Zachary William Penprase (born February 16, 1985) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball infielder.
[14] In 2008 Penprase played primarily second base for the Greenville Drive of the Boston Red Sox organization in the SAL, batting .235/.306/.296.
[2] From 2008 until 2015 he played shortstop for the independent league Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks, with Penprase's best seasons including 2008 (.326 batting average), 2009 (leading the Northern League in both runs and stolen bases (45, in 53 attempts), and 2012 (.424 on-base percentage and 47 stolen bases (leading the American Association) in 52 attempts).
[9] In 2012 he played one season for the Sydney Blue Sox of the Australian Baseball League, batting .282/.363/.387 with 16 stolen bases.
[7][8] He started all six games at shortstop as the team played in the 2019 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool in early July 2019 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, winning all of its games and advancing to the playoffs against Team Lithuania in the 2019 Playoff Series at the end of July 2019 for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.
[21][20] Penprase said: "Getting Israeli citizenship was such a special moment and playing for my country, something that is so much bigger than me, was truly amazing.