Hur Kyoung-Min (born August 26, 1990 in Gwangju

Gwangju

Gwangju is the sixth largest city in South Korea. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister...

) is a shortstop

Shortstop

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...

 who plays for the Doosan Bears

Doosan Bears

The Doosan Bears are a professional baseball team based in Seoul, South Korea. They are a member of the Korean Baseball Organization....

 in the South Korean professional baseball league. He bats and throws right-handed.

Amateur career

While attending Gwangju Jaeil High School, Hur was considered one of the Big 4 shortstop

Shortstop

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...

s in the Korean high school baseball league along with future KBO stars An Chi-Hong

An Chi-Hong

An Chi-Hong is a South Korean infielder who plays for the Kia Tigers in the Korea Baseball Organization. He bats and throws right-handed.- Amateur career:...

, Kim Sang-Su and Oh Ji-Hwan

Oh Ji-Hwan

Oh Ji-Hwan is a South Korean shortstop who plays for the LG Twins in the Korea Baseball Organization...

.

In , Hur was selected for the South Korea national junior baseball team again to compete at the World Junior Baseball Championship

2008 World Junior Baseball Championship

The 2008 World Junior AAA Championship was held in Edmonton, Canada from July 25 through August 3, 2008.-Knockout stage:-Fifth through eighth place:-Final standings:-External links:**...

, where they claimed their fifth tournament title. In the tourney, he batted .200 (6-for-30) with 2 RBI

Run batted in

Runs batted in or RBIs is a statistic used in baseball and softball to credit a batter when the outcome of his at-bat results in a run being scored, except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play. The first team to track RBI was the Buffalo Bisons.Common nicknames for an RBI...

s and 5 run

Run (baseball)

In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured...

s, playing in all 8 games as a starting shortstop.

Notable international careers

Year	Venue	Competition	Team	Individual Note
2008		World Junior Baseball Championship 2008 World Junior Baseball Championship The 2008 World Junior AAA Championship was held in Edmonton, Canada from July 25 through August 3, 2008.-Knockout stage:-Fifth through eighth place:-Final standings:-External links:**...		.200 BA (6-for-30), 2 RBI, 5 R

Professional career

Hur was selected by the Doosan Bears

Doosan Bears

The Doosan Bears are a professional baseball team based in Seoul, South Korea. They are a member of the Korean Baseball Organization....

 with the 15th overall pick of the KBO Draft. However, Hur spent his entire 2009 season in the Bears' second-tier team.

After the season, Hur temporarily left the Bears to serve a two-year mandatory military commitment. He has been playing for the Korea Police Baseball Team

Korea Police Baseball Team

Korea Police Baseball Team is a Korean professional baseball team founded in 2005. June 23, 2005, the 100th anniversary of the introduction of a baseball hit baseball formed from the Korea Baseball Organization receives a proposal accepted was founded on 1 December 2005...

 during the military duty.

Notable international careers

Year	Venue	Competition	Team	Individual Note
2009	Europe Confederation of European Baseball The Confederation of European Baseball , is the governing body of baseball within Europe. The CEB was founded in 1953 with 5 members, which were Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. As of today, there are 38 members, excluding Armenia...	Baseball World Cup 2009 Baseball World Cup The 2009 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament that started on 9 September 2009. The final was held in Nettuno, Italy on 27 September 2009. It was the 38th time the World Cup took place, and the first time that it was hosted by a continent rather than a single country...	9th	.000 BA (0-for-9), 2 R
		Intercontinental Cup 2010 Intercontinental Cup (baseball) The 2010 IBAF Intercontinental Cup was an international baseball competition, held in Taichung, at the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, and Douliu, at the Douliu Baseball Stadium, Chinese Taipei from October 23 to 31, 2010.-Teams:...	6th	.267 BA (4-for-15), 2 RBI, 3 R
		Baseball World Cup 2011 Baseball World Cup The 2011 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament held from October 1 to October 15, 2011. It was the 39th Baseball World Cup. The International Baseball Federation selected Panama to host the tournament, turning down bids from Chinese Taipei and Venezuela...	6th	.256 BA (10-for-39), 2 RBI, 3 R

External links

• Profile and stats on the KBO official site