Hainley Statia
Curaçaoan baseball player (born 1986)
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Hainley Charles Statia (HINE-lee STAY-sha, born January 19, 1986, in Willemstad, Curaçao[1]) is a Curaçaoan former minor league baseball player and currently the manager of the Arizona Complex League Angels[2] and the Curaçao national baseball team. He also played for the Netherlands national team in the World Baseball Classic.
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| Born: January 19, 1986 Willemstad, Curaçao | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Switch Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Statia attended Trinity Christian Academy in Deltona, Florida. The Anaheim Angels drafted him in the 9th round of the 2004 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft.[3] He was a 2006 Midwest League All-Star and 2007 California League All-Star.[1] He shared the Angels' minor league player of the year award in 2007.[4] He reached Triple-A in 2009 but never played in MLB.[3] He signed with the independent Lancaster Barnstormers after the 2010 season[5] but joined the Milwaukee Brewers organization before the start of the 2011 season. He played in the minors through 2014.[3]
Statia was also a member of the Netherlands national baseball team at the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC), suffering an injury during the second tournament,[6] 2013 WBC,[3] as well as the 2007 and 2014 European Baseball Championship.[7]
Coaching career
Statia was a hitting coach for the Arizona Brewers in 2016.[8] On January 26, 2017, Statia was introduced as the hitting coach for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, the Class A Midwest League minor league affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers.[9] He later was a roving instructor in the Brewers system.[10]
Statia became the manager of the ACL Angels in 2024, winning the Los Angeles Angels' minor manager of the year award in his first season leading the team.[4][8]
Internationally, Statia became the manager of the Curaçao national team in 2021.[10] He led Curaçao to win the 2024 Caribbean Baseball Cup.[11]