The Honkbal Hoofdklasse is the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. It is an eight-team league that plays a 42-game schedule and is overseen by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation (KNBSB).
Eugene Humphrey Kingsale is a former Major League Baseball player with the Baltimore Orioles,Seattle Mariners,San Diego Padres,and Detroit Tigers from 1996 until 2003. At six-foot-three,and his weight ranging from 170 to 194 pounds,Kingsale is known as a slick fielding,speedy switch-hitter who throws right-handed,he has played extensively for the Netherlands national team in international competition,including the World Cup of Baseball,the 2004 Olympics in Athens,Greece as well as the World Baseball Classic tournaments in 2006 and 2009. Since 2008,he has played for perennial champions Neptunus Rotterdam in the Dutch Hoofdklasse,as well as being a key member of the Dutch national team,which played in Beijing Olympics.
Kinheim is a baseball and softball team based in Haarlem,the Netherlands. The title sponsor of the club is currently Corendon so that the official name of the team is Corendon Kinheim.
Rob "Robbie" Cordemans is a Dutch baseball player. He bats and throws righthanded. Cordemans is best known for representing the Dutch national team at the Olympics and other international competitions.
Diegomar Raymundo "Diego" Markwell is a Dutch baseball player for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse.
David Franciscus Johan Bergman is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Kinheim of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse baseball league.
Robert Franciscus Eenhoorn is a retired Dutch professional baseball player and manager. He played four seasons of Major League Baseball as a utility infielder for the New York Yankees and California/Anaheim Angels. On September 27,1997,Eenhoorn became the first Dutch-born player to hit a home run in the Major Leagues since Jack Lelivelt in 1912. The feat was later repeated by Greg Halman and Didi Gregorius. Eenhoorn played for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides of the New York Mets organization in 1998.
Rogearvin Argelo "Roger" Bernadina is a Dutch Curaçaoan professional baseball outfielder for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals,Philadelphia Phillies,Cincinnati Reds,and Los Angeles Dodgers. He has also played for the Dutch national baseball team in international competitions such as the World Baseball Classic. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship,Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament,and the 2019 WBSC Premier12.
Leon Boyd is a Canadian-born Dutch baseball player currently playing for Corendon Kinheim in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He is most often recognized for his accomplishments for the Dutch national team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
Michael Steven Duursma is a Dutch professional baseball player who currently plays for Pioniers and the Dutch national team.
Percy Isenia is a Dutch former baseball player who played for SV ADO and the Dutch national team.
Michiel van Kampen is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Kinheim and the Dutch national team. He has been a star relief pitcher in the Hoofdklasse who once set the appearances record and was MVP of the 2007 Holland Series. His sister Judith van Kampen is a star softball pitcher for the Dutch women's softball national team and was the first Dutch woman to play NCAA Division I softball,for the University of Nevada;they both will play for the Netherlands in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Roel Koolen was a Dutch baseball player who used to play for Kinheim and the Dutch national team.
Ludovicus Jacobus Maria "Loek" van Mil was a Dutch professional baseball pitcher. At the height of 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m),he was and still is the tallest player in the history of professional baseball. He played for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse and for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). On the Netherlands national baseball team he served as the team's closer in the 2013 World Baseball Classic and the 2015 Premier 12 and appeared in the 2007 Baseball World Cup. He missed the 2008 Summer Olympics due to injury.
Jeroen Sluijter is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Neptunus and the Dutch national team.
Tjerk Smeets is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Kinheim and the Dutch national team. He is the son of Dutch radio and television personality,writer,and columnist Mart Smeets.
Randolph F. Oduber is a professional baseball outfielder for the Hoofddorp Pioniers of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship,and at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019.
Dashenko Adriano Ricardo is a Dutch professional baseball catcher for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship,and at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019.
Kenneth Berkenbosch is a Dutch professional baseball player for L&D Amsterdam of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse.
Dwayne Kemp is a Dutch baseball player for the Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse.
