Baseball Bundesliga

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Baseball Bundesliga
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Current season Baseball Bundesliga 2020
sport baseball
Association German Baseball and Softball Association (DBV)
League foundation 1984
Teams 16
Country countries GermanyGermany Germany
Title holder Heather heads
Record champions Mannheim tornadoes Mannheim Tornadoes (10)
Website baseball-bundesliga.de

The baseball league , officially Ben's baseball league since 2020, is the highest German league in baseball , in which the German baseball champions are played every year . The league is divided into the Bundesliga North and South, each with eight teams. The most successful participants are the Mannheim Tornados with 10 championships won.

mode

The Bundesliga baseball game mode is divided into two parts: the regular season and the postseason , in which the teams are divided into the interleague round with subsequent play-offs and play-downs based on their placements in the regular season . The regular season falls in spring (March / April to June / July), the postseason in the second half of the year. Teams from the regional associations of Berlin / Brandenburg, Hamburg, Central Germany, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein are assigned to the Northern League, while the Southern Bundesliga includes the regional associations of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse and Southwest. Historically, there have been shifts here, so that, for example, the two Cologne clubs Cardinals and Dodgers already played in both the Bundesliga North and the Bundesliga South.

Regular season

The 1st Bundesliga is divided into the north and south groups, each with eight teams. These play against each other in a round-trip round, with two games over nine innings being played on a weekend on each game day . As is usual in baseball, in the event of a tie, the winner will be determined in extra innings according to the regular number of innings. In addition, a mercy rule applies, in which the game ends prematurely if a team with ten points or more leads two innings before the end of the stipulated number of innings.
The four best-placed teams in each group of the 1st Bundesliga play in an interleague round with subsequent play-offs for the German championship, while the other teams in each group determine possible relegations in the play-downs.

Interleague round

In the interleague round, the top four of both groups play in a double round against the top four of the other season, with both matches between the teams being played on one day in a row as double headers in a ball park, so that each team against each other two teams has two home games and two away games against the other two teams.

Play-offs

After the interleague round, the seeding list for the playoffs is determined; this only includes the games of the regular season and the interleague round between the eight teams involved in the interleague round. The 1st against the 8th, the 2nd against the 7th, the 3rd against the 6th and the 4th against the 5th

All encounters are played out as best-of-five . The final is played in individual games, while the quarter and semi-finals are played as double headers on two weekends (on Saturdays). A possibly necessary game 5 of the quarter or semi-finals will be played on Sunday of the same weekend.
The fixtures in the quarter and semi-finals are designed in such a way that the team better placed in the table has the first two games of the series at home and plays 3 to 5 away for all potentially decisive games; Game 5 is played in the ball park of the team that is less well placed, but the away team has the right of look-up that the home team would otherwise have.

In the final, the team that was better placed in the regular season initially has home rights for games 1 and 2, the series then switches to the worse-placed team for games 3 and 4. A possibly necessary game 5 takes place again with the better placed team.

Play-downs

The play-downs are played separately between the teams north and south that do not qualify for the play-offs. In four teams, the fifth against the eighth and the sixth against the seventh each play a best-of-five series, whereupon the losers in another best-of-five series determine the relegated team. If there are three teams, each team plays two home and two away games against the other two teams. The last placed in this round is relegated.

Before 2013, the play-downs were played in the two play-down groups North and South, in which the four teams played against each other in double headers, as in the regular season. The victories and defeats from the final table of the regular season were taken over. For the first two of this round, the season was over with the non-relegation; the last of the table was the direct relegated to the corresponding group of the second Bundesliga and was replaced by the champion of this group as promoted. The penultimate of the final account had to play against the table runner-up of the corresponding group of the 2nd Bundesliga in a best-of-three series for the last starting place for the 1st Bundesliga of the next season. He played away in the first game, in the second and a possible third game he had home rights.

history

The baseball Bundesliga has been the top division in German baseball since 1984 and has been played in two seasons, north and south, with the exception of the years 1985 to 1989. The Mannheim Tornados are the only team that has played in the Bundesliga without interruption since the founding season.

