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Birmingham Baseball Club
Information
League	West Midlands Baseball League
Location	Marston Green, United Kingdom
Ballpark	Marston Green Recreation Ground
Founded	2003
Division championships	2005 2006 2008 2015 2016 2017 2024
League championships	2024
Former name(s)	Birmingham Maple Leafs (2003–2014) Birmingham Bandits (2014-2020)
Coach	Bob Rowe (Metalheads) Carl Lewis (Bats)
Website	birminghambaseball.co.uk
Uniforms
Metalheads Bats

Birmingham Baseball Club is an English baseball club based in Marston Green, situated in the West Midlands region of England.

History

Founded in 2003 by a local enthusiast, the team was originally named the Birmingham Maple Leafs. This was an homage to the members of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps who were based at No.7 Canadian General Hospital in Marston Green, and took up baseball as recreation.

The club changed its name to the Birmingham Bandits in 2014 and competed at both AA and AAA levels within the British baseball system.

The club changed its name again in 2020, with the team becoming the Birmingham Metalheads, referencing the musical heritage of the region. In 2023, the club launched a second team, the Birmingham Bats, and in 2024 began their youth programme, the Birmingham GOATs.

In 2024, the Birmingham Metalheads won the BBF Summer Cup Silver Level and the WMBL championship.

Ballpark

Both teams play their home games at Marston Green Recreation Ground.

Season by season record

Metalheads

Bats

References

1. "History | Bickenhill & Marston Green Parish Council Online".
2. @brum_baseball (12 October 2020). "BREAKING: Birmingham Baseball Club is proud to announce our acceptance in to the West Midlands Baseball League! O…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
3. "Birmingham Bandits". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
4. "Summer Cup 2024 is done".
5. "BIRMINGHAM METALHEADS ARE YOUR WMBL 2024 CHAMPIONS!!".

External links

• Birmingham Baseball website

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Governing bodies	British Baseball Federation
National teams	Men Women
Clubs	Belfast Birmingham Bolton Croydon Edinburgh London Manchester Richmond Sheffield
Seasons	1890 2016 2017 2018 2019 2023 2024
Venues	Baseball Ground Clapton Stadium Finsbury Park Goodison Park West Ham Stadium Western Park, Leicester
Hosted events	1938 Amateur World Series MLB London Series 2019
British Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Josh Chetwynd John Devey Roland Gladu Ross Kendrick R. G. Knowles Francis Ley John Moores Lefty Wilson
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