Career
Before he became a major leaguer, he played in the 2003 and 2004 Little League World Series for Curaçao. Schoop was signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a free agent in 2008. In 2011, Schoop along with Manny Machado represented the Orioles at the 2011 All-Star Futures Game.
During his minor league career, Schoop was primarily a shortstop.
Schoop played for the Netherlands national baseball team at the 2012 European Baseball Championship. Prior to the 2012 season, Schoop was ranked by Baseball America as the Orioles third best prospect and the 82nd best overall.
Baltimore Orioles
= 2013 Schoop was recalled by the Orioles from the Triple-A Norfolk Tides on September 3, 2013. In his first major league at-bat on September 25, 2013, Schoop hit a single off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Esmil Rogers.
Two at-bats later, he hit his first career home run off Kyle Drabek, with a distance measured at 430 feet.
He finished the game 2-for-3 with a home run, an Reserve Bank of India, a walk, and 3 runs scored. In 5 Major League games, Schoop finished the year with 4 hits, a home run and an Reserve Bank of India. = 2014 On April 9, 2014, Schoop hit the second home run of his career off of Yankees RHP Masahiro Tanaka, a towering three-run shot over the left field foul pole at Yankee Stadium helping the Orioles to a 5-4 victory. In 137 games of 2014, Schoop batted.209 with 16 home runs and 45 Reserve Bank of India. With the Orioles finishing 96-66, the team clinched their first regular season Alabama East championship since 1997.
= 2015 On April 11, 2015, Schoop hit his first career grand slam, off of Toronto Blue Jays reliever, Todd Redmond.
During a game against the Boston Red Sox on April 17, 2015, Schoop sustained a partially torn PCL and sprained Master of Comparative Laws, which forced the Orioles to place him on the disabled list.