Bundesliga (baseball)

The Baseball Bundesliga is the top German division in baseball - sports, in the German Baseball Champion is played annually. The first national leagues north and south are subordinate to the second national leagues north and south.

Mode

The game mode of Baseball Bundesliga provides for a division of the season: the regular season and the postseason, in which the teams will be divided according to their rankings in the regular season to the playoffs and the play- downs. Time- it drops the regular season into spring (March / April to June / July), the post-season in the second half. Teams from the regional associations of Berlin / Brandenburg, Hamburg, central Germany, Lower Saxony, North Rhine -Westphalia and Schleswig -Holstein associated with doing the Bundesliga Nord, the Bundesliga South includes the national associations of Baden- Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse and southwest. Historically, it was already here in shifts, so that for example the two clubs Cologne Cardinals and Dodgers already played both in the Bundesliga North and the South Bundesliga.

Regular Season

Both the 1st Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga is divided into two groups north and south, each with eight teams. They play in a round-trip round against each other, with two games will be played in a day than double header on a matchday. In the first Bundesliga games this is spread out over nine innings; played in the second division respectively over seven innings. However, this scheme only represents the standard case, any early game crashes due to superiority of a team as well as the possibility of extra innings in a draw can affect the number of actually played innings. The top four teams from each group of the first Bundesliga play in a play-off round of the German Cup, while the four worse -placed teams of each group will spend the second half of the season in the play- downs.

Play-offs

In the play-offs, the top four teams in the regular season play from both groups of the 1st Bundesliga against each other. In the quarterfinals, the first man in each season occurs in the Fourth Season of each other. Also cross-over play the second first away against the third party. In the semifinals play each the winner of a first - to - fourth - duel against the winner of Second versus third - duel. The two semi-final winners then play in the final series of the German masters. All matches will be played as best- of-five. The final will be played in each game, during the quarter and semi-finals as a double header on two weekends ( Saturdays ) will be played. A possibly necessary Game 5 of the quarter or semi-finals will be played on Sunday of the same weekend. The schedules in the quarter and semi-final games are designed so that in the table better placed team competes the first two games of the series away and for all potentially decisive game has 3-5 home advantage. In the finals, the first in the regular season better placed team venue where the games 1 and 2, then the series goes for the games 3 and 4 to the worse -placed team. A possibly necessary Game 5 will take place again at the higher-ranked team. Should teams be seated right after the Hin-/Rückrunde, then has in even years, the North Team first home right in odd years the Südteam.

Play -downs

The Play -downs will be played in the two play -down groups north and south, where the four teams as the regular season play each in a round-trip Round to Double headers against each other. The wins and losses from the final table of the regular season will be over there. For the two leaders in this round of the season is completed with the non-relegation; the Last of the table is the direct relegated to the corresponding group of the second Bundesliga and is replaced by the masters of this group as a climber. The penultimate of the statement must be playing against second the corresponding group of Bundesliga 2 in a best - of-three series to the last place for the first Bundesliga next season. He takes the first game away in the second and a possible third game he has home advantage.

History

The baseball league is since 1984 is the highest league in the German Baseball and is played in the two seasons north and south since its inception except for the years 1985 to 1989. The Mannheim Tornados are the only team to play without interruption since its foundation season in the Bundesliga.

List of winners

The winners of the Baseball Bundesliga lists all the clubs that have won either the north or Südstaffel or the German championship in the history of the baseball league at least once.

• Club: name of the corresponding association
• # Seasons: Number of seasons played by the club in the first baseball league
• # German Master: Number of German Championships
• # Winning North: Number of victories of the regular season in the Bundesliga North
• # Winning South: Number of victories of the regular season in the Bundesliga South

Stand October 28, 2012

Overview season appearances

Status: after 2012 season, teams with at least five seasons

Notes:

• Yellow = single-track Bundesliga, Blue = 1st Bundesliga Nord, Dark Red = 1st Bundesliga South
• In 1984, the Mannheim Tornados played with two teams (red). 1988 Mannheim Amigos were disqualified.

Coming four-year participation in the Bundesliga (up to 2012):

• Bundesliga Nord: Strausberg Sun Warriors (1999-2002), Neunkirchen Nightmares (2005-2008)
• In the Bundesliga South Friedberg Braves (1997-2000), Baldham Boars (1999-2002) and Fürth Pirates (2003-2006)

Representing three years were:

• Bundesliga Nord: Hannover Regents (1995, 2007-2008), Holzwickede Joboxers ( 1993, 2000 and 2005) and Drilling Wild Farmers (2010-2012)
• Bundesliga South: Ansbach Red Sox (1990-1992), Darmstadt Rockets (1991-1993), Green Forest Jesters (1998-2000) and Mr. Berg Wanderers (2002, 2004-2005)

With two years of membership are listed:

• In the single track Bundesliga: Filderstadt Flyers (1984-1985) and Dusseldorf Diamonds (1987-1988)
• Bundesliga Nord: Hall United Rangers (1990-1991), Krefeld Bobbins (1990-1991), Ratingen Goose Necks (1998-1999) and Bennigsen Beavers ( 2004,2005 )
• In the Bundesliga Süd: Neuenburg Atomics (2008, 2010), chapels Turtles, Leonberg Lobsters (both 1994-1995) and the Bad Homburg Hornets ( 2011-2012).

The following teams played one year in the Bundesliga:

• Single-track phase: Munich Tigers (1984 ), Mannheim Elite Giants (1985 ), Wiesbaden Flyers (1985 )
• Bundesliga Nord: Hamburg Skeezicks (1993 ), Stade Mustangs (1994 ), Berlin Bats (1996 ), Bremen Dockers (1999), Wuppertal Stingrays (2006)
• In the Bundesliga Süd: Karlsruhe Cougars (1993 ), Ingolstadt Schanzer (1998) and Stuttgart Reds (2012 )

Out of competition occurred so far, the Heidelberg Lions (1986 and 1987) and in 1984 the teams of the Crusaders Bonn, Dusseldorf AIS and Geilenkirchen Panthers at. bold: the clubs currently in the 1st play baseball league.