Regensburg Legionäre

Regensburg Legionäre
Information
League	Baseball-Bundesliga (Süd)
Location	Regensburg, Bavaria
Ballpark	Armin-Wolf-Arena
Founded	1987
League championships	5 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Division championships	12 (2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2020, 2022)
Colors	Black, maroon, light blue, white
Manager	Martin Helmig
Website	www.legionaere.de

Regensburg Legionäre e.V., commonly referred to as Regensburg Legionäre, is a baseball and softball club from Regensburg, Bavaria. The team is currently known as Guggenberger Legionäre, being sponsored by a construction company from Mintraching. Between 2008 and 2020 the team was called Buchbinder Legionäre after a car rental company.

Founded in 1987, the first men's team plays in the first division of the Baseball-Bundesliga since 1995 and has won the German championship five times in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. The Legionäre play in the Armin-Wolf-Arena.

Club structure

The full club consists of 11 teams:

• 1st Men's Baseball, plays in Bundesliga's 1st Division
• 2nd Men's Baseball
• Bavarian League Softball
• Bavarian League Baseball
• District League Baseball
• Bayern Youth League
• Youth National League
• Student Livepitching
• Student Tossball
• T-Ball
• Softball, U15

As part of a fund raising effort, Legionäre began selling stock in the club at the price of €100 a share, equating to €1 of the team value. The shares are not marketed as high-return investments but contributions that give the supporter a presence in the organization.[1]

History

In the 2010 season, Legionäre led the Southern Division in most offensive and defensive categories, posting a combined .367 batting average and hitting 21 home runs as a team, while the club's pitching staff posted a 2.21 ERA.[2]

Roster

Regensburg Legionäre roster
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 31 Derick Baylis 52 Joe Cedano de Leon 53 Tim Fischer 38 Daniel Mendelsohn 15 Christian Pedrol  8 Devon Ramirez 30 Niklas Rimmel 45 Trevor Holloway 10 Jan Tomek 68 Marius Wolf		Catchers 44 Ondřej Novák 25 Elias von Garßen 36 Jonathan Heimler Infielders 57 David Grimes 46 Marco Iberle 69 Daniel Patrice 11 Nino Sacasa  2 Alexander Schmidt 23 Ronnie Sweeny  4 Matt Vance Outfielders 73 Pascal Amon  2 David Dinski 12 Eric Harms 45 Lou Helmig		Manager  7 Martin Helmig Coaches 20 Ruggero Bagialemani (bench coach) 21 Carlos Holmann (infield)  5 Daniel Husband (coach) 33 Andy Tomberlin (hitting) 34 Michael Wäller (pitching) Roster updated on 24 January 2024

Season by season performance (1st Bundesliga)

Year	Rank	Games	W	L	Win%	Season Notes
2007	1	25	21	4	.840	Lost to Mainz Athletics in Finals, 2-3[3]
2008	2	28	20	8	.714	Defeated Mannheim Tornados in Finals, 2-3, to win 1st Championship in club history.[4]
2009	1	24	21	3	.875	Lost to Mannheim Tornados in semifinals, 2-3[5]
2010	1	28	24	4	.857	Defeated Heidenheim Heideköpfe in Finals, 3-2, to win 2nd Championship in club history.[6]
2011	1	24	21	3	.875	Defeated Paderborn Untouchables in Finals, 3-2, to win 3rd Championship in club history.
2012	1	24	20	4	.833	Defeated Paderborn Untouchables in Finals, 3-0, to win 4th Championship in club history.[7]
2013	1	28	23	5	.821	Defeated Solingen Alligators in Finals, 3-2, to win 5th Championship in club history and 4th win in a row.[8]
2014	2	28	20	8	.714	Lost to Solingen Aligators in semifinals, 1-3[9]
2015	1	28	24	4	.857	Lost to Heidenheim Heideköpfe in finals, 2-3[10]
2016	2	28	20	8	.714	Lost to Mainz Athletics in finals, 1-3[11]
2017	5	28	14	14	.500	Missed playoffs
2018	2	28	19	9	.679	Lost to Bonn Capitals in semifinals, 2-3
2019	2	28	21	7	.800	Lost to Bonn Capitals in quarterfinals, 2-3
2020	2	14	13	1	.929	Lost to Heidenheim Heideköpfe in semifinals, 2-3
2021	2	28	22	6	.786	Lost to Heidenheim Heideköpfe in semifinals, 2-3

Euro League Baseball

Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg was one of the three teams to start in the inaugural season of the Euro League Baseball.

2016 Euro League Baseball standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	HW	HL	AW	AL	GB	PCT
1	Draci Brno	8	2	2	4	0	—	.750
2	Regensburg Legionäre	8	2	2	1	3	3	.375
3	Munich-Haar Disciples	8	2	2	1	3	3	.375

Source: ^[citation needed]

References

1. [1] Archived September 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
2. "Baseball & Softball Portal -- Statistiken Deutscher Baseball und Softball Verband". Stats.baseball-softball.de. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
3. "German Baseball: Final Standings - News - German Baseball Leagues - Mister Baseball". Mister-baseball.com. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
4. "Buchbinder Legionaere win German Championship with 10-0 shutout - News - German Baseball Leagues - Mister Baseball". Mister-baseball.com. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
5. "Tornados, Heidekoepfe battle for German Championship - News - German Baseball Leagues - Mister Baseball". Mister-baseball.com. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
6. "German Finals: Buchbinder Legionaere win 2010 Championship - News - German Baseball Leagues - Mister Baseball". Mister-baseball.com. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
7. "German Finals: Buchbinder Legionaere with three-peat - News - German Baseball Leagues - Mister Baseball". Mister-baseball.com. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
8. "German Baseball-Bundesliga: Regensburg wins Title after Thriller in Game 5 - News - German Baseball Leagues - Mister Baseball". Mister-baseball.com. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
9. "Solingen, Heidenheim square off in German Finals". Mister-baseball.com. 15 August 2014.
10. "Heidenheim Heidekoepfe German Baseball Champion 2015 after epic Showdown". Mister-baseball.com. 5 October 2015.
11. "German Finals: Mainz Athletics celebrate 2nd Championship after 2007". Mister-baseball.com. 3 October 2016.

External links

• Official Site