Hendrikus Johannes Urbanus (22 June 1927 – 25 February 2021) was a Dutch baseball player who played most of his professional career as a pitcher.

[5] Despite his success in the domestic league, Urbanus worked a regular job outside of baseball, as an accountant at Klynveld Kraayenhof & Co. in Rotterdam.

[6] Urbanus appeared with the national team in a two-game exhibition series against Great Britain, held at De Meer Stadion in Amsterdam (home of AFC Ajax) in 1952.

[4][6] As the Netherlands and Italy were the two baseball powers of Europe, Urbanus often faced off against Italian ace Giulio Glorioso.

[6] Along with his former archrival on the mound, Giulio Glorioso, he threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the 100th international game between the Netherlands and Italy on June 30, 2001.