Eric Brodkowitz

Eric Brodkowitz is an Israeli-American free agent professional baseball pitcher. He plays for the Israel National Baseball Team.

Eric Brodkowitz
Israel National Baseball Team
Pitcher
Born: Potomac, Maryland
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Early and personal life

Brodkowitz was born in Potomac, Maryland, and is Jewish.[1][2] His parents are Ken and Jill Brodkowitz, and he has two younger siblings.[1] He attended Winston Churchill High School (Class of 2014), where he played baseball and was First Team All-Division in his junior and senior seasons, and All-Gazette and All-Met honorable mention in junior season. [1][3] As a pitcher in his high school career he was 5-4 with a 1.36 ERA.[4][5] He played for the Gaithersburg Giants in the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League during the summers of 2014 and 2015.[6]

In October 2018 Brodkowitz became a dual Israeli citizen, partly to help the Israel baseball team make the 2020 Olympics.[7][8][9]

College

Brodkowitz pitched for the Yale Bulldogs. He was named 2015 Ivy League Rookie of the Week on April 21 and to the 2015 Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll on March 31, 2017 and 2018 first team All-American (D-I) by Jewish Sports Review, and to the 2018 First Team All-Ivy Team as a unanimous selection.[10][11][1] Brodkowitz finished his senior season with a 2.76 ERA in 84.2 innings pitched, as he led the conference with six wins without a loss.[11]

Israel national team

Brodkowitz competed on the Israel national baseball team for qualification for the 2020 Olympics.[12] He started two games as the team played in the 2019 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool in early July 2019 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, winning all of its games and advancing to the playoffs against Team Lithuania in the 2019 Playoff Series at the end of July 2019 for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.[13][14] He was 1-0 with a 5.79 ERA, as in 9.1 innings he struck out 15 batters, tops in the tournament.[15][14]

He pitched for Team Israel in the 2019 European Baseball Championship. He also pitched for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, which Israel won to qualify to play baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[16]

References
  1. "18 Eric Brodkowitz". Yale Bulldogs. Yale University. Archived from the original on May 6, 2017 – via www.yalebulldogs.com.
  2. "10 American Jewish baseball players to become Israeli citizens". Arutz Sheva. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. October 10, 2018 – via www.israelnationalnews.com.
  3. "Eric Brodkowitz 2009-2014". Koa Sports. December 20, 2014.
  4. "Eric Brodkowitz High School Baseball Stats Churchill (Potomac, MD)". MaxPreps. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  5. Silber, Sammi (December 3, 2013). "Brodkowitz commits to play baseball at Yale". The Observer – via www.thechurchillobserver.com.
  6. "Eric Brodkowitz - Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League - player". Pointstreak Sports Technologies. Retrieved September 8, 2019 – via pointstreak.com.
  7. "10 U.S.-Jewish baseball players to get dual Israeli citizenship in bid to make 2020 Olympics". Haaretz. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. October 11, 2018.
  8. "US baseball players get Israeli citizenship in boost to Olympic team". The Times of Israel. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. October 20, 2018.
  9. "10 American baseball players become Israeli citizens to help nation's team make the Olympics". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. October 18, 2018.
  10. "Frohman, Shanfeldt Named Jewish Sports Review All-Americans". Lehigh Sports. July 12, 2018 – via lehighsports.com.
  11. Bertothy, Ernie (October 17, 2018). "Brodkowitz '18 to Play for Israel's National Team". Yale Sports. Yale University – via www.yalebulldogs.com.
  12. "Four U.S. baseball players immigrating to Israel to join Olympics bid". Haaretz. April 7, 2019.
  13. "European Championship Seniors B 2019 - Pool 2 - Individual Statistics". baseballstats.eu. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  14. Barancik, Scott (July 8, 2019). "For Israel, sweet victory; Long road to Olympic berth begins with triumph in Bulgaria". Jewish Baseball News – via www.jewishbaseballnews.com.
  15. "European Championship Seniors B - Pool 2 - Individual Statistics". baseballstats.eu. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  16. "Moving on up". Jewish Baseball News. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2019-09-23.


Israel roster - 2019 European Baseball Championship and 2020 Olympic Qualifying Team
PlayersCoaches
Pitchers
 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

  • 32 Richard Kania (coach)
  • 4 Kibe Kazumasa (coach)
  • 25 Andrew Lorraine (pitching coach)
  • 20 Nate Mulberg (coach)

[1]

  1. "IAB - Israel Association of Baseball - Team Israel Roster - European Championships 2019". Baseball.org.il. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
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