2017 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season

The 2017 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season is the 87th season of baseball in the Netherlands.

2017 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season
Association	KNBSB
League	Honkbal Hoofdklasse
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 13 – October 8
Number of teams	7[1]
Regular season
Season champions	L&D Amsterdam
Holland Series
Champions	Curaçao Neptunus
Runners-up	L&D Amsterdam

Clubs

L&D Pirates

Curaçao Neptunus

HCAW

DSS

De Glaskoning Twins

UVV

Vaessen Pioniers

Team	City	Stadium	Ref
DSS	Haarlem	Pim Mulier Sportpark	[2]
Curaçao Neptunus	Rotterdam	Neptunus Familiestadion	[3]
L&D Amsterdam	Amsterdam	Sportpark Ookmeer	[4]
De Glaskoning Twins	Oosterhout	Slotbosse toren Park	[5]
HCAW	Bussum	Sportvallei	[6]
UVV	Utrecht	Sportpark De Paperclip	[7]
Vaessen Pioniers	Hoofddorp	Sportpark Pioniers	[8]

Seven teams participated in the 2017 season. De Glaskoning Twins was promoted from the Honkbal Overgangsklasse.

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	L&D Amsterdam	36	29	1	6	274	93	+181	59	Qualification for the Play-off
2	Curaçao Neptunus	36	26	1	9	279	140	+139	53
3	Hoofddorp Pioniers	36	20	2	14	200	158	+42	42
4	HCAW	36	20	2	14	168	146	+22	42
5	DSS	36	13	0	23	153	287	−134	26	Qualification for the Relegation/promotion play-offs
6	Pickles UVV	36	7	3	26	140	243	−103	15
7	De Glaskoning Twins	36	6	1	29	138	284	−146	13

Source: https://www.honkbalsite.com/

Play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	L&D Amsterdam	18	14	0	4	108	60	+48	28	Qualification for the Holland Series
2	Curaçao Neptunus	18	13	0	5	103	68	+35	26
3	Hoofddorp Pioniers	18	6	0	12	81	116	−35	12
4	HCAW	18	3	0	15	81	129	−48	6

Source: https://www.honkbalsite.com/

Relegation/promotion play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RF	RA	RD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	De Glaskoning Twins	10	9	0	1	64	30	+34	18	Promotion to the Honkbal Hoofdklasse
2	DSS	10	8	0	2	89	38	+51	16
3	Silicon Storks	10	4	0	6	45	54	−9	8
4	Quick Amersfoort	10	4	0	6	57	78	−21	8
5	Pickles UVV	10	3	0	7	55	62	−7	4	Relegation to the Honkbal Overgangsklasse
6	Onze Gezellen	10	2	0	8	34	82	−48	4

Source: https://www.honkbalsite.com/

References

1. "Corendon Kinheim". de Nederlandse honkbalsite. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
2. "DSS". de Nederlandse honkbalsite. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
3. "Curaçao Neptunus". de Nederlandse honkbalsite. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
4. "L&D Amsterdam". de Nederlandse honkbalsite. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
5. http://twinsbaseball.nl
6. "HCAW". de Nederlandse honkbalsite. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
7. "UVV". de Nederlandse honkbalsite. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
8. "Vaessen Pioniers". de Nederlandse honkbalsite. Retrieved March 11, 2015.