Germany national baseball team

Germany national baseball team
Information
Country	Germany
Federation	German Baseball and Softball Federation
Confederation	WBSC Europe
Manager	Jendrick Speer
WBSC ranking
Current	17 (27 November 2024) [1]
Highest	17 (December 2012)
Lowest	22 (2 times; latest in December 2018)
European Championship
Best result	2nd (1957)

The Germany national baseball team is the national baseball team for Germany. They are a contender for the European Baseball Championship, and have competed in the Baseball World Cup. Jendrick Speer is the manager, since March 2023. ^[2]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ^[3]

Legend

  Win  Lose  Void or postponed  Fixture

2022

World Baseball Classic Q	September 17	Great Britain	8–1	Germany	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
	19:00 CET	WP: Akeel Morris (1-0) HR: Justin Wylie (1), Harry Ford (2)	Boxscore	LP: Brian Flynn (0-1)	Attendance: 2,216 Umpires: Tyler Jones (HP), Jon Byrne (1B), Sam Burch (2B), Young Chou Kwon (3B)

World Baseball Classic Q	September 19	South Africa	5–11	Germany	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
	12:00 CET	LP: Kevin Townend (0-1) HR: Dayle Feldtman (1)	Boxscore	WP: Nick Wittgren (1-0) Sv: Sascha Koch (1) HR: William Germaine (1), Demetrius Moorer (1, 2)	Attendance: 920 Umpires: Sam Burch (HP), Tyler Jones (1B), Young Chou Kwon (2B), Kyohei Makita (3B)

World Baseball Classic Q	September 20	Czech Republic	8–4	Germany	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
	13:00 CET	WP: Daniel Padysak (1-0) Sv: Michal Kovala (1) HR: Peter Zyma (1), Martin Cervenka (1, 2)	Boxscore	LP: Michael Bienlien (0-1) HR: William Germaine (1)	Attendance: 1,102 Umpires: Kyohei Makita (HP), Tyler Jones (1B), Mark Winters (2B), Darius Gahni (3B)

2021

Friendly	September 3	Germany	8–5	Austria	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
			Boxscore

Friendly	September 5	Germany	6–3	Czech Republic	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
			Boxscore

Friendly	September 6	Germany	5–4	Austria	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
			Boxscore

Euro Championship GS	September 12	Germany	2–8	Croatia	Turin, Italy
			Boxscore

Euro Championship GS	September 13	Spain	15–2 (F/7)	Germany	Settimo Torinese, Italy
			Boxscore

Euro Championship GS	September 14	Ukraine	5–15 (F/7)	Germany	Avigliana, Italy
			Boxscore

Euro Championship RR	September 15	Germany	3–2	France	Turin, Italy
			Boxscore

Euro Championship RR	September 16	Sweden	2–13 (F/7)	Germany	Turin, Italy
			Boxscore

Euro Championship 9th	September 18	Russia	1–4	Germany	Turin, Italy
			Boxscore

2019

Euro Championship GS	September 7	Sweden	1–9	Germany	Solingen, Germany
	21:30 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,900

Euro Championship GS	September 8	Germany	1–0	Great Britain	Bonn, Germany
	19:30 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,350

Euro Championship GS	September 9	Germany	2–4 (F/10)	Israel	Bonn, Germany
	19:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 500

Euro Championship GS	September 10	Netherlands	8–1	Germany	Bonn, Germany
	19:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,100

Euro Championship GS	September 11	Germany	6–10	Czech Republic	Bonn, Germany
	19:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 700

Euro Championship QF	September 13	Italy	7–5	Germany	Bonn, Germany
	19:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,000

Euro Championship CG	September 14	France	4–14 (F/7)	Germany	Bonn, Germany
	11:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 800

Euro Championship 5th	September 15	Czech Republic	4–3	Germany	Bonn, Germany
	11:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,900

2018

Friendly	July 4	Germany	3–12	Czech Republic	Prague, Czech Republic
			Boxscore

Friendly	July 5	Germany	5–15	Czech Republic	Prague, Czech Republic
			Boxscore

Friendly	July 6	Germany	2–4	Czech Republic	Prague, Czech Republic
			Boxscore

Haarlem Baseball Week GS	July 13	Germany	0–6	Netherlands	Haarlem, Netherlands
			Boxscore

