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us baseball star gregory halman, 24, 'stabbed to death in holland by his brother'
the u.s. Baseball player gregory halman has been stabbed to death in rotterdam.
The seattle mariners outfielder, 24, died in the early hours of this morning, police and the player's family have confirmed.
Halman's brother has been arrested in connection with the incident.
dead: Baseball star greg halman has been stabbed to death in holland, police say
'a 24-year-old died this morning in a stabbing and we have arrested the 22-year-old brother of the victim,' said a spokesman for rotterdam police.
Police were called to a home in the dutch port city early monday morning and found halman bleeding from a stab wound, spokeswoman patricia wessels said.
The officers attempted unsuccessfully to resuscitate him. His brother is being questioned by police.
Halman was a dutch national, born in haarlem, the netherlands.
He made his debut aged 16 in 2003 with the dutch major league team corendon kinheim in his home town of haarlem.
tragic: Police were called to a rotterdam home this morning where they found halman bleeding from a stab wound. They were unable to resuscitate him
'suspect': Halman's brother jason, 22, pictured left and right, is also a baseball player in holland. A 22-year-old brother of halman has been arrested, police said
in june 2004, when he was 17 and right of out high school, he moved to the u.s. After signing with the seattle mariners.
The outfield player was one of the country's most successful baseball exports and rose steadily through the major league ranks before hitting the big time in 2010.
He appeared in 44 mlb games for seattle and helped the netherlands win the european baseball championship in 2007.
In 2009, he earned the 'best power hitter' tag and 'best athlete' in the mariners.
When not playing for the team, halman had helped boost baseball in europe by holding coaching sessions with youngsters.
He was a graduate of mendel college, holland, and spoke four languages - dutch, english, papiamento and spanish.
family: Halman, who said how hard it was to leave his family for the u.s., has a sister naomi, left, a dutch basketball player. His second sister is pamela, right
halman's father, eddy, and brother, jason, had also played on the dutch national baseball team.
His sister, naomi halman, is a professional basketball player in europe.
Halman had previously admitted it was a struggle leaving his 'supportive' family behind to live in the u.s.
'it was hard coming from a big family with love around you,' he said in an interview with tacoma weekly last year. 'but playing baseball was always my goal, so when i was feeling homesick i would tell myself this is what i always wanted to do. It was tough but i loved it.'
the 6ft4, 200ib player was seen as a power-hitting prospect, especially after hitting 33 home runs in 2010 at the team's triple a team in tacoma.
star: Halman, 24, was considered a power hitter and one of holland's most successful baseball exports. He played 44 mlb games for seattle
he featured in 35 games for the mariners last season, scoring seven runs and holding a batting average of .230.
But halman was never content with being branded a 'power hitter'.
'i don’t want to see myself as a power hitter,' he told the tacoma weekly. 'but i do hit the ball out of the park. I want to become the best player i can be, not known just to hit the ball out of park.
'i want to hit good, run the bases good, be the best at stealing bases, and also be the best teammate.
'if i want to become a complete player at the major league level i can’t just do one, i have to be the complete package.'
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