Regensburg Legionaere is a baseball and softball club from Regensburg

Regensburg

Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...

, Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

. The team is also known as Buchbinder Legionaere, following a sponsorship deal with German car rental company Buchbinder Autovermietung ("Bookbinder Car Rental").

Founded in 1987, the first men's team plays in the first division of the Baseball Bundesliga

Bundesliga (baseball)

The Baseball-Bundesliga is the elite competition for the sport of baseball in Germany. In it, the men's German championship is determined annually. Like most European sports leagues, the Bundesliga uses a system of promotion and relegation...

 and is the defending champion. In the 2010 season , Legionaere led the Southern Division in most offensive and defensive categories, posting a combined .367 batting average and hitting 21 home runs as a team, while the club's pitching staff posted a 2.21 ERA.

Club Structure

The full club consists of 11 teams:

• 1st Men's Baseball, plays in Bundesliga's 1st Division
• 2nd Men's Baseball
• Bavarian League Softball
• Bavarian League Baseball
• District League Baseball
• Bayern Youth League
• Youth National League
• Student Livepitching
• Student Tossball
• T-Ball
• Softball, U15

As part of a fund raising effort, Legionaere began selling stock in the club at the price of €100 a share, equating to €1 of the team value. The shares are not marketed as high-return investments but contributions that give the supporter a presence in the organization.

Season by Season Performance (1st Bundesliga)

Year	Rank	Games	W	L	Win%	Season Notes
2007	1	25	21	4	.840	Lost to Mainz Athletics Mainz Athletics The Baseball- und Softball-Club Mainz Athletics 1988 e.V. is a German baseball and softball club located in the city of Mainz in Rhineland-Palatinate. The Athletics, along with Buchbinder Legionäre, is one of the largest clubs in the Baseball-Bundesliga Süd in terms of membership, claiming to have...  in Finals, 2-3
2008	2	28	20	8	.714	Defeated Mannheim Tornados Mannheim Tornados The Mannheim Tornados are a baseball and softball club from Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 1975, it is the oldest continuing baseball club in Germany. 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...  in Finals, 2-3, to win 1st Championship in club history.
2009	1	24	21	3	.875	Lost to Mannheim Tornados in Semifinals, 2-3
2010	1	28	24	4	.857	Defeated Heidenheim Heideköpfe Heidenheim Heideköpfe Heidenheim Heideköpfe is a baseball and softball club from Heidenheim an der Brenz, Baden-Württemberg. The club was established in 1992 as the baseball arm of Heidenheimer Sportbund , a parent organization that contains several clubs in different sports, and played its first season in 1993 in the... in Finals, 3-2, to win 2nd Championship in club history.