Han Yong-duk (Korean : 한용덕;born June 2,1965) is a South Korean former professional baseball player and former manager of the Hanwha Eagles of the KBO League. [1] Han was signed to a three-year contract in October 2017 to become Eagle's 11th manager. [2] On June 7,2020,he resigned from his position after the Eagles' 14th consecutive loss of the season to tie the franchise's longest losing streak. [3]
The KBO League,officially the Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League,is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers are the most successful team,having won 11 of the 42 championships.
Lee Man-soo,also spelled as Man Soo Lee,is a former Korea Professional Baseball catcher and First baseman and manager. After a distinguished career as a professional player in South Korea from 1982 to 1997,Lee moved on to coaching in 1998,including positions on the coaching staff of the Chicago White Sox,and came back to South Korea in 2006 to serve as a bench coach for the SK Wyverns.
The Samsung Lions are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982. They are based in the southeastern city of Daegu and are members of the KBO League. Their home stadium is Daegu Samsung Lions Park. They have won the Korean Championship eight times,and also finished as runners-up on ten occasions. The Samsung Lions are the first team to win four consecutive Korean Series titles (2011–2014),and are also the first team to win the regular season league title for five consecutive years (2011–2015).
Kia Tigers are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982 and based in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Until 2001,they were known as the Haitai Tigers. The Tigers are a members of the KBO League and are the most successful team in Korean baseball,having won the national Korean Series championship 11 times with a perfect 11–0 record. Their home stadium is Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in Gwangju.
The Hanwha Eagles are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Daejeon. They are a member of the KBO League. The Eagles' home ballpark is Hanwha Life Eagles Park. The Eagles have won the Korean Series once,in 1999,and the league pennant twice. As of 2023,the Eagles have played in the postseason 13 times,being the runner-up in the Korean Series five times.
Lee Seung-yuop is a retired baseball player and the current manager of the Doosan Bears. He spent most of his career with the Samsung Lions of the KBO League. At the age of 26,he became the youngest professional baseball player in the world to hit 300 home runs. He formerly held the Asian home run record of 56 homers in a season,established in 2003 while playing for Samsung in the KBO. The record was broken by Wladimir Balentien of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows,on September 15,2013,when he hit his 56th and 57th Home Runs of the season against the Hanshin Tigers of the Nippon Professional Baseball League. He holds the KBO records for career home runs,runs scored,RBIs,total bases,and slugging percentage. Combined,across the KBO and NPB,Lee has also recorded more hits than any other native-born South Korean player.
Dustin David Nippert is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball,and the Doosan Bears and KT Wiz of the KBO League. Nippert won the KBO League Most Valuable Player Award in 2016. With eight seasons in the KBO,Nippert holds the record for the longest career of any foreign player.
Lim Chang-yong is a former South Korean professional baseball right-handed pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball,Nippon Professional Baseball,and KBO League baseball. In the KBO,Lim ranks among the top ten pitchers in terms of career wins,strikeouts,and saves.
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Song Seung-jun is a South Korean former professional baseball player. A pitcher,Song played for the Lotte Giants in the Korea Baseball Organization. Prior to playing for Lotte,Song played minor league baseball in the United States from 1999 through 2006. He bats and throws right-handed. Song's bread-and-butter pitch is a forkball.
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Kim Sung-keun is a retired South Korean left-handed baseball pitcher and KBO League manager. Over the course of his managerial career,Kim managed seven different KBO League teams,and is only the second manager in the history of the league to record 1,000 victories. He is a four-time KBO Manager of the Year,and as manager of the SK Wyverns led the team to victory in the Korean Series three times. His nickname is the "Baseball God."
Han Dae-hwa is a former South Korean third baseman and the former manager of the Hanwha Eagles in the Korea Baseball Organization. Han played 17 years in the KBO League,for the OB Bears,the Haitai Tigers,the LG Twins,and the Ssangbangwool Raiders. He was an eight-time KBO League Golden Glove Award-winner and a six-time Korean Series champion.
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Yang Eui-ji is a South Korean professional baseball catcher currently playing for the Doosan Bears of the KBO League. He has won the KBO League Golden Glove Award at catcher five times;three consecutive years from 2014 to 2016,and again back-to-back in 2018 and 2019. Yang won the Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award in 2016 and 2020.
Kim Seong-han is a retired South Korean professional baseball infielder and pitcher who played for the Haitai Tigers of the KBO League. Kim played all 14 seasons for the Tigers,winning the KBO League Most Valuable Player Award twice,in 1985 and 1988. He was the first KBO player to hit 30 home runs in a season. Kim was considered the best first basemen in the KBO from 1985 to 1991,winning the KBO League Golden Glove Award every year at that position. His Haitai Tigers won seven Korean Series titles with him as a player.
Shin Seong-hyun is a South Korean infielder for the Doosan Bears of the KBO League. He joined the Hanwha Eagles in 2015. He played in the Hanwha Eagles from 2015 to 2017. He transferred baseball team through trade from Hanwha Eagles to Doosan Bears in 2017.
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