Berry van Driel

Berry van Driel (born 26 December 1984) is a Dutch former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Netherlands national team in international competitions.

Playing career van Driel began playing baseball as a 5 year old. He trained with SV ADO in his hometown, The Hague. He debuted in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse, the top league in the Netherlands, with ADO, managed by Johnny Balentina, in the 2001 playoffs. He was an infielder as well as a pitcher, eventually settling into a relief pitcher role. He moved to Neptunus in 2008. He peaked at 11 saves in 2013 and pitched though the 2021 season, earning 47 saves in more than 200 games with Neptunus. He was named the most valuable player of the 2014 Holland Series, when he was a starter for Neptunus.

After playing for national youth teams, van Driel joined the Netherlands national baseball team in 2007. Prominent competitions included the 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC), 2013 WBC, and 2011 Baseball Would Cup, which the Netherlands won. He was named a reserve pitcher for the 2017 WBC but did not pitch in the tournament.

van Driel was also on the team for the 2007 Baseball World Cup, the World Port Tournament in 2007, Haarlem Baseball Week in 2008 the , and the 2016 European Baseball Championship.