28 Drew Gillespie  31 Sean Fluke  33 Connor Higgins  37 Zach Blakenship 777 Garett Delano		Catchers 26 Taj Porter 41 Bronson Balholm Infielders  5 Jorden Hussein  8 Bryson Bloomer  9 Dustin Baber 11 Chase Achuff 12 Noah Fisher		Outfielders  4 Tanner Thomas  6 Reece Hampton Utility players  1 Jake Skole  2 Jason Swan  3 Dalton Cornett		Head coach  7 Mike Vavasis Coaches 21 Anthony Coromato (hitting coach) 88 Isaac Hess (pitching coach)

Firefighters

Firefighters roster

Players						Coaches
Pitchers  1 Christian Dearman  5 Marshall Shill  6 Austin Temple 11 Matt Malatesta 17 Garrett DeClue 18 Nolan Daniel 23 Collin Ledbetter 37 Emmanuel Rosario 42 Bradford Webb		Catchers 12 Zachary Bridges 22 Joe Lytle 25 Alex Bentley Infielders  8 Stephen Cullen 21 Daniel Brito 24 Dakota McFadden		Outfielders  7 Blaine McIntosh  9 Noah Bridges 10 Parker Nolan 13 Zach Watson Utility players  2 Isaac Parra  3 Trey Vanderpool  4 Mat Wolf 19 South Timble 32 Logan Lacey		Head coach 27 Valerie Perez Coaches -- Corey Pye (pitching coach) 24 Dakota McFadden (coach) 25 Alex Bentley (coach)

