Professional career
Lee was selected by the Samsung Lions with the 48th pick of the 2008 KBO Draft. In 2008 Lee only played in 14 games and went 0-for-7,spending most of his rookie season in the Korea Baseball Futures League.
In 2009 Lee was promoted to the first team squad in the Lions to provide backup to Park Han-yi as their other center fielder,and he finished that season with a .249 batting average (48-for-193),29 runs batted in,4 home runs and 16 stolen bases in 88 games.
In 2010 Lee stole 30 bases,which ranked him seventh in the KBO league,and his batting average jumped to .272,earning him a promotion to the Lions' everyday center fielder.
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