Nick Stuifbergen

Nick Stuifbergen (born 6 September 1980) is a Dutch former professional baseball pitcher. He played with the Netherlands national baseball team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC) and other international tournaments. He has also coached and managed in the Netherlands.

Playing career Stuifbergen debuted with the Dutch national team in the 2005 European Baseball Championship, with a 6.43 earned run average (ERA) in three games. pitching in the team's losses to Cuba and Puerto Rico. He also pitched in the 2005 and 2007 Baseball World Cups.

Stuifbergen pitched in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse for 13 seasons, debuting with Kinheim in 2001 and also pitching for Amsterdam Pirates and HCAW. Injuries contributed to his career ending in 2013. Stuifbergen became the head coach of DSS Haarlem late in the 2016 season. He again became the team's manager near the end of the 2019 season. He was the pitching coach of the Netherlands national under-18 team in 2018 and 2019.

Personal life Stuuifbergen's younger brother, Tom Stuifbergen, also pitched for the Dutch national team and played in the American minor leagues. The brothers have coached together.

Stuifbergen has worked as a teacher at the Daaf Geluk school in Haarlem, Netherlands.