Baseball Bundesliga 2019

Baseball Bundesliga 2019
Period	March 30th - August 4th
Regular season
First north	Solingen alligators
First south	Mainz Athletics
MVP North	Wayne Ough (Solingen)
MVP South	Max Boldt (Mainz)
Postseason
German champions	Heidenheim Heath Heads
Runner-up	Bonn Capitals
Final MVP	Shawn Larry (Heidenheim)
Playing times
◄ 2018 2020 ►

The German Baseball Bundesliga 2019 was the 36th season of the Baseball Bundesliga . The regular season started on March 30, 2019. The Bonn Capitals started the season as defending champions . The Wesseling Vermins rose from the 2nd Bundesliga North to the North Season of the 1st Bundesliga. The Berlin Flamingos were relegated to the bottom of the table in the northern season in the 2nd Bundesliga. In the southern season there was no relegation and the Ulm Falcons remained first class as the bottom of the table.

Attendees

Alligators Untouchables Capitals Stealers Cardinals Wild Farmers Vermins Dockers Legionaries Heather heads Tornadoes Disciples Athletics Reds Hornets Falcons

Locations of the teams in the Northern and Southern Division .

The following 16 teams took part in the 2019 season, separated into the two divisions North and South.

Northern division		South Division
	Bonn Capitals		Heidenheim Heath Heads
	Paderborn Untouchables		Mannheim tornadoes
	Solingen alligators		Hair Disciples
	Dohren Wild Farmers		Mainz Athletics
	Hamburg stealers		Bookbinders legionaries
	Cologne Cardinals		Stuttgart Reds
	Wesseling Vermins		Saarlouis Hornets
	Bremen Dockers		Ulm Falcons

Regular season

1. Bundesliga North

Pl	team		W.	L.	Pct	GB
1		Solingen alligators	21st	7th	.750	0
2		Paderborn Untouchables	20th	8th	.714	1
3		Bonn Capitals	20th	8th	.714	1
4th		Dohren Wild Farmers	17th	11	.607	4th
5		Hamburg stealers	17th	11	.607	4th
6th		Cologne Cardinals	11	17th	.393	10
7th		Bremen Dockers	4th	24	.143	17th
8th		Wesseling Vermins	2	26th	.071	19th

1st Bundesliga South

Pl	team		W.	L.	Pct	GB
1		Mainz Athletics	24	4th	.857	0
2		Bookbinders legionaries	21st	7th	.750	3
3		Heidenheim Heath Heads	17th	11	.607	7th
4th		Mannheim tornadoes	17th	11	.607	7th
5		Hair Disciples	13	15th	.464	11
6th		Stuttgart Reds	13	15th	.464	11
7th		Ulm Falcons	5	23	.179	19th
8th		Saarlouis Hornets	2	26th	.071	22nd

Play-downs

1. Bundesliga North

Pl	team		W.	L.	Pct	GB
1		Hamburg stealers	27	13	.675	0
2		Cologne Cardinals	20th	20th	.500	7th
3		Wesseling Vermins	7th	33	.175	20th
4th		Bremen Dockers	4th	36	.100	23

Thus, Bremen was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga North, Wesseling had to go into relegation.

Relegation

Period: September 28th - October 5th, 2019

	PD3	Wesseling Vermins	4th	2
	PO2	Dortmund Wanderers	5	3

As a result, Dortmund rose to the 1st Bundesliga North, Wesseling from the 2nd Bundesliga North.

1st Bundesliga South

Pl	team		W.	L.	Pct	GB
1		Hair Disciples	22nd	18th	.550	0
2		Stuttgart Reds	22nd	18th	.550	0
3		Ulm Falcons	10	30th	.250	12
4th		Saarlouis Hornets	3	37	.075	19th

Thus, Saarlouis was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga North, Ulm had to be relegated.

Relegation

Period: September 28th - October 5th, 2019

	PD3	Ulm Falcons	14th	10
	PO2	Munich Caribes	13	9

As a result, Ulm remained in the 1st Bundesliga South, Munich in the 2nd Bundesliga North.

Play-offs

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	N1	Solingen alligators	1	4th	1	6th	11
	S4	Mannheim tornadoes	6th	1	8th	0	10
										N1	Solingen alligators	10	1	3	1	5
										N3	Bonn Capitals	3	2	5	0	10
	S2	Bookbinders legionaries	4th	7th	0	1	6th
	N3	Bonn Capitals	6th	6th	10	0	7th
																			N3	Bonn Capitals	1	3	2	2
																			S3	Heidenheim Heath Heads	17th	0	7th	3
	S1	Mainz Athletics	7th	7th	20th
	N4	Dohren Wild Farmers	2	4th	0
										S1	Mainz Athletics	2	7th	4th
										S3	Heidenheim Heath Heads	11	10	12
	N2	Paderborn Untouchables	0	13	2	0
	S3	Heidenheim Heath Heads	10	10	8th	3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Most Valuable Player Nord 2019: Wayne Ough (Solingen Alligators). German Baseball and Softball Association V., October 18, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Most Valuable Player South 2019: Max Boldt (Mainz Athletics). German Baseball and Softball Association V., October 18, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Heidenheim Heidekoepfe are German baseball champions 2019. German baseball and softball association e. V., August 4, 2019, accessed on August 4, 2019 . 
4. ^ Wesseling Vermins: Successful week for the athletes. August 27, 2018, accessed on February 2, 2019 (German). 
5. ↑ Berlin Flamingos: The unlucky year 2018 ends with relegation from the 1st Bundesliga • Berlin Flamingos. In: Berlin Flamingos. September 10, 2018, accessed on February 2, 2019 (German). 
6. ^ Südwest Presse Online-Dienst GmbH: Baseball: New name, new sponsor, old league. August 28, 2018, accessed February 2, 2019 .