Baseball Bundesliga 1992
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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |
Web links
- German Baseball Bundesliga 1992 (DBV archive)