Robert Eenhoorn
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Robert Eenhoorn in 2007
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| Second baseman/Shortstop | |||
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Born: February 9, 1968 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 27, 1994, for the New York Yankees | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 28, 1997, for the Anaheim Angels | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .239 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 10 | ||
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Robert Franciscus Eenhoorn OON (born February 9, 1968) is a retired Dutch professional baseball player and manager. He played four seasons of Major League Baseball as a utility infielder for the New York Yankees and California/Anaheim Angels. On September 27, 1997, Eenhoorn became the first Dutch-born player to hit a home run in the Major Leagues since Jack Lelivelt in 1912. The feat was later repeated by Greg Halman and Didi Gregorius. (All other Dutch MLB players to have hit home runs were born elsewhere, mainly in the country's Caribbean territories, most notably the Curaçao natives Andruw Jones and Hensley Meulens.) Eenhoorn played for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides of the New York Mets organization in 1998.
From 2009 to 2014 Eenhoorn served as the technical director for the Netherlands national baseball team.
Since 2014, Eenhoorn has been the general director of the Dutch football club AZ Alkmaar. In March 2015, he hired another former Major Leaguer, Billy Beane, as an advisor.
Eenhoorn was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. His father played baseball during World War II as an act of Dutch rebellion against the German occupation. Eenhoorn played association football and baseball growing up and credited his football play with helping his footwork on the baseball diamond.
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