Marc Kroon
| Marc Kroon | |
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| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: April 2, 1973 The Bronx, New York | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| Professional debut | |
| MLB: July 7, 1995, for the San Diego Padres | |
| NPB: April 2, 2005, for the Yokohama BayStars | |
| Last appearance | |
| MLB: June 29, 2004, for the Colorado Rockies | |
| NPB: October 8, 2010, for the Yomiuri Giants | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 0–2 |
| Earned run average | 7.76 |
| Strikeouts | 23 |
| NPB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 14–18 |
| Earned run average | 2.68 |
| Strikeouts | 417 |
| Saves | 177 |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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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.
Career[]
He was drafted 72nd overall by the New York Mets in 1991. The Mets traded him to the San Diego Padres in 1993 as the player to be named later in an earlier trade for Frank Seminara.[1] The Padres traded Kroon to the Cincinnati Reds for Buddy Carlyle in April 1998.[2]
Croon joined the Yokohama BayStars in 2005. 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.[3] He also broke his own record of pitching to 162 km/h (101 mph).[4]
Kroon signed a minor league contract with an invitation for spring training with the San Francisco Giants in 2011.[5] Kroon was reassigned to triple-A Fresno Grizzlies at the end of spring training.[6]
Kroon was featured in the Showtime television production The Franchise.[7]
On March 8, 2012, Kroon retired.[8]
References[]
- ^ Sexton, Joe (14 December 1993). "BASEBALL; No Power and No Average. Sure, He's Definitely a Met". The New York Times.
- ^ http://a.espncdn.com/mlb/news/1999/0830/10859.html
- ^ "Lions defeat Giants to win Japan Series in seven". SI.com. Associated Press. 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2008-11-11.[dead link]
- ^ "Marc Kroon - BR Bullpen".
- ^ 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," Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine RotoWorld (April 1, 2011).
- ^ http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13761045&topic_id=8878828&c_id=sf[bare URL]
- ^ 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 Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
- Archived version of Marc Kroon's website[dead link] while in Japan
- Marc Kroon on Twitter
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Colorado Rockies players
- San Diego Padres players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Baseball players from New York (state)
- 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
- Sportspeople from the Bronx
- Capital City Bombers players
- Fresno Grizzlies players
- Gulf Coast Mets players
- Kingsport Mets players
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American people