Ty Eriksen

Ty Eriksen (born 1984) is an American professional baseball player who plays in the German Bundesliga for the Haar Disciples and also played in the inaugural year of the Israel Baseball League in 2007.

Eriksen was born in Oregon. He played Division 3 baseball at Willamette University. In 2006, he began his international baseball career by hitting .590 in 11 games for the Disciples, and then in 2007 moved on to the Israel Baseball League, the first-ever pro baseball league in the Middle East, while playing first base for the Netanya Tigers in Israel.

In 2008, he returned to the Disciples upon graduation, and currently is the hitting coach and plays CF/1B for the team in their rise up the European baseball rankings. Eriksen led the team into their first playoff appearance in 2010.

Eriksen is also an occasional contributor to Mister-Baseball, an English language news site covering baseball in Europe, and has assisted clubs and national teams around Europe in baseball operations and instructional camps.

Eriksen's great-grandfather also named Ty Eriksen founded the Oregon State Beavers Baseball Team.

References

http://www.israelbaseballleague.com/teams/allteams/index.html?player_id=98 http://www.oregonartscommission.org/pdf/Goss_rfp.pdf