My Take
Liam Hendriks is one of those guys who makes you rethink every assumption about where baseball talent comes from — because Perth, Western Australia is not exactly a hotbed of MLB closers. He bounced around the league for years, cycling through Minnesota, Kansas City, Toronto, and Oakland before finally locking in as one of the most dominant relief pitchers in the game. That Oakland stint turned him into a genuine ace of the bullpen, and his run with the Chicago White Sox cemented it. But honestly, what sticks with me most isn't the triple-digit fastball or the saves; it's the way he faced a non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis in early 2022 with total transparency and ferocity, then came back and pitched again. That combination of grit and raw talent, halfway around the world from home, is what makes Hendriks genuinely compelling beyond the stat line.
Overview
Liam Johnson Hendriks (born 10 February 1989) is an Australian professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, and Boston Red Sox.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Liam Hendriks
- Name (Japanese)
- リアム・ヘンドリックス
- Reading
- りあむ・へんどりっくす
- Born
- February 10, 1989 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Snake
- Origin
- Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Sacred Heart College, Sorrento
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.