Jonathan Schoop

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Jonathan Schoop
File:Jonathan Schoop on September 26, 2013.jpg
Schoop with the Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles – No. 6
Second baseman
Born: (1991-10-16) October 16, 1991 (age 33)
Willemstad, Curaçao
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 25, 2013, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
(through May 22, 2016)
Batting average .243
Home runs 40
Runs batted in 110
Teams
File:Jonathan Schoop on March 2, 2013.jpg
Schoop playing for the Netherlands national team in 2013 World Baseball Classic

Jonathan Rufino Jezus Schoop (/skoʊp/ skohp;[1] born October 16, 1991) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball.

Professional career

Before he became a major leaguer, he played in the 2003 and 2004 Little League World Series for Curaçao. 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.[2] He was awarded the Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year, given to the best player in the Orioles minor league system.[3][4] During his minor league career, Schoop was primarily a shortstop.

Schoop played for the Netherlands national baseball team at the 2012 European Baseball Championship.[5]

Prior to the 2012 season, Schoop was ranked by Baseball America as the Orioles third best prospect and the 82nd best overall.[6][7]

Baltimore Orioles

2013

Schoop was recalled by the Orioles from the Triple-A Norfolk Tides on September 3, 2013.[8]

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.[9] In 5 Major League games, Schoop finished the year with 4 hits, a home run and an RBI.

Schoop played in five games at the end of the year and hit .286 (4-for-14), scoring five runs, hitting one homerun, and driving in one run.

2014

On April 9, 2014, Schoop hit the second home run of his career off of Yankees RHP Masahiro Tanaka, a towering three-run shot over the left field foul pole at Yankee Stadium helping the Orioles to a 5-4 victory. In 137 games of 2014, Schoop batted .209 with 16 home runs and 45 RBI. With the Orioles finishing 96-66, the team clinched their first regular season AL East championship since 1997.

Schoop hit .300 in the Orioles ALDS sweep of the Detroit Tigers, while also driving in two runs. In the ALCS, however, Schoop only hit .091 (1-for-11), as the Orioles were swept by the Kansas City Royals

2015

On April 11, 2015, Schoop hit his first career grand slam, off of Toronto Blue Jays reliever, Todd Redmond. [10] During a game against the Boston Red Sox on April 17, 2015, Schoop sustained a partially torn PCL and sprained MCL, which forced the Orioles to place him on the disabled list.[11]

Schoop would end up playing in 86 games during the 2015 season, collecting 85 hits (.279), 17 doubles, 15 homeruns, 39 RBIs, and two steals in as many attempts. In 387 total chances, Schoop only committed seven errors for a .982 fielding percentage. The Orioles finished the season with an 81-81 record and missed out on the postseason.

2016

Schoop got off to a hot start and in his first ten games, hit .351 while hitting three homeruns and driving in eight. By the end of April, he had hit four homeruns, driven in 11, and hit .256. Schoop hit his first grandslam of the season on May 14 in a 9-3 comeback victory over the Tigers. It was Schoop's second homerun of the game, and he drove in a total of five runs.

Personal Life

His brother, Sharlon Schoop, currently plays for the Norfolk Tides, the Orioles' Triple-a affiliate.

References

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External links

  1. ↑ Encina, Eduardo A. "Schoop pumped to play with Curacao country mates on Netherlands WBC team," The Baltimore Sun, Thursday, February 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ O's Machado, Schoop to play in Futures Game
  3. ↑ Schoop and Bascom named organization player and pitcher of year
  4. ↑ Orioles announce 2011 award winners for player development and scouting
  5. ↑ Xander Bogaerts, Jonathan Schoop Highlight Dutch WC Roster
  6. ↑ Baseball America Baltimore Orioles top 2012 Prospects
  7. ↑ 2012 Top 100 Prospects
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