Marc Kroon
| Marc Kroon | |||
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| Relief pitcher | |||
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Born: April 2, 1973 The Bronx, New York | |||
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| Professional debut | |||
| MLB: July 7, 1995, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| NPB: April 2, 2005, for the Yokohama BayStars | |||
| NPB[1] statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 14-18 | ||
| Earned run average | 2.68 | ||
| Strikeouts | 417 | ||
| Saves | 177 | ||
| MLB[1] statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 0–2 | ||
| Earned run average | 7.76 | ||
| Strikeouts | 23 | ||
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| Last updated on: 2 September 2011 | |||
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.
He was drafted 72nd overall by the New York Mets in 1991. After playing for various teams including the Cincinnati Reds, he 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.[2] He also broke his own record of pitching to 162 km/h (101 mph).[3]
Kroon signed a minor league contract with an invitation for spring training with the San Francisco Giants in 2011.[4] Kroon was reassigned to triple-A Fresno Grizzlies at the end of spring training.[5]
Kroon was featured in the Showtime television production The Franchise.[6]
On March 8, 2012, Kroon retired.[7]
References
- 1 2 "Marc Kroon," Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed March 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Lions defeat Giants to win Japan Series in seven.". SI.com. Associated Press. 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Marc_Kroon
- ↑ 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," RotoWorld (April 1, 2011).
- ↑ http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13761045&topic_id=8878828&c_id=sf
- ↑ 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 The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
- Archived version of Marc Kroon's website while in Japan