Leon Boyd

Quick Facts

Full Name	Leon Boyd
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 30, 1983(1983-08-30)
Age	41
Birthplace	Vancouver
Country	Canada
Birth City	British Columbia
Horoscope	Leo

Leon Boyd Biography

Leon Boyd is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on August 30, 1983 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Leon Boyd (born August 30 1983) is Canadian-born Dutch baseball player who is currently in the team of Corendon Kinheim in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. Most often, he is credited by his performances for his country’s Dutch national team during the 2010 World Baseball Classic.

The 2007. World Port Tournament, Boyd was awarded his World Port Tournament Best Pitcher award. He allowed only five hits over 15 IP and he won two times with a complete victory over his Chinese Taipei National squad that faced just 28 batters. He went 2-0 and an 0.93 ERA in the 2007 European Baseball Championship, helping the Netherlands to win gold. He was on the team in the 2007 Baseball World Cup, going 1-1, with an 2.55 ERA and a team-high 14 strikeouts in the 4th-place team. He pitched well but was denied a no-decision by his Australian national team after close Michiel van Kampen wasn’t able to keep a lead of 3-2 at the end of the ninth. He made another appearance, that allowed just one run over six innings during a crucial victory against his South Korean national team and beat Tadashi Settsu (the final player of the championship) with five scoreless innings for the Bronze Medal game before allowing two runs in the sixth and was subsequently shut out 5-1 in the final by Japanese.

Growing up, Boyd attended high school at Earl Marriott Secondary School in South Surrey, British Columbia. Although he was born in Canada, Leon received his Dutch passport in December, 2005, as a result of his mother being born and raised in the Netherlands. Boyd’s father, Sean, played ice hockey in the Netherlands from 1971 to 1974 and met Leon’s mother, Wilma, there. Boyd married American softball player Jeana Short on March 8, 2008. He has an older sister, Nadine.

Boyd made his second appearance of the tournament on August 16, 2008 when he was the starting pitcher against China. He struck out six batters in six innings, yielding only six hits and two runs in the process. The win was the only victory the Dutch earned all tournament.

Despite having Dutch familial ties and a burning ambition to get a ball within The Netherlands, Boyd was not interested from all Hoofdklasse clubs, despite numerous attempts to reach them after his time at the university ended. He went on playing for Hoboken Pioneers. Hoboken Pioneers in Belgium where the team had a very productive year in. He not only racked up an 11-1 win-loss record , with an 0.84 ERA and 156 strikeouts in only 96 innings of pitching and he also hit .421 with two home runs over 38 bats with the Pioneers and finished the season as National runner-up.

Leon Boyd Net Worth

Leon Boyd is one of the richest Baseball Player from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leon Boyd 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Boyd started his baseball playing career in college at his team at Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario, Oregon during the 2002 season. He only played for one season with the Chukars before moving into Seminole State Community College in Oklahoma for the 2003 season. He was transferred again in 2004 to the Armstrong Atlantic State University Pirates. He was a part of the Pirates in 2004 and 2005 when the team used him exclusively as relief pitcher. In these two seasons He was in 34 games and posted the 3.44 ERA with 104 strikeouts in 115 innings pitched.

In the wake of a strong year during his time in Belgium, Boyd was picked to The Dutch nation to participate during the Intercontinental Cup in Taichung, Taiwan. Despite a 0-2 record, Boyd was able to record an 2.63 ERA and led the Nethalnds in innings pitched. When he faced Cuba Boyd lost in a 3-1 defeat, in which he gave up five hits as well as one hit over 1/3 of an innings of relief following the replacement of Rob Cordemans. The next day when he was a pitcher, he gave up just one run over 6 innings in a game against Japan but was again beaten in the end as the Dutch were defeated. The final game of the tournament was against Australia and the striker struck out seven and only allowed one run over six innings of an undecided game as the Netherlands prevailed 4-3.

After being scouted by and in contract talks with several hoofdklasse teams, Boyd signed with Neptunus. He made a debut during the 2007 regular season when he posted a 9–0 record with no home runs allowed in over 66 innings. His statistical totals in wins (9, tied with tied Vaughan Harris and Diego Markwell for second-most), ERA (1.22, behind only relievers Duko Jansen and Chris Ryan) and strikeouts (61, tied with former major leaguer Eddie Oropesa for sixth overall) were among the league leaders. He was a finalist for the Pitcher of the Year Award, but lost to David Bergman in part due to missing a month of the season with a back muscle strain. Despite his initial success, Boyd suffered two losses during the first round of the playoffs as Neptunus was upset by the Pioniers.

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Boyd was selected once again to represent the Dutch national team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Although he has primarily been a starter throughout his career, Boyd was asked by head coach Rod Delmonico to serve as the closer for the Netherlands. During the first round of the tournament held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Boyd entered three separate games during tense, late-inning pressure situations, including two of which he ended up as the pitcher of record.

Facts & Trivia

Leon Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Leon Boyd celebrates birthday on August 30 of every year.

He joined the Dutch National team for the 2013 World Baseball Classic.

Top Facts about Leon Boyd

1. Leon Boyd is a Canadian-born Dutch baseball player.
2. He played for the Netherlands national team in the 2008 Olympics.
3. Boyd was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2006.
4. He pitched professionally in Canada, Japan, and Europe.
5. In 2010, he won the Dutch Baseball League championship with DOOR Neptunus Rotterdam.
6. Boyd retired from professional baseball in 2017 at age 33.
7. He currently works as a pitching coach and instructor.
8. Boyd has been involved with MLB’s European Elite Camps program.
9. He holds dual citizenship in Canada and the Netherlands.
10. Boyd is known for his strong work ethic and dedication to the sport of baseball.