BBF Standings at the London Series Break

Written By British Baseball Federation

BBF division standings update

The 2024 British baseball season is well underway after play commenced in early April.

All nine leagues have contributed to plenty of thrilling and exciting baseball action so far.

This weekend, all domestic British baseball will be paused to welcome Major League Baseball’s return to the United Kingdom.

Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets will face off in the London Series at West Ham United’s London Stadium.

Fans can tune into both the Saturday and Sunday matches on the BBC Red Button and the TNT Sports channel.

This break in the British baseball schedule provides a perfect opportunity to sum up all of the action in each division so far.

BBF NBL

British baseball’s premier competition has gotten off to a fantastic start. Plenty of headway has been made into the season so far with every team playing a minimum of eight games.

Photography : Jody Demay-Davies

Essex Arrows lead the league table with an 80 per cent win rate. Their eight-game winning streak is the longest in the NBL so far.

Arrows’ winning run was ended by the NBL’s northernmost team Sheffield Bruins last weekend.

The Bruins endured a tough start to the season with five consecutive defeats. They have since turned their form around with three wins in their last four against the 2023 NBL regular season’s top two teams to drag them off the foot of the table into fifth place.

Reigning British baseball champions London Mets had a strong start to the season but have fallen of late with losses to the division's two lowest-placed clubs which has them in second place in the table.

Bournemouth Bears are bottom of the table but their debut NBL season has not been without its highlights. They won their first-ever match in the division against BC Vetra and enjoyed a shock victory against the Mets in their last outing.

Last season’s NBL runners-up London Capitals and the returning BC Vetra make up the remainder of the playoff places with identical 0.5 win ratios.

The Capitals have played four fewer matches than Vetra and have seen the least NBL action thus far.

London Mets shortstop Marc Theberge has been a top performer in the batter's box so far. He leads the division in batting average, RBIs, runs scored, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and walks.

Theberge has hit three home runs this season which puts him joint top in the leaderboards with teammate Geremias Dominguez and the Arrows’ Angel Perez.

Arrows pitcher Giovanni Pappalardo leads the league in pitching victories with four in total. He has struck out 15 batters in 23 innings of work.

Pappalardo’s ERA of 1.83 is beaten only by the Capitals Masa Hashiguchi for players to pitch over 22 innings.

Hashiguchi’s 29 punchouts in 25 innings is the most of any pitcher in the league.

NBL Table

  1. Essex Arrows

  2. London Mets

  3. London Capitals

  4. BC Vetra

  5. Sheffield Bruins

  6. Bournemouth Bears

BBF AAA

Croydon Pirates have the highest win ratio of both the A and South West divisions in the AAA league with a huge 0.9 win ratio.

The South Londoners are only two wins away from equalling their win total from the entire of last season, where they missed out on the playoffs in sixth place.

Herts Cardinals are a close second in the A division, they are only one game behind the Pirates.

The South West division is also tight at the top with Bristol Badgers just half a game behind Bracknell Inferno.

Hurricanes Baseball are having a difficult season with zero wins in ten matches. New Forest Thunder, bottom of the SW division, and Cambridge Lancers are not doing much better with only one victory to their name.

Serhii Kabuzenko has been AAA’s standout batter. The Inferno infielder is top of the league in batting average, runs, hits, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and doubles.

Meanwhile on the mound Saliya Wijesinghe has been excellent for the Cardiff Merlins. He has pitched 31 innings and struck out 50 batters. His ERA of 1.13 is the best of any player to pitch over nine innings.

AAA Tables

A

  1. Croydon Pirates

  2. Herts Cardinals

  3. London Metros

  4. Essex Saxons

  5. Richmond Roebucks

  6. Cambridge Lancers

  7. Hurricanes Baseball

South West

  1. Bracknell Inferno

  2. Bristol Badgers

  3. Cardiff Merlins

  4. New Forest Thunder

BBF BBL Higher

Liverpool Trojans and Long Eaton Storm are fighting a close battle for top spot an leaving the rest trailing far behind in the BBL Higher.

The Trojans lead the division with seven wins but the Storm are only one game behind them.

There is a huge five-game gap between the Storm and third-placed Manchester Bees.

Last-placed Sheffield Kodiaks are without a win this season in six matches.

Trojans outfielder Jairo Gil and Storm infielder Reuben Gee have been the best offensive players in the league. Sam Varner, Chris Pittard, and Sandro Caballero have all pitched well.

BBL Higher Table

  1. Liverpool Trojans

  2. Long Eaton Storm

  3. Manchester A's

  4. Sheffield Kodiaks

BBF AA

Milton Keynes Bucks, London Meteors, Brighton Brewers, and Bristol Bats all lead their respective divisions with win percentages at 80 or over.

Catcher Kieran Lusk's excellent hitting has helped the Brewers go unbeaten in the 2024 season.

City rivals the Aces are experiencing opposite form, they have not yet won a single match, as have the Hawks.

AA Tables

A

  1. Milton Keynes Bucks

  2. Essex Archers

  3. Norwich Iceni

  4. Herts Ducks

  5. Herts Hawks

B

  1. London Meteors

  2. Richmond Dragons

  3. London Mustangs

  4. Richmond Knights

  5. London Sidewinders

  6. Formosa Islanders

C

  1. Brighton Brewers

  2. Kent Buccaneers

  3. Tonbridge Wildcats

  4. Brighton Aces

D

  1. Bristol Bats

  2. Bournemouth Bears 2

  3. Guildford Mavericks

  4. Oxford Kings

BBF A

Cornish Claycutters, Herts Ravens, and Croydon Pirates are all leading their respective divisions without losing a game.

Brentwood Stags and Bournemouth Bears 3 are the only teams in the A league without a win.

A Tables

A

  1. Croydon Pirates

  2. London Minotaurs

  3. London Mercury

  4. Richmond Barons

  5. Herts Eagles

  6. Richmond Dukes

B

  1. Herts Ravens

  2. Herts Buzzards

  3. Milton Keynes Bucks

  4. Essex Redbacks

  5. Brentwood Stags

C

  1. Bracknell Phoenix

  2. Guildford Millers

  3. Hurricanes Baseball

  4. Tonbridge Bobcats

  5. Kent Mariners

  6. Hastings Pirates

  7. Brighton Jets

BBF SWWBL Wessex

  1. Cornish Claycutters

  2. Taunton Muskets

  3. Weston Jets

  4. Cornish Pioneers

  5. Taunton Pistols

SWWBL Severn

  1. Bristol Buccaneers

  2. Bristol Brunels

  3. Cardiff Merlins

  4. New Forest Knights

  5. Bournemouth Bears 3

BBF BBL Lower

  1. Bootle Trojans

  2. Wragby Warhammers

  3. Hull Scorpions

  4. Leeds Locos

  5. Sheffield Bladerunners 2

  6. Manchester Bees

  7. Sheffield Bladerunners 1

  8. Halton Trojans

    BBF WBL

    The top division of women's baseball in Britain is only one game week old after starting in late May.

    There is no available table as not every team has played, but Belles Baseball, Manchester Jetts, and Sheffield Bruins have all gotten off to fantastic starts on the opening weekend with two victories each..

    London Mayhem, Norwich Iceni Queens and Leicester Diamonds are yet to win a match and Telford 26ers have not yet started their campaign.

East of England Baseball League

  1. Cambridge Royals

  2. Northants Centurions

  3. Norwich Warriors

  4. Harwich Town Bay Area Blues

  5. Cambridge Monarchs

Canal League

  1. Limehouse Cutters

  2. Suez Tomb Raiders

  3. London Mayhem

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Match Report by Michael Thomas

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