Dorotheus Wilhelmus "Dave" Draijer (born 30 September 1973) is a Dutch former professional

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player. Draijer represented the

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at the

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where he and his team became sixth. Originally he was not selected for the

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, but due to an injury to

Loek van Mil Ludovicus Jacobus Maria "Loek" van Mil (; 15 September 1984 – 28 July 2019) was a Dutch professional baseball pitcher. At the height of , he is one of the tallest people to play professional baseball. He pitched for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden E ...

, he was eventually called up as his replacement.

External links

Draijer at the Dutch Olympic Archive
1973 births Living people Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Baseball players from North Holland Olympic baseball players for the Netherlands Dutch baseball players Sportspeople from Heemstede Konica Minolta Pioniers players Vaessen Pioniers players 2003 Baseball World Cup players 2005 European Baseball Championship players 2005 Baseball World Cup players 2006 World Baseball Classic players {{Netherlands-baseball-bio-stub