year German champions Master Southern Season Master North Season
1984 Mannheim tornadoes Mannheim tornadoes Cologne Dodgers
1985 Mannheim tornadoes played out as a single-track Bundesliga
1986 Mannheim tornadoes played out as a single-track Bundesliga
1987 Mannheim tornadoes played out as a single-track Bundesliga
1988 Mannheim tornadoes played out as a single-track Bundesliga
1989 Mannheim tornadoes played out as a single-track Bundesliga
1990 Cologne Cardinals Mannheim tornadoes Berlin Challengers
1991 Mannheim tornadoes Mannheim tornadoes Berlin Challengers
1992 Mannheim amigos Mannheim tornadoes Cologne Cardinals
1993 Mannheim tornadoes Mannheim amigos Lokstedt stealers
1994 Mannheim tornadoes Mannheim amigos Lokstedt stealers
1995 Trier Cardinals Trier Cardinals Lokstedt stealers
1996 Trier Cardinals Trier Cardinals Lokstedt stealers
1997 Mannheim tornadoes Mannheim tornadoes Bonn Capitals
1998 Cologne Dodgers Mannheim tornadoes Cologne Dodgers
1999 Paderborn Untouchables Mainz Athletics Paderborn Untouchables
2000 Lokstedt stealers Mainz Athletics Cologne Dodgers
2001 Paderborn Untouchables Mannheim tornadoes Cologne Dodgers
2002 Paderborn Untouchables Regensburg legionaries Paderborn Untouchables
2003 Paderborn Untouchables Mannheim tornadoes Paderborn Untouchables
2004 Paderborn Untouchables Mainz Athletics Paderborn Untouchables
2005 Paderborn Untouchables Regensburg legionaries Paderborn Untouchables
2006 Solingen alligators Regensburg legionaries Solingen alligators
2007 Mainz Athletics Regensburg legionaries Solingen alligators
2008 Bookbinders legionaries Heidenheim Heath Heads Solingen alligators
2009 Heidenheim Heath Heads Bookbinders legionaries Solingen alligators
2010 Bookbinders legionaries Bookbinders legionaries Solingen alligators
2011 Bookbinders legionaries Bookbinders legionaries Paderborn Untouchables
2012 Bookbinders legionaries Bookbinders legionaries Paderborn Untouchables
2013 Bookbinders legionaries Bookbinders legionaries Solingen alligators
2014 Solingen alligators Heidenheim Heath Heads Solingen alligators
2015 Heidenheim Heath Heads Bookbinders legionaries Bonn Capitals
2016 Mainz Athletics Mainz Athletics Bonn Capitals
2017 Heidenheim Heath Heads Heidenheim Heath Heads Bonn Capitals
2018 Bonn Capitals Heidenheim Heath Heads Bonn Capitals
2019 Heidenheim Heath Heads Mainz Athletics Solingen alligators

Winners list

Logo of the record champions Mannheim Tornados

The list of winners of the Bundesliga baseball lists all clubs that have won either the north or south seasons or the German championship at least once since the Bundesliga baseball began.

  • Club: Name of the relevant club
  • # Seasons: Number of seasons the club played in the 1st Bundesliga
  • # German champions: number of German championships
  • # Winner North: Number of wins in the Bundesliga North regular season
  • # Winner South: Number of victories in the regular season of the Bundesliga South
society # Seasons # German champions # Winner North # Winner South
Mannheim tornadoes 36 10 9
Paderborn Untouchables 24 6th 7th
Regensburg legionaries 25th 5 10
Heidenheim Heath Heads 20th 4th 4th
Solingen alligators 17th 2 8th
Mainz Athletics 28 2 5
Trier Cardinals 5 2 2
Bonn Capitals 25th 1 5
HSV Stealers / Lokstedt Stealers / Hamburg Stealers 28 1 4th
Cologne Dodgers 17th 1 4th
Cologne Cardinals 30th 1 1
Mannheim amigos 10 1 1
Berlin Challengers 10 2

Status at the end of the 2019 season

Overview of season participation


Status: up to and including the 2019 season, teams with at least five seasons

Remark :

  • In 1984 the Mannheim Tornados played with two teams in the South Season.
  • In 1988 the Mannheim Amigos were disqualified.

For four years of participation in the Bundesliga (until 2016):

  • in the Bundesliga North: Strausberg Sun Warriors (1999–2002), Neunkirchen Nightmares (2005–2008)
  • in the Bundesliga South: Friedberg Braves (1997-2000), Fürth Pirates (2003-2006)

For three years:

  • Bundesliga North: Holzwickede Joboxers (1993, 2000, 2005), Bremen Dockers (1999, 2018, 2019)
  • Bundesliga South: Ansbach Red Sox (1990–1992), Darmstadt Rockets (1991–1993), Grünwald Jesters (1998–2000), Ulm Falcons (2018–2020)

With two years of membership are noted:

  • in the Bundesliga South and the single-track Bundesliga: Filderstadt Flyers (1984–1985)
  • in the single-track Bundesliga: Düsseldorf Diamonds (1987–1988)
  • in the Bundesliga North: Halle United Rangers (1990–1991), Krefeld Bobbins (1990–1991), Ratingen Goose Necks (1998–1999), Bennigsen Beavers (2004, 2005), Berlin Flamingos (2018, 2020)
  • in the Bundesliga South: Neuchâtel Atomics (2008, 2010), Kapellen Turtles, Leonberg Lobsters (1994–1995), Herrenberg Wanderers (2002, 2004)

The following clubs played in the Bundesliga for one year:

  • single-track phase: Mannheim Elite Giants (1985), Wiesbaden Flyers (1985)
  • in the Bundesliga North: Hamburg Skeezicks (1993), Stade Mustangs (1994), Berlin Bats (1996), Wuppertal Stingrays (2006), Wesseling Vermins (2019)
  • in the Bundesliga South: Munich Tigers (1984), Karlsruhe Cougars (1993), Ingolstadt Schanzer (1998)

So far, the Heidelberg Lions (1986 and 1987) and in 1984 the teams of the Bonn Crusaders, Düsseldorf AIS and Geilenkirchen Panthers have competed.
bold : clubs that currently play in the 1st baseball league.

Eternal table

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ben's Sports takes on name sponsorship for Ben's Baseball Bundesliga. Deutscher Baseball und Softball Verband eV, February 13, 2020, accessed on March 7, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Federal Game Regulations 2020 ( pdf ) , Appendix 18: DVO Bundesliga Baseball, March 11, 2008 (game mode 1st Bundesliga).
  3. ↑ Federal Game Regulations 2016. German Baseball and Softball Association eV, February 27, 2016, accessed on August 18, 2016 .