Haarlem Baseball Week GS	July 14	Germany	5–4	Cuba	Haarlem, Netherlands
			Boxscore

Haarlem Baseball Week GS	July 16	Japan	6–1	Germany	Haarlem, Netherlands
			Boxscore

Haarlem Baseball Week GS	July 18	Germany	3–11	Chinese Taipei	Haarlem, Netherlands
			Boxscore

Haarlem Baseball Week GS	July 19	Italy	3–1	Germany	Haarlem, Netherlands
			Boxscore

Haarlem Baseball Week R1R	July 20	Germany	1–7	Cuba	Haarlem, Netherlands
			Boxscore

Super 6 GS	September 18	Germany	1–11 (F/7)	Italy	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	11:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 89

Super 6 GS	September 19	Netherlands	13–1 (F/7)	Germany	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	19:30 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 650

Super 6 GS	September 20	Spain	9–1	Germany	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	15:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 142

Super 6 GS	September 21	Germany	6–7	Belgium	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	11:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 73

Super 6 GS	September 22	Czech Republic	4–5	Germany	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	11:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 221

Current roster

Germany roster – 2026 World Baseball Classic Qualifier
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 25 Jaden Agassi 12 Joe Cedano-De Leon 50 Jake Gilbert 37 Marcel Giraud 17 Simon Gross 28 Mark Harrison  9 Sascha Koch 23 Jordan Martinson 24 Christian Pedrol 41 Niklas Rimmel 34 Sven Schüller 19 Markus Solbach 26 Tommy Sommer 29 Duke von Schamann 62 Nick Wittgren		Catchers  5 Vincent Ahrens 15 Yannic Walther Infielders 35 Simon Baumer  3 Simon Baumgardt 33 Finn Bergmann 30 Eric Brenk 18 Tristan Russell  6 Alexander Schmidt Outfielders 10 Lucas Dunn 13 Lou Helmig  7 Shawn Larry 61 Donald Lutz 27 Luca Rammelmann		Manager 14 Jendrick Speer Coaches 31 Maurice Wilhelm (bench) 39 Alex Baham (hitting)  1 Octavio Medina (infield) 32 Clemens Cichocki (pitching) 11 Mike Bolsenbroek (bullpen coach)  8 Maurice Bendrien (bullpen catcher)

2016 team

Roster for 2016 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers. ^[4]

Manager: Garth Iorg
Coaches: Willie Upshaw, Dennis Cook, Martin Helmig, Troy Williams.

Pos.	No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Bats	Throws	Club
P		Sven Schüller				Los Angeles Dodgers
P		Markus Solbach				Arizona Diamondbacks
P		Jan-Niclas Stöcklin				Mainz Athletics
P		Daniel Thieben				Paderborn Untouchables
P		Maurice Wilhelm				Bonn Capitals
P		Daniel Thieben				Paderborn Untouchables
P		Luke Sommer				Heidenheim Heideköpfe
P		Lukas Steinlein				München-Haar Disciples
P		Will Ohman				MLB Retiree
P		Enorbel Marquez				Retired
P		Sascha Koch				Bonn Capitals
P		Lucas Dickman				Mainz Athletics
P		Martin Diego Velad				Heidenheim Heideköpfe
C		Christopher Howard				Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg
C		Bruce Maxwell				Oakland Athletics
C		Simon Gühring				Heidenheim Heideköpfe
IF		Eric Brenk				Bonn Capitals
IF		Ludwig Glaser				Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg
IF		Daniel Hinz				Paderborn Untouchables
IF		Lukas Jahn				Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg
IF		Nadir Ljatifi				Cincinnati Reds
IF		Donald Lutz				Cincinnati Reds
IF		Christoph Ziegler				München-Haar Disciples
IF		Kevin Trisl				München-Haar Disciples
OF		Max Boldt				Mainz Athletics
OF		Dominique Taylor				Kansas City Royals
OF		Kevin Kotowski				Mainz Athletics
OF		Sascha Lutz				Heidenheim Heideköpfe
OF		Kent Matthes				Lancaster Barnstormers

Previous team

Roster for 2012 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers.

Manager: Erich Kittlaus
Coaches: Terry Abbott, Justin Pope, Gene Roof, Troy Williams.

