Bas Nooij

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Sebastiaan Nooij

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

School Hawai'i Pacific University, Lower Columbia College
High School Caland Lyceum

Born November 26, 1987 in Amstelveen Netherlands

Bas Nooij played high school baseball under the coaching of Rikkert Faneyte, a former major leaguer. He broke into the Hoofdklasse in 2006 as the regular catcher for the Amsterdam Pirates. The teenager hit .232/.261/.268 and allowed 40 steals in 49 tries.

Nooij came to the US in 2007 to attend junior college; at the same time, his playing time for Amsterdam would have been cut drastically as the Pirates picked up Sidney de Jong. He was just 5 for 28 with a double and a walk in 2007 and was 0 for 1 in 2008.

In 2008-2009, Nooij hit .286/.345/.388 for Hawai'i Pacific University. In the 2009 Hoofdklasse season, he went 2 for 14 with two walks backing up de Jong after returning from college. Nooij was then listed as one of five catchers under consideration for the Dutch national team in the 2009 Baseball World Cup