Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season | |
 | |
| Formerly | Eerste Klasse |
|---|---|
| Sport | Baseball |
| Founded | 1922 |
| No. of teams | 9 |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Confederation | KNBSB |
| Most recent champion(s) | Neptunus (20 titles) (2024) |
| Most titles | Neptunus (20 titles) |
| Sponsor(s) | Lucky Day |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Related competitions | European Cup |
The Honkbal Hoofdklasse (Dutch for Major League Baseball) is the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. It is an eight-team league that plays a 42-game schedule and is overseen by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation (KNBSB).
Games are played principally on weekends. The season runs from April to September and is followed by the playoffs among the four best teams, which culminates in the Holland Series. Both of the playoff rounds are best-of-five. The league followed a promotion and relegation system with the Honkbal Overgangsklasse until 2022. Many of the official team nicknames have contained the name of the club's sponsor.
The two best teams participate in the European Cup.