Raily Legito

Raylinos Joaquin Legito (born July 26, 1978) is a Curaçaoan former baseball player.

Legito, a right-handed infielder, represented the Netherlands in three Olympics, getting one hit in each competition. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the team finished fifth with Legito batting 1-for-10.^[1] Four years later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, they finished sixth. He batted 1-for-17 with three walks in Athens.^[2] At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the Dutch team finished seventh.^[3][4] He hit 1-for-15 in his final Olympics.^[5]

Legito played for the Netherlands in several other baseball tournaments. He batted 2-for-5 in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.^[6] He was named best defensive player of the 2005 European Baseball Championship^[7] and the outstanding defensive player and part of the all-tournament team of the 2007 European championship.^[8] He was part of Dutch teams that won five consecutive European championship from 1999 to 2007. He also played in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup and 2005 and 2009 Baseball World Cup.^[9]

Legito signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers on November 24, 1996. He was named a Dominican Summer League (DSL) All-Star in 1997 and played in the DSL again in 1998.^[10] He moved the Honkbal Hoofdklasse in 1999, first with ADO in the Hague then with PSV in Eindhoven in 2002 and 2003. He then joined Neptunus in Rotterdam, where he would play the rest of his club career. He was named the best hitter in the league in 2006.^[9] He played his last game in the Hoofdklasse on 8 October 2016, winning his ninth championship with Neptunus.^[11]

Legito managed Neptunus in 2022.^[12][13]

Legito's son Raydley played under Legito at Neptunus in 2022. He has also played college baseball for the Southwest Baptist Bearcats and Panola College Ponies.^[13][14]

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Legito at the Dutch Olympic Archive (Archived)