Kinheim

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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.

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Kinheim
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League	Honkbal Hoofdklasse
Location	Haarlem
Ballpark	Pim Mulier Stadium [nl], 2,500 capacity
Founded	August 20, 1935[3]
Holland Series championships	1978, 1994, 2006, 2007, 2012[1]
European Cup championships	2007
League championships	1994, 2006
2025	20–32[2]
0–2
Former name	Corendon Kinheim, Wera Kinheim
Chairwoman	Yvonne Campfens
Manager	Milan Lammerts
Website	Kinheim.net
Current uniforms
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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,^[4] Kinheim won the series 3–2 against the Pioniers of Hoofddorp.

After its victorious 2006 season, Kinheim qualified for the 2007 European Cup in San Marino, which it also won.^[5] Kinheim finished third in the European Cup in 1995 and 2009, where it bested fellow Dutch team Amsterdam Pirates.^[6] Kinheim again won the Holland Series in 2007, defeating the Pioniers in a three-game sweep.^[7] Kinheim abruptly withdrew from the Hoofdklasse at the end of 2016, citing a lack of players for the top Dutch league.^[8] The club qualified for the promotion/relegation playoffs in 2018 and 2019 but lost both years and could not return to the Hoofdklasse.^[9][10]

From 2020 to 2024, Kinheim fielded a combined team with fellow Haarlem club DSS, DSS/Kinheim. In 2019, DSS defeated Kinheim in the relegation playoff,^[10] 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.^[11] 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.^[12][13]

On 16 October 2024, Kinheim announced Milan Lammerts would coach the team in 2025. He had played for DSS/Kinheim in 2021 and 2022.^[14][15] Kinheim lost in the wildcard playoff in its first season back in the Hoofdklasse.^[16]

1. ^ "Nederlandse landskampioenen" (in Dutch). de Nederlandse honkbalsite. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
2. ^ "Standings". KNBSB Stats. 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
3. ^ "Historie" (in Dutch). Kinheim. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
4. ^ 2006 Holland Series Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, at honkbalsite.com
5. ^ "European Cup 2007 in San Marino". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
6. ^ "Results of Game 4". Baseball Europe. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
7. ^ Stoovelaar, Marco (7 October 2007). "Corendon Kinheim again wins Dutch baseball title". Grand Slam - Stats & News. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
8. ^ Würfel, Philipp (1 November 2016). "Kinheim withdraws from Dutch Hoofdklasse". mister-baseball.com. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
9. ^ "Honkbal Hoofdklasse 2018". KNBSB Stats. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
10. ^ ^{a b} "Hoofdklasse honkbal 2019". KNBSB Stats. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
11. ^ van Zon, Rogier (11 February 2020). "'Kinheim en DSS hebben elkaar nu nodig'". HonkbalSoftbal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 May 2021.
12. ^ "Bekendmaking: DSS en Kinheim gaan samenwerking op een andere manier invullen" [Announcement: DSS and Kinheim will work together in a different way]. Kinheim (in Dutch). 14 August 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
13. ^ Visser, Seb (14 August 2024). "DSS en Kinheim gaan samenwerking op een andere manier invullen". HonkbalSoftbal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
14. ^ "Milan Lammerts nieuwe hoofdcoach van Kinheim 1". Kinheim (in Dutch). 16 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
15. ^ Visser, Seb (16 October 2024). "Milan Lammerts nieuwe hoofdcoach Kinheim". HonkbalSoftbal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 October 2024.
16. ^ van der Breggen, Milan (27 July 2025). "Twins wint Wild Card na extra-inning thriller" [Twins wins Wild Card after extra-inning thriller]. HonkbalSoftbal.nl (in Dutch).
17. ^ Kinheim [@kinheim_haarlem]; (15 July 2025). "foto 10: Kinheim retired numbers" – via Instagram.
18. ^ "Baseball 2024 - Rosters Hoofdklasse". Grand Slam - Stats & News. Retrieved 15 August 2025.

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