Diego Markwell
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Diegomar Raymundo "Diego" Markwell (born August 8, 1980 in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a Curaçaoan former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Netherlands national team in many tournaments. He played in Minor League Baseball for seven seasons and briefly played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Macoto Cobras in 2007. He also pitched in more than 200 games in the Honkbal Hoofklasse.
Professional career
[edit | edit source]Markwell signed with the Toronto Blue Jays on August 8, 1996. He had played as an outfielder as an amateur before pitching professionally. He spent the 1997–2003 seasons in the Blue Jays' minor league system. In his time with Toronto, he appeared for the Low-A St. Catharines Stompers andQueens Kings, Single-A Hagerstown Suns and Charleston AlleyCats, High-A Dunedin Blue Jays, and Double-A Tennessee Smokies[1] and New Haven Ravens. He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals after the 2003 season, but did not pitch in affiliated baseball again.[2][3]
After ending his American career, Markwell pitched for Sparta/Feyenoord In the Honkbal Hoofklasse beginning in May 2004. He switched to another Rotterdam team, Neptunus, after that season.[4] In 2007, Markwell pitched three games for the Macoto Cobras of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Markwell contained to pitch for Neptunus through May 2023.[2][5] He won the Hoofklasse's best pitcher award in 2006 and 2018.[6] He was named the league's best left-handed pitcher in 2005 and 2007 by Honkbalsite.[7]
International career
[edit | edit source]Markwell has pitched for the Netherlands national team in many international tournaments. He pitched in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he and his team finished sixth. He was 0–1 with an 11.37 ERA, pitching in losses to Cuba and Japan.[8] He also pitched in the 2008 Summer Olympics, with a 4.77 ERA in three games.[9] He was also on the Dutch team for the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019.
Markwell pitched in the first four World Baseball Classic tournaments, from 2006 to 2023, throwing the most combined innings during those tournaments.[10]
Markwell was on the Dutch roster for the European Baseball Championship in 2005, 2007, 2010, 2014,[11] 2016,[12] and 2019, the 2006 and 2010 Intercontinental Cup, 2011 Baseball World Cup, 2013 and 2015 World Port Tournament, 2014 and 2016 France International Baseball Tournament,[13][14] 2015 WBSC Premier12,[15] and 2016 Haarlem Baseball Week.[16]
After retiring as a player, Markwell was the pitching coach for the Dutch team at the WBSC Premier12 2024.[17]
Post-playing career
[edit | edit source]Markwell retired as a pitcher with Neptunus in May 2023. He became a pitching coach for Neptunus and the Netherlands national team.[5]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Markwell's cousin is Andruw Jones.[1][4]
References
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- ^ Nederlands honkbalteam opent EK tegen Kroatië Archived 2016-03-29 at the Wayback Machine The Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association official site (in Dutch)
- ^ Bernadina voor EK terug in nationale ploeg Honkbalsite | Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch)
- ^ Roger Bernadina in EK-selectie Nederland Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine de Nederlandse honkbalsite (in Dutch)
- ^ Rob Cordemans met Koninkrijksteam naar Sénart Honkbalsite | Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch)
- ^ Definitieve selectie Kingdom of the Netherlands voor de Premier12 Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine KNBSB (in Dutch)
- ^ Garia en de Caster meest opvallende namen in selectie Honkbalweek Archived 2016-09-13 at the Wayback Machine KNBSB (in Dutch)
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from MLB · ESPN · Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Markwell at the Dutch Olympic Archive
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- 1980 births
- 2005 European Baseball Championship players
- 2005 Baseball World Cup players
- 2006 World Baseball Classic players
- 2007 European Baseball Championship players
- 2009 World Baseball Classic players
- 2010 European Baseball Championship players
- 2013 World Baseball Classic players
- 2014 European Baseball Championship players
- 2015 WBSC Premier12 players
- 2016 European Baseball Championship players
- 2017 World Baseball Classic players
- 2019 European Baseball Championship players
- Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Charleston AlleyCats players
- Curaçao expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Curaçao expatriate baseball players in Taiwan
- Curaçao expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Curacao Neptunus players
- DOOR Neptunus players
- Dunedin Blue Jays players
- Hagerstown Suns players
- Leones del Caracas players
- Living people
- New Haven Ravens players
- Olympic baseball players for the Netherlands
- Dutch baseball players
- Baseball players from Willemstad
- Queens Kings players
- St. Catharines Stompers players
- Tennessee Smokies players
- Curaçao expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Dutch people of Curaçao descent
- Dutch baseball biography stubs
- Curaçao sportspeople stubs