Marek Minařík (born 28 June 1993) is a Czech professional baseball pitcher. He previously played for the

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and

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organizations. He played for Team Czech Republic 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 contributed ...

Career

Minařík played for the

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in 2011, going 0–0 with a 6.00 earned run average (ERA) in three inning pitched. In 2012, he went 1–0 with a 2.65 ERA in 17 innings. In 2014, pitching for two minor league teams of the

, he was a combined 1–6 with a 5.06 ERA. In 2015, pitching for the Bristol Pirates he was 2–6 with a 6.32 ERA.

International career

He was selected for the

Czech Republic national baseball team The Czech Republic national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Czech Republic. The team competes in the biennial European Baseball Championship and debuted in the 2023 World Baseball Classic Roster Results and fixtures The ...

at the

2012 European Baseball Championship The 2012 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament being held from September 7 to September 16, 2012. The Confederation of European Baseball selected the Netherlands to host the tournament. Qualification The follow ...

2013 World Baseball Classic Qualification The Qualifying Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held from September 19 to November 19, 2012. Although the 2006 and 2009 editions of the World Baseball Classic were contested by the same pre-selected field of 16 teams, for the 2013 t ...

2014 European Baseball Championship The 2014 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held in the Czech Republic and Germany. The defending champion Italy lost in the final to the Netherlands, who became champion for the 21st time. Qualification Th ...

, 2015 USA Tour,

2017 World Baseball Classic Qualification The Qualifying Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held from February 11 to September 25, 2016. Teams which participated at the 2013 World Baseball Classic were automatically qualified for the 2017 tournament except the four nations whic ...

, and

2016 European Baseball Championship The 2016 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by Confederation of European Baseball. The 2016 European Championship was held from September 9 to 18, 2016 in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. It was organized by t ...

. He played for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament, in Italy in September 2019. In 2022, Minařík was selected to play the

2023 World Baseball Classic qualification The qualifying round of the 2023 World Baseball Classic will be held in September 2022. Teams which participated at the 2017 World Baseball Classic automatically qualified for the 2023 tournament. The qualifying round is to consist of two tourna ...

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1993 births Living people Baseball pitchers Bristol Pirates players Czech expatriate baseball players in the United States Florida Complex League Phillies players Jamestown Jammers players People from Louny Sportspeople from the Ústí nad Labem Region 2016 European Baseball Championship players 2019 European Baseball Championship players 2023 World Baseball Classic players {{Baseball-pitcher-stub