| Evert-Jan 't Hoen | |
|---|---|
| Manager | |
| Born:8 November 1975 Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
Evert-Jan Axel Charles 't Hoen (born 8 November 1975 in Alphen aan den Rijn) is a Dutch baseball coach and former player who is the current manager of the Netherlands national baseball team.
't Hoen played college baseball at Indian River Community College in 1995. [1]
't Hoen played in the California/Anaheim Angels minor league system from 1996 to 2001. He made his American debut with the Boise Hawks in 1996, then played for the Single-A Cedar Rapids Kernels in 1997 and 1998. In 1999 and 2000, he split the season between the Double-A Erie SeaWolves and Triple-A Edmonton Trappers. In 1999, he was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game. In 2001, he again played at the two highest levels of the minor leagues but with different Angels affiliates, the Salt Lake Bees and the Arkansas Travelers. [2]
't Hoen represented the Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, in which the Dutch finished sixth. He went 5-for-23 and played shortstop in 7 games. [3] He also participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where the Netherlands finished fifth, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where they finished sixth.
't Hoen managed Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse from 2013 to 2016. Neptunus won the Holland Series in all four years 't Hoen managed the team and won the 2015 European Champions Cup. [4]
In April 2018, 't Hoen was appointed manager of the Netherlands baseball team. [5] In 2021, he was part of Hensley Meulens's staff as bench coach for the Netherlands in the 2020 Olympic Baseball Qualifier, where the Dutch failed to qualify to the Olympics. [6] 't Hoen was also on Meulens' staff for the 2023 World Baseball Classic, serving as a quality control coach. [7] 't Hoen managed the Netherlands in the 2023 European Baseball Championship held in the Czech Republic, where the team finished third. [8] [9]
't Hoen was the infield coach for the European team in the 2024 Global Baseball Games, a series of two exhibition games held in Japan. [1]
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