{{short description|Dutch baseball player and coach (born 1979)}} {{Infobox baseball biography | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|11|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Amersfoort, Netherlands | image = Danny Rombley (cropped).jpg | caption = Rombley in 1998 | position = Outfielder | bats = Right | throws = Right | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's baseball}} {{MedalCountry | {{NED}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Baseball World Cup}} {{MedalGold| 2011 Panama City | National team}} {{MedalCompetition|Intercontinental Cup}} {{MedalSilver| 2006 Taichung | National team}} {{MedalSilver| 2010 Taichung | National team}} {{MedalCompetition|European Baseball Championship}} {{MedalGold| 2003 Netherlands | National team}} {{MedalGold| 2005 Prague | National team}} {{MedalGold| 2007 Montjuïc | National team}} {{MedalSilver| 2010 Stuttgart | National team}} {{MedalGold| 2014 Brno | National team}} {{MedalCompetition|{{Interlanguage link multi|France International Baseball Tournament|fr|3=France International Baseball Tournament}} }} {{MedalGold| {{Interlanguage link multi|France International Baseball Tournament 2014|fr|lt=2014 Sénart}} | National team}} }} '''Danny Reginald Rombley''' (born 26 November 1979) is a Dutch former professional baseball player. He played six years in Minor League Baseball and for the Netherlands national team in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic and 2008 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danny Rombley |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/113363 |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=Olympedia}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Danny Rombley Minor & WBC Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=romble001dan |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He was also on the Dutch team that won the 2011 Baseball World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Curt Smith Meest Waardevolle Speler |url=https://www.honkbalsitearchief.nl/events/wk2011/statistieken.html |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=Honkbalsite archief |language=nl}}</ref>
Rombley debuted with the national team in 1998.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Visser |first=Seb |date=2018-02-28 |title=Oud-international Danny Rombley stopt per direct |url=https://honkbalsitearchief.nl/k/2018/02/28/oud-international-danny-rombley-stopt-per-direct/2018/02/28/oud-international-danny-rombley-stopt-per-direct/ |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=Honkbalsite |language=nl}}</ref> He was named the best left fielder of the 2005 European Baseball Championship and one of the best three outfielders of the 2005 Baseball World Cup.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Danny Rombley |url=https://www.honkbalsitearchief.nl/nederlandsteam/dannyrombley.html |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=Honkbalsite archief |language=nl}}</ref> He was named the most valuable player of the 2010 Haarlem Baseball Week.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 July 2010 |title=Danny Rombley meest waardevolle speler |url=http://www.honkbalweek.nl/index.php?hhw=nieuwsdetail&id=254&lang=ned |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226235133/http://www.honkbalweek.nl/index.php?hhw=nieuwsdetail&id=254&lang=ned |archive-date=2012-02-26 |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=honkbalweek.nl |language=nl}}</ref> He also played for the Dutch in the {{Interlanguage link multi|France International Baseball Tournament 2014|fr|lt=2014 France International Baseball Tournament}}<ref>[http://www.honkbalsite.com/2014/09/02/roger-bernadina-in-ek-selectie-nederland/ Roger Bernadina in EK-selectie Nederland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305140009/http://www.honkbalsite.com/2014/09/02/roger-bernadina-in-ek-selectie-nederland/ |date=2016-03-05 }} ''de Nederlandse honkbalsite'' {{in lang|nl}}</ref> and 2014 European championship.<ref>[http://www.knbsb.nl/knbsb/algemeen/nieuws/!/1820/nederlands-honkbalteam-opent-ek-tegen-kroatie Nederlands honkbalteam opent EK tegen Kroatië] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329050702/http://www.knbsb.nl/knbsb/algemeen/nieuws/%21/1820/nederlands-honkbalteam-opent-ek-tegen-kroatie |date=2016-03-29 }} ''The Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association official site'' {{in lang|nl}}</ref> He last played for the national team in the 2015 World Port Tournament.<ref name=":1" />
After ending his American minor league career in 2004, he played in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse until 2017.<ref name=":0" /> He won the Holland Series in 2006 with Kinheim and led the league with a .320 batting average in 2007.<ref name=":2" /> He was the league MVP in his final season.<ref name=":1" />
Rombley managed HCAW in the Hoofdklasse in 2022, when he won the Holland Series, and 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-11 |title=Danny Rombley stopt na twee seizoenen als manager van HCAW |url=https://honkbalsoftbal.nl/2023/09/11/danny-rombley-stopt-na-twee-seizoenen-als-manager-van-hcaw/ |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=HonkbalSoftbal.nl |language=nl-NL}}</ref>
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