Germany national baseball team

The Germany national baseball team is the national baseball team for Germany. They are a contender for the European Baseball Championship, and have competed in the Baseball World Cup. Jendrick Speer is the manager, since March 2023.[2]

Germany national baseball team
Information
Country Germany
FederationGerman Baseball and Softball Federation
ConfederationWBSC Europe
ManagerJendrick Speer
WBSC ranking
Current 17 Steady (18 December 2023)[1]
Highest17 (December 2012)
Lowest22 (2 times; latest in December 2018)
European Championship
Best result2nd (1957)

Results and fixtures

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The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.[3]

Legend

  Win   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

2022

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World Baseball Classic Q September 17 Great Britain   8–1   Germany Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
19:00 CET WP: Akeel Morris (1-0)
HR: Justin Wylie (1), Harry Ford (2)
Boxscore LP: Brian Flynn (0-1)
Attendance: 2,216
Umpires: Tyler Jones (HP), Jon Byrne (1B), Sam Burch (2B), Young Chou Kwon (3B)
World Baseball Classic Q September 19 South Africa   5–11   Germany Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
12:00 CET LP: Kevin Townend (0-1)
HR: Dayle Feldtman (1)
Boxscore WP: Nick Wittgren (1-0)
Sv: Sascha Koch (1)
HR: William Germaine (1), Demetrius Moorer (1, 2)
Attendance: 920
Umpires: Sam Burch (HP), Tyler Jones (1B), Young Chou Kwon (2B), Kyohei Makita (3B)
World Baseball Classic Q September 20 Czech Republic   8–4   Germany Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
13:00 CET WP: Daniel Padysak (1-0)
Sv: Michal Kovala (1)
HR: Peter Zyma (1), Martin Cervenka (1, 2)
Boxscore LP: Michael Bienlien (0-1)
HR: William Germaine (1)
Attendance: 1,102
Umpires: Kyohei Makita (HP), Tyler Jones (1B), Mark Winters (2B), Darius Gahni (3B)

2021

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Friendly September 3 Germany   8–5   Austria Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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Friendly September 5 Germany   6–3   Czech Republic Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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Friendly September 6 Germany   5–4   Austria Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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Euro Championship GS September 12 Germany   2–8   Croatia Turin, Italy
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Euro Championship GS September 13 Spain   15–2 (F/7)   Germany Settimo Torinese, Italy
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Euro Championship GS September 14 Ukraine   5–15 (F/7)   Germany Avigliana, Italy
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Euro Championship RR September 15 Germany   3–2   France Turin, Italy
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Euro Championship RR September 16 Sweden   2–13 (F/7)   Germany Turin, Italy
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Euro Championship 9th September 18 Russia   1–4   Germany Turin, Italy
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2019

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Euro Championship GS September 7 Sweden   1–9   Germany Solingen, Germany
21:30 CET Boxscore Attendance: 1,900
Euro Championship GS September 8 Germany   1–0   Great Britain Bonn, Germany
19:30 CET Boxscore Attendance: 1,350
Euro Championship GS September 9 Germany   2–4 (F/10)   Israel Bonn, Germany
19:00 CET Boxscore Attendance: 500
Euro Championship GS September 10 Netherlands   8–1   Germany Bonn, Germany
19:00 CET Boxscore Attendance: 1,100
Euro Championship GS September 11 Germany   6–10   Czech Republic Bonn, Germany
19:00 CET Boxscore Attendance: 700
Euro Championship QF September 13 Italy   7–5   Germany Bonn, Germany
19:00 CET Boxscore Attendance: 1,000
Euro Championship CG September 14 France   4–14 (F/7)   Germany Bonn, Germany
11:00 CET Boxscore Attendance: 800
Euro Championship 5th September 15 Czech Republic   4–3   Germany Bonn, Germany
11:00 CET Boxscore Attendance: 1,900

