Honkbal Club Kinheim

Honkbal Club Kinheim is a Dutch baseball club based in Haarlem and play at Pim Mulier Stadium. Kinheim played in the Hoofdklasse from 1935 to 2016. They won only two titles in their first 70 years; 1978 and 1994. They were champions again in 2006, 2007 and 2012. Kinheim won the European Cup two years in a row in 2007 and 2008.

Past names have included Boom Planeta Kinheim Haarlem, Home Pizza Kinheim, Wera Kinheim Haarlem and Corendon Kinheim.

Despite good success in the prior decade, they stunningly departed the top Dutch league after the 2016 Hoofdklasse season when all their players left for other teams or retired at year's end. They currently play in the Overgangsklasse, the second tier of Dutch baseball. .

Retired Numbers

• 14 - Marcel Joost
• 16 - Patrick Beljaards
• 22 - Hans van Driel Krol

Coaches

• 1972 - Teun Gaartman
• 1978 - Karel Crouwel
• 1985 - Flip le Cuivre, Hugo Kuijer, Simon Heemskerk
• 1986 - Heemskerk, Lyle Olsen
• 1993-1994 - Frank Bos, Gerlach Halderman, Haitze de Vries
• 1995 - Ted Arnold
• 1999-2002 - Bernie Beckman
• 2003 - Louis Hofer
• 2004-2005 - Dave Daniels
• 2006-2008 - Ben Thijssen
• 2009-2012 - Eelco Jansen
• 2012-2013 Hans Lemmink
• 2014-2015 - Wim Martinus
• 2016 - Mike Crouwel

Yearly Record

Year	Record	Manager	Playoffs	European Compettition
1995	25-11	Ted Arnold	Runner-Up	3rd Place
1996	17-18		Runner-Up
1997	23-18
1998	28-17		Semi Final
1999	31-14	Bernie Beckman	Semi Final	Runner-Up
2000	32-8	Bernie Beckman	Semi Final
2001	31-16	Bernie Beckman	Semi Final	Champions
2002	31-15	Bernie Beckman	Semi Final	Champions
2003	16-24	Louis Hofer		Runner-Up
2004	24-15	Dave Daniels	Semi Final
2005	20-22	Dave Daniels
2006	33-7	Ben Thijssen	Champions
2007	33-7	Ben Thijssen	Champions	Champions
2008	32-10	Ben Thijssen	Runner-Up	***
2009	26-16	Eelco Jansen	Semi Final	3rd Place
2010	30-11	Eelco Jansen	Semi Final
2011	30-12	Eelco Jansen	Semi Final
2012	27-15	Eelco Jansen/Hans Lemmink	Champions
2013	31-11	Hans Lemmink	Semi Final	3rd Place
2014	29-13	Wim Martinus	Semi Final
2015	29-11	Wim Martinus	Semi Final
2016	24-17	Mike Crouwel	Semi Final
2017	Overgangsklasse
2018	Overgangsklasse
2019	Overgangsklasse

Note: ***Kinheim won their group but declined to participate in the Final Four as it overlapped with their domestic playoffs.

Website

Official team site