Pos.	No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Bats	Throws	Club
P	20	Mike Bolsenbroek	(1987-03-11)March 11, 1987			Buchbinder Legionäre
P	9	Alex Burgos	(1990-12-01)December 1, 1990			Lakeland Flying Tigers
P	5	Martin Dewald	(1986-03-05)March 5, 1986			Heidenheim Heideköpfe
P	15	Harry Glynne	(1990-06-03)June 3, 1990			Solingen Alligators
P	6	Eugen Heilmann	(1981-06-12)June 12, 1981			Paderborn Untouchables
P	29	Andre Hughes	(1985-01-01)January 1, 1985			Solingen Alligators
P	32	Adam Kudryk	(1987-12-31)December 31, 1987
P	46	Justin Kuehn	(1987-12-31)December 31, 1987			Buchbinder Legionäre
P	23	Enorbel Marquez	(1974-12-11)December 11, 1974			Telemarket Rimini
P	13	Will Ohman	(1977-08-13)August 13, 1977			Free agent
P	21	Markus Solbach	(1991-08-26)August 26, 1991			Windy City ThunderBolts
P	30	Luke Sommer	(1985-06-22)June 22, 1985			Heidenheim Heideköpfe
P	17	Daniel Thieben	(1993-09-18)September 18, 1993			Pulaski Mariners
C	19	Kai Gronauer	(1986-11-28)November 28, 1986			Las Vegas 51s
IF	11	Maximilian Boldt	(1988-09-01)September 1, 1988			Mainz Athletics
IF	33	Michael Franke	(1981-09-22)September 22, 1981			HSV Stealers
IF	31	Toby Gardenhire	(1982-09-11)September 11, 1982			Free agent
IF	28	Ludwig Glaser	(1987-12-19)December 19, 1987			Buchbinder Legionäre
IF	39	Donald Lutz	(1989-02-06)February 6, 1989			Cincinnati Reds
IF	14	Jendrick Speer	(1980-09-26)September 26, 1980			Paderborn Untouchables
IF	7	Matthew Vance	(1986-06-28)June 28, 1986			Buchbinder Legionäre
IF	3	Matt Weaver	(1990-01-27)January 27, 1990			Danville Braves
OF	22	Aaron Altherr	(1991-01-14)January 14, 1991			Philadelphia Phillies
OF	24	Max Kepler	(1993-08-27)August 27, 1993			Minnesota Twins
OF	26	Mike Larson	(1983-08-27)August 27, 1983			Mainz Athletics
OF	12	Eric Suttle	(1984-07-17)July 17, 1984			Lexington Legends
DH	16	Simon Gühring	(1983-07-14)July 14, 1983			Heidenheim Heideköpfe
DH	18	Jake Shaffer	(1987-08-16)August 16, 1987			Retired list

International tournament results

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic record								Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA		W	L	RS	RA
2006	did not enter							No qualifiers held
2009
2013	did not qualify							2	2	40	29
2017								0	2	7	20
2023								1	2	16	21
2026	To be determined							1	1	19	11
Total	-	0/6	-	-	-	-		4	7	82	81

Baseball World Cup

• 1972 : 16th
• 1973 : 11th
• 2007  : 14th
• 2009  : 17th
• 2011  : 15th

European Baseball Championship

Team Germany competed in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and came in 6th. Among the players who competed for it were Donald Lutz and Markus Solbach. ^[5]

1954 : 4th 1955 : 3rd 1956 : 5th 1957 : 2nd 1958 : 3rd 1960 : did not qualify 1962 : 5th 1964 : did not qualify 1965 : 3rd 1967 : 3rd

1969 : 4th 1971 : 3rd 1973 : did not qualify 1975 : 3rd 1977 : did not qualify 1979 : did not qualify 1981 : did not qualify 1983 : did not qualify 1985 : did not qualify 1987 : 7th

1989 : 8th 1991 : did not qualify 1993 : 7th 1995 : 6th 1997 : 10th 1999 : 10th 2001 : 7th 2003 : 12th 2005 : 4th 2007  : 4th

2010  : 3rd 2012  : 4th 2014  : 5th 2016  : 4th 2019  : 6th

References

1. "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
2. "Jendrick Speer to manage German Baseball National Team". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
3. "Germany in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation . Retrieved 12 August 2021.
4. "Deutschlands Kader für World Baseball Classic Qualifier veröffentlicht - - DBV".
5. "Statistiken der Baseball-EM 2019 — Baseball EC 2019". Archived from the original on 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2019-09-14.