Marek Deska

Marek Deska
Guelph Royals
Pitcher
Born: (1985-08-24) August 24, 1985
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Marek Leszek Deska (born August 24, 1985) is a Polish-Canadian professional baseball pitcher for the Guelph Royals of the Canadian Baseball League.[1]

In 2006, as a rookie in the Intercounty Baseball League, Deska acted as a reliever for the Toronto Maple Leafs and posted a 1–2 record with a 3.12 earned run average (ERA) while tallying 19 strikeouts in 17.1 innings of work.[2]

In 2007, Deska played in the Dutch Major League (Honkbal Hoofdklasse) for Mediamonks RCH who made their first appearance in the top Dutch league in 6 years.[3] Upon his first start, which was against Instant Holland Almere '90 on May 20, 2007, Deska became the first player in history to play in the highest Dutch league with a Polish passport.[4]. Deska ended the season with a 3.70 ERA and boasted a 3–6 record.[5] He finished in the top 10 in the league in pitching categories such as innings pitched, complete games and quality starts with 7 while finishing 12th in the league in total strikeouts.[6] He fell to 2–8, 4.85 in 2008.

Deska has also pitched for the Polish national baseball team. In the 2008 European Championship Qualifiers, Deska allowed two runs and fanned 12 in 9 innings of work for Poland, leading the Prague qualifiers in K's; Poland failed to advance to the 2009 European Championship with a 2–2 record.

References

  1. ^ "Royals sign longtime vet Deska". Guelph Royals. January 25, 2026. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2007-07-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Baseball & Softball Headlines by Grand Slam and Stoovstats
  4. ^ Baseball-Europe.NET - Grand Slam Stats and News Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ printeng/fullteam.180 Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ printeng/pit_tot.180 Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine


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