Danny Klassen

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Danny Klassen
Free Agent – No. --
Shortstop
Born: September 22, 1975 (1975-09-22) (age 36) Leamington, Ontario, Canada
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 4, 1998 for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Career statistics (through 2008 season)
Batting average	.226
Home runs	6
Runs batted in	23
Teams
Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–2000, 2002) Detroit Tigers (2003)

Daniel Victor Klassen (born September 22, 1975) is an infielder who is currently a free agent. He previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Detroit Tigers.

Klassen was part of Team Canada in the 2004 Summer Olympics, which finished in fourth place. He was named to play for Canada at the World Baseball Classic. During the World Baseball Classic, he injured himself and took the 2006 season off.

In 2008, he played for the Houston Astros organization and became a free agent at the end of the season.

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Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

v t e Arizona Diamondbacks 1998 Inaugural Season Roster

Opening Day Lineup	C Jorge Fábregas \| 1B Travis Lee \| 2B Edwin Díaz \| 3B Matt Williams \| SS Jay Bell \| LF Brent Brede \| CF Devon White \| RF Karim García \| P Andy Benes

Batters	C Damian Miller \| C Kelly Stinnett \| IF Tony Batista \| IF Andy Fox \| IF Hanley Frías \| IF Danny Klassen \| IF Andy Stankiewicz \| IF/OF Hensley Meulens \| IF/OF Mike Robertson \| OF Yamil Benítez \| OF David Dellucci \| OF Bernard Gilkey \| OF Chris Jones

Pitchers	SP Brian Anderson \| SP Willie Blair \| SP Omar Daal \| SP Jeff Suppan \| RP Joel Adamson \| RP Willie Banks \| RP Scott Brow \| RP Bobby Chouinard \| RP Bryan Corey \| RP Alan Embree \| RP Ben Ford \| RP Barry Manuel \| RP Chris Michalak \| RP Vladimir Núñez \| RP Gregg Olson \| RP Ricky Pickett \| RP Félix Rodríguez \| RP Clint Sodowsky \| RP Aaron Small \| RP Russ Springer \| RP Amaury Telemaco \| RP Efrain Valdez \| RP Neil Weber \| RP Bob Wolcott

Manager	Buck Showalter

Coaches	Bench coach Carlos Tosca \| Hitting coach Jim Presley \| Pitching coach Mark Connor \| First base coach Dwayne Murphy \| Third base coach Brian Butterfield \| Bullpen coach Glenn Sherlock

Canada 2004 Athens Olympic Baseball roster

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Name	Klassen, Danny
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Date of birth	September 22, 1975
Place of birth	Leamington, Ontario, Canada
Date of death
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