Mannheim Tornados | |
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League | Baseball-Bundesliga (Bundesliga Süd) |
Location | Mannheim |
Ballpark | Roberto Clemente Field, 1,000 capacity |
Founded | 1975 |
League championships | 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997 |
Colors | red / black / white |
Manager | George Bull |
General Manager | George Bull[1] |
Website | www |
The Mannheim Tornados are a professional baseball and softball club from Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 1975, it is the oldest continuing baseball club in Germany.[2] The first men's team plays in the first division of the Baseball Bundesliga and has won 11 championships, the most of any club to reach the top tier of German baseball. The team won every championship between 1984 and 1989. However, the Tornados have not won a championship since 1997, though they perennially make the playoffs.[3]