Tjerk Smeets

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tjerk Smeets
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 3, 1980(1980-06-03)
Age	44
Birthplace	Amsterdam
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	North Holland
Horoscope	Gemini

Tjerk Smeets Biography

Tjerk Smeets is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on June 3, 1980 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. Tjerk Smeets (born 3 June 1980) is a Dutch player of the game of baseball who is a player for Kinheim as well as Kinheim and the Dutch National team. He is the father of Dutch TV and radio personality journalist, writer and columnist Mart Smeets.

Smeets played .263/.391/.316 to win the title for Kinheim at the time of Kinheim’s 2007 European Cup, their first European Cup title ever. The 2007, the European Championship, Smeets was 1 for 5 with 2 walks and a time-hit by pitch. As a backup to de Jong, he only played against Sweden and Croatia. Smeets was only 2 for 8 at 2007’s World Port Tournament but struck out four times. For 2007, in the Baseball World Cup, Smeets had a.6 batting average and the home run. De Jong remained the starter in crucial games, as Smeets only played the catcher in the game against Germany. Smeets hit .421/.476/.526 to assist Kinheim take home the 2009 European Cup in Grosseto. His seven RBI led the way. The biggest game-winning hit losing 2-1 in the 10th inning from the Gold medal games Smeets hit a double on Rene Cremer and Dirk van ‘t Klooster after a swing off Linc Mikkelsen. Smeets had lost five pitches in a row prior to the double.

Smeets was selected by coach Robert Eenhoorn in the team that represents the Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Smeets was transferred into Corendon Kinheim, in the year 2006 when he hit .349/.446/.454 With 36 RBI in 41 games. He also was catcher .996 as a the catcher. He was 7th in the average 6th in slugging, 3rd in OBP (behind Eugene Kingsale and Sidney de Jong), tied with Reily Legito to take his RBI lead, finished third in doubles with thirteen (behind Yuji Nerei and Fausto Alvarez) He was tied with Kingsale, Roel Koolen and Evert-Jan-‘t Hoen for 5th position with 27 walks. He also tied Nerei for 5th position with 53 hits. He struck out .482 when he had runners scoring. Smeets was awarded the Hoofdklasse MVP award, which was the fourth catcher to be honored. He hit just 2 of twelve in playoffs. However, he was 9 for 21, with 3 walks and five runs over five games of Kinheim’s Holland Series as Kinheim won the title.

Tjerk Smeets Net Worth

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

Smeets was a college player within his home country of the United States. He hit a home run in 1999. hit a homer in his first at-bat, and was able to draw two walks. The following year, he hit just one-for-two with an RBI. The year 2001 saw him batted .159/.256/.304 over 30 games. He also hit a homer during the game where Middle Tennessee State set a school record by completing 8 circuit clouts. Smeets was on the Dutch team at 2003’s World Port Tournament, going 1 for 2 and hitting two runs homer. Since it was only one of two home runs during the tournament, Smeets won the World Port Tournament Home Run King award. In 2005 the year he scored .326/.433/.439 with the Amsterdam Pirates to finish 6th in the Hoofdklasse in terms of average 7th in OBP, while 8th for slugging. The Dutchman was the 8th runner in walks (23) and was tied third with three homers, just behind Ivanon Coffie as well as Dirk van Klooster. He was a player for the Netherlands at the 2005 European Championship.

Smeets was 0 for 2 in the 2006 Haarlem Baseball Week. For the Intercontinental Cup, he was 1 for 4, with two runs and a walk to the medalists who won silver. He was as a backup to de Jong at catcher. For the 2007, Hoofdklasse season, Smeets hit .294/.379/.531 with 36 runs and 43 RBI over 36 games. He was able to throw out 14 out of 30 attempts to steal bases. The catcher hit .300 with an .391 OBP during the playoffs, and then hit .333/.333/.400 during the 2007 Holland Series. He scored the first run during their championship defense , and had three hits in game one. during game two, he got forced to leave the field in a crucial play, however Kinheim came back to take the game. Smeets was fourth in slugging percentage for 2007 and was second only to Alvarez with homers (with seven) and was in a tie to Benjamin Dille for fifth in runs (36) He was the first player to be first in RBI (six over Martijn Meeuwis) and fourth on singles (13).

During the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing he proposed to his girlfriend, Dutch field hockey gold medalist, Minke Smabers, who accepted.

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Facts & Trivia

Tjerk Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Tjerk Smeets celebrates birthday on June 3 of every year.