Baseball Bundesliga 1987

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The baseball league in 1987 was 1,987 , the highest league in the German Baseball and Softball Association (DBV) organized baseball -Spielbetrieb and determined the German Baseball champions. This was the fourth time in a row that the Mannheim Tornados.


Regular season

In 1987 only six teams competed in the Bundesliga baseball, including the Düsseldorf Diamonds for the first time. For this reason, the number of games to be played fell to 20 during the regular season: one round trip with a double header against every other team.

Table:

team G V Pct. GB
1. Mannheim tornadoes 16 4th .800 0
2. Cologne Dodgers 15th 5 .750 1
3. Cologne Cardinals 13 7th .650 3
4th Düsseldorf Diamonds 8th 12 .400 8th
5. Heidelberg Lions * 5 15th .250 11
6th Zülpich Eagles 3 17th .150 13

'* out of competition

Play-offs

The best four teams of the regular season qualified for the play-offs , which were played in the best-of-three system. As a result, there was once again a duel between the two Cologne clubs, which the Dodgers won because the Cardinals did not play. In the other semi-final, the Mannheim Tornados made it into the final against the Düsseldorf Diamonds and then secured the championship title against the Dodgers.

Semifinals   final
1  Mannheim tornadoes 13 7th      
4th  Düsseldorf Diamonds 3 5   1  Mannheim tornadoes 6th 10
3  Cologne Cardinals Forfait   2  Cologne Dodgers 2 3
2  Cologne Dodgers Forfait    

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