Rikkert Faneyte
| Rikkert Faneyte | |
|---|---|
| Outfielder | |
| Born: May 31, 1969 Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 29, 1993, for the San Francisco Giants | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 29, 1996, for the Texas Rangers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .174 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 9 |
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| Teams | |
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Rikkert Faneyte (born May 31, 1969) is a Dutch former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 1996 for the San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers. He was a member of the Dutch National Team which finished in fifth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Career
[edit | edit source]Faneyte grew up playing baseball starting at the age of four in the Netherlands and played college baseball at Miami-Dade South Junior College.[1]
Faneyte made his major league debut in 1993, becoming the third player from the Netherlands to play in the majors.[2]
Faneyte was traded to the Cincinnati Reds in December 1996.[3]
Faneyte also played for the L&D Amsterdam Pirates of Honkbal Hoofdklasse after finishing his major league career. He also picked up the save in the Netherlands' 2000 Olympics 4-2 win against Cuba.[4][5]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Fangraphs · Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- Baseball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Clinton Giants players
- Dutch expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Major League Baseball players from the Netherlands
- Major League Baseball center fielders
- Oklahoma City 89ers players
- Olympic baseball players for the Netherlands
- Phoenix Firebirds players
- San Francisco Giants players
- San Jose Giants players
- Baseball players from Amsterdam
- Texas Rangers players
- Dutch people of Curaçao descent
- 1998 Baseball World Cup players
- Dutch baseball biography stubs
- Baseball center fielder stubs