The 1997-98 Perth Heat season was the 9th season for the team. As was the case for the Heat's previous seasons they competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL).
Offseason
Regular season
Standings
Record vs opponents
Game log
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| 31 October (DH 1) | | 6–5 | | | | | 1-0 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 2 | 31 October (DH 2) | | 6–3 | | | | | 2-0 | |-
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| 1 November (DH 1) | | 6–5 | | | | | 3-0 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 4 | 1 November (DH 2) | | 2–8 | | | | | 3-1 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 5 | 7 November (DH 1) | | 3–5 | | | | | 3-2 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 6 | 7 November (DH 2) | | 3–2 | | | | | 4-2 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 7 | 8 November (DH 1) | | 10–3 | | | | | 5-2 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 8 | 8 November (DH 2) | | 4–1 | | | | | 6-2 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 9 | 15 November (DH 1) | @ | 1–5 | | | | | 6-3 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 10 | 15 November (DH 2) | @ | 5–9 | | | | | 6-4 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 11 | 16 November (DH 1) | @ | 4–3 | | | | | 7-4 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 12 | 16 November (DH 2) | @ | 11–7 | | | | | 8-4 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 13 | 21 November | @ | 6–7 | | | | | 8-5 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 14 | 22 November (DH 1) | @ | 6–1 | | | | | 9-5 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 15 | 22 November (DH 2) | @ | 9–5 | | | | | 10-5 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 16 | 23 November | @ | 0–2 | | | | | 10-6 | |-
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| 5 December (DH 1) | @ | 7–2 | | | | | 11-6 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 18 | 5 December (DH 2) | @ | 1–7 | | | | | 11-7 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 19 | 6 December (DH 1) | @ | 1–5 | | | | | 11-8 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 20 | 6 December (DH 2) | @ | 3–6 | | | | | 11-9 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 21 | 14 December (DH 1) | | 10–9 | | | | | 12-9 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 22 | 14 December (DH 2) | | 2–7 | P. Dale | | | | 12-10 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 23 | 15 December (DH 1) | | 0–3 | E. Nelsen | | R. Spear | | 12-11 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 24 | 15 December (DH 2) | | 4–6 | | | | | 12-12 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 25 | 19 December | | 4–2 | | | | | 13-12 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 26 | 20 December (DH 1) | | 4-0 | | | | | 14-12 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 27 | 20 December (DH 2) | | 2–5 | | | | | 14-13 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 28 | 21 December | | 2–6 | | | | | 14-14 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 29 | 26 December (DH 1) | | 13–6 | | | | | 15-14 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 30 | 26 December (DH 2) | | 1–0 | | | | | 16-14 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 31 | 27 December (DH 1) | | 2–3 | | | | | 16-15 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 32 | 27 December (DH 2) | | 3–8 | | | | | 16-16 | |-
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| 9 January
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| 10 January
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| 19 January (DH 1) | | 0–8 | | | | | 19-20 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 40 | 19 January (DH 2) | | 11–6 | | | | | 20-20 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 41 | 20 January (DH 1) | | 6–8 | | | | | 20-21 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 42 | 20 January (DH 2) | | 5–2 | | | | | 21-21 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 43 | 22 January | @ | 2–0 | | | | | 22-21 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 44 | 23 January | @ | 9–6 | | | | | 23-21 | |- bgcolor=#bbbbbb | 45 | 24 January | @ | Wash Out | | | | | 23-21 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 46 | 26 January | @ | 15–5 | | | | | 24-21 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 47 | 27 January | @ | 8–7 | | | | | 25-21 | |- bgcolor=#bbffbb | 48 | 28 January | @ | 17-6 | | | | | 26-21 | |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 49 | 31 January | | 0–12 | | | | | 26-22 | |-