Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg

Regensburg Legionäre
League Baseball-Bundesliga (Süd), Euro League Baseball
Location Regensburg
Ballpark Armin-Wolf-Arena
Year founded 1987
League championships 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Colors red / grey / black
Website www.legionaere.de

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 ("Bookbinder Car Rental").

Founded in 1987, the first men's team plays in the first division of the Baseball Bundesliga and is the defending champion. In the 2010 season, Legionaere 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.[1]

Club structure

The full club consists of 11 teams:

As part of a fund raising effort, Legionaere 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.[2]

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]

Euro League Baseball

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

2016 Euro League Baseball standings

Euro League Baseball W L Pct. GB Home Road
Regensburg Legionäre 3 1 0.750 2–0 1–1
Draci Brno 1 1 0.500 1 1–1 0–0
Amsterdam Baseball 0 0 -nan 1 0–0 0–0
Munich-Haar Disciples 0 2 0.000 2 0–0 0–2

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