# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/loek-van-mil
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:49:47.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/loek-van-mil"
name: "Loek van Mil"
slug: "loek-van-mil"
description: "Ludovicus Jacobus Maria \"Loek\" van Mil was a Dutch professional baseball pitcher. At the height of 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m), he is one of the tallest people to play professional baseball. He pitched for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He also played in Minor League Baseball for affiliates of the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Angels, Cleveland, and Cincinnati Reds. He also pitched in professional leagues in the Netherlands and Australia."
tagline: "Dutch baseball player (1984-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VanMil2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1984-09-15"
deathDate: "2019-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.740070666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loek_van_Mil"
    title: "Loek van Mil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "لويك ڤان ميل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loek_van_Mil"
    title: "Loek van Mil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loek_van_Mil"
    title: "Loek van Mil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ルーク・ファンミル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A9_%ED%8C%90_%EB%B0%80"
    title: "룩 판 밀"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loek_van_Mil"
    title: "Loek van Mil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loek_van_Mil"
    title: "Loek van Mil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loek_van_Mil"
    title: "Loek van Mil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4869410"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump