Marc Kroon
| Marc Kroon | |
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| San Francisco Giants — No. -- | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: April 2, 1973 The Bronx, New York |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Professional debut | |
| MLB: July 7, 1995 for the San Diego Padres | |
| NPB: April 2, 2005 for the Yokohama BayStars | |
| NPB statistics (through 2010 season) |
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| Win-Loss | 14-18 |
| Earned run average | 2.68 |
| Strikeouts | 417 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Last update: 2 September 2011 | |
Marc Jason Kroon (born April 2, 1973 in The Bronx, New York) is an American right-handed relief pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization in Major League Baseball. He served as the closer for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Central League.
He was drafted 72nd overall by the New York Mets in 1991. After playing for various teams including the Cincinnati Reds, he joined the Yokohama BayStars in 2005. That year, he set the record for the fastest pitch ever in Japanese baseball, at 161 km/h (100 mph). He threw fastballs at that speed several times while playing in Yokohama. After the 2007 season, Kroon and the BayStars failed to come to terms on a new contract, and ended up being a free agent. Kroon was later signed by the Yomiuri Giants along with two other major non-Japanese free agents: former Tokyo Yakult Swallows standouts Seth Greisinger, and Alex Ramirez.
In 2008, Kroon led the Central League in saves with 41.[1] Also broke his own record of pitching to 162 km/h (101 mph).[2]
Kroon signed a minor league contract with an invitation for spring training with the San Francisco Giants in 2011.[3] Kroon was reassigned to triple-A Fresno Grizzlies at the end of spring training.[4]
Kroon was featured in the Showtime television production, The Franchise.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Associated Press (2008-11-11). "Lions defeat Giants to win Japan Series in seven". SI.com. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/more/11/09/japan.series.ap/index.html. Retrieved 2008-11-11.[dead link]
- ^ Schulman, Henry (2011-02-27). "If Giambi Goes, A's Won't Collapse". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-02-27/sports/28635580_1_japan-california-league-title-big-money.
- ^ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2011/01/24/marc-kroon-signs-with-giants-after-high-octane-closing-stint-in
- ^ http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/playerbreakingnews.asp?sport=MLB&id=2105&line=317211&spln=1
- ^ http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13761045&topic_id=8878828&c_id=sf
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com
- Marc Kroon's official website
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Colorado Rockies players
- San Diego Padres players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Baseball players from New York
- African American baseball players
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Yokohama BayStars players
- Yomiuri Giants players
- Rancho Cucamonga Quakes players
- Memphis Chicks players
- Las Vegas Stars (baseball) players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Arizona League Mariners players
- Tacoma Rainiers players
- Albuquerque Dukes players
- Arkansas Travelers players
- Salt Lake Stingers players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
- People from the Bronx
