Kevin Kelly (pitcher, born 1990)

Not to be confused with Kevin Kelly (pitcher, born 1997).

Kevin Kelly (born May 27, 1990) is a Dutch-Curaçaoan professional baseball pitcher for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He played college baseball at Western Oklahoma State College and Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Kevin Kelly
Curaçao Neptunus – No. 33
Pitcher
Born: (1990-05-27) May 27, 1990 (age 33) Willemstad, Curaçao
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Medals Men's Baseball Representing  Netherlands European Baseball Championship 2016 Hoofddorp National team Haarlem Baseball Week 2014 Haarlem National team World Port Tournament 2011 Netherlands National team 2013 Netherlands National team 2015 Netherlands National team

Kelly was chosen as a member of the Netherlands national baseball team for the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2011 World Port Tournament, 2013 World Port Tournament,^[1] 2014 Haarlem Baseball Week,^[2] 2015 World Port Tournament^[3] 2016 exhibition games against Japan,^[4] and 2017 World Baseball Classic^[5]

Kelly signed with the Rimini Baseball Club of the Italian Baseball League for the 2018 season.^[6]

International career

Kelly played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, and at the 2019 WBSC Premier12. He represented the Netherlands national baseball team at the 2023 World Baseball Classic.^[7]

References

1. "DOOR Neptunus add Curacao native Kevin Kelly". mister-baseball.com. March 25, 2014.
2. "Roster National Team announced for Haarlem Baseball Week". Grand Slam Stats & News.
3. "KNBSB announces Roster for 2015 World Port Tournament in Rotterdam". Mister-Baseball.com. July 1, 2015.
4. "Jurickson Profar met Koninkrijksteam naar Japan". Honkbalsite Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch). October 26, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
5. Thornburg, Chad (February 8, 2017). . mlb.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
6. "Rimini Baseball – Sito Ufficiale Rimini Baseball Club".
7. "Grote namen in voorselectie Koninkrijksteam voor World Baseball Classic – HonkbalSoftbal.nl". HonkbalSoftbal.nl (in Dutch). January 10, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2023.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)