Evert-Jan 't Hoen

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|11|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands

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Evert-Jan Axel Charles 't Hoen (born 8 November 1975 in Alphen aan den Rijn) is a Dutch baseball coach and former player who is the current manager of the Netherlands national baseball team.

Playing career

= Minor League Baseball =

't Hoen played college baseball at Indian River Community College in 1995.{{Cite web |last=Visser |first=Seb |date=2024-02-09 |title=Evert-Jan ’t Hoen is de infield coach van Team Europe – HonkbalSoftbal.nl |trans-title=Evert-Jan 't Hoen is the infield coach of Team Europe |url=https://honkbalsoftbal.nl/2024/02/09/evert-jan-t-hoen-is-de-infield-coach-van-team-europe/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=honkbalsoftbal.nl |language=nl-NL}}

't Hoen played in the California/Anaheim Angels minor league system from 1996 to 2001. He made his American debut with the Boise Hawks in 1996, then played for the Single-A Cedar Rapids Kernels in 1997 and 1998. In 1999 and 2000, he split the season between the Double-A Erie SeaWolves and Triple-A Edmonton Trappers. In 1999, he was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game. In 2001, he again played at the two highest levels of the minor leagues but with different Angels affiliates, the Salt Lake Bees and the Arkansas Travelers.{{Cite web |title=Evert Jan 't Hoen Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/evert-jan-t-hoen-439524 |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}

= International baseball =

't Hoen represented the Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, in which the Dutch finished sixth. He went 5-for-23 and played shortstop in 7 games.{{Cite web |title=1996 Atlanta Volume 3 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820062412/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf |archive-date=2008-08-20 |website=LA84 Foundation |pages=131-141}} He also participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where the Netherlands finished fifth, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where they finished sixth.

Coaching career

't Hoen managed Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse from 2013 to 2016. Neptunus won the Holland Series in all four years 't Hoen managed the team and won the 2015 European Champions Cup.{{cite web|first=Marco|last=Stoovelaar|title=Neptunus and Head Coach 't Hoen separate after season|url=https://catcher.home.xs4all.nl/bb16-1909-neptunus-and-head-coach-t-hoen-separate-after-season.htm|website=Grand Slam * Stats & News Netherlands|date=19 September 2016|access-date=2 February 2024}}

In April 2018, 't Hoen was appointed manager of the Netherlands baseball team.{{cite web|title=Evert Jan 't Hoen new manager of Dutch Baseball National Team|url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/evert-jan-t-hoen-new-manager-dutch-baseball-national-team|website=wbsc.org|date=30 April 2018|access-date=2 February 2024}} In 2021, he was part of Hensley Meulens's staff as bench coach for the Netherlands in the 2020 Olympic Baseball Qualifier, where the Dutch failed to qualify to the Olympics.{{cite web|title=Hensley Meulens to manage Netherlands at final WBSC Olympic Baseball Qualifier|url=https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/hensley-meulens-to-manage-netherlands-at-final-wbsc-olympic-baseball-qualifier|website=wbsc.org|date=23 February 2021|access-date=2 February 2024}} 't Hoen was also on Meulens' staff for the 2023 World Baseball Classic, serving as a quality control coach.{{Cite web |title=2023 Netherlands World Baseball Classic Roster |url=https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic/history/2023/netherlands |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=MLB.com |language=en}} 't Hoen managed the Netherlands in the 2023 European Baseball Championship held in the Czech Republic, where the team finished third.{{cite web|title=Evert-Jan 't Hoen: "Iedereen is gebrand om Europees Kampioen te worden"|url=https://honkbalsoftbal.nl/2023/09/23/evert-jan-t-hoen-iedereen-is-gebrand-om-europees-kampioen-te-worden/|website= HonkbalSoftbal.nl|date=23 September 2023|access-date=2 February 2024|language=nl}}{{cite web|title=Netherlands edges out Germany in Extra-Inning to capture Bronze Medal at Baseball European Championship|url=https://www.wbsceurope.org/en/events/2023-european-baseball-championship/news/netherlands-edges-out-germany-in-extra-inning-to-capture-bronze-medal-at-baseball-european-championship|website=wbsceurope.org|date=1 October 2023|access-date=2 February 2024}}

't Hoen was the infield coach for the European team in the 2024 Global Baseball Games, a series of two exhibition games held in Japan.