Loek van Mil

Loek van Mil
Loek van Mil
	van Mil with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
	Pitcher
	Born: 15 September 1984; Oss, Netherlands
	Died: 28 July 2019 (aged 34); Canberra, Australia
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	14 September, 2014, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Last NPB appearance
	2014, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
NPB statistics
Win–loss record	0–1
Earned run average	4.15
Strikeouts	7
Teams
	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2014);
Medals
Men's Baseball
Representing Netherlands
European Baseball Championship
Haarlem Baseball Week
World Port Tournament
France International Baseball Tournament

Ludovicus Jacobus Maria "Loek" van Mil ([luːk vɑn mɪl]; 15 September 1984 – 28 July 2019) was a Dutch professional baseball pitcher. At the height of 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m), he was and still is the tallest player in the history of professional baseball.^[2] He played for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse and for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). On the Netherlands national baseball team he served as the team's closer in the 2013 World Baseball Classic and the 2015 Premier 12 and appeared in the 2007 Baseball World Cup. He missed the 2008 Summer Olympics due to injury.

^ Gleeson, Scott (29 July 2019). "Loek van Mil, one of tallest baseball players ever at 7-foot-1, dies from 'fatal accident'". USA Today.
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