Marek Deska

Marek Leszek Deska (born August 24, 1985) is a Polish-Canadian professional baseball player who began his baseball career in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and as of 2007, is playing in the Dutch Major League (Honkbal Hoofdklasse) for Mediamonks RCH.[1] Upon his first start, which was against Instant Holland Almere '90 on May 20, 2007, Deska became the first player in history to play in the highest Dutch league with a Polish passport.[2] Deska is a right-handed pitcher and started his professional baseball career with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Intercounty Major Baseball League.

Marek Deska
Personal information
Born (1985-08-24) August 24, 1985
Home townToronto, Ontario, Canada
Sport
Sportbaseball

In 2006, as a rookie in the Intercounty Major Baseball League, Deska acted as a reliever for the Toronto Maple Leafs and posted a 1-2 record with a 3.12 ERA while tallying 19 strikeouts in 17.1 innings of work.[3]

Deska pitched in his first Dutch Major League (Honkbal Hoofdklasse) season in 2007 for RCH Mediamonks who made their first appearance in the top Dutch league in 6 years. Deska ended the season with a 3.70 ERA and boasted a 3-6 record.[4] He finished in the top 10 in the league in pitching categories such as innings pitched, complete games and quality starts with 7 while finishing 12th in the league in total strikeouts.[5] He fell to 2-8, 4.85 in 2008.[6]

Deska has also pitched for the Polish National Baseball Team. In the 2008 European Championship Qualifiers, Deska allowed two runs and fanned 12 in 9 innings of work for Poland, leading the Prague qualifiers in K's; Poland failed to advance to the 2009 European Championship with a 2-2 record.[6]

Deska is currently a physical education teacher at a catholic high school in Brampton, Ontario, Canada

References
  1. Baseball & Softball Headlines by Grand Slam and Stoovstats
  2. Baseball-Europe.NET - Grand Slam Stats and News Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2007-07-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. printeng/fullteam.180 Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  5. printeng/pit_tot.180 Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Marek_Deska


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