# Germany national baseball team

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.

## 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.

### Legend

Win  Lose  Void or postponed  Fixture

### 2018
## Current roster
## 2016 team

Roster for 2016 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers.
Manager: Garth Iorg Coaches: Willie Upshaw, Dennis Cook, Martin Helmig, Troy Williams.
| Pos. | Player | 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) | 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 | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record |
| Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | W | L | RS | RA |
| 2006 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held |
| 2009 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held |
| 2013 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 2 | 2 | 40 | 29 |
| 2017 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 0 | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 2023 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 1 | 2 | 16 | 21 |
| 2026 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 1 | 3 | 23 | 27 |
| Total | - | 0/6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | 86 | 97 |

### 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.
| 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 |