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This is a list of baseball players from Netherlands Antilles (Aruba and Curaçao) who have played in Major League Baseball. Hensley Meulens was the first player from the Netherlands Antilles to make it into the Major Leagues. In Bold denotes still active players in the league.
These baseball players are from the Netherlands Antilles, including Curaçao. Subcategories. ... List of Major League Baseball players from the Netherlands Antilles
Pages in category "Major League Baseball players from the Netherlands" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jim Stoeckel, a scout for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB), became interested in Gregorius after watching him play an under-18 tournament with the Dutch Antilles in 2006. [1] The Reds signed Gregorius as an international free agent two years later at the behest of Stoeckel, for a signing bonus of $50,000. [4]
Ivanon Angelino Coffie (born 16 May 1977 in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles) is a Dutch baseball player. He made his major league debut in 2000 with the Baltimore Orioles. He appeared in 23 games. Coffie represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he and his team finished in sixth place. [1]
Cijntje did not play baseball or even see baseball played in person until he was 15 years old, when a man came to his town of about 80 people and began teaching the sport. [1] He played for the Netherlands Antilles in the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games. [2] The team had a 3–3 record in the tournament winning the bronze medal. [3]
As such, player representation by birth spans to 25 countries as of the 2022 MLB season, with the United States topping the list at 1,057 players called up to 26-man rosters. [9] The most represented overseas country is the Dominican Republic , with 171 players called up to 26-man rosters . [ 9 ]
Diegomar Raymundo "Diego" Markwell (born August 8, 1980 in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles) is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He has previously played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Macoto Cobras .