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

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an professional

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for

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of the

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. He played for Team Netherlands in the

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, and at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019.

Career

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

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organization. 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 appear in a game in 2013 due to injury and elected free agency on November 4, 2013. The

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signed Schoop to a minor league contract on November 21, 2013. In 2014, Schoop spent the season with the Double-A

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, 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 Triple-A Norfolk. In January 2017, Schoop signed a minor league contract with the Orioles. He elected free agency on November 6, 2017. On February 20, 2018, Schoop re-signed to a minor-league deal with the

. He elected free agency on November 2, 2018. On May 25, 2019, Schoop signed with the

of the

. 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.

International career

Schoop represented the

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at the

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in San Juan,

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and

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. He was also named to the Dutch roster for the Roger Bernadina in EK-selectie Nederland
''de Nederlandse honkbalsite'' and 2014 European Baseball Championship. He played for Team Netherlands in the

, at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, and at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.

Personal life

His brother, Jonathan, is also a baseball player, and is currently with the

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