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Schoop with the Baltimore Orioles
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| Second baseman | |||
| Born: October 16, 1991 Willemstad, Curaçao |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 25, 2013, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Batting average | .238 | ||
| Home runs | 32 | ||
| Runs batted in | 85 | ||
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Jonathan Rufino Jezus Schoop (/skoʊp/ skohp;[1] born October 16, 1991) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball.
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Professional career[edit]
Before he became a major leaguer, he played in the 2003 and 2004 Little League World Series for Curaçao. Schoop was signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a free agent in 2008. In 2011, Schoop along with Manny Machado represented the Orioles at the 2011 All-Star Futures Game.[2] He was awarded the Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year, given to the best player in the Orioles minor league system.[3][4]
Schoop played for the Netherlands national baseball team at the 2012 European Baseball Championship.[5]
Prior to the 2012 season, Schoop was ranked by Baseball America as the Orioles third best prospect and the 82nd best overall.[6][7]
Baltimore Orioles[edit]
2013[edit]
Schoop was recalled by the Orioles from the Triple-A Norfolk Tides on September 3, 2013.[8]
In his first major league at-bat on September 25, 2013, Schoop hit a single off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Esmil Rogers. Two at-bats later, he hit his first career home run off Kyle Drabek, with a distance measured at 430 feet. He finished the game 2-for-3 with a home run, an RBI, a walk, and 3 runs scored.[9] In 5 Major League games, Schoop finished the year with 4 hits, a home run and an RBI.
2014[edit]
On April 9, 2014, Schoop hit the second home run of his career off of Yankees RHP Masahiro Tanaka, a towering three-run shot over the left field foul pole at Yankee Stadium helping the Orioles to a 5-4 victory. In 137 games of 2014, Schoop batted .209 with 16 home runs and 45 RBI. With the Orioles finishing 96-66, the team clinched their first regular season AL East championship since 1997.
2015[edit]
On April 11, 2015, Schoop hit his first career grand slam, off of Toronto Blue Jays reliever, Todd Redmond. [10] During a game against the Boston Red Sox on April 17, 2015, Schoop sustained a partially torn PCL and sprained MCL, which forced the Orioles to place him on the disabled list.[11]
Personal Life[edit]
His brother, Sharlon Schoop, currently plays for the Norfolk Tides, the Orioles' Triple-a affiliate.
References[edit]
- ^ Encina, Eduardo A. "Schoop pumped to play with Curacao country mates on Netherlands WBC team," The Baltimore Sun, Thursday, February 21, 2013.
- ^ O's Machado, Schoop to play in Futures Game
- ^ Schoop and Bascom named organization player and pitcher of year
- ^ Orioles announce 2011 award winners for player development and scouting
- ^ Xander Bogaerts, Jonathan Schoop Highlight Dutch WC Roster
- ^ Baseball America Baltimore Orioles top 2012 Prospects
- ^ 2012 Top 100 Prospects
- ^ "Jonathan Schoop Recalled by Orioles". Demarva Shorebirds. September 4, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ^ Ghiroli, Brittany (September 25, 2013). "Young O's show upside, pop day after elimination". Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ^ http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2015/04/schoop-hits-first-career-grand-slam.html. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ Kubatko, Roch. "Jonathan Schoop to DL, Jimmy Paredes activated". MASN.
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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