Rikkert Faneyte (born May 31, 1969) is a former

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who played from to for the

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and Texas Rangers. He was a member of the Dutch National Team which finished in fifth place at the

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Career

Faneyte grew up playing baseball starting at the age of four in the Netherlands and played college baseball at Miami-Dade South Junior College. Faneyte made his major league debut in 1993, becoming the third player from the Netherlands to play in the majors. Faneyte was traded to the

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in December 1996. Faneyte also played for the L&D Amsterdam Pirates of

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after finishing his major league career. He also picked up the save in the Netherlands' 2000 Olympics 4-2 win against

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1969 births Living people Baseball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Clinton Giants players Dutch expatriate baseball players in the United States Major League Baseball players from the Netherlands Major League Baseball center fielders Oklahoma City 89ers players Olympic baseball players for the Netherlands Phoenix Firebirds players San Francisco Giants players San Jose Giants players Baseball players from Amsterdam Texas Rangers players Dutch people of Curaçao descent 1998 Baseball World Cup players {{Baseball-center-fielder-stub