2018

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Friendly July 4 Germany   3–12   Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
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Friendly July 5 Germany   5–15   Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
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Friendly July 6 Germany   2–4   Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
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Haarlem Baseball Week GS July 13 Germany   0–6   Netherlands Haarlem, Netherlands
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Haarlem Baseball Week GS July 14 Germany   5–4   Cuba Haarlem, Netherlands
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Haarlem Baseball Week GS July 16 Japan   6–1   Germany Haarlem, Netherlands
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Haarlem Baseball Week GS July 18 Germany   3–11   Chinese Taipei Haarlem, Netherlands
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Haarlem Baseball Week GS July 19 Italy   3–1   Germany Haarlem, Netherlands
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Haarlem Baseball Week R1R July 20 Germany   1–7   Cuba Haarlem, Netherlands
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Super 6 GS September 18 Germany   1–11 (F/7)   Italy Hoofddorp, Netherlands
11:00 CET Boxscore Attendance: 89
Super 6 GS September 19 Netherlands   13–1 (F/7)   Germany Hoofddorp, Netherlands
19:30 CET Boxscore Attendance: 650
Super 6 GS September 20 Spain   9–1   Germany Hoofddorp, Netherlands
15:00 CET Boxscore Attendance: 142
Super 6 GS September 21 Germany   6–7   Belgium Hoofddorp, Netherlands
11:00 CET Boxscore Attendance: 73
Super 6 GS September 22 Czech Republic   4–5   Germany Hoofddorp, Netherlands
11:00 CET Boxscore Attendance: 221

Current roster

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Germany roster - 2023 World Baseball Classic Qualifier
Players Coaches
Pitchers
Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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2016 team

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Roster for 2016 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers.[4]

Manager: Garth Iorg
Coaches: Willie Upshaw, Dennis Cook, Martin Helmig, Troy Williams.

Pos. No. Player Date of birth (age) Bats Throws Club
P Sven Schüller   Los Angeles Dodgers
P Markus Solbach   Arizona Diamondbacks
P Jan-Niclas Stöcklin   Mainz Athletics
P Daniel Thieben   Paderborn Untouchables
P Maurice Wilhelm   Bonn Capitals
P Daniel Thieben   Paderborn Untouchables
P Luke Sommer   Heidenheim Heideköpfe
P Lukas Steinlein   München-Haar Disciples
P Will Ohman   MLB Retiree
P Enorbel Marquez   Retired
P Sascha Koch   Bonn Capitals
P Lucas Dickman   Mainz Athletics
P Martin Diego Velad   Heidenheim Heideköpfe
C Christopher Howard   Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg
C Bruce Maxwell   Oakland Athletics
C Simon Gühring   Heidenheim Heideköpfe
IF Eric Brenk   Bonn Capitals
IF Ludwig Glaser   Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg
IF Daniel Hinz   Paderborn Untouchables
IF Lukas Jahn   Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg
IF Nadir Ljatifi   Cincinnati Reds
IF Donald Lutz   Cincinnati Reds
IF Christoph Ziegler   München-Haar Disciples
IF Kevin Trisl   München-Haar Disciples
OF Max Boldt   Mainz Athletics
OF Dominique Taylor   Kansas City Royals
OF Kevin Kotowski   Mainz Athletics
OF Sascha Lutz   Heidenheim Heideköpfe
OF Kent Matthes   Lancaster Barnstormers

Previous team

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Roster for 2012 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers.

Manager: Erich Kittlaus
Coaches: Terry Abbott, Justin Pope, Gene Roof, Troy Williams.

