Justin Prinstein

Who is Justin Prinstein?

Justin Prinstein is an American professional baseball player who played in the inaugural Israel Baseball League in 2007.

Prinstein was born in Detroit, Michigan. He played Division 1 baseball at George Washington University and has continued in his professional career in Belgium, Israel, Australia and the Netherlands. In 2007, he pitched a no-hitter in his first professional start in Belgium and then moved on to the inaugural season of the Israel Baseball League, the first-ever pro baseball league in the middle east, while pitching for the Netanya Tigers in Israel. He was named to the North All-Star team as a pitcher, and ended up hitting .318 as Designated Hitter during the 2nd half of the season.

Prinstein, known as Boomer to teammates, played winter ball in Adelaide, Australia for Southern Districts in the South Australia Baseball League, where he was a team-mate of Adam Crabb, a fellow IBL All-Star for Tel Aviv Lightning in 2007.

In 2008 he pitched for the Tex Town Tigers in the Dutch First Division. The following season, in 2009, Prinstein signed as starting pitcher for Almere'90, more commonly known as the Almere Magpies, in the Netherlands. The team won promotion following a five-game final, with Prinstein getting the win in relief of Game 5. In 2010 he returned to the Magpies to pitch in the Hoofdklasse.