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Marc Kroon
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| Relief pitcher | |||
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Born: April 2, 1973 The Bronx, New York | |||
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| Professional debut | |||
| MLB: July 7, 1995 for the San Diego Padres | |||
| NPB: April 2, 2005 for the Yokohama BayStars | |||
| NPB[1] statistics | |||
| Win-Loss | 14-18 | ||
| Earned run average | 2.68 | ||
| Strikeouts | 417 | ||
| Saves | 177 | ||
| MLB[1] statistics | |||
| Win-Loss | 0–2 | ||
| Earned run average | 7.76 | ||
| Strikeouts | 23 | ||
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| Career highlights and awards | |||
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| Last update: 2 September 2011 | |||
Marc Jason Kroon (born April 2, 1973) is an American former right-handed relief pitcher. He served as the closer for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Central League.
He was drafted 72nd overall by the New York Mets in
- REDIRECT Template:Baseball year. After playing for various teams including the Cincinnati Reds, he joined the Yokohama BayStars in
- REDIRECT Template:Baseball year. That year, he set the record for the fastest pitch ever in Japanese baseball, at 161 km/h (100 mph). He threw fastballs at that speed several times while playing in Yokohama. After the
- REDIRECT Template:Baseball year season, Kroon and the BayStars failed to come to terms on a new contract, and ended up being a free agent. Kroon was later signed by the Yomiuri Giants along with two other major non-Japanese free agents: former Tokyo Yakult Swallows standouts Seth Greisinger, and Alex Ramirez.
In
- REDIRECT Template:Baseball year, Kroon led the Central League in saves with 41.[2] He also broke his own record of pitching to 162 km/h (101 mph).[3]
Kroon signed a minor league contract with an invitation for spring training with the San Francisco Giants in 2011.[4] Kroon was reassigned to triple-A Fresno Grizzlies at the end of spring training.[5]
Kroon was featured in the Showtime television production The Franchise.[6]
On March 8, 2012, Kroon retired.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Marc Kroon," Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed March 15, 2015.
- ^ Associated Press (2008-11-11). "Lions defeat Giants to win Japan Series in seven.". SI.com. Retrieved 2008-11-11.[dead link]
- ^ Schulman, Henry (2011-02-27). "If Giambi Goes, A's Won't Collapse". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2011/01/24/marc-kroon-signs-with-giants-after-high-octane-closing-stint-in
- ^ "Marc Kroon: Kroon can opt out of contract on June 1," RotoWorld (April 1, 2011).
- ^ http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13761045&topic_id=8878828&c_id=sf
- ^ Pentis, Andrew (2012-03-08). "Memories of a retiring Minor Leaguer". milb.com. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com
- Archived version of Marc Kroon's website while in Japan