Tom de Blok
Tom Robin de Blok (born May 8, 1996) is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization. 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.
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Biography
de Blok played in Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the top league in the Netherlands, for the Amsterdam Pirates.[1] After successful seasons with the Amsterdam Pirates, de Blok was offered a tryout with the Rakuten Golden Eagles, after the tryout he decided to return to the Amsterdam Pirates [2]
de Blok was a member of the Netherlands national baseball team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.[3] After a good performance in the Classic, de Blok signed a four-year minor league deal with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball in April 2017.[4] He made his debut for the Connecticut Tigers, and after pitching 3.2 scoreless innings, was promoted to the West Michigan Whitecaps, where he spent the rest of the season, posting a 4-2 record and 2.87 ERA with a 1.02 WHIP in 82 innings pitched.[5]
He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019.
References
- L&D Amsterdam | Amsterdam pirates Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- Tom de Blok stays with L&D Amsterdam Pirates - MOSAE SPORTS
- Teams release World Baseball Classic rosters | theScore.com
- "Tom de Blok signs deal with the Detroit Tigers". The Dutch Baseball Hangout. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- "Tom de Blok Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved 18 February 2018.