German national baseball team
The German national baseball team represents Germany on an international level in baseball , for example in the context of friendly matches or international tournaments. Her greatest success was the Vice European Championship in 1957, and she also achieved bronze seven times in this competition.
history
The 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin are usually seen as the origin of professional baseball in Germany . As part of this, on August 12, 1936, a demonstration game between two US American teams - a "World Champions Roster" and a "US Olympics Roster" took place. The game was played in the Olympiastadion in Berlin in front of almost 100,000 spectators.
The first public appearance of the national team was at the first European baseball championship in 1954. The team finished last among the four participating teams. In 1957 the European Championship was held in Mannheim and the German national team took second place, their best placement in the tournament to date ( as of September 8, 2018 ). In 1969 the tournament was held in Wiesbaden and Germany reached 4th place. Overall, the German national team has so far been able to achieve second place, seven times third and six times fourth place at the European Championship. In 2019 the European Championships will be held in Bonn and Solingen .
Since 2018, the Super 6 has been held as another European tournament , in which the six top European teams, based on the European Championship placements in the previous year, take part. Germany was able to qualify for the first edition of the Super 6 thanks to its placement in fourth place at the 2016 European Baseball Championship .
The first participation of the German national baseball team in the baseball world championship did not take place until the 20th edition of the annual tournament in 1972. In the first two appearances in 1972 and 1973, the team could not win a single game of the tournament. In the years that followed, the team was only able to celebrate a few successes at the World Championships. The baseball world championship was finally dissolved in 2011 and replaced by the World Baseball Classic , in which the German national team has never successfully qualified.
Results at international tournaments
| A-EM | B-EM | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| year | placement | year | placement |
| 1954 | 4th Place | ||
| 1955 | 3rd place | ||
| 1956 | 5th place | ||
| 1957 | 2nd place | ||
| 1958 | 3rd place | ||
| 1960 | 4th Place | ||
| 1962 | 5th place | ||
| 1964 | not qualified | ||
| 1965 | 3rd place | ||
| 1967 | 3rd place | ||
| 1969 | 4th Place | ||
| 1971 | 3rd place | ||
| 1973 | not qualified | ||
| 1975 | 3rd place | ||
| 1977 | not qualified | ||
| 1979 | not qualified | ||
| 1981 | not qualified | ||
| 1983 | not qualified | 1984 | 2nd place |
| 1985 | not qualified | 1986 | 1st place |
| 1987 | 7th place | ||
| 1989 | 8th place | 1990 | 2nd place |
| 1991 | not qualified | 1992 | 1st place |
| 1993 | 7th place | ||
| 1995 | 6th place | ||
| 1997 | 10th place | ||
| 1999 | 10th place | ||
| 2001 | 7th place | ||
| 2003 | 12th place | 2004 | 1st place |
| 2005 | 4th Place | ||
| 2007 | 4th Place | ||
| 2010 | 3rd place | ||
| 2012 | 4th Place | ||
| 2014 | 5th place | ||
| 2016 | 4th Place | ||
| year | placement |
|---|---|
| 1972 | 16th place |
| 1973 | 11th place |
| 2007 | 14th place |
| 2009 | 17th place |
| 2011 | 15./16. space |
| year | placement |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 6th place |
Current squad
The team of players is put together by the national coach before a tournament series; this squad usually consists of 24 players.
- Number : States the player's shirt number .
- Name : Provides the player's first and last name.
- Position : states the position in which the player is preferred.
- Club : Name the club for which the player is registered.
The squad for the 2019 European Baseball Championship is currently shown . The national coach has been Belgian Steve Janssen since the beginning of 2019.
Note: The list can be sorted: after clicking on a column header, the list is sorted according to this column, by clicking twice the sorting is reversed. Various combinations can be set by clicking two columns one behind the other. The list is sorted by name by default.
Known players
| Surname | position | status | comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Kepler | Outfielder | inactive | Players in the Minnesota Twins |
| Donald Lutz | First baseman | inactive | former player with the Cincinnati Reds ; first German in the MLB |
| Sascha Lutz | Outfielder | active | Player at the Heidenheim Heideköpf ; Brother of Donald Lutz |
| Sven Schüller | Pitcher | active | first German pitcher to achieve Triple A ; plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Niklas Rimmel | Pitcher | active | Minnesota Twins ( Minor League ) players |
Positions:
- P - pitcher ; C - catcher ; IF - Infield (1B, 2B, 3B, SS); 1B - first baseman ; 2B - second baseman ; 3B - third baseman ; SS - shortstop ; OF - Outfield (Leftfield, Centerfield, Rightfield)
Remarks
- Statistics overview of the DBV about all games of the national team: stats.baseball-softball.de .
Individual evidence
- ^ History of baseball in Germany - BR Bullpen. Retrieved September 7, 2018 .
- ^ History of baseball in Germany - BR Bullpen. Retrieved September 7, 2018 .
- ↑ German Baseball and Softball Association: Baseball EM in Bonn and Solingen will take place in 2019. May 17, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2018 .
- ↑ New competition Super 6 Baseball Softball introduced during the 2018 CEB Congress | CEB. Retrieved September 7, 2018 .
- ^ History of baseball in Germany - BR Bullpen. Retrieved September 7, 2018 .
- ^ History of baseball in Germany - BR Bullpen. Retrieved September 7, 2018 .
- ↑ behind the Soviet Union, B-European Championship 1990 in Parma (Italy) ; Sport USSR and World Arena (1990)
- ↑ German Baseball and Softball Association: Final German squad for European Baseball Championship 2019 announced. September 6, 2019, accessed September 7, 2019 . Germany team roster. Retrieved September 7, 2019 .
- ↑ German Baseball and Softball Association: Steve Janssen will be the new national baseball coach from January 1, 2019. November 27, 2018, accessed September 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Jörg Leopold: Donald Lutz writes baseball history . In: Der Tagesspiegel Online . April 30, 2013, ISSN 1865-2263 ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed September 7, 2018]).