Nick Halamandaris

Nikolas Phillip Halamandaris

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 1", Weight 220 lb.

• School University of California, Berkeley
• High School Stevenson School

• Born January 6, 1994 in Monterey, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Nick Halamandaris played in the minors and for the Greek national team.

The Seattle Mariners took him in the 8th round of the 2012 amateur draft out of high school but he did not sign. He hit .206/.298/.280 as a freshman at Berkeley, improved to .244/.320/.333 as a sophomore, then slipped to .209/.256/.291 as a junior. His senior year, he hit .315/.355/.473 with 43 RBI in 52 games and was Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 Conference.

Seattle was still interested, signing him as an undrafted free agent. He struggled at the plate with the 2016 AZL Mariners, going 4 for 38 with 3 walks, 2 runs and 2 RBI while handling 95 total chances without an error at first base. In December 2019, he obtained Greek citizenship, allowing him to represent Greece on the international stage. In the 2021 European Championship Qualifier, he played left and first for Greece, hitting .294/.316/.647 with two homers and eight RBI in four games, including five RBI versus Romania. He tied for the most homers in the pool and led it in RBI as Greece won a spot in the 2021 European Championship.

In the 2021 Euros, he manned first for Greece. In his first at-bat, he struck out against Italy's Claudio Scotti. After the 0-for-3 day, he was better the next game versus Austria. He went 3-for-4 with a walk, doubling off Christian Tomsich for his first hit in a European Championship. He was big in a win over France; down 3-1 with one on and one out in the 9th, he homered off Franklin De La Rosa to tie it up. His sacrifice fly off José Paula in the 11th scored Tom Roulis to put Greece ahead. He had 37 error-free chances for the event, batting .208/.259/.375 with five runs in six games. He tied Dimitri Kourtis for second on Greece in runs, two behind Antonio Torres-Skerrett.