Pos. No. Player Date of birth (age) Bats Throws Club
P 20 Mike Bolsenbroek (1987-03-11)March 11, 1987 Buchbinder Legionäre
P 9 Alex Burgos (1990-12-01)December 1, 1990   Lakeland Flying Tigers
P 5 Martin Dewald (1986-03-05)March 5, 1986 Heidenheim Heideköpfe
P 15 Harry Glynne (1990-06-03)June 3, 1990 Solingen Alligators
P 6 Eugen Heilmann (1981-06-12)June 12, 1981 Paderborn Untouchables
P 29 Andre Hughes (1985-01-01)January 1, 1985 Solingen Alligators
P 32 Adam Kudryk (1987-12-31)December 31, 1987
P 46 Justin Kuehn (1987-12-31)December 31, 1987 Buchbinder Legionäre
P 23 Enorbel Marquez (1974-12-11)December 11, 1974   Telemarket Rimini
P 13 Will Ohman (1977-08-13)August 13, 1977 Free agent
P 21 Markus Solbach (1991-08-26)August 26, 1991   Windy City ThunderBolts
P 30 Luke Sommer (1985-06-22)June 22, 1985 Heidenheim Heideköpfe
P 17 Daniel Thieben (1993-09-18)September 18, 1993   Pulaski Mariners
C 19 Kai Gronauer (1986-11-28)November 28, 1986   Las Vegas 51s
IF 11 Maximilian Boldt (1988-09-01)September 1, 1988 Mainz Athletics
IF 33 Michael Franke (1981-09-22)September 22, 1981 HSV Stealers
IF 31 Toby Gardenhire (1982-09-11)September 11, 1982 Free agent
IF 28 Ludwig Glaser (1987-12-19)December 19, 1987 Buchbinder Legionäre
IF 39 Donald Lutz (1989-02-06)February 6, 1989   Cincinnati Reds
IF 14 Jendrick Speer (1980-09-26)September 26, 1980 Paderborn Untouchables
IF 7 Matthew Vance (1986-06-28)June 28, 1986 Buchbinder Legionäre
IF 3 Matt Weaver (1990-01-27)January 27, 1990   Danville Braves
OF 22 Aaron Altherr (1991-01-14)January 14, 1991   Philadelphia Phillies
OF 24 Max Kepler (1993-08-27)August 27, 1993   Minnesota Twins
OF 26 Mike Larson (1983-08-27)August 27, 1983 Mainz Athletics
OF 12 Eric Suttle (1984-07-17)July 17, 1984   Lexington Legends
DH 16 Simon Gühring (1983-07-14)July 14, 1983 Heidenheim Heideköpfe
DH 18 Jake Shaffer (1987-08-16)August 16, 1987 Retired list

International tournament results

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World Baseball Classic

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World Baseball Classic record Qualification record
Year Host(s) Round Position W L RS RA Host W L RS RA
2006 did not enter No qualifiers held
2009 did not enter No qualifiers held
2013 did not qualify Germany 2 2 40 29
2017 did not qualify Mexico 0 2 7 20
2023 did not qualify Germany 1 2 16 21
Total 0/5 3 6 63 70

Baseball World Cup

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  • 1972 : 16th
  • 1973 : 11th
  • 2007 : 14th
  • 2009 : 17th
  • 2011 : 15th

European Baseball Championship

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Team Germany competed in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and came in 6th. Among the players who competed for it were Donald Lutz and Markus Solbach.[5]

  • 1954 : 4th
  • 1955 :   3rd
  • 1956 : 5th
  • 1957 :   2nd
  • 1958 :   3rd
  • 1960 : did not qualify
  • 1962 : 5th
  • 1964 : did not qualify
  • 1965 :   3rd
  • 1967 :   3rd
 
  • 1969 : 4th
  • 1971 :   3rd
  • 1973 : did not qualify
  • 1975 :   3rd
  • 1977 : did not qualify
  • 1979 : did not qualify
  • 1981 : did not qualify
  • 1983 : did not qualify
  • 1985 : did not qualify
  • 1987 : 7th
 
  • 1989 : 8th
  • 1991 : did not qualify
  • 1993 : 7th
  • 1995 : 6th
  • 1997 : 10th
  • 1999 : 10th
  • 2001 : 7th
  • 2003 : 12th
  • 2005 : 4th
  • 2007 : 4th
 

References

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  1. ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Jendrick Speer to manage German Baseball National Team". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Germany in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Deutschlands Kader für World Baseball Classic Qualifier veröffentlicht - - DBV".
  5. ^ "Statistiken der Baseball-EM 2019 — Baseball EC 2019". Archived from the original on 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2019-09-14.