Park Jong-Ho
Encyclopedia
Park Jong-Ho (born July 27, 1973) is a South Korea
n second baseman
who plays for the LG Twins
in the Korea Baseball Organization
. He is a switch hitter
, and throws right-handed. Park is the first player to win a batting
title as a switch hitter in KBO
history.
debut in with the LG Twins
. He finished his first KBO season batting .192 with 14 hits and 7 RBIs.
After the mediocre rookie season, Park became a fixture in second base for the Twins in when he finished with a .263 batting average, 6 home runs and 33 RBIs.
In , Park batted .260, hit 6 home runs, drove in 56 runs and stole a career-high 21 bases, playing in 105 games as a starting second baseman. He helped his team to clinch Korean Series
title and won his first Golden Glove award at second base.
Prior to the season, Park was traded to the Hyundai Unicorns.
In , Park hit his first .300 batting average (.301) in his pro career, amassing a career-high 10 home runs and 55 RBIs.
In , Park finished with a .340 average, becoming the first player to win a batting
title as a switch hitter
. After the season, he won his second Golden Glove award as well. In August
, Park was part of the South Korea national baseball team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
.
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n second baseman
Second baseman
Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base...
who plays for the LG Twins
LG Twins
LG Twins Baseball Club is a Korea Professional Baseball team based in Seoul, South Korea. The club was known as the MBC Blue Dragons owned by the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation until , when they were taken over by the LG Group...
in the Korea Baseball Organization
Korea Baseball Organization
The Korea Baseball Organization is the governing body for the professional leagues of baseball in South Korea. KBO should not be confused with the Korea Professional Baseball League. KBO was founded in 1981 and has been governing two leagues, Korea Professional Baseball and Futures League since...
. He is a switch hitter
Switch hitter
In baseball, a switch-hitter is a player who bats both right-handed and left-handed.-Baseball:Usually, right-handed batters hit better against left-handed pitchers and vice-versa. Most curveballs break away from batters hitting from the same side as the opposing pitcher. Such pitches are often...
, and throws right-handed. Park is the first player to win a batting
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
title as a switch hitter in KBO
Korea Baseball Organization
The Korea Baseball Organization is the governing body for the professional leagues of baseball in South Korea. KBO should not be confused with the Korea Professional Baseball League. KBO was founded in 1981 and has been governing two leagues, Korea Professional Baseball and Futures League since...
history.
Professional career
Upon graduation from Seongnam HIgh School, Park made his KBOKorea Baseball Organization
The Korea Baseball Organization is the governing body for the professional leagues of baseball in South Korea. KBO should not be confused with the Korea Professional Baseball League. KBO was founded in 1981 and has been governing two leagues, Korea Professional Baseball and Futures League since...
debut in with the LG Twins
LG Twins
LG Twins Baseball Club is a Korea Professional Baseball team based in Seoul, South Korea. The club was known as the MBC Blue Dragons owned by the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation until , when they were taken over by the LG Group...
. He finished his first KBO season batting .192 with 14 hits and 7 RBIs.
After the mediocre rookie season, Park became a fixture in second base for the Twins in when he finished with a .263 batting average, 6 home runs and 33 RBIs.
In , Park batted .260, hit 6 home runs, drove in 56 runs and stole a career-high 21 bases, playing in 105 games as a starting second baseman. He helped his team to clinch Korean Series
Korean Series
The Korean Series is the championship series of the Korea Baseball Organization. It has been held since the KBO's first season in and is the final series of in the post-season play-offs. From , the winner of the Korean Series goes on to play in the Asia Series....
title and won his first Golden Glove award at second base.
Prior to the season, Park was traded to the Hyundai Unicorns.
In , Park hit his first .300 batting average (.301) in his pro career, amassing a career-high 10 home runs and 55 RBIs.
In , Park finished with a .340 average, becoming the first player to win a batting
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
title as a switch hitter
Switch hitter
In baseball, a switch-hitter is a player who bats both right-handed and left-handed.-Baseball:Usually, right-handed batters hit better against left-handed pitchers and vice-versa. Most curveballs break away from batters hitting from the same side as