Kevin Van Meensel

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• Born June 5, 1995

Biographical Information

Kevin Van Meensel has played in the Bundesliga and for the German national team.

Van Meensel hit .348/.464/.435 for the Bonn Capitals in 2018; they went on to win their first title. He was excellent in the 2018 CEB Cup at .438/.500/.688 with eight RBI in five games; he went deep off José Luis Larrinaga of the Borgerhout Squirrels. He tied Steven De Lannoy for 8th in the Cup in RBI, behind Terrell Joyce and Roman Boiko. In '19, he fell off drastically to .129/.286/.177. During 2020, he rebounded to .297/.527/.676.

Kevin was a bit player in '21 (5 for 23, 2B, HR, HBP) and only played one game in the playoffs in 2022. In 2023, he moved to the Hamburg Stealers and batted .378/.433/.500. He was among the Bundesliga-1 north leaders in hits (34, 4th, between Samuel Gorsch and Wilson Lee), average (3rd, behind Chris Beyers and Eric Brenk), slugging (8th) and OPS (8th, between Daniel Lamb-Hunt and Vincent Ahrens).

That performance earned him a spot on Germany's squad for the 2023 European Championship. Hitting 6th and manning center in their opener, he singled off Belgium's Cedric De Smedt his first trip to the plate and reached all four plate appearances on the day.