Henricus "Rick" Nicolas van den Hurk (Eindhoven, May 22, 1985) is a Dutch former professional baseball pitcher.

At the age of 16, van den Hurk was scouted by Chicho Jesurun when he was playing for the Twins Oosterhout baseball team, where his father was a coach.

He underwent Tommy John surgery in 2005 and pitched to a 2.83 ERA in 6 games between Jupiter and the Single-A Greensboro Grasshoppers.

On April 9, 2007, van den Hurk was promoted to the Marlins from the Double-A Carolina Mudcats when pitcher Ricky Nolasco was placed on the disabled list.

A rain delay cut his debut short after 42⁄3 innings, in which he allowed one earned run on five hits, with five strikeouts and three walks.

In 2007, van den Hurk was selected to the All-Star Futures Game, for which he received the win after pitching a scoreless first inning.

He was brought up again to join the rotation on July 20, 2009 when the Marlins sent struggling left-hander Andrew Miller to the minor leagues.

His first opponent was the San Diego Padres, with van den Hurk coming away the winner that day in a 3–2 game.

On August 16, van den Hurk was recalled to the major leagues, and logged a 4.96 ERA in 7 appearances for Baltimore.

On September 1, van den Hurk was selected to the active roster, and pitched in 4 games, struggling to an 8.00 ERA.

[15] van den Hurk was subsequently outrighted on April 4, 2012, but declined his minor league assignment and elected free agency two days later.

In his first KBO season, he logged a 7–9 record and 3.95 ERA with 137 strikeouts in 143.2 innings pitched, and also won the Korean Series with Samsung.

On December 26, 2014, van den Hurk signed a contract with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

van den Hurk pitched 8 shutout innings in Game 2 of the Japan Series, which his team went on to win.

[25] In the NPB in 2017, van den Hurk played in 25 games with a record of 13–7 with an ERA of 3.24 striking out 162 in 153 innings pitched.

[31] On May 14, 2022, van den Hurk was named the technical director of the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation.