Nick Stuifbergen

Nick Stuifbergen
Pitcher
Born: (1980-09-06) 6 September 1980
Breda, Netherlands
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Medals
Representing  Netherlands
Men's baseball
Intercontinental Cup
Silver medal – second place2006 TaiwanNational team
Silver medal – second place2010 TaiwanNational team
European Baseball Championship
Gold medal – first place2005 Czech RepublicNational team
Gold medal – first place2007 SpainNational team

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.[1] He did not fare much better in the 2006 WBC, with a 5.40 ERA,[2] pitching in the team's losses to Cuba and Puerto Rico. He also pitched in the 2005 and 2007 Baseball World Cups.[1]

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.[3][1]

Coaching career

In November 2013, Stuifbergen was hired to coach the youth team Scimitars.[4] Stuifbergen became the head coach of DSS Haarlem late in the 2016 season.[5] 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.[3]

Stuifbergen was the pitching coach of the men's national team that won the 2025 European championship.[6]

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.[4][7]

Stuifbergen has worked as a teacher at the Daaf Geluk school in Haarlem, Netherlands.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nick Stuifbergen". Honkbalsite archief. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
  2. ↑ "Nick Stuifbergen WBC Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2026-03-31.
  3. 1 2 "Nick Stuifbergen new Head Coach of DSS". Grand Slam * Stats & News Netherlands. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
  4. 1 2 van Zon, Rogier (8 December 2013). "Toekomst als profhonkballer voor Tom Stuifbergen onzeker". Honkbalsite archief. Retrieved 2026-03-31.
  5. ↑ "Hoofdcoach Lennart Stut weg bij DSS". HonkbalSoftbal.nl (in Dutch). 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
  6. ↑ "Netherlands". WBSC Europe. Retrieved 2026-03-31.
  7. ↑ "Tom Stuifbergen". Honkbalsite archief (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-03-31.
  8. ↑ "Schoolgids 2019–2020" (PDF). vsodaafgeluk.nl (in Dutch). p. 24.
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