Chairon Isenia
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| Born: 23 January 1979 Willemstad, Curaçao | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
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Chairon Ramon Isenia (born 23 January 1979) is a Curaçaoan former baseball player who is a scout for the Tampa Bay Rays. He played for the Netherlands national team and for Tampa Bay in the minor leagues as a catcher.
Isenia represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where the team finished fifth. Four years later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, they were sixth. He had a .353 batting average in Athens, leading the Dutch and ninth best in the tournament. He also played for the Netherlands in the 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC). Isenia played in other international tournaments. He was named to the All-Star team of the 2003 European Baseball Championship after batting .350. He then hit .308 at the 2003 Baseball World Cup.
Isenia's brother Percy played for the Dutch baseball team in the 2006 WBC and 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics.
Isenia was a catcher in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays minor league system from 1998 to 2006, playing in Double-A his final four seasons. After his playing career, he has been a scout for Tampa Bay in Curaçao.