Baseball Bundesliga 2020

Baseball Bundesliga 2020

Playing times

◄ 2019 2021 ►

The 2020 German Baseball Bundesliga is the 37th season of the Baseball Bundesliga . Regular time was originally supposed to start on April 4, 2020. The start was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Heidenheim Heideköpfe go into the season as defending champions . The Berlin Flamingos and Dortmund Wanderers moved up from the 2nd Bundesliga North to the North Season of the 1st Bundesliga. The Bremen Dockers as bottom of the table and the Wesseling Vermins as losers in the relegation of the Bundesliga North relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga. In the southern season, the Tübingen Hawks rose and the Saarlouis Hornets rose .

In June 2020 it was decided that there will be no promotions and relegations in the 2020 season. Furthermore, the teams can be exempted from play until July 15 free of charge without losing their starting place in the 2021 season.

The season finally started on August 7, 2020 with a modified mode. Only one first half of the season with two games per game day will be played. 9 innings are played in single games and 7 innings each in double headers. The two best teams from the north and south seasons qualify for the semi-finals. Semi-finals and finals will be played in best-of-three mode.

Attendees

Alligators Untouchables Capitals Stealers Cardinals Wild Farmers Wanderers Flamingos Legionaries Heather heads Tornadoes Disciples Athletics Reds Falcons Hawks

Locations of the teams in the Northern and Southern Division .

The following 16 teams will take part in the 2020 season, divided into the two divisions North and South.

Northern division		South Division
	Solingen alligators		Mainz Athletics
	Paderborn Untouchables		Bookbinders legionaries
	Bonn Capitals		Heidenheim Heath Heads
	Dohren Wild Farmers		Mannheim tornadoes
	Hamburg stealers		Hair Disciples
	Cologne Cardinals		Stuttgart Reds
	Berlin flamingos		Ulm Falcons
	Dortmund Wanderers		Tubingen Hawks

Regular season

1. Bundesliga North

Pl	team		W.	L.	Pct	GB
1		Bonn Capitals	6th	0	1,000	0
2		Dohren Wild Farmers	5	1	.833	1
3		Paderborn Untouchables	5	1	.833	1
4th		Hamburg stealers	3	3	.500	3
5		Solingen alligators	3	3	.500	3
6th		Cologne Cardinals	1	5	.167	5
7th		Dortmund Wanderers	1	5	.167	5
8th		Berlin flamingos	0	6th	.000	6th

1st Bundesliga South

Pl	team		W.	L.	Pct	GB
1		Bookbinders legionaries	6th	0	1,000	0
2		Heidenheim Heath Heads	6th	0	1,000	0
3		Stuttgart Reds	4th	2	.667	2
4th		Hair Disciples	3	3	.500	3
5		Mainz Athletics	2	4th	.333	4th
6th		Mannheim tornadoes	2	4th	.333	4th
7th		Tubingen Hawks	1	5	.167	5
8th		Ulm Falcons	0	6th	.000	6th

As of August 23, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Berlin Flamingos and Tübingen Hawks back in the 1st baseball league. German Baseball and Softball Association V., September 23, 2019, accessed on March 23, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Dortmund and Ulm prevail in relegation. German Baseball and Softball Association V., October 6, 2019, accessed on March 23, 2020 . 
3. ↑ The start of the season in DBV leagues is still suspended. German Baseball and Softball Association V., June 6, 2020, accessed on June 23, 2020 . 
4. ↑ For the 2020 season valid adjustments to the national game regulations or implementation regulations / license criteria for the DBV leagues. German Baseball and Softball Association V., July 15, 2020, accessed on August 22, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Season start in Ben's Baseball Bundesliga and Softball Bundesliga. German Baseball and Softball Association V., August 7, 2020, accessed on August 9, 2020 .