In this Dutch name, the surname is van den Hurk, not Hurk.
Baseball player
Rick van den Hurk
van den Hurk with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Pitcher
Born: (1985-05-22) May 22, 1985 (age 39) Eindhoven, Netherlands
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: April 10, 2007, for the Florida Marlins
KBO: April 17, 2013, for the Samsung Lions
NPB: June 14, 2015, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Last appearance
MLB: October 3, 2012, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
KBO: October 14, 2014, for the Samsung Lions
NPB: May 28, 2021, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
8–11
Earned run average
6.08
Strikeouts
179
KBO statistics
Win–loss record
20–13
Earned run average
3.55
Strikeouts
317
NPB statistics
Win–loss record
43–20
Earned run average
3.78
Strikeouts
547
Teams
Florida Marlins (2007–2010)
Baltimore Orioles (2010–2011)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2012)
Samsung Lions (2013–2014)
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2015–2020)
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2021)
Career highlights and awards
2× Korean Series champion (2013, 2014)
5× Japan Series champion (2015, 2017–2020)
KBO ERA leader (2014)
KBO Strikeout leader (2014)
Henricus "Rick" Nicolas van den Hurk (Eindhoven, May 22, 1985) is a Dutch former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins, Baltimore Orioles, and Pittsburgh Pirates, in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Tokyo Yakult Swallows. In international play, he was a member of the Netherlands national baseball team.
Henricus "Rick" Nicolas vandenHurk (Eindhoven, May 22, 1985) is a Dutch former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB)...
matchup in baseball history, the Dutch team's 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) Loek van Mil walked Israel's 6-foot-8-inch (2.03 m) Nate Freiman. Israel's catcher...
Netherlands gained Kenley Jansen, who did not pitch in the previous rounds. RickvandenHurk started for the Netherlands and Jorge López started for Puerto Rico...
Series Most Valuable Player Award. Kenji Akashi, Shota Takeda, and RickvandenHurk (all of the Hawks) won outstanding player awards, while Tetsuto Yamada...
Smith (born 1981) Wilma vanden Berg (born 1947), sprinter Loek van Mil (1984–2019) Roel de Mon (1919–1973) RickVandenHurk (born 1985) Mariska Beijer...
Hoffman, Michael Young, Tim Lincecum, Hunter Pence, Darren O'Day, RickVandenHurk, Mark Reynolds, Michael Schwimer, and Dan Uggla. Borris also represented...
Hock and Rick. Hack wears red-lined T-shirt and the same color cap. Rick Hawk – Harry's 5 year old nephew and middle of Hawk brothers. Rick wears glasses...
first to open a Japan Series since 1986. In Game 2, the Hawks started RickvandenHurk. For the second straight game, the Carp scored in the first inning...
Andrew Carpenter May 20 – Toru Murata May 21 – Andrew Miller May 22 – RickvandenHurk May 23 – Michael Dunn May 23 – Matt McBride May 25 – Brad Lincoln...
October 31, 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates named Jay Bell as hitting coach, Rick Sofield as first base coach and Dave Jauss as major league coach. The Pirates...
when Miyazaki hit an RBI single and Takajo hit a two-run single. RickvandenHurk started Game 5 for SoftBank, and Kenta Ishida started for DeNA. SoftBank...
with mainstay and veteran starter pitchers such as Tsuyoshi Wada, RickvandenHurk, Shota Takeda and Kenichi Nakata. On June 10, he broke his right middle...
Essaïdi (born 1980), artist and entrepreneur Jan van Hooff (1755–1816), statesman Nicole vandenHurk (1980–95), homicide victim Ton de Leeuw, (born 1941)...
same inning briefly gave the Hawks the lead. After Hawks starter RickvandenHurk was removed with two outs in the forth inning, reliever Shinya Kayama...
Bakema (1914–1981) Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856–1934) Jo vanden Broek (1898–1978) Jacob van Campen (1596–1657), Dutch Golden Age architect Pierre Cuypers...
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