Robert Eenhoorn

Infobox MLB retired
name = Robert Eenhoorn
bgcolor1 = #1c2841
textcolor1 = #ffffff
bgcolor2 = #1c2841
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width = 225
caption = Robert Eenhoorn in 2007
position = Second baseman/Shortstop
birthdate = birth date and age|1968|2|9
deathdate =
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = April 27
debutyear = 1994
debutteam = New York Yankees
finaldate = September 28
finalyear = 1997
finalteam = Anaheim Angels
stat1label = Batting average
stat1value = .239
stat2label = Home runs
stat2value = 1
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 10
teams = As Player
*New York Yankees (1994–1996)
*California Angels (1996)
Anaheim Angels (1997)As Manager
*Netherlands (2004-present)
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Robert Franciscus Eenhoorn (born February 9, 1968 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch baseball manager and retired professional player. He played four seasons as a utility infielder in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees and California/Anaheim Angels. He is currently the manager of the Netherlands national baseball team.

Major League career

Robert Eenhoorn played four seasons in Major League Baseball as a utility infielder. From 1994 to 1996 he played for the New York Yankees, and from 1996 to 1997 he played for the California Angels, who changed their name to Anaheim Angels at that time.

He is the only major league player born in the Netherlands to have hit a home run. [cite web|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/Netherlands_born.shtml |title=Players Born in Netherlands |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=2007-08-31] All other Dutch MLB players to have hit home runs were born elsewhere, mainly in the country's Caribbean territories, most notably the Curaçao native Andruw Jones.

Managing career

Back in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Robert Eenhoorn became player-manager of the Hoofdklasse team of Neptunus, during the seasons 1999–2001. [ [http://archief.trouw.nl/artikel?REC=1490c0c15f228bf715ef1e8513d47bfc Eenhoorn stopt als coach bij Neptunus] . Trouw. Retrieved on 2007-11-17. nl icon] All three seasons, Neptunus was most successful on a national level, since it both won in the Hoofdklasse (Dutch Major League) and the Holland Series. [http://www1.sport1.nl/Honkbal/Spelers/143450/Robert-Eenhoorn.html Robert Eenhoorn] . Sport1. Retrieved on 2007-11-17. nl icon] The team also had international success when it won the European Cup in 2000 and 2001.

Since 2001 he is the manager of the Netherlands national baseball team. [ [http://www.nrc.nl/sport/article58683.ece Gras vreten voor de bondscoach] . NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved on 2007-11-17. nl icon] The national team won the European Baseball Championships in 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007. The national team reached the 7th place at the 2001 Baseball World Cup, the 6th place at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and 4th places at the 2005 and 2007 Baseball World Cup. [ [http://www.nrc.nl/sport/article825044.ece Honkballers grijpen weer naast medaille] . NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved on 2007-11-18. nl icon] In 2007, Robert Eenhoorn announced he will retire as manager of the national team in 2008. [ [http://www1.sport1.nl/Honkbal/Nieuws/130397/Eenhoorn-bondscoach-tot-2008.html Eenhoorn bondscoach tot 2008] . Sport1. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.]

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