Pim Walsma Explained

Pim Walsma
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:1987 2, df=y
Birth Place:Netherlands
Team:Amsterdam Pirates
Position:Pitcher

Pim Walsma (born 3 February 1987, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for the Amsterdam Pirates and the Dutch national team.

He attended Lower Columbia College in the United States.[1] During his sophomore season, he went 2-3 with a 3.27 ERA.

Walsma debuted in the Hoofdklasse in 2005 and went 1-6 with a 5.11 ERA, walking 38 in 44 innings for the Amsterdam Pirates; he was 5th in the league in free passes. He fell to 1-6, 6.75 in 2006 with 40 walks in 37 innings, finishing 6th in walks. He participated in the MLB European Academy that summer. In 2007, Walsma was 1-2 with a save and a 7.62 ERA for Amsterdam, with 19 hits and 13 walks in 13 innings.

In 2008, he began the season 1-4 with 5 saves and a 4.22 ERA, fanning 48 in 42 IP. Walsma was added to the Dutch national team for the 2008 Haarlem Baseball Week. He allowed one run in 6 IP in the event. He then was selected by coach Robert Eenhoorn in the team that represents the Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2]

In the 2009 World Baseball Classic, Walsma got a start against the Puerto Rico.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lower Columbia College: Pitchers Paradise. Lower Columbia College. 1 June 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100527130244/http://www.lowercolumbia.edu/NR/rdonlyres/4AFEE984-690B-4E53-8210-8DA15E6EC2F4/1671/LCCNextLevelPitching.pdf. 27 May 2010.
  2. http://www.knbsb.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1392&Itemid=174 Dutch Olympic Baseball squad 2008