# Kinheim > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kinheim > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kinheim.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinheim > Source revision: 1353778303 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Haarlem) | league =[Honkbal Hoofdklasse](/source/Honkbal_Hoofdklasse) |former_names=Corendon Kinheim, Wera Kinheim| stadium ={{interlanguage link|Pim Mulier Stadium|nl|Pim Mulierstadion}}, 2,500 capacity | founded =August 20, 1935{{cite web|title=Historie |publisher=Kinheim |url=https://www.kinheim.net/historie |access-date=15 October 2024 |language=nl }} |series2_champs=2007| league_champs =1994, 2006 | series =[Holland Series](/source/Holland_Series) |series2=[European Cup](/source/European_Champions_Cup_(baseball))| series_champs =1978, 1994, [2006](/source/2006_Holland_Series), [2007](/source/2007_Holland_Series), 2012{{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 }} | 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{{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}} |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](/source/baseball) and [softball](/source/softball) club based in [Haarlem, the Netherlands](/source/Haarlem). Kinheim's top baseball team plays in the [Honkbal Hoofdklasse](/source/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](/source/Haarlem_Baseball_Week).{{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}} The club's most successful period was in the 1990s, when it reached the [Holland Series](/source/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](/source/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](/source/HCAW) in the playoffs to qualify for the [2006 Holland Series](/source/2006_Holland_Series), Kinheim won the series 3–2 against the [Hoofddoorp Pioniers](/source/Pioniers).{{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}} [[File:Ralf Milliard 12 mei.jpg|thumb|Kinheim (in red) playing [HCAW](/source/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](/source/2007_European_Cup_(baseball)) in [San Marino](/source/San_Marino), which it also won.{{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 }} Kinheim finished third in the [European Cup](/source/European_Champions_Cup_(baseball)) in 1995 and [2009](/source/2009_Final_Four_(baseball)), where it bested fellow Dutch team [Amsterdam Pirates](/source/Amsterdam_Pirates).{{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}} Kinheim again won the [Holland Series in 2007](/source/2007_Holland_Series), defeating the Pioniers in a three-game sweep.{{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}} Kinheim also won the 2012 Holland Series.{{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}}{{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}} Kinheim abruptly withdrew from the Hoofdklasse at the end of 2016, citing a lack of players for the top Dutch league.{{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}} The club qualified for the [promotion/relegation](/source/Promotion_and_relegation) playoffs in 2018 and 2019 but lost both years and did not return to the Hoofdklasse.{{Cite web |title=Honkbal Hoofdklasse 2018 |url=https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/HB/statsHBPD/confstat.htm |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=KNBSB Stats}}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](/source/DSS_Haarlem) called [DSS/Kinheim](/source/DSS%2FKinheim). DSS defeated Kinheim in the 2019 relegation playoff,{{Cite web |title=Hoofdklasse honkbal 2019 |url=https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2019/HB/statsHBprom/confstat.htm |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=KNBSB Stats}} 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.{{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}} 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.{{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}}{{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}} On 16 October 2024, Kinheim announced Milan Lammerts would coach the team in 2025. He had played for DSS/Kinheim in 2021 and 2022.{{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}}{{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}} Kinheim lost in the [wild card](/source/Wild_card_(sports)) playoff in its first season back in the Hoofdklasse.{{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}} == 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](/source/Patrick_Beljaards), pitcher * #22 Hans van Driel Krol, second baseman * #26 [Greg Halman](/source/Greg_Halman), outfielder * #47 [David Bergman](/source/David_Bergman_(baseball)), pitcher Sources{{Cite Instagram |postid=DMHZ-8JtDDv |user=kinheim_haarlem |title=foto 10: Kinheim retired numbers |author=Kinheim |date=July 15, 2025}}{{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}} ==References== {{reflist|30em}}{{Commons category|Honkbal Club Kinheim}} {{Honkbal Hoofdklasse}} Category:Sports clubs and teams in Haarlem Category:Softball teams in the Netherlands Category:Honkbal Hoofdklasse teams Category:Baseball teams established in 1935 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kinheim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinheim) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinheim?action=history)). 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