DrungoHazewood Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 A few of you may remember Rob Cordemans from the Dutch team that beat the DR and had a little run in a previous World Baseball Classic. For some reason I was goofing around on bb-ref and stumbled upon his page. He's pitched for years in the Dutch Major League. Which if I had to guess was the rough equivalent of a 2nd-tier indy league in the US. Nobody on a current roster has ever appeared in the US Majors. Anyway, the point of this is that Cordemans is in his 6th consecutive season with an ERA under 1.00. Read that a few times and digest it. I don't care how crappy a league you play in, it's pretty darned amazing to have six straight years with an ERA under 1.00. His career ERA in 536 innings is 0.96. He's 49-10. The last three years he's allowed 10 earned runs in 33 starts, going 26-3. I'm almost willing to push the I Believe button and say Rob Cordemans probably could have had some kind of US Major League career. Maybe only in the journeyman mold, maybe as a reliever. Maybe the kind of guy the 2008 Orioles would have called up in desperation. But on some level his performance in Holland is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA-ORIOLE Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Worst case we could have him plug that hole in the RF wall during the rainy season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weams Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Worst case we could have him plug that hole in the RF wall during the rainy season. I have no idea why he is not at Bowie right now. He seems like the Dutch Koji. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frobby Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I didn't know there was a Dutch major league. Are there other European countries who have pro baseball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frobby Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 By the way, looks like there are two other starting pitchers with a sub-1.00 ERA in that league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrungoHazewood Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 I didn't know there was a Dutch major league. Are there other European countries who have pro baseball? Yes, notably Italy. Also Germany. I think those three countries have pro or semi-pro leagues that could plausibly be described as being on the level of a US indy league. I'm sure there are other countries in Europe with lower level leagues that probably resemble a US adult league of the type Tony has played in more than anything else. The Italian League has maybe a half dozen players who've played in the majors, including Darwin Cubillan. He pitched 10 innings for the Orioles in 2004, and now at the age of 40 he's got a 30:1 K:BB ratio for San Marino in 16 innings. I believe at some time in the past the Orioles were somehow affiliated with the team in Grosseto. I knew a guy from Germany who was working for the Navy on a project here at Pax about ten years ago. He'd previously been an exchange student in the US and got introduced to baseball. He went back to Germany, started a team called the Baldham Boars, and helped grow it to the point that it was eventually promoted to the upper levels of the Baseball Bundesliga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA-ORIOLE Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Yes, notably Italy. Also Germany. I think those three countries have pro or semi-pro leagues that could plausibly be described as being on the level of a US indy league.. Lets hope this one goes better than the last attempt. [video=youtube;7UUy_yXWQyc] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballguy Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 I played with Rob in 2006 and against him for many years in Holland. He could have been a good mlb pitcher for sure. Holland is like a ball or aaa depending on the teams and pitchers. Best changeup in the world 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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