Wladimir Ramon "Coco"[1][2] Balentien (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvlaːdimiːr baːlə(n)ˈtin]; born July 2, 1984) is a Curaçaoan-Dutch former professional baseball outfielder.

The next year, Balentien spent the season with Inland Empire, batting .291/.338/.553 with 25 home runs and 93 RBI in 123 games.

In 2006, Balentien played for the Double-A San Antonio Missions, posting a batting line of .230/.337/.435 to go along with 22 home runs and 82 RBI.

[4] Balentien was selected to the All-Star Futures Game in San Francisco that year, a result of his .328 average, 20 home runs, and 66 RBI by that point.

Balentien pinch-hit for José Guillén in the 8th inning and hit a two-run double in his first major league at bat.

When Wilkerson and first baseman Greg Norton were designated for assignment on April 30, Balentien and Jeff Clement were called up to the big leagues for a game in Cleveland against the Indians.

[14] In his final MLB game, against the Pittsburgh Pirates on October 2, Balentien hit a 495-foot home run into the upper deck beyond left field.

[4] On November 16, 2010, Balentien signed with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball.

[23] The record of 55 home runs in a single season was originally set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964 and later tied by Tuffy Rhodes and Alex Cabrera.

[29] Late in the 2013 season, it was revealed that NPB had secretly introduced a livelier baseball, resulting in a marked increase in home runs across the league.

[4] In 2018 for Yakult, Balentien posted a .268/.370/.533 batting line with 38 home runs and 131 RBI on the year and was selected to the 2018 NPB All-Star game.

[47] Balentien received the Guus van der Heijden Memorial Trophy in 2004, awarded to the best Dutch international baseball player under the age of 23.

[48] Balentien was named to the 2017 All-World Baseball Classic team after leading the tournament with 4 home runs, 12 RBI, and 29 total bases.

[53] On January 13, 2014, Balentien was arrested on domestic violence charges in Florida after an incident with his wife, Karla, as the couple was in the midst of divorce proceedings.

According to police records, Balentien allegedly visited Karla's home, pulled out window screens to enter the house, grabbed her arm as she ran upstairs, and then locked her bedroom door with him, her, and their young daughter inside.