Hainley Statia

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Hainley Statia
Statia with the Cedar Rapids Kernels in 2006
Shortstop / Coach
Born: (1986-01-19) January 19, 1986 (age 38)
Willemstad, Curaçao
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
Medals
Men’s Baseball
Representing  Netherlands
European Baseball Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Montjuïc National team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Brno National team
France International Baseball Tournament [fr]
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sénart [fr] National team

Hainley Charles Statia (born January 19, 1986, in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a Curaçaoan former minor league baseball player and an infield coordinator for the Los Angeles Angels organization and the current manager of the Curaçao national baseball team.

Career[edit]

Statia was previously active in the Los Angeles Angels organization, playing for the Double-A Arkansas Travelers and the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees between 2008 and 2010.[1] He was signed by the independent Lancaster Barnstormers after the 2010 season,[2] but was transferred to the Milwaukee Brewers before the start of the 2011 season.

He was also a member of the Netherlands national baseball team at the 2007 European Baseball Championship, 2014 France International Baseball Tournament [fr],[3] and 2014 European Baseball Championship.[4]

On January 26, 2017, Statia was introduced as the hitting coach for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, the Class A Midwest League minor league affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers.[5] As of 2019, Statia is a roving instructor in the Brewers system.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Transactions Archived 2010-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Roger Bernadina in EK-selectie Nederland Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine de Nederlandse honkbalsite (in Dutch)
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ "Timber Rattlers to have two new coaches". Post-Crescent Media. Retrieved 2017-02-07.

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