HCAW
{{expand Dutch|HCAW}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox baseball team
| name =HCAW
| logo =File:HCAW-complex2.jpg
| founded =1957
| location =Bussum
| stadium =Rob Hoffmann Vallei, 1,000 capacity
| league =Honkbal Hoofdklasse
| league_champs =1996, 1998, 2022
| colors =Blue, yellow, white
| season =2023
| record =34–17, (2nd place)
| series =Holland Series
| series_champs = 1996, 1998, 2022
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|owner=Scott Prins}}
HCAW (formerly known as Mr. Cocker HCAW (sponsored name)), in full Honkbalclub Allen Weerbaar, is a Dutch professional baseball and softball club from Bussum. As of 2024, the club has about 400 members, including 270 players. The club's top teams all play in their equivalent Dutch major league.
History
HCAW was established in 1957 as an independent baseball and softball club. Between 1949 and 1957 it operated as the baseball division of the Bussum sporting club Allen Weerbaar. The team played on a football field until 1958, when the city of Bussum agreed to build a baseball field for the club in Bussum Zuid. HCAW added a softball division in 1966.
The same year, HCAW was promoted to the Honkbal Hoofdklasse for the first time. In 1970, the club moved to its current field in the Bussumse Sportvallei. In 1988, HCAW was demoted to the Honkbal Overgangsklasse. Following the relegation, financial issues forced the club to combine with the Amstel Tijgers, an Amsterdam-based club. The fused team played in the Hoofdklasse under the name HCAW-Tijgers from 1989 to 1994. Since 1995, HCAW has played in the Hoofdklasse under its original name.{{Cite web |title=Wie zijn wij? |url=https://www.hcaw.nl/wie-zijn-wij/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=HCAW Baseball & Softball |language=nl}}
Notable players
- Jason Rees, professional baseball player
- Chicho Jesurun, professional baseball player, coach, manager, and scout
- Iván Granados, Spanish-Venezuelan professional pitcher
- Pavel Budský, Czech professional baseball player
- Sidney de Jong, professional baseball player
- Patrick de Lange, professional baseball player
- Nick Stuifbergen. professional pitcher
- Calvin Maduro, professional baseball player
- Ralph Milliard, professional baseball player and coach
- Dave Draijer, professional baseball player
- Kenny Berkenbosch, professional baseball player
- Loek van Mil, professional baseball player
- Lars Huijer, professional baseball player
{{wide image|Honkbalvallei.jpg|500px|Nightview on the Rob Hoffmannvallei||none}}
{{wide image|HCAW copy.jpg|500px|View of the outside of the field and clubhouse||none}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|HonkbalClub Allen Weerbaar}}
- [http://www.hcaw.nl Official site of HCAW (Dutch)]
{{Honkbal Hoofdklasse}}
Category:Softball teams in the Netherlands
Category:Baseball teams in the Netherlands
Category:Sports clubs and teams in Gooise Meren
Category:Honkbal Hoofdklasse teams
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