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Chris Garia
Garia at the 2018 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameChristopher George Paul Garia
Nationality Netherlands
Born (1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 32)
Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 60 m: 6.70
  • 100 m: 10.22
  • 200 m: 20.68

Christopher George Paul Garia (born 16 December 1992) is a Dutch sprinter and former professional baseball outfielder from Curaçao.[1] Garia won the 60 metres at the 2018 Dutch National Indoor Championships in a time of 6.70 seconds. He was also a member of the Dutch national baseball team before completing his transformation to sprinter.[2]

Baseball career

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Chris Garia
Outfielder
Born: (1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 32)
Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Netherlands
European Baseball Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Hoofddorp Team
France International Baseball Tournament [fr]
Gold medal – first place 2016 Sénart [fr] Team

Texas Rangers

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On 28 May 2010, Garia signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent.[3] He spent his first two professional seasons with the Dominican Summer League Rangers, hitting .205 in 60 games in 2010, and batting .315 over 61 contests in 2011. Garia played in 47 games for the Low-A Spokane Indians in 2012, slashing .246/.319/.328 with one home run, 16 RBI, and 18 stolen bases.[4]

Garia split the 2013 season between Spokane and the Single-A Hickory Crawdads, posting a .218/.261/.322 batting line with four home runs, 25 RBI, and 24 stolen bases across 68 total appearances.[5] He made 101 appearances for the High-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans during the 2014 campaign, slashing .284/.343/.387 with four home runs, 24 RBI, and a career-high 45 stolen bases.[6]

Garia split the 2015 season between the High-A High Desert Mavericks, Double-A Frisco RoughRiders, and Triple-A Round Rock Express, hitting a combined .283/.330/.451 with eight home runs, 46 RBI, and 27 stolen bases.[7] In 2016, he played in 47 games split between Hickory and Frisco, slashing .213/.271/.354 with four home runs, 13 RBI, and 12 stolen bases. Garia was released by the Rangers organization on 27 June 2016.[8]

Vaessen Pioniers

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On 30 July 2016, Garia signed with the Vaessen Pioniers of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse.[9] In five games for the team, Garia went 6-for-14 (.429) with two RBI and three stolen bases.

Lincoln Saltdogs

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On 18 November 2016, Garia signed with the Lincoln Saltdogs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.[10] He played in five games for the Saltdogs in 2017, going 1-for-18 (.056) with one stolen base. Garia was released by Lincoln on 29 May 2017.[11][12]

Hoofddorp Pioniers

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Garia subsequently played in one game for the Hoofddorp Pioniers of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse, going 0-for-4 with one strikeout; the contest proved to be his final professional baseball game.[13]

International career

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Garia was also selected for the Netherlands national baseball team for the 2016 France International Baseball Tournament [fr], the 2016 European Baseball Championship, the exhibition games against Japan in 2016 and the training camp in the United States in 2017

On 25 August 2016, Garia was selected for the 2016 France International Baseball Tournament.[14] On 7 September, he was selected for the 2016 European Baseball Championship.[15] On 26 October, Garia was selected for the exhibition games against Japan.[16]

On 7 February 2017, Garia was selected for the training camp in the United States.[17] On 9 February, he was selected for the 2017 World Baseball Classic,[18] but on 26 February, he cancelled.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Chris Garia next player from Curacao to play with Saltdogs - MOSAE SPORTS". 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Chris Garia getransformeerd van honkbal-international naar veelbelovende sprinter". RTV Rijnmond. 23 May 2018.
  3. ^ "A former Rangers minor-leaguer just became the fastest man in the Netherlands". dallasnews.com. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  4. ^ "Chris Garia Stats & Scouting Report". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  5. ^ "Chris Garia - Stats - Batting". fangraphs.com. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  6. ^ "Chris Garia - Baseball Statistics". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  7. ^ "Texas Rangers minor-league report: High-A's Chris Garia one of few bright spots as organization suffers losses". dallasnews.com. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  8. ^ "Chris Garia weg bij Texas Rangers". honkbalsoftbal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  9. ^ "Pioniers shuts out DSS to reach Play-Offs". catcher.home.xs4all.nl. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  10. ^ "2016 Transactions". aabaseball.com. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  11. ^ "Chris Garia weg bij Lincoln Saltdogs". honkbalsoftbal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  12. ^ "2017 Transactions". aabaseball.com. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  13. ^ "Christopher Garia Minor & Independent Leagues Statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  14. ^ "Rob Cordemans met Koninkrijksteam naar Sénart". Honkbalsite Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch). September 7, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  15. ^ "Bernadina voor EK terug in nationale ploeg". Honkbalsite Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch). September 7, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  16. ^ "Jurickson Profar met Koninkrijksteam naar Japan". Honkbalsite Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch). October 26, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  17. ^ "Selectie Koninkrijksteam voor trainingskamp Arizona". Honkbalsite Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch). February 7, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  18. ^ "Tien hoofdklassers in definitieve WBC-selectie". Honkbalsite Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch). February 9, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  19. ^ "Van der Meer vervangt Garia in selectie WBC". Honkbalsite Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland (in Dutch). February 26, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
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