Heidenheim Heideköpfe

Heidenheim Heideköpfe

League	Baseball-Bundesliga (Bundesliga Süd)
Location	Heidenheim an der Brenz
Ballpark	New Heideköpfe Ballpark
Year founded	1992
League championships	2009, 2015
Colors	burgundy / navy blue / white
Manager	Troy Williams
General Manager	Klaus Eckle
Website	www.heidekoepfe.de

Heidenheim Heideköpfe is a baseball and softball club from Heidenheim an der Brenz, Baden-Württemberg. The club was established in 1992 as the baseball arm of Heidenheimer Sportbund (SB), a parent organization that contains several clubs in different sports, and played its first season in 1993 in the Baden-Württemberg District League. The first men's team was promoted to the first division of the Baseball Bundesliga for the 2001 season and has played there in every season since, winning championships in 2009 and 2015.^[1]

The team's name means "heathland's head," a reference to Heidenheim's coat of arms. The team mascot is Heiko, a life-sized teddy bear made by the Margarete-Steiff-Company.^[2]

The club participated in the European Champion Cup Final Four in 2010, losing 4-1 in the semifinals to Serie A1 club Telemarket Rimini.^[3]

Club Structure

The full club consists of 7 teams:

1st Men's Baseball, Bundesliga's 1st Division
2nd Men's Baseball, Bundesliga's 2nd Division
3rd Men's Baseball, Bezirksliga
Student
Youth
Juniors
Softball Fun-(Fan-)Team^[4]

Heideköpfe claims Voith AG, Hartmann AG, Heidenheim Volksbank eG, and Stadtwerke Heidenheim AG among its corporate sponsors.^[5]

Field

Heideköpfe play their home games at New Heideköpfe Ballpark. Completed in 2002, the field is 98 meters (322 ft) down the lines and 120 meters (394 ft) to center. It has fixed seating of 500 and a grassy picnic area that can accommodate an additional 2,500 spectators.^[6] The team claims an average attendance of 350, with a peak home attendance of 1,500 on August 21, 1994 against the Stuttgart Reds, prior to the construction of the new ballpark.^[7]

Season by Season Performance (1st Bundesliga)

Year	Rank	Games	W	L	Win%	Season Notes
2001	5	32	18	14	.563
2002	3	28	19	9	.679	Lost to Cologne Dodgers in Quarterfinals, 1-3
2003	3	28	18	10	.643	Lost to Cologne Dodgers in Quarterfinals, 1-3
2004	5	30	9	21	.300
2005	4	28	17	11	.607	Lost to Paderborn Untouchables in Quarterfinals, 1-3
2006	2	28	20	8	.714	Lost to Solingen Alligators in Semifinals, 1-3
2007	3	28	18	10	.643	Lost to Regensburg Legionaere in Semifinals, 1-3
2008	1	28	23	5	.821	Lost to Mannheim Tornados in Semifinals, 0-3
2009	2	24	18	6	.750	Defeated the Mannheim Tornados in Finals, 3-2, to win the club's 1st championship^[8]
2010	1	28	22	6	.785	Lost to Regensburg Legionäre in Finals, 2-3^[9]

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References

External links

Official Site

1st Division, Baseball Bundesliga

Teams

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

Division Süd	Heidenheim Heideköpfe Regensburg Legionäre Mannheim Tornados Mainz Athletics Haar Disciples Gauting Indians Bad Homburg Hornets

Former Teams

Bennigsen Beavers
Saarlouis Hornets
Neuenburg Atomics
Cologne Dodgers
Hannover Regents
Neunkirchen Nightmares
Pulheim Gophers

Seasons

2007
2008
2009
2010
2011

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