Daniil Khomyakov

Daniil Khomyakov

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• Born April 14, 1994

Biographical Information

Daniil Khomyakov has played for the Russian national team.

He was with Moscow's team that made the 2006 Little League World Series. He hit .214/.214/.214 in the 2009 World Youth Championship. In the 2011 European Junior Championship, he batted .077/.250/.154 but showed off a strong arm behind the plate, gunning down 5 of 8 would-be base-stealers.

Khomyakov batted .182/.500/.364 in the 2012 European Championship U21. He produced at a .385/.500/.538 clip in the 2013 B-Level European Championship, getting on base five times against Ireland and was 8th in the event in slugging, tied for 9th in OBP (even with Klaidas Stravinskas). In the 2014 European Championship U21, he batted .389/.421/.667 with 2 triples and 5 runs in 5 games. He was 8th in slugging (between Adam Hajtmar and Frank Bulte), 6th in total bases (12) and 2nd in triples (one behind Samuel Hackl).

In the 2016 European Championship, he was mostly at DH for Russia, with Nikita Monakhov doing most of the catching. He hit .227/.320/.409 with 3 RBI in 7 games, stealing 2 bases in 3 tries, but making 2 errors in 5 chances. He had Russia's lone home run of the tourney, taking Matthew Maitland deep in the 6th to start the comeback from a 4-0 deficit against Great Britain en route to their only victory. He tied for 10th in steals for the 2016 Euros. In the 2017 B-Level European Championship, he was 0 for 11 with 3 walks and 3 runs.