Wrist band - WWW.GREGJELKSBASEBALL.COM
An orange wrist band with inscriptions stamped in black around the band, commemorating Perth Heat baseball player Greg Jelks.
Gregory Dion Jelks (16 August 1961 – 6 January 2017) was an American baseballer who played Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies. Fortunately for Australian baseball, Jelks decided to call Australia home and was eventually granted citizenship.
From 1997–1999 Greg represented Australia as a player in the National Team and as an assistant coach for the 2000 Australian Olympic Team. Some of Greg's other achievements include:
- Claxton Shield Player (State, Heat, Heelers) 1993 - 2000
- Claxton Shield Champion 1997 & 2000
- Team Australia Player (1997 Intercontinental Cup, 1998 World Cup, 1999 Intercontinental Cup)
- MVP Perth Heat 1993 & 1998
- ABL All-Star Team 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 & 1998
- Intercontinental Cup All-Star Team 1997
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In 1993 Greg Jelks first appeared for the Perth Heat where he immediately became an iconic figure. His booming bat and class were admired by all who played against him, with him or watched him from the stands. Locally, he was an enormous presence for the Melville Braves, South Perth Cubs, Morley Eagles and Carine Cats as both a player and a manager. Greg's outstanding career in Australian baseball at a national level, and in Western Australian baseball at local and state levels, saw him posthumously inducted into the inaugural Baseball WA Hall of Fame in 2021.
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The wrist band was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Vince Baker.
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- Perth Heat Wooden Train Whistle
- 2013 Baseball Australia Diamond Award 'State of the Year' - Western Australia
- Australian Baseball League 2018-19 'Rookie of the Year' trophy
- Capenhurst Trophy - WAJBL Under 17 (2nd Division) Minor Premiers
- Miniature Baseball Bat - Millington, Tennessee
- 75th Claxton Shield Anniversary - Perth Heat Champions Pennant
- Kagoshima - Perth Sister Cities Goodwill Baseball Series 1989 Medallion
- Scott Cameron, Western Australian Brewers baseball pitcher
- Baseball WA 2008/09 'Player of The Year' trophy - Nick Kimpton
- Tiger Academy 1994 Friendship Series plaque
- City of Mount Gambier plaque - baseball "A" Nationals - 2004
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