{{expand Dutch|Kinheim (honkbalclub)}} {{Short description|Baseball and softball club in Haarlem, the Netherlands (founded in 1935)}} {{For|the municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate|Kinheim, Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox baseball team | name =Kinheim | location =Haarlem | league =Honkbal Hoofdklasse |former_names=Corendon Kinheim, Wera Kinheim| stadium ={{interlanguage link|Pim Mulier Stadium|nl|Pim Mulierstadion}}, 2,500 capacity | founded =August 20, 1935<ref>{{cite web|title=Historie |publisher=Kinheim |url=https://www.kinheim.net/historie |access-date=15 October 2024 |language=nl }}</ref> |series2_champs=2007| league_champs =1994, 2006 | series =Holland Series |series2=European Cup| series_champs =1978, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.honkbalsite.com/archief/landskampioenen.html |title=Nederlandse landskampioenen |publisher=de Nederlandse honkbalsite |access-date=12 March 2015 |language=nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226230922/http://www.honkbalsite.com/archief/landskampioenen.html |archive-date=26 December 2014 }}</ref> | season =2025 |manager=Milan Lammerts|president=Yvonne Campfens|president_label=Chairwoman|retired_numbers=14, 16, 22, 26, 47|website=[https://www.kinheim.net Kinheim.net]| record =20–32<ref>{{cite web |date=2025 |title=Standings |url=https://stats.knbsbstats.nl/en/events/2025-lucky-day-hoofdklasse-honkbal/standings |access-date=9 February 2026 |publisher=KNBSB Stats}}</ref> |playoffs=0–2| h_cap=aa0000 | h_socks=aa0000 | h_pattern_b=_baseball | a_cap=aa0000 | a_socks=aa0000 | a_pattern_b=_baseball }} '''Kinheim''' is a baseball and softball club based in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Kinheim's top baseball team plays in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the top level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. Kinheim plays at {{interlanguage link|Pim Mulier Stadium|nl|Pim Mulierstadion}}, also the home field for Haarlem Baseball Week.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Clair |first=Michael |date=August 14, 2024 |title=The 'future of baseball' came to play at Haarlem's Honkbalweek |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/honkbalweek-hosts-future-mlb-and-npb-stars |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=MLB.com}}</ref>
The club's most successful period was in the 1990s, when it reached the Holland Series in five consecutive seasons from 1992 to 1996. The team lost four of its national championships but became Dutch champions in 1994, beating Neptunus 3–2 in a five-game series.
In 2006, Kinheim won the Hoofdklasse and the national cup trophy, the KNBSB-Beker. After beating HCAW in the playoffs to qualify for the 2006 Holland Series, Kinheim won the series 3–2 against the Hoofddoorp Pioniers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Holland Series 2006 |url=https://www.honkbalsitearchief.nl/competitie/2006/hollandseries.html |access-date=2026-05-12 |website=De Nederlandse honkbalsite |language=nl}}</ref>
[[File:Ralf Milliard 12 mei.jpg|thumb|Kinheim (in red) playing HCAW in 2007|left|alt=A catcher for Kinheim (wearing red) attempting to tag out a HCAW player (wearing blue) at home plate during a 2007 game]]After its victorious 2006 season, Kinheim qualified for the 2007 European Cup in San Marino, which it also won.<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Cup 2007 in San Marino |url=http://sports123.com/bsb/results/mec-2007.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012053358/http://sports123.com/bsb/results/mec-2007.html |archive-date=12 October 2013 |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=Sports123.com }}</ref> Kinheim finished third in the European Cup in 1995 and 2009, where it bested fellow Dutch team Amsterdam Pirates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Results of Game 4 |url=http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/barcelona/games/04.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625014657/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/barcelona/games/04.htm |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=2009-08-14 |website=Baseball Europe}}</ref> Kinheim again won the Holland Series in 2007, defeating the Pioniers in a three-game sweep.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stoovelaar |first=Marco |date=7 October 2007 |title=Corendon Kinheim again wins Dutch baseball title |url=https://catcher.home.xs4all.nl/kin071007e.htm |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Grand Slam - Stats & News}}</ref> Kinheim also won the 2012 Holland Series.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-19 |title=De ontknoping in het honkbal nadert: wie dicht het gapende gat met de top? |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2246678-de-ontknoping-in-het-honkbal-nadert-wie-dicht-het-gapende-gat-met-de-top |access-date=2026-05-12 |website=NOS |language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-21 |title=Kinheim glorieus naar landstitel |url=https://nos.nl/video/409330-kinheim-glorieus-naar-landstitel |access-date=2026-05-12 |website=NOS |language=nl}}</ref>
