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Established in October 1953, Oxygen Club is one of the oldest & most successful baseball professional club.
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1953-1963
SUCCESS FROM THE START

Club's first player was John Harrison. After several years he was widely acclaimed as a natural coach and teacher. Over his 20-year volunteer career, it has been estimated that more than 200,000 children learned to play at his Baseball Club.
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OUR BEGINNIGS

The Oxygen Baseball Club is competitive baseball club, founded in October 1953 by player coach John Lee.

AWARDS

This award recognizes the proffesional player with the highest percentage of overall improvement in all competitions.

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FIRST MEDALS

In April 1962, Oxygen Club hosted the largest baseball meet ever to be held at the college level or in the country.

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JUNIOR TEAM

Comprehensive training programmes began with our Junior Squads right through to Performance squads.

1964-1978
BASEBALL CLUB FOUNDED

Many Oxygen players gained acclaim and success in baseball competitions too. First baseball major star was local resident Richard Tompson who started playing baseball with the club in USA National league at the age of ten.
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2010-NOW
MORE MEMBERS,
MORE MEDALS

We've operated within the City Baseball Club and therefore all players had the opportunity to progress through a seamless pathway from baseball lessons to Olympian. We also had squads for those who choose to continue playing for enjoyment.
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NEW MEMBERS

Bring to the table win-win survival strategies to ensure proactive domination. At the end of the day, going forward.

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STADIUM LOCATION

Above all Oxygen Club operated in a friendly fun filled environment where the focus was solely on all members.

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JUNIOR TEAM

From the start, Club’s members act in accordance with the Baseball Code Comprehensive of Conduct and Ethics.

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CHAMPIONS

The baseball programme consists of one 30 min. session per week and all children are grouped on best ability.

ABOUT Curacao Baseball Week

The Curaçao Baseball Week is organized with one main reason: to bring kids in Curaçao closer to their baseball legends. During this awesome week they will get a chance to meet & greet, get signatures, catch a softball tournament, experience a homerun derby show, take part in clinics, and take pictures with their baseball heroes. In addition, there will be dedicated coach seminars especially for our local baseball coaches.

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