Baseball Bundesliga 1993
The 1993 Baseball Bundesliga was the tenth season of the Baseball Bundesliga . For the third time (after 1988 and 1989 ), the Mannheim Tornados and the Cologne Cardinals met in the final , and as before with the better end for the Tornados, who were able to secure their ninth championship title .
Regular season
The Bundesliga North and South were increased from six to eight teams each. The seven teams of a season played against each other three times in the regular season. The best four teams each qualified for the play-offs, while the teams from the lower half of the table played another game against the other three teams and thus determined the placement.
1. Bundesliga North
By increasing to eight teams, the Berlin Sluggers , the Holzwickede Joboxers and the Hamburg Skeezicks were promoted to the 1st Bundesliga, for all of the clubs mentioned it was the first year of membership in the highest German baseball league. The St. Pauli Knights , who had been relegated the previous year, were no longer there .
Table:
team | G | V | Pct. | GB | |
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1. | Lokstedt stealers | 18th | 3 | .857 | 0 |
2. | Cologne Cardinals | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2 |
3. | Berlin Challengers | 14th | 7th | .667 | 4th |
4th | Hamburg Marines | 10 | 11 | .476 | 8th |
5. | Berlin Sluggers | 11 | 13 | .458 | - |
6th | Düsseldorf Senators | 8th | 16 | .333 | - |
7th | Holzwickede Joboxers | 7th | 17th | .292 | - |
8th. | Hamburg Skeezicks | 6th | 18th | .250 | - |
1st Bundesliga South
By increasing the Bundesliga to eight teams, no team had to relegate after the 1992 season . However, two teams rose: The Trier Cardinals reached a play-off spot in their first Bundesliga season, while the Zülpich Eagles returned to the top German division as a founding member and an integral part of the baseball Bundesliga of the 1980s.
Table:
team | G | V | Pct. | GB | |
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1. | Mannheim amigos | 19th | 2 | 0.905 | 0 |
2. | Mannheim tornadoes | 18th | 3 | .857 | 1 |
3. | Mainz Athletics | 16 | 5 | .762 | 3 |
4th | Trier Cardinals | 9 | 12 | .429 | 10 |
5. | Munich Brewers | 10 | 13 | .435 | - |
6th | Zülpich Eagles | 9 | 15th | .375 | - |
7th | Karlsruhe Cougars | 8th | 15th | .348 | - |
8th. | Darmstadt Rockets | 0 | 24 | .000 | - |
Play-offs
The play-offs were played among the four best teams in the North and South Bundesliga. The two best teams of each season were able to play their way into the semi-finals, where the two runners-up from the regular season could prevail. The Tornados won the final, which was played in a single game, 7: 1 and thus became German baseball champions in 1993.
Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||||||||
S1 | Mannheim amigos | 15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||||
N4 | Hamburg Marines | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
S1 | Mannheim amigos | 7th | 14th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
N2 | Cologne Cardinals | 17th | 13 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
S3 | Mainz Athletics | 22nd | 7th | 9 | |||||||||||||||
N2 | Cologne Cardinals | 11 | 9 | 14th | |||||||||||||||
N2 | Cologne Cardinals | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
S2 | Mannheim tornadoes | 7th | |||||||||||||||||
S2 | Mannheim tornadoes | 10 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
N3 | Berlin Challengers | 7th | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
S2 | Mannheim tornadoes | 8th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
N1 | Lokstedt stealers | 6th | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
S4 | Trier Cardinals | 1 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
N1 | Lokstedt stealers | 21st | 14th |
Web links
- http://www.baseball-softball.de/bundesliga/index.php?id=00000544 - German Baseball Bundesliga 1993 (DBV archive)