Marc Kroon
| Marc Kroon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 300px | |||
| Relief pitcher | |||
| Born: April 2, 1973 The Bronx, New York |
|||
|
|||
| 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 | ||
| Teams | |||
| Career highlights and awards | |||
|
|||
| 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 1991. After playing for various teams including the Cincinnati Reds, he joined the Yokohama BayStars in 2005. 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 2007 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 2008, 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Marc Kroon," Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed March 15, 2015.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com
- Archived version of Marc Kroon's website while in Japan
- Articles with dead external links from October 2010
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages using baseballstats with unknown parameters
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Colorado Rockies players
- San Diego Padres players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Baseball players from New York
- African-American baseball players
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Yokohama BayStars players
- Yomiuri Giants players
- Rancho Cucamonga Quakes players
- Memphis Chicks players
- Las Vegas Stars (baseball) players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Arizona League Mariners players
- Tacoma Rainiers players
- Albuquerque Dukes players
- Arkansas Travelers players
- Salt Lake Stingers players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
- People from the Bronx
