| Gene Kingsale | |||||||||||||||
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.JPG) Kingsale with Neptunus in 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: August 20, 1976 Solito, Aruba | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| September 3, 1996, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| June 8, 2003, for the Detroit Tigers | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .251 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 53 | ||||||||||||||
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Eugene Humphrey Kingsale (born August 20, 1976) is a Dutch-Aruban former Major League Baseball player with the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, and Detroit Tigers from 1996 until 2003. At six-foot-three, and his weight ranging from 170 to 194 pounds, Kingsale was known as a slick fielding, speedy switch-hitter.
Following his time in professional baseball in the United States, Kingsale played extensively for the Netherlands national team in international competitions, including the World Cup of Baseball, the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, and World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournaments in 2006 and 2009. He played for perennial champions Neptunus Rotterdam in the Dutch Hoofdklasse from 2008 to 2011.[1]
Kingsale has most recently participated in professional baseball on the coaching side, serving as hitting coach for the Texas Rangers' Dominican Summer League (DSL) team in 2024[2] and as first base coach for the Netherlands' 2023 WBC team.[3]
- ^ "Gene Kingsale Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ Heath (January 23, 2024). "Texas Rangers Announce 2024 Minor League Coaching Staff". The Prospect Times. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
- ^ Tallarini, Matt (January 12, 2023). "WBC: Netherlands Announces Staff, 14 Players For World Baseball Classic - World Baseball Network". World Baseball Network - Baseball without Borders. Retrieved August 6, 2024.