Branko Nenadić

Branko Nenadic

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• Born January 22, 1974

Biographical Information

Branko Nenadic was a long-time member of the Croatian national team. In the 1999 European Championship, he hit .250/.400/.313 and threw out 3 of 13 attempted base-stealers as a catcher; after that, he primarily was an outfielder. He batted .154/.241/.192 as Croatia's worst starter in the 2001 European Championship.

Nenadic was 2 for 18 (both hits were doubles) in the 2003 European Championship but drew 6 walks and had 3 runs and 2 RBI. He tied Evert-Jan 't Hoen and Mario Chiarini for 8th in the tourney in walks. He hit .176/.294/.176 in the 2005 European Championship.

In the 2007 European Championship, Branko was one for nine at the plate. During the 2008 European Championship Qualifiers, he hit .333/.389/.733 to help Croatia win a spot in the 2010 European Championship; he had 3 doubles, a homer and 10 RBI in 4 games. He led the tourney in RBI (3 over Dimitar Nassapov and was 3rd with 11 total bases (behind Oren Gal and Slobodan Gales).

Nenadic hit .167/.250/.167 for Olimpija Karlovac in the 2008 European Cup.

Sources

• CEB website
• International baseball statistician Harry Wedemeijer
• Wayback Archive of the 2005 European Championship site