Heidenheim Heideköpfe is a baseball and softball club from Heidenheim an der Brenz

Heidenheim

Heidenheim an der Brenz is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located near the border with Bavaria, approximately 17 km south of Aalen and 33 km north of Ulm...

, Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

. 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

Bundesliga (baseball)

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 for the 2001 season and has played there in every season since, winning its only championship to date in 2009.

The team's name means "heathen's head," a reference to Heidenheim's coat of arms. The team mascot is Heiko, a life-sized teddy bear.

The club participated in the European Champion Cup Final Four

European Cup (baseball)

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 in 2010, losing 4-1 in the semifinals to Serie A1

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 club Telemarket Rimini.

Club Structure

The full club consists of 6 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

Heideköpfe claims Voith

Voith

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 AG, Hartmann AG, Heidenheim Volksbank

Volksbank

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 eG, and Stadtwerke Heidenheim AG among its corporate sponsors.

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. 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.

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 Paderborn Untouchables The Paderborn Untouchables , is a German baseball team in the Baseball-Bundesliga located in the city of Paderborn in Nordrhein-Westfalen. The club was established in 1990....  in Quarterfinals, 1-3
2006	2	28	20	8	.714	Lost to Solingen Alligators Solingen Alligators The Solingen Alligators are a baseball and softball club from Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1991 and the first men's team was promoted to the first division of the Baseball Bundesliga for the 2003 season. It has played there in every season since, winning its only...  in Semifinals, 1-3
2007	3	28	18	10	.643	Lost to Regensburg Legionaere Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg Regensburg Legionaere is a baseball and softball club from Regensburg, Bavaria. The team is also known as Buchbinder Legionaere, following a sponsorship deal with German car rental company Buchbinder Autovermietung ....  in Semifinals, 1-3
2008	1	28	23	5	.821	Lost to Mannheim Tornados Mannheim Tornados The Mannheim Tornados are a baseball and softball club from Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 1975, it is the oldest continuing baseball club in Germany. The first men's team plays in the first division of the Baseball Bundesliga and has won 11 championships, the most of any club to reach...  in Semifinals, 0-3
2009	2	24	18	6	.750	Defeated the Mannheim Tornados Mannheim Tornados The Mannheim Tornados are a baseball and softball club from Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 1975, it is the oldest continuing baseball club in Germany. The first men's team plays in the first division of the Baseball Bundesliga and has won 11 championships, the most of any club to reach...  in Finals, 3-2, to win the club's 1st championship
2010	1	28	22	6	.785	Lost to Regensburg Legionäre Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg Regensburg Legionaere is a baseball and softball club from Regensburg, Bavaria. The team is also known as Buchbinder Legionaere, following a sponsorship deal with German car rental company Buchbinder Autovermietung .... in Finals, 2-3

External links

• Official Site