David Millasseau
David Charles Abel Millasseau
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- School UFR Toulouse, INSEP
- High School Lycée St Joseph
- Born December 23, 1971
Biographical Information[edit]
David Millasseau played in Division Elite and for the French national team.
He was on the French roster for the 1993 Intercontinental Cup but did not get into a game. [1] He backed up Jamel Boutagra and Christophe Hérard at catcher in the 1994 Baseball World Cup and split DH with Jean-Baptiste Meunier. He was 2 for 8 with a walk and a RBI, better than the team line of .182/.239/.247; only David Meurant and Arnaud Fau had higher averages for France. [2] He went 0 for 4 in the 1995 European Championship. [3] He had moved to the mound by the 1997 Intercontinental Cup, with a 12.27 ERA in 3 outings; he tied Emmanuel Aubes, Étienne Coste and Robin Roy for the team lead in appearances. [4]
French Division Elite stats are unavailable online prior to 1998 (as of 9/9/2025), missing his prime years. In 1998, he hit .500/.577/.924 with 7 homers, 42 runs and 46 RBI in 24 games, while going 6-3 with a save and a 3.19 ERA, fanning 91 in 79 IP for the Toulouse Tigers. He led Toulouse in pretty much every offensive and pitching department. He slipped from there, going 1-0 with a save and a 9.58 ERA in 1999, hitting .238/.333/.338 then not playing in 2000. In '01, he batted .235/.286/.235 in limited time and allowed one run (unearned) in 7 1/3 IP. He had a 5-3, 3.19 record for the 2002 Tigers, producing at a .293/.400/.413 clip. He led the team's regulars in OPS and led the pitchers in ERA. He hit .239/.379/.352 in 2003 and did not pitch then pitched one game (16.88 ERA) and did not bat in 2004. He returned briefly in 2011, going 3-for-15 at age 39. [5]
Millasseau later coached for France in the 2021 U-18 European Championship [6] and 2022 U-18 European Championship,. [7] He coached for France in the 2023 Women's Baseball World Cup, their first Women's Baseball World Cup, and was back with them for the 2025 European Women's Championship. [8] He had thus played for France in their first Baseball World Cup and coached for them in their first Women's Baseball World Cup 19 years later.
Sources[edit]
- ↑ Old IBAF site
- ↑ ibid.
- ↑ Wayback Archive, 1995 European Championship
- ↑ Old IBAF site
- ↑ Stats.free.fr
- ↑ 2021 U-18 European Championship
- ↑ 2022 European U-18 Championship
- ↑ French Baseball and Softball Federation


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