Bonn Capitals

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Bonn Capitals
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League Baseball-Bundesliga  (Bundesliga Nord)
Location Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
Ballpark Baseballstadion Rheinaue  [ de ]
Founded1989
League championships3 (2018, 2022, 2024)
Division championships10 (1997, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
ColoursGreen, gold and white
   
ManagerWilson Lee
PresidentUdo Schmitz
Website www.capitals.de
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1. Baseball- und Softballclub Bonn Capitals e.V., commonly referred to as Bonn Capitals, is a German baseball and softball club from Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, founded on November 8, 1989. Its first men's team has been competing in the Baseball Bundesliga since 1994 and currently plays in its northern division, the Bundesliga Nord, after initially playing in the southern division until 1996. The women's softball team was promoted to the northern division of the Softball Bundesliga in 2018. [1] [2] [3]

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The Capitals have won the northern division championship ten times, most recently in 2024, [4] and advanced to the finals of the Bundesliga play-offs eight times, winning thrice (in 2018, 2022, and 2024). [2] [5] [6] [7] [8] They were runners-up in the European Cup in 2021, the third German team ever to do so and the first in over a decade. [9] [10] In the 2022 European Cup, the team advanced to the semi-finals before being narrowly defeated by Parma Baseball Club [11] and subsequently secured the third place after defeating San Marino. [12] [13] In 2023, they again lost to Parma in the semi-finals and finished fourth after co-host Amsterdam Pirates won the bronze medal game. [14] [15]

Club structure

The club consists of 16 teams total, [16] including:

as well as baseball teams playing in the NRW-Liga (State League) [19] and Bezirksliga (District League) [20] and a number of junior teams.

Women's softball teams

The first women's softball team was established in 1992 and played its first season the following year. In 1994, it was disbanded following an accident and would not be reestablished until 2005. In 2018, the reformed team ascended to the Softball Bundesliga. A second team is playing in the Landesliga (State League). [21] Bonn first reached the play-off finale for the German softball championship in 2021, losing to the Wesseling Vermins, [22] but won the Deutschlandpokal Softball in the same year. [23] In 2022, the team again faced Wesseling in the Bundesliga finale and went on to win their first league championship. [24]

Due to winning the Deutschlandpokal in 2021, the Capitals represented Germany in Group A of the 30th Women's European Cup Winners Cup, which was held in Viladecans, Spain between August 15 and 20 in 2022. [25] The 1st Women's Softball Team finished their first participation in an international competition ranked third. [26] [27]

Ballpark

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Baseballstadion Rheinaue, home of the Bonn Capitals

The Bonn Capital's ballpark is located in the Rheinaue park in the district of Hochkreuz in northern Bad Godesberg. The facilities consist of two baseball fields and one softball field for professional play as well as a smaller baseball field for students. [16] [28] The fields are arranged in a clover formation. [28]

The Rheinaue Stadium hosted the European Baseball Championship in 2001 [28] and 2019, co-hosting with Solingen on the latter occasion. [29] The 2009 European Junior Baseball Championship also took place here. [30]

It also hosted the 2022 European Champions Cup from 7 to 11 June, wherein the Bonn Capitals competed in Group B and finished third. [31] [32]

Roster

Bonn Capitals roster
PlayersCoaches
Pitchers
  •  3 Flag of the United States.svg Zack Dodson
  • 34 Flag of Germany.svg Finn Keuper
  •  9 Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Koch
  • 14 Flag of Germany.svg Noah Lindt
  • 28 Flag of Japan.svg Toru Murata
  • 16 Flag of Greece.svg Yanni Orfanidis
  • 27 Flag of Germany.svg Paul Schmitz
  • 40 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Schneider
  •  4 Flag of Germany.svg Jakob Schoch
  • 29 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Tomsich
  •  6 Flag of Germany.svg Titus von Kapff
Catchers
  •  5 Flag of Germany.svg Vincent Ahrens
  • 39 Flag of Germany.svg Nathan Kaschl
  • 56 Flag of Germany.svg Eric Kunze

Infielders

  • 76 Flag of Germany.svg Jonathan Bolz
  • 30 Flag of Germany.svg Eric Brenk
  • 15 Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel Lamb-Hunt
  • 19 Flag of Germany.svg Luis Martín
  •  8 Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Sánchez
  • 31 Flag of Germany.svg Lennart Weller

Outfielders

  • 33 Flag of the United States.svg Terrell Joyce
  • 37 Flag of Germany.svg Danny Lankhorst
  • 23 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Phildrick Llewellyn
  • 77 Flag of Germany.svg Riccardo Migliore
  •  1 Flag of Germany.svg Anthony Rodríguez
  • 50 Flag of Germany.svg Collin Uzoewulu
Manager
  • 21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wilson Lee

Coaches

  • 32 Flag of Germany.svg Clemens Cichocki(coach)
  • 18 Flag of Germany.svg Florian Nehring(coach)
  • 25 Flag of Germany.svg Markus Solbach (pitching coach)
  • 12 Flag of Germany.svg Rene Wolf(coach)

Roster updated on 11 January 2024


European Champions Cup record

YearVenueFinishWinsLossesWin%Manager
2019 Flag of Italy.svg Bologna 6th13.250 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Derhak
2021 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ostrava 2nd32.600 Flag of Germany.svg Max Schmitz
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Bonn 3rd32.600 Flag of Germany.svg Max Schmitz
2023 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bussum 4th23.400 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wilson Lee
Total910.474

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