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).
The Netherlands national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,representing the country in international men's baseball. They are currently ranked as the best team in the WBSC Europe,and the team is also ranked seventh in the WBSC World Rankings.
HCAW,in full Honkbalclub Allen Weerbaar,is a Dutch professional baseball and softball club from Bussum. As of 2021 the club numbers about 400 members,including 270 players,making it one of the largest baseball and softball clubs in the Netherlands. The club's top teams all play in their equivalent Dutch major league.
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.
Pioniers is a baseball and softball team based in Hoofddorp,the Netherlands. The club is currently sponsored by Raamsdonkveer-based construction company Vaessen BV and the team is officially known as the Vaessen Pioniers.
Arthur Benjamin "Chicho" Jesurun was a Netherlands-Antillian baseball player,coach,manager,and scout.
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 Dutch former 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. All other Dutch MLB players to have hit home runs were born elsewhere,mainly in the country's Caribbean territories,most notably the Curaçao natives Andruw Jones and Hensley Meulens.
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.
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.
Sharlon Romans Emederio Schoop is a Dutch-Curaçaoan professional baseball shortstop for L&D Amsterdam 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-Curaçaoan 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.
Quintin De Cuba is a Dutch professional baseball first baseman for Curaçao Neptunus in the Dutch Baseball League.
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.
Tom Robin de Blok is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher for the 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.
