Ivanon Coffie

Ivanon Coffie
Third baseman
Born: (1977-05-16) 16 May 1977 (age 48)
Klein, Curaçao
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
15 July, 2000, for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
20 September, 2000, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
Batting average.217
Runs scored6
Stolen bases1
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Netherlands
Intercontinental Cup
Silver medal – second place 2006 Taiwan National team
European Baseball Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 Czech Republic National team

Ivanon Angelino Coffie (EE-vah-nahn, born 16 May 1977[1][2]) is a Curaçaoan former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles during the 2000 season, appearing in 23 games. He played for the Netherlands national team in international tournaments.

Playing career

Coffie signed with the Orioles on July 28, 1995 as an international free agent. He made his professional debut in the Gulf Coast League in 1996, batting .218 leading shortstops in fielding percentage. A shoulder injury ended his 1997 season in August. With the Frederick Keys in 1998, he was named a Carolina League All-Star and won the league's home run derby. He was added to the Orioles' 40-man roster before spring training in 1999, but hit .183 with the Double-A Bowie Baysox before being sent down to Frederick.[3]

Coffie began the 2000 season with Bowie and was named the Eastern League Player of the Week the opening week of the season. He was called up to the Orioles on July 15, making his MLB debut that day as a pinch runner. He was the fifth player from Curaçao to play in the majors. He got his first MLB hit the next day, a single off Ricky Bones of the Florida Marlins. Coffie was sent down to Triple-A on August 11, returning to the majors as a September call-up. He batted .217 with 6 RBI and one stolen base in his lone major league season.[3][4] After the season, he played for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League.[3]

Coffie continued playing organized baseball until 2010.[5] He played one more season in the Orioles farm system, missing almost three months with a broken right index finger. Baltimore traded him to the Chicago Cubs in November 2001.[1] He was released after a season with the Iowa Cubs and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals, who released him in April 2003. After playing four games for the independent Fargo–Moorhead RedHawks, he re-signed with the Orioles. He signed with the Houston Astros in 2004, playing for the Double-A Round Rock Express in his final season in affiliated baseball.[6][5]

Coffie played for Almere'90 in the Dutch Honkbal Hoofdklasse in 2005, leading the league in home runs, and 2006. He played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League for parts two seasons with the Macoto Cobras/dmedia T-REX in 2007 and 2008, as well as Neptunus in the Hoofdklasse.[7] He also played for the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League in 2008. Then, he played in the Italian Baseball League, with Rimini in 2009 and Grosseto in 2010.[5]

International career

Coffie made his debut with the Netherlands national team at the 2003 Baseball World Cup, batting .409 with two home runs.[7] At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the Dutch team finished in sixth place.[8][2] He batted .105 with 4 RBI in 6 games.[9] He was named the most valuable player of the 2005 European Baseball Championship after slugging 8 home runs in 9 games.[7][10] He played in the 2005 Baseball World Cup and 2006 World Baseball Classic, where he went 2-for-12 in three games and committed an error during Shairon Martis's no-hitter against Panama.[7][11] He was on the Dutch team that finished second in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup.[12] He then played for the Dutch in the 2007 World Port Tournament, batting .125 in 8 games.[13][14]

Personal life

Coffie graduated from high school in Curaçao in 1995.[1]

After his playing career, Coffie has coached baseball and softball at a training facility in Valley City, Ohio.[15][16]

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Chicago Cubs 2002 Media Guide. 2002. p. 52.
  2. ^ a b "Ivanon Coffie". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  3. ^ a b c Baltimore Orioles 2001 Media Guide (PDF). Baltimore Orioles. 2001. pp. 60, 61.
  4. ^ "Ivanon Coffie 2000 Batting Game Logs". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  5. ^ a b c "Ivanon Coffie Minor, Independent & CPBL Leagues Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Ivanon Coffie Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  7. ^ a b c d "Ivanon Coffie". Honkbalsite archief (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  8. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ivanon Coffie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
  9. ^ "2004 Summer Olympics Official Results". LA84 Foundation. p. 90. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  10. ^ Stoovelaar, Marco. "European Championships 2005". Grand Slam Stats & News. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  11. ^ Zayas, Pedro (10 March 2006). "Dutch Minor Leaguer No-Hits Panama". AP News. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Nederland in verlenging onderuit". Honkbalsite Archief (in Dutch). 19 November 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  13. ^ "Coffie voegt zich bij Oranje". Honkbalsite archief (in Dutch). 1 August 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  14. ^ "Statistieken Nederland". Honkbalsite archief (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  15. ^ "About Me". ivanoncoffie.com.
  16. ^ "Ivanon Coffie". Premier Ohio Baseball & Softball. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
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