Game log

Legend
	Headliner win
	Headliner loss
	Postponement

2024 Game Log
February # Date Headliner Score Opponent Win Loss Save 1 February 8 Savannah Bananas 2–5 Party Animals Fluke (1–0) Skuija (0–1) Porter (1) 2 February 9 Savannah Bananas 3–5 Party Animals Higgins (1–0) Krzeminski (0–1) — 3 February 10 Savannah Bananas 5–7 Party Animals Helton (1–0) Donalson (0–1) — 4 February 15 Savannah Bananas 3–2 Party Animals Hosley (1–0) Porter (0–1) — 5 February 16 Savannah Bananas 3–4 (SD) Party Animals Gillespie (1–0) Phillips (0–1) — 6 February 17 Savannah Bananas 2–1 Party Animals Kellogg (1–0) Helton (1–1) Hosley (1) 7 February 23 Savannah Bananas 3–2 Party Animals Phillips (1–1) Gillespie (1–1) Hosley (2) 8 February 24 Savannah Bananas 3–2 (SD) Party Animals Phillips (2–1) Gillespie (1–2) — 9 February 25 Savannah Bananas 4–1 Party Animals Archer (1–0) Ponce (0–1) Hosley (3)
March # Date Headliner Score Opponent Win Loss Save 10 March 1 Savannah Bananas 4–3 Party Animals Albritton (1–0) Blankenship (0–1) Hosley (4) 11 March 2 Savannah Bananas 1–2 (5) Party Animals Delano (1–0) Donalson (0–2) — 12 March 3 Savannah Bananas 3–1 Party Animals Dearman (1–0) Helton (1–2) Hosley (5) 13 March 9 Savannah Bananas 5–4 Party Animals Hosley (2–0) Gillespie (1–3) — 14 March 14 Savannah Bananas 4–5 (SD) Party Animals Gillespie (2–3) Hosley (2–1) — 15 March 15 Savannah Bananas 4–2 (8) Party Animals Luigs (1–0) Lialios (0–1) — 16 March 16 Savannah Bananas 3–2 Party Animals Niznik (1–0) Fluke (1–1) Hosley (6) — March 22 Savannah Bananas — Party Animals Postponed (rain); Makeup: March 23 17 March 23 (1) Savannah Bananas 3–4 Party Animals Helton (2–2) Niznik (1–1) Gillespie (1) 18 March 23 (2) Savannah Bananas 5–4 Party Animals Krzeminski (1–1) Rodriguez (0–1) — 19 March 24 Savannah Bananas 2–5 Party Animals Ponce (1–1) Archer (1–1) Gillespie (2) 20 March 28 Savannah Bananas 4–3 Party Animals Luigs (2–0) Helton (2–3) Hosley (7) 21 March 29 Savannah Bananas 2–3 Party Animals Higgins (2–0) Kellogg (1–1) Gillespie (3)
April # Date Headliner Score Opponent Win Loss Save 22 April 4 Savannah Bananas 1–6 Party Animals DeClue (1–0) Niznik (1–2) Helton (1) 23 April 5 Savannah Bananas 4–3 Party Animals Wolf (1–0) Delano (1–1) Hosley (8) 24 April 6 Savannah Bananas 5–2 Party Animals Archer (2–1) Fluke (1–2) — 25 April 12 Savannah Bananas 1–2 Party Animals Helton (3–3) Luigs (2–1) Gillespie (4) 26 April 13 Savannah Bananas 3–5 Party Animals Delano (2–1) Kellogg (1–2) — 27 April 14 Savannah Bananas 3–1 Party Animals Archer (3–1) Ponce (1–2) Hosley (9) 28 April 20 Savannah Bananas 5–1 Party Animals Niznik (2–2) Helton (3–4) — 29 April 21 Savannah Bananas 2–3 Party Animals Gillespie (3–3) Phillips (2–2) — 30 April 25 Savannah Bananas 4–2 Party Animals Niznik (3–2) Helton (3–5) Hosley (10) 31 April 26 Savannah Bananas 9–8 (SD) Party Animals Krzeminski (2–1) Gillespie (3–4) — 32 April 27 Savannah Bananas 2–1 Party Animals Donalson (1–2) Fluke (1–3) Phillips (1)
May # Date Headliner Score Opponent Win Loss Save 33 May 3 Savannah Bananas 1–5 Party Animals Helton (4–5) Niznik (3–3) — 34 May 4 Savannah Bananas 4–3 Party Animals Luigs (3–1) Delano (2–2) Krzeminski (1) 35 May 5 Savannah Bananas 2–1 Party Animals Phillips (3–2) Gillespie (3–5) Krzeminski (2) 36 May 9 Savannah Bananas 1–2 Party Animals Helton (5–5) Niznik (3–4) Gillespie (5) 37 May 10 Savannah Bananas 5–4 Party Animals Krzeminski (3–1) Delano (2–3) — 38 May 11 Savannah Bananas 4–5 (SD) Party Animals Gillespie (4–5) Krzeminski (3–2) — 39 May 16 Savannah Bananas 3–4 Party Animals Gillespie (4–2) Hosley (2–2) — 40 May 17 Savannah Bananas 4–2 Party Animals Kellogg (2–2) Delano (2–4) Krzeminski (3) 41 May 18 Savannah Bananas 4–3 Party Animals Hosley (3–2) Gillespie (4–3) Krzeminski (4) 42 May 24 Savannah Bananas 3–1 Party Animals Archer (4–1) Helton (5–6) Hosley (11) 43 May 25 Savannah Bananas 2–6 Party Animals Delano (3–4) Kellogg (2–3) — 44 May 26 Savannah Bananas 4–3 Party Animals Donalson (2–2) Porter (0–2) Hosley (12) 45 May 30 Savannah Bananas 4–3 Firefighters Albritton (2–0) Wolf (1–1) Hosley (13) 46 May 31 Savannah Bananas Firefighters
June # Date Headliner Opponent Score 47 June 1 Savannah Bananas Firefighters 48 June 8 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 49 June 13 Savannah Bananas Firefighters 50 June 13 Party Animals Visitors 51 June 14 Savannah Bananas Firefighters 52 June 14 Party Animals Visitors 53 June 15 Savannah Bananas Firefighters 54 June 15 Party Animals Visitors 55 June 21 Party Animals Firefighters 56 June 22 Party Animals Firefighters 57 June 27 Savannah Bananas Visitors 58 June 27 Party Animals Firefighters 59 June 28 Savannah Bananas Visitors 60 June 28 Party Animals Firefighters 61 June 29 Savannah Bananas Visitors 62 June 29 Party Animals Firefighters
July # Date Headliner Opponent Score 63 July 5 Savannah Bananas Firefighters 64 July 6 Savannah Bananas Firefighters 65 July 7 Savannah Bananas Firefighters 66 July 13 Savannah Bananas Firefighters 67 July 18 Savannah Bananas Aussie Drop Bears 68 July 19 Party Animals Firefighters 69 July 19 Savannah Bananas Aussie Drop Bears 70 July 20 Party Animals Firefighters 71 July 20 Savannah Bananas Aussie Drop Bears 72 July 26 Party Animals Firefighters 73 July 27 Party Animals Firefighters
August # Date Headliner Opponent Score 74 August 1 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 75 August 2 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 76 August 3 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 77 August 10 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 78 August 16 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 79 August 17 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 80 August 18 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 81 August 22 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 82 August 23 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 83 August 24 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 84 August 30 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 85 August 31 Savannah Bananas Party Animals
September # Date Headliner Opponent Score 86 September 6 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 87 September 7 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 88 September 8 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 89 September 13 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 90 September 14 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 91 September 15 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 92 September 21 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 93 September 26 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 94 September 27 Savannah Bananas Party Animals 95 September 28 Savannah Bananas Party Animals
October # Date Headliner Opponent Score 96 October 12 Savannah Bananas Party Animals

Standings

	W	L	Pct.	GB	STRK	PS	PA
Savannah Bananas	28	19	.596	—
Firefighters	1	2	.333	5.0
Party Animals	18	26	.409	8.5
Aussie Drop Bears	0	0	–	—

Milestones

Batters

• Jocelyn Alo (Savannah Bananas):
  • Became the first woman in Banana Ball history to record a hit when she singled off Brett Helton of the Party Animals on May 4.
  • Became the first woman in Banana Ball history to record an extra-base hit when she doubled off Garett Delano of the Party Animals on May 17.
  • Became the first woman in Banana Ball history to record an RBI when she singled off Drew Gillespie of the Party Animals scoring Dan Oberst on May 18. She also became the first woman in Banana Ball history to walk off an inning during the same at-bat.
• Joe Lytle (Firefighters):
  • Became the first player in Firefighters history to collect a hit when he doubled off --- of the Savannah Bananas on May 30.
• Isacc Parra (Firefighters):
  • Became the first player in Firefighters history to steal a base when he stole second base on May 30 against the Savannah Bananas.

Pitchers

• Ethan Skuja (Savannah Bananas):
  • Set the Banana Ball record for the fastest strikeout pitched when he struck out Garett Delano of the Party Animals in 8.73 seconds on April 9.
• Zack Phillips (Savannah Bananas):
  • Set the Banana Ball record for the fastest inning pitched when he completed an inning in 55 seconds against the Party Animals on March 9. He also became the second player in Banana Ball history to complete an inning in less than a minute.

Miscellaneous

• Savannah Bananas:
  • Set the Banana Ball record for most trick plays when they recorded 16 on May 25 against the Party Animals.
• The Party Animals:
  • Set the Banana Ball record for longest winning streak when they won their 12th consecutive game on February 10 against the Savannah Bananas.
  • Set the Banana Ball record for most home runs hit when they clubbed five on May 4 against the Savannah Bananas.
• Savannah Bananas / Party Animals:
  • Tied the Banana Ball record for most combined trick plays when they recorded 19 on April 20. The Party Animals recorded six while the Bananas recorded 13.
  • Set the Banana Ball record for most combined points scored when they scored 17 on April 26. The Party Animals scored eight while the Bananas scored nine.
  • Set the Banana Ball record for most combined trick plays when they recorded 22 on May 25. The Party Animals recorded six while the Bananas recorded 16.
  • Set the Banana Ball record for most combined trick plays when they recorded 24 on May 27. The Party Animals recorded nine while the Bananas recorded 15.
• Ryan Cox (Savannah Bananas):
  • With a trick play against the Party Animals on May 25, he became the first player in Banana Ball history to record 100+ trick plays on multiple tours.
  • Set the Banana Ball record for most trick plays in a month when he recorded 31 during May.
• D. R. Meadows (Savannah Bananas):
  • Set the Banana Ball record for most trick plays made by an outfielder when he recorded six on May 27 against the Party Animals. He also became the third player in Banana Ball history to record six trick plays in a single game.

See also

• 2023 in baseball