Bas Nooij
Dutch baseball catcher (born 1987)
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Sebastiaan Nooij (born November 26, 1987) is a Dutch former baseball player. He was a catcher for the Netherlands national team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic and other international tournaments and played in the Dutch and Australian leagues.
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| Born: November 26, 1987 Amstelveen, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||
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Nooij began playing in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the Dutch league, for Amsterdam Pirates in 2006.[1] He went to the United States to play college baseball at Lower Columbia College in 2007 and 2008,[2][3] then Hawaii Pacific University in 2009 and 2010.[4][5] He also returned to the Netherlands to play baseball in 2009.[1][6]
Nooij first joined the Netherlands national baseball team as a bullpen catcher during the 2009 World Port Tournament. His first playing appearance was ahead of the 2010 Haarlem Baseball Week.[1] He was a backup catcher for the 2011 Baseball World Cup, batting 0-for-2 over 4 games.[7] He was added to the roster for the 2013 World Baseball Classic after Spencer Kieboom was injured,[8] again posting an 0-for-2 line.[9] He played in the Hoofdklasse for Amsterdam through the 2015 season, then played in the Australian Baseball League through the 2020–21 season.[9][10][11]
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