Birmingham Baseball Club

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Birmingham Baseball Club
Information
League British Baseball Federation AAA (Metalheads)
West Midlands Baseball League (Bats)
Location Marston Green, United Kingdom
Ballpark Marston Green Recreation Ground
Founded2003
League championships
  • 2024
Division championships
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2008
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2024
Former nameBirmingham Maple Leafs (2003–2014)
Birmingham Bandits (2014-2020)
Coach Bob Rowe (Metalheads)
Zak Ramadan (Bats)
Said Bayan (GOATs)
Jessica Hastings (Women)
Website birminghambaseball.co.uk
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Metalheads
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Birmingham Baseball Club is an English baseball club based in Marston Green, situated in the West Midlands region of England.

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History

Founded in 2003 by a local enthusiast, the team was originally named the Birmingham Maple Leafs. This was an homage to the members of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps who were based at No.7 Canadian General Hospital in Marston Green, [1] and took up baseball as recreation.

The club changed its name to the Birmingham Bandits in 2014 [2] and competed at both AA and AAA levels within the British baseball system.

The club changed its name again in 2020, with the team becoming the Birmingham Metalheads, referencing the musical heritage of the region. [3] In 2023, the club launched a second team, the Birmingham Bats, and in 2024 began their youth programme, the Birmingham GOATs.

In 2024, the Birmingham Metalheads won the BBF Summer Cup Silver Level and the WMBL championship. [4] [5] The club announced the formation of a women's baseball program in early 2025. [6]

Ballpark

All teams play their home games at Marston Green Recreation Ground.

Season by season record

Metalheads

SeasonLeagueFinish Wins Losses Win% GB Post-SeasonAwards
2021West Midlands Baseball League6th210.1677.5Tim Kempf (Team MVP)
2022West Midlands Baseball League5th77.5006Bob Rowe (Team MVP)
2023West Midlands Baseball League3rd (East)95.6435Bob Rowe (Team MVP)
2024West Midlands Baseball League1st (East)101.90952-0BBF Summer Cup Champions, WMBL Champions. Andres Assuncao (Team MVP)
2025 British Baseball Federation AAA4th816.3339.5Andres Assuncao (Team MVP)

Bats

SeasonLeagueFinish Wins Losses Win% GB Post-SeasonAwards
2023West Midlands Baseball League5th (West)113.0715Carl Lewis (Team MVP)
2024West Midlands Baseball League4th (West)29.2086.5James Marshall (Team MVP)
2025West Midlands Baseball League3rd86.5716James Marshall (Team MVP)

References

  1. ↑ "History | Bickenhill & Marston Green Parish Council Online".
  2. ↑ @brum_baseball (12 October 2020). "BREAKING: Birmingham Baseball Club is proud to announce our acceptance in to the West Midlands Baseball League! O…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Birmingham Bandits". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Summer Cup 2024 is done".
  5. ↑ "BIRMINGHAM METALHEADS ARE YOUR WMBL 2024 CHAMPIONS!!".
  6. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/birminghambaseballclub/posts/pfbid02JZAxy9tcR1qfmj1jdbRmYK6hT5hLJsXD7AoNAHxVpTS4DAR3GLYgrQwiJkDN8Rful


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