Kinheim abruptly withdrew from the Hoofdklasse at the end of 2016, citing a lack of players for the top Dutch league.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Würfel |first=Philipp |date=2016-11-01 |title=Kinheim withdraws from Dutch Hoofdklasse |url=https://www.mister-baseball.com/kinheim-withdraws-dutch-hoofdklasse/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=mister-baseball.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The club qualified for the promotion/relegation playoffs in 2018 and 2019 but lost both years and did not return to the Hoofdklasse.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honkbal Hoofdklasse 2018 |url=https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/HB/statsHBPD/confstat.htm |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=KNBSB Stats}}</ref><ref name=":0" />alt=A team photo of Wera Kinheim players in 1978, with the players kneeling in the front of two rows|thumb|Wera Kinheim players in 1978From 2020 to 2024, Kinheim fielded a combined team with fellow Haarlem club DSS called DSS/Kinheim. DSS defeated Kinheim in the 2019 relegation playoff,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Hoofdklasse honkbal 2019 |url=https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2019/HB/statsHBprom/confstat.htm |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=KNBSB Stats}}</ref> but DSS could not participate in the league due to financial difficulties. The partnership allowed the combined clubs to continue fielding a team from Haarlem in the Hoofdklasse.<ref>{{Cite web |last=van Zon |first=Rogier |date=2020-02-11 |title='Kinheim en DSS hebben elkaar nu nodig' |url=https://www.honkbalsoftbal.nl/2020/02/11/kinheim-en-dss-hebben-elkaar-nu-nodig/ |access-date=3 May 2021 |website=HonkbalSoftbal.nl |language=nl-NL}}</ref> In August 2024, the two clubs announced their partnership would end, with Kinheim staying in the Hoofdklasse in 2025 and DSS competing in the lower Eerste Klasse.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-14 |title=Bekendmaking: DSS en Kinheim gaan samenwerking op een andere manier invullen |trans-title=Announcement: DSS and Kinheim will work together in a different way |url=https://www.kinheim.net/bekendmaking-dss-en-kinheim-gaan-samenwerking-op-een-andere-manier-invullen |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Kinheim |language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Visser |first=Seb |date=2024-08-14 |title=DSS en Kinheim gaan samenwerking op een andere manier invullen |url=https://honkbalsoftbal.nl/2024/08/14/dss-en-kinheim-gaan-samenwerking-op-een-andere-manier-invullen/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=HonkbalSoftbal.nl |language=nl-NL}}</ref> On 16 October 2024, Kinheim announced Milan Lammerts would coach the team in 2025. He had played for DSS/Kinheim in 2021 and 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-16 |title=Milan Lammerts nieuwe hoofdcoach van Kinheim 1 |url=https://www.kinheim.net/milan-lammerts-nieuwe-hoofdcoach-van-kinheim-1 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Kinheim |language=nl}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Visser |first=Seb |date=2024-10-16 |title=Milan Lammerts nieuwe hoofdcoach Kinheim |url=https://honkbalsoftbal.nl/2024/10/16/milan-lammerts-nieuwe-hoofdcoach-kinheim/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=HonkbalSoftbal.nl |language=nl-NL}}</ref> Kinheim lost in the wild card playoff in its first season back in the Hoofdklasse.<ref>{{Cite web |last=van der Breggen |first=Milan |date=27 July 2025 |title=Twins wint Wild Card na extra-inning thriller |trans-title=Twins wins Wild Card after extra-inning thriller |url=https://honkbalsoftbal.nl/2025/07/27/twins-wint-wild-card-na-extra-innings-thriller/ |website=HonkbalSoftbal.nl |language=nl}}</ref>
== Retired numbers == thumb|{{Interlanguage link|Marcel Joost|nl}} holding his retired number in 2003|alt=Baseball player Marcel Joost holding a circular sign for his number retirement (showing the back of a baseball player with the number 14 and the word "retired" underneath) * #14 {{Interlanguage link|Marcel Joost|nl}}, outfielder * #16 Patrick Beljaards, pitcher * #22 Hans van Driel Krol, second baseman * #26 Greg Halman, outfielder * #47 David Bergman, pitcher <small>Sources</small><ref>{{Cite Instagram |postid=DMHZ-8JtDDv |user=kinheim_haarlem |title=foto 10: Kinheim retired numbers |author=Kinheim |date=July 15, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Baseball 2024 - Rosters Hoofdklasse |url=https://catcher.home.xs4all.nl/bb24-hkr.htm |access-date=2025-08-15 |website=Grand Slam - Stats & News}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}{{Commons category|Honkbal Club Kinheim}}
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