Jonathan Schoop

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Jonathan Schoop
Baltimore Orioles – No. 6
Infielder
Born: (1991-10-16) October 16, 1991
Willemstad, Curacao
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 25, 2013 for the Baltimore Orioles
Career statistics
(through 2013 season)
Batting average .286
Home runs 1
Runs batted in 1
Teams

Jonathan Rufino Jezus Schoop (pronounced "SCOPE") (born October 16, 1991) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball infielder for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball.

Professional career

Schoop was signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a free agent in 2008. In 2011, Schoop along with Manny Machado represented the Orioles at the 2011 All-Star Futures Game.[1] He was awarded the Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year, given to the best player in the Orioles minor league system.[2][3]

Schoop played for the Netherlands national baseball team at the 2012 European Baseball Championship.[4]

Prior to the 2012 season, Schoop was ranked by Baseball America as the Orioles third best prospect and the 82nd best overall.[5][6]

Schoop was recalled by the Orioles from the Triple-A Norfolk Tides on September 3, 2013.[7]

In his first major league at-bat on September 25, 2013, Schoop hit a single off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Esmil Rogers. Two at-bats later, he hit his first career home run off Kyle Drabek, with a distance measured at 430 feet. He finished the game 2-for-3 with a home run, an RBI, a walk, and 3 runs scored.[8]

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