Sherwin Cijntje

Sherwin P. Cijntje (born March 2, 1964) is a Curaçaoan former baseball outfielder who played for the Netherlands Antilles national baseball team, professionally in the minor leagues and in the Hoofdklasse.[1]

He played for the Netherlands Antilles in the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games.[2] The team had a 3-3 record in the tournament and didn't win a medal. He played professionally from 1983 to 1989 in the Baltimore Orioles (1983–1989) and Cleveland Indians (1989) systems. He hit as high as .303 and once stole as many as 51 bases in a season (1986, with the Hagerstown Suns). Overall, he hit .270 with 588 hits and 184 stolen bases in 642 games.[3]

He was the first Curaçao native to play professional baseball in the United States.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Dutch Baseball 1997
  2. ↑ A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864–2006, 2007, Peter C. Bjarkman
  3. ↑ BR Minors page
  4. ↑ Volkskrant.nl
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