Dirk van 't Klooster

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Dirk van 't Klooster
Dirk van het klooster aan slag.jpg
van 't Klooster batting for Kinheim
Kinheim
Outfielder / Coach
Born: (1976-04-23) 23 April 1976 (age 49)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Men's baseball
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Intercontinental Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Taiwan National team
European Baseball Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Italy National team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Germany National team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Netherlands National team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Spain National team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Germany National team

Dirk Gijsbertus van 't Klooster (born 23 April 1976) is a Dutch baseball coach and former player. He is currently a coach for Kinheim in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse.

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van 't Klooster played for the Netherlands national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where he and his team became fifth. Four years later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, they were sixth. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, they were seventh. [1]

van 't Klooster was also on the Dutch team for the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic tournaments. He also competed in the Intercontinental Cup, Baseball World Cup, and European championships. [2]

van 't Klooster debuted in the Hoofdklasse with Amsterdam Pirates, later playing for Quick Amersfoort, RCH-Pinguins  [ nl ], Neptunus, Kinheim, and Pioniers. [2] [3] He was named the best hitter in the league in 2002 and 2005. [4] [2] In 2011, he became the second player to have 1,000 hits in the Dutch league, joining Marcel Joost  [ nl ]. [5]

After ending his playing career in 2015, he became the hitting coach for DSS in the Hoofdklasse. [6] He later coached Pioniers, playing briefly in 2022. [7] [3] He moved with manager Mervin Gario to coach Amsterdam in 2023 but left the team after the 2024 season. [8] [9] He joined Kinheim after the 2025 season. [10]

Personal life

van 't Klooster's father, Peter, and son, Koen, have also played baseball. [11] Koen has pitched in college baseball and collegiate summer baseball. [12] [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Dirk van 't Klooster". Olympedia . Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dirk van 't Klooster". Honkbalsite archief (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  3. 1 2 "Dirk van 't Klooster Career Stats Leagues Statistics". Baseball Reference . Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  4. ↑ Stoovelaar, Marco. "Baseball & Softball Headlines - December 2002". Grand Slam - Stats & News. Archived from the original on 2004-06-20. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  5. ↑ "Van 't Klooster hits 1000th basehit". Grand Slam * Stats & News Netherlands. July 19, 2011. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  6. ↑ "Van 't Klooster hitting-coach bij DSS". HonkbalSoftbal.nl (in Dutch). 2016-11-02. Archived from the original on 2025-07-20. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  7. ↑ "Baseball 2022 - Rosters Hoofdklasse". Grand Slam - Stats & News. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  8. ↑ "Baseball 2023 - Rosters Hoofdklasse". Grand Slam - Stats & News. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  9. ↑ "Honkball transfers 2024". Grand Slam Stats & News (in Dutch).
  10. ↑ "Baseball / Honkbal Transfers 2025". Grand Slam * Stats & News. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  11. ↑ Storsbergen, Jolien (9 June 2022). "Koen van 't Klooster: "Als ik op de heuvel sta, ben ik kalm"". HonkbalSoftbal.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2025-09-06. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  12. ↑ "King K Returns". Kelowna Falcons . 2025-04-18. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  13. ↑ "Koen van 'T Klooster - Baseball". Nicholls State University Athletics. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
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