Jacky Jakoba

Sedney Jakoba (25 September 1961 – 17 December 2022) was a Curaçaoan baseball player who played for the Netherlands national team in international tournaments, including the 1988 Summer Olympics. He holds the single-season home run record in the Dutch Honkbal Hoofdklasse, hitting 24 home runs in 1984.

Biography Club career Jakoba played with Quick Amersfoort from 1982–1983. In 1983, he hit 13 home runs for this club in one season, besting the Dutch record previously held by Hudson John with 12. From 1984 to 1987, Jakoba played with Neptunus in Rotterdam. In 1984, he hit 24 home runs, which is still Dutch league's single-season record. In 1988, he played with Almere Giants and in 1989 he signed a contract with Haarlem Nicols, but didn't play during the season. He played in Belgium with Antwerp Eagles. In 1990 he returned to the Netherlands and played with Sparta-Feyenoord in Rotterdam that season. In 1991 he played with SV ADO and in 1992 with Quick in Amersfoort.

Death Jakoba died on 17 December 2022, at the age of 61.