Baseball-Bundesliga

The Baseball-Bundesliga is the elite competition for the sport of baseball in Germany. In it, the mens' German championship is determined annually. Donald Lutz was the first Bundesliga alumnus to make it to the majors, doing so in 2013. Mike Hartley and Dusty Bergman were the first two former major leaguers to play in the Bundesliga.

The following German baseball teams will participate in the 1st and 2nd division of the Baseball Bundesliga in 2012:

1st Bundesliga North

• Berlin Sluggers
• Bonn Capitals
• Cologne Cardinals
• Dohren Wild Farmers
• Dortmund Wanderers
• HSV Stealers
• Paderborn Untouchables
• Solingen Alligators

1st Bundesliga South

• Bad Homburg Hornets
• Haar Disciples
• Heidenheim Heideköpfe
• Mainz Athletics
• Mannheim Tornados
• Regensburg Legionäre
• Stuttgart Reds

Baseball-Bundesliga Champions

• 1982 - Mannheim Tornados
• 1983 - Mannheim Amigos
• 1984 - Mannheim Tornados
• 1985 - Mannheim Tornados
• 1986 - Mannheim Tornados
• 1987 - Mannheim Tornados
• 1988 - Mannheim Tornados
• 1989 - Mannheim Tornados
• 1990 - Köln Cardinals
• 1991 - Mannheim Tornados
• 1992 - Mannheim Amigos
• 1993 - Mannheim Tornados
• 1994 - Mannheim Tornados
• 1995 - Trier Cardinals
• 1996 - Trier Cardinals
• 1997 - Mannheim Tornados
• 1998 - Köln Dodgers
• 1999 - Paderborn Untouchables
• 2000 - Lokstedt Stealers
• 2001 - Paderborn Untouchables
• 2002 - Paderborn Untouchables
• 2003 - Paderborn Untouchables
• 2004 - Paderborn Untouchables
• 2005 - Paderborn Untouchables
• 2006 - Solingen Alligators
• 2007 - Mainz Athletics
• 2008 - Regensburg Legionäre
• 2009 - Heidenheim Heideköpfe
• 2010 - Regensburg Legionäre
• 2011 - Regensburg Legionäre
• 2012 - Regensburg Legionäre
• 2013 - Regensburg Legionäre
• 2014 - Solingen Alligators
• 2015 - Heidenheim Heideköpfe
• 2016 - Mainz Athletics

MVPs (missing 1986-1987, 1991, 2001)

• 1985: Joseph Pekerosky
• 1988: Stephan Jäger
• 1989-1990: Oliver Heidecker
• 1992: Mathias Winterrath
• 2002: Stefan Fechtig

North (missing 2000)

• 1993: Wilgen Reyes
• 1994-1996: Anthony Florez
• 1997: Glen Buckley
• 1998: Brian Kooiman
• 1999: Alexander Baham
• 2003: René Herlitzius
• 2004: Octavio Medina
• 2005: Dominik Wulf
• 2006: André Hughes
• 2007: Joseph Besl
• 2008: Chris Beck
• 2009: Dominik Wulf
• 2010: Vince DeCoito
• 2011: Garrett Rogers
• 2012: Daniel Hinz
• 2013: Brent Buffa
• 2014: Tanner Leighton
• 2015: Wilson Lee
• 2016: Max Boldt

South

• 1993: Ricardo Serrano
• 1994: Mark Soerheide
• 1995: Octavio Medina
• 1996: Eddy Polanco
• 1997: Ruben Cruz
• 1998: Eddy Polanco
• 1999: Stephen McCarty
• 2000: Michael Otto
• 2003: Thorsten Wöhner
• 2004-2005: Ryan Balan
• 2006: Andrew Larsen
• 2007: Manuel Möller
• 2008: Philipp Hoffschild
• 2009: Simon Gühring
• 2010: Matt Vance
• 2011: Evan LeBlanc
• 2012: Ludwig Glaser
• 2013-2014: Luke Sommer
• 2015: Simon Gühring
• 2016: Maurice Wilhelm