German champions (baseball)
The list of German Baseball Champion contains the German masters of the assets of the German Baseball and Softball Association DBV. A German Baseball Championship for women do not exist, they play their champions in baseball variant of softball.
Giants are the Mannheim Tornados with a total of 11 championship titles, current champions are the Heidenheim Heideköpfe. Five different clubs from Mannheim celebrated to date 24 championships, so the city is also a record holder. More cities with multiple clubs as champions in Munich and Cologne.
- 2.1 revival of German baseball, establishing the Bundesliga and Mannheim dominance (1982 - 1997)
- 2.2 dominance of the North and the Paderborn Untouchables (1998 - 2006)
- 2.3 Return of the South and balanced league (2007 - present)
Post-war period until the foundation of the Bundesliga
Unofficial Championships (1946 - 1951)
Since the DBV until 1951 as "Amateur Baseball Federation Germany " founded, were until then been played Championships all unofficial nature. Until the formation of the DBV, the teams were mainly company teams of the U.S. military, the playing off their games in an American League in Germany. The first championship of German teams took place in 1951, but also as an unofficial championship.
During this time the Berlin Babe Ruth Flyers could ( named after the legendary MLB player Babe Ruth ) win five titles in a row, in 1951 they finished 2nd place.
First official championships (1952 - 1970)
As of 1952, official German Baseball Championships were held. First track carrier was thereby founding the oldest baseball club in Germany, the Frankfurt Juniors, by a 8:1 victory in Frankfurt against the Munich Panthers. This success, the team could be followed by two more titles in the next three years. In 1956 the championships but of different Mannheimer clubs ( Knights, TB Germania and AFR) were dominated with ten championships until 1970. This series could be interrupted only by teams from Munich and Darmstadt.
Failure of the German Championships (1971 - 1981)
After the first wedding of the German baseball game operation came to a halt, as had been formed in the previous period from the game mergers no clubs within the meaning of the law on associations. Without membership of the Association of the German Sports Federation also came to organizational deficits. At the same time the clubs showed no particular interest in a functioning youth work, so the clubs went out according to the players.
Baseball Championships from 1982
Revival of German baseball, establishing the Bundesliga and Mannheim dominance (1982 - 1997)
Early and mid- 1980s was the German Baseball are revived and now also build on an appropriate organization. The championship was as previously described by the Mannheim clubs and in particular dominates the Mannheim Tornados here: until 1994 was the championship, with the exception of winning the title of the Cologne Cardinals in 1990 exclusively in the city of squares. During this time the tornado laid with ten title wins the foundation for designation as " giants ". Her last title win came in 1997, putting it back today more than a decade.
Since 1984, the championships are also playing in the baseball league, before the German champion was determined only on the basis of a tournament. First, organizational preparations for the establishment of the League appeared in 1983 with a two-part qualifying round of the final tournament.
Dominance of the North and the Paderborn Untouchables (1998 - 2006)
With the title of Cologne Dodgers 1998, the dominance of the Mannheim Tornados ended. Henceforth, should take the lead role in baseball teams from the Bundesliga North Germany. This primarily resulted from the Paderborn Untouchables recorded from which a total of six championships, five of them in series from 2001 to 2005, was able to win. In addition, the Lokstedt Stealers and the Solingen Alligators each won their first title.
Return of the South and balanced league (2007 - present)
Since 2007, teams from the south of the championship were won, according to the Mainz Athletics in 2008, this was the bookbinder Legionaries of Regensburg, 2009, Heidenheim Heideköpfe. The bookbinder legionaries succeeded Regensburg 2011, the first successful title defense since 2005.
Record winner
Listed below are all past winners of the official German Baseball Championship, beyond the Berlin Babe Ruth and the Baseball Club Flyers five Stuttgart Phillies have won an unofficial championship.
Double winners
So far three teams win the league and cup double in: