His brother, Jason Halman [nl], was arrested in connection with the stabbing but was acquitted on the grounds of temporary insanity.

[7] Halman played six games, starting three, for the Dutch national team in the 2007 European Baseball Championship.

[8] He helped the Netherlands go undefeated and win the European title and qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2009 WBC.

[11] Halman started 2007 with the Single-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, but batted only .182 in 52 games and was demoted to Everett in mid-June.

He ended the season with a combined 29 home runs and 31 stolen bases, which led him to be named the Mariners' Minor League Player of the Year.

He was hit by 15 pitches, more than three times as many[13] Halman was promoted to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers at the start of the 2010 season.

On June 3, Halman rejoined the Mariners, replacing struggling outfielder Michael Saunders, who was sent down to Tacoma.

[21][22] His last MLB hit was his second career home run, off Brett Cecil of the Toronto Blue Jays on July 19.

[23] He played his final game with the Mariners on August 3 against the Oakland Athletics, striking out a career-high three times.

[24] He hit better in Tacoma, batting .299 with a .358 on-base percentage, both career highs in American baseball, with 3 home runs in 40 games.

In his final Minor League Baseball game, Halman hit three singles and scored twice against the Fresno Grizzlies on September 5.

His younger sister, Eva Halman, played several seasons in the top Dutch softball league.

[30] Greg, wearing his Mariners uniform, was buried in Westerveld Cemetery [nl] in Dreihuis on November 29.

[32][33] His family chose his burial plot, a small grove near the North Sea, because it reminded them of a baseball diamond.

[37] The court allowed Jason to go free, stating that his psychiatric and psychological assessments had found that there was only a small chance of reoccurrence.