Rick van den Hurk

VandenHurk with the Baltimore Orioles

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 44

Pitcher

Born: May 22, 1985 (age 31)
Eindhoven, Netherlands

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

Professional debut

MLB: April 10, 2007, for the Florida Marlins

KBO: April 17, 2013, for the Samsung Lions

NPB: June 14, 2015, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Last appearance

MLB: October 3, 2012, for the Pittsburgh Pirates

KBO: October 14, 2014, for the Samsung Lions

MLB statistics
(through 2012 season)

Win–loss record

8–11

Strikeouts

179

KBO statistics
(through 2013 Season)

Win-loss record

20-13

Strikeouts

317

NPB statistics
(through 2016 Season)

Win-loss record

16-3

Strikeouts

212

Teams

Henricus "Rick" Nicolas van den Hurk (born May 22, 1985) is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball. He has also pitched in Major League Baseball for the Florida Marlins, Baltimore Orioles, and Pittsburgh Pirates, and in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions. In international play, he is a member of the Netherlands national baseball team.

At the age of 16, van den Hurk was scouted by Chicho Jesurun when playing for the Oosterhout baseball team Twins, where his father was coach. He went to Fort Lauderdale Preparatory School where he graduated in 2003.

Van den Hurk was signed by the Florida Marlins as an international free agent in 2002.

Prior to his major league debut in 2007, he had never pitched above Class-A. He underwent ligament replacement surgery on his right arm in 2005.

In 2006, van den Hurk started five games for the Gulf Coast League Marlins in rookie ball and three more games for the Jupiter Hammerheads of High-A. In the rookie league, van den Hurk allowed just two runs on four hits in 15 innings of work, while striking out 26 batters. With the Hammerheads, he allowed three earned runs on five hits through ten innings and striking out 15.

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