Stijn van der Meer
| Stijn van der Meer | |||||||||||||||
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| Curaçao Neptunus – No. 18 | |||||||||||||||
| Shortstop | |||||||||||||||
| Born: May 1, 1993 Rosmalen, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
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Stijn van der Meer (born May 1, 1993) is a Dutch professional baseball shortstop for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse.
Career
[edit]Van der Meer attended Lamar University.[1]
Houston Astros
[edit]The Astros selected Van der Meer in the 34th round of the 2016 MLB draft. He signed and spent the season with both the GCL Astros and Greeneville Astros, slashing .329/.404/.418 in 29 games. He began 2017 with the Buies Creek Astros but was released after six games on April 17, 2017.[2]
International career
[edit]He played for the Netherlands national baseball team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Major League-clubs informeren naar Van der Meer". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ "Stijn van der Meer Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ Belson, Ken (7 March 2017). "With Talent from Two Small Islands, the Netherlands is a W.B.C. Favorite". The New York Times.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- 1993 births
- 2016 European Baseball Championship players
- 2017 World Baseball Classic players
- Baseball shortstops
- Buies Creek Astros players
- Curacao Neptunus players
- DOOR Neptunus players
- Dutch expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Greeneville Astros players
- Gulf Coast Astros players
- Lamar Cardinals baseball players
- Living people
- People from Rosmalen
- Sportspeople from North Brabant
- Dutch baseball biography stubs
- Baseball shortstop stubs