Pioniers

Pioniers is a baseball and softball team based in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands. The club is currently sponsored by Raamsdonkveer-based construction company Vaessen BV and the team is officially known as the Vaessen Pioniers.[1]

Vaessen Pioniers
Information
LeagueHonkbal Hoofdklasse
LocationHoofddorp
BallparkSportpark Pioniers, 1,000 capacity
Year founded1966
Holland Series championships1997
201022-20, .524 (4th place)
Lost Holland Series to Kinheim
Uniforms
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Away

Pioniers baseball team plays in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the top level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. The club's most successful year was 1997 they reached the Holland Series for the first time in the club's history by beating reigning champions DOOR Neptunus in the play-offs. In the Holland Series they claimed a 3-2 victory over Mr. Cocker HCAW, making them Dutch champions. In 2006 Pioniers finished third in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse and were just like in 1997 able to upset Neptunus in the play-offs, gaining themselves entrance to the 2006 Holland Series.[2] In those series they twice took the lead, to eventually lose to Corendon Kinheim 3-2.

The team is attempting to attract three Major League Baseball regular season games for the opening of its new stadium in 2014. The stadium will be capable of expanding to temporarily accommodate 30,000.[3]

2015 roster
Vaessen Pioniers roster - 2015 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season
Active rosterCoaches
Pitchers
  •  9 Dennis Buring
  • 16 Swen Huijer
  • 20 Reggie Bomberg
  • 22 Elton Koeiman
  • 29 Lars Huijer
  • 34 Bayron Cornelissen
  • 47 Nick Keur
  • 51 Sedley Kaeel
  • 94 Ricardo Hernandez Sanchez
 Catchers

Infielders

  •  5 Kevin Weijgertse
  •  7 Milan Lammerts
  •  8 Max Draijer
  • 10 Daniel Fernandes
  • 18 Mark-Jan Moorman
  • 31 Djewi Appelman
  • 40 Vince Rooi

Outfielders

 Manager

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Coaches
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Source: KNBSBStats.nl[4]

References
  1. "New Main Sponsor for Hoofddorp Pioniers." Mister-Baseball.com. March 19, 2011. Accessed March 22, 2011. http://www.mister-baseball.com/main-sponsor-hoofddorp-pioniers/
  2. 2006 Holland Series Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, at honkbalsite.com
  3. van Nes, Pim. "MLB: 'Netherlands in Pole Position for first Major League game in Europe.'" Mister-Baseball.com. March 22, 2011. Accessed March 22, 2011. http://www.mister-baseball.com/mlb-netherlands-pole-position-major-league-game-europe/
  4. "Rosters HB". Archived from the original on 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2015-05-04.


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