Ole Drews

• Bats Left, Throws Right

• Born October 3, 1972 in Hamburg, Hamburg Germany

Biographical Information

Ole Drews has played in the Bundesliga and for the German national team.

Bundesliga stats are first available for 1994 (online as of 6/21/22); that year, the 21-year-old hit .250/.361/.391 for the Lokstedt Stealers. The outfielder improved to .347/.415/.516 with 26 runs in 28 games in 1995. He tied for 9th in the Bundesliga-1 north in hits (33), tied for 8th in doubles (10) and tied for 8th in steals (15). Playing for Germany in the 1995 European Championship, he batted .160/.276/.240 but scored five times in seven games. He did most of his damage in their opener against Sweden, going 3 for 5 with two runs, two doubles and a RBI from the leadoff spot before Stefan Pöbl took over late in a win.

Drews produced at a .350/.472/.510 clip in 1996, with 33 runs and 11 doubles while handling 33 chances error-free. He was 6th in hits (35), tied for 5th in doubles, 6th in runs and tied for 4th in walks (19). In '97, he did not play in Germany's top league; it is unclear if he was active elsewhere or not. Returning to the Stealers in 1998, he hit .355/.447/.488 with 34 runs in 33 games. In 1999, he batted .326/.439/.442 with 34 runs in 28 games. He was 5th in runs (between Andreas Gienger and Volker Kuhlmann) and tied Marcus Schraufstetter for 5th in times plunked (6).

Representing Germany for the second and last time on the international stage, he hit .308/.333/.308 in the 1999 European Championship, tying Jendrick Speer for the team lead in hits. His 2000 batting line was .388/.470/.490 with 29 runs in 28 games, then he hit .250/.308/.333 with 3 runs and 3 RBI in 6 postseason games as the Stealers won their only German title (through 2021). He was among the regular-season leaders in hits (38, 6th) and times hit by pitch (5, tied for 6th). In 2001, he batted .299/.389/.377 as Germany switched from aluminum to wood bats.

The Hamburg native moved to the Wolfsburg Yahoos in 2002. He hit .273/.359/.318 and stole eight bases in nine tries. He returned to the Stealers in 2003 and batted .299/.429/.328, tying Glen Buckley for 9th in walks (13). He hit .286/.330/.330 in 2004. He tied Norman Eberhardt for third in the loop with 11 steals.

In 2005, he batted .282/.339/.311 while moving to left regularly instead of his traditional center; he had begun the shift the prior year. He hit .189/.348/.189 in 2006 to end his career.