| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Baseball | ||
| Competitor for Netherlands | ||
| Baseball World Cup | ||
| Gold | 2011 Panama | National team |
| Intercontinental Cup | ||
| Silver | 2006 Taiwan | National team |
| Silver | 2010 Taiwan | National team |
| European Baseball Championship | ||
| Gold | 1995 Netherlands | National team |
| Gold | 1999 Italy | National team |
| Gold | 2001 Germany | National team |
| Gold | 2003 Netherlands | National team |
| Gold | 2005 Czech Republic | National team |
| Gold | 2007 Spain | National team |
| Silver | 2010 Germany | National team |
Rob "Robbie" Cordemans (born October 31, 1974 in Schiedam, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch baseball player. He bats and throws righthanded. Cordemans is best known for representing the Dutch national team at the Olympics and other international competitions.
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Cordemans has been a fixture on Dutch baseball teams in international competitions over the last decade. Most notably, he has competed in four consecutive Olympic Games for the Netherlands.
He began his Olympic career as a 21-year old pitcher for the Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Despite his lofty 6.94 ERA, Cordemans was the winning pitcher in both of the club's games during the preliminary round of the tournament.
At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Cordemans was 1-1 with a 2.51 ERA.
Cordemans participated in his third Olympic competition during the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, Greece. His fourth appearance at the Olympic games would come during the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, China.
Pitching in the US in '98, Cordemans had a 1.47 ERA for Indian River Community College, the 4th-lowest mark for a junior college pitcher in the US.
During his debut season in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse in 1999, Cordemans won his first Pitcher of the Year award while playing for Kinheim. His 14-2 win-loss record and 2.20 ERA lead the league.
Although Cordemans moved to perrenial powerhouse Neptunus for the 2000 season, he was not able to replicate his success from 1999 and his record would decline to 8-4. However, his 94 strikeouts placed him fourth in the league, and an 11-strikeout complete game win over the Italians helped Neptunus to a European Cup title.
In the 2002 season, Cordemans went 10-2 with a 0.47 ERA and earned his second Pitcher of the Year award.
In '03, Cordemans was 12–1, 0.93 and won pitcher of the year honors. He led Hoofdklasse in ERA, wins and strikeouts (106 in 106 innings) to win the pitching Triple Crown for the champion Neptunus club.
Cordemans was the Holland Series MVP in 2004 after winning games one and four.
In '05, the 30-year-old veteran had another huge year (13–1, 0.77), winning yet another ERA title and tying for the lead in wins in being named Pitcher of the Year once again. During the 2005 Baseball World Cup, he went 2-1 with a 2.63 ERA and 17 K in 132⁄3 IP.
Pitching for the Netherlands in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, he fanned four but allowed four hits and two runs (one earned) in 22⁄3 IP. He joined ADO for the '06 campaign and went 9-3 with a 1.72 ERA and 127 strikeouts in 131 IP. He finished fourth in the league in ERA and led in strikeouts and innings in a drop-off from his recent performances.
Cordemans' play earned him a 6-week trial in the Uni-President Lions organization of Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan for 2007. Cordemans was released On 28 May 2007 and went 3–4 with 4.5 ERA.
Cordemans was selected once again to represent the Dutch national team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. During the first round of the tournament held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Cordemans entered two separate games against the Dominican Republic in middle relief.
Cordemans pitched in three games, 6.2 innings pitched, 2 hits allowed, 4 walks, 3 strikeouts, 0.00 ERA. 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1BB, 1 SO in middle relief of 1st game vs. DR 2.0 IP, 0 H, 3BB, 0 SO in middle relief (6th, 6th) of 2nd game vs. DR 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0BB, 2 SO in middle relief (6th, 7th) of 1st game vs. Venezuela
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