Baseball Bundesliga 1992

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The Bundesliga baseball in 1992 was the ninth season of the Bundesliga baseball . For the first time, the Mannheim Amigos won the title with a 2-1 final win in the city-internal duel against the tornadoes , which impressively demonstrated Mannheim's strength within the German baseball scene.


Regular season

The two squadrons North and South have been shortened by one team each to six participants compared to the previous year . However, three games were played against the other teams in the respective season, so that each team had to play 15 games in the regular season.

1. Bundesliga North

Due to the shortening of the Bundesliga to six teams, the Krefeld Bobbins and the Halle United Rangers had to leave the 1st Bundesliga North. However, no team rose, but the Cologne Cardinals were transferred from the Bundesliga South to the Bundesliga North. The Cologne team quickly found their way in the Bundesliga North and won it unchallenged in front of the Lokstedt Stealers .

Table:

team G V Pct. GB
1. Cologne Cardinals 14th 1 .933 0
2. Lokstedt stealers 10 5 .667 4th
3. Berlin Challengers 8th 7th .533 6th
4th Hamburg Marines 6th 9 .400 8th
5. Düsseldorf Senators 6th 9 .400 8th
6th St. Pauli Knights 1 14th .067 13

1st Bundesliga South

The Mannheim Amigos have been represented in the Bundesliga South since their relegation in 1988 . The second newcomer, Mainz Athletics , played their first season in the Bundesliga. The two teams took the places of the Köln Dodgers and the Ladenburg Romans , who had been relegated from the Bundesliga last year.

After the regular season, the tornadoes prevailed over the Amigos, who were to meet in the final of the play-offs as the season progressed.

Table:

team G V Pct. GB
1. Mannheim tornadoes 13 2 0.867 0
2. Mannheim amigos 11 4th .733 2
3. Mainz Athletics 8th 7th .533 5
4th Munich Brewers 6th 9 .400 7th
5. Ansbach Red Sox 4th 11 .364 9
6th Darmstadt Rockets 3 12 .200 10

Play-offs

The semi-final victories of the two Mannheim teams led to a city-internal duel between the tornadoes and the Amigos for the German baseball championship in 1992. As outsiders, the Amigos achieved a 2-1 victory and thus their first championship. After a clear opening defeat, they were able to win the second game of the best-of-three series only extremely narrow 6: 5 after a total of twelve innings ; in the third game, however, the Amigos prevailed confidently against the series winner from previous years.

Semifinals   final
S1  Mannheim tornadoes 13 16 4th      
N2  Lokstedt stealers 14th 6th 0   S1  Mannheim tornadoes 7th 5 6th
S2  Mannheim amigos 15th 25th   S2  Mannheim amigos 3 6th 11
N1  Cologne Cardinals 5 17th    

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