Sharlon Romans Emederio Schoop (born April 15, 1987) is a Dutch-Curaçaoan

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. He played for several organizations in

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and for the Amsterdam Pirates of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He played for the

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in many international baseball tournaments, including the

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and

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Professional career

San Francisco Giants

Schoop was signed by the

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as an undrafted free agent on March 30, 2004. Schoop played in the Giants minor league system from 2005 to 2011, reaching as high as the Double-A

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in 2010. On November 2, 2011, Schoop elected free agency.

Kansas City Royals

On November 25, 2011, Schoop signed a minor league contract with the

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. He spent the entire 2012 season with the Double-A

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, slashing .267/.341/.436 with 7 home runs and 19 RBI in 50 games. He did not play in a game in 2013 due to injury, spending the entire season on the

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, and elected free agency on November 4, 2013.

Baltimore Orioles

The

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signed Schoop to a minor league contract on November 21, 2013. ISchoop spent the 2014 season with the Double-A Bowie Baysox, hitting .217/.288/.300 with 3 home runs and 25 RBI in 77 games. He split 2015 between Bowie and the Triple-A

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, hitting a combined .219/.280/.263 in 81 games. Schoop came to Baltimore in June 2016 in case the team needed to add him to the roster during the suspension of infielder

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, but he was never officially recalled off the taxi squad and was later sent back to Norfolk. He elected free agency following the season on November 7, 2016. On January 26, 2017, Schoop re-signed with the Orioles on a minor league contract. In 36 games split between Bowie and Norfolk, he batted .225/.289/.432 with 5 home runs and 10 RBI. Schoop elected free agency following the season on November 6. On February 20, 2018, Schoop again re-signed to a minor league deal with the

. He played in 36 games in 2018, again split between Bowie and Norfolk, hitting a combined .221/.317/.327 with two home runs and 18 RBI. Schoop elected free agency following the season on November 2.

International teams

On May 25, 2019, Schoop signed with the Amsterdam Pirates of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He played 19 games for the club in 2019, slashing .357/.427/.486 with 1 home run and 15 RBI. Schoop played in 15 games for the team in 2020, batting a torrid .350/.451/.600 with 2 home runs and 17 RBI. With Schoop, the Pirates won the

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in 2019 and 2021. Schoop played for the Curaçao Suns in the 2023 Caribbean Series as well as the 2024 Caribbean Series in

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International career

Schoop has played for the

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in more than 100 international games. He was on the Dutch roster for

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, and

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. He also played for the Netherlands in the

2019 European Baseball Championship The 2019 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by the Confederation of European Baseball. The 2019 Championship was held September 7–15, 2019, in Bonn and Solingen, Germany. The tournament contribu ...

, the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, and at the 2019 WBSC Premier12 and 2024 WBSC Premier12. He represented the Netherlands at the 2023 European Baseball Championship.

Personal life

Schoop's younger brother, Jonathan Schoop, also plays baseball, currently for the Algodoneros de Unión Laguna of the

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. They grew up in Santa Maria neighborhood in Willemstad, Curaçao.

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