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Greg Halman 1987-2011

Posted by Andy
Mariners outfielder Greg Halman was murdered in his home country of the Netherlands.

According to the story, his own brother is a suspect in the case and has been arrested.

This is such a terrible thing for the family--the only thing worse I can imagine than losing a family member is when another family member is the suspected criminal.

Halman was one of just 9 players to appear in MLB born in the Netherlands:

Rk Yrs From To ASG G Birthplace Pos
1 Bert Blyleven HOF 22 1970 1992 2 699 Zeist *1
2 Robert Eenhoorn 4 1994 1997 0 37 Rotterdam /465
3 Rikkert Faneyte 4 1993 1996 0 80 Amsterdam 8/97
4 Greg Halman 2 2010 2011 0 44 Haarlem 7/89
5 John Houseman 2 1894 1897 0 84 4O/65
6 Joe Otten 1 1895 1895 0 26 /2O
7 Win Remmerswaal 2 1979 1980 0 22 The Hague /1
8 Rick VandenHurk 5 2007 2011 0 42 Eindhoven 1
9 Rynie Wolters 3 1871 1873 0 49 Schantz 1/O5
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 11/21/2011.


It appears he is the first major-league player to die in the Netherlands, as Baseball-Reference.com doesn't show any players who died there. That makes sense looking at the above list, since most of those players are still alive and those who played in the 1800s likely immigrated to the United States and ultimately died here.

Halman was one of 69 players to appear in at least 2 games at each of the 3 outfield positions in 2011.

He had several big hits for the Mariners in 2011 and his best game came on June 5th when his 2-out 2-run triple broke a 7th inning tie and helped the Mariners beat the Rays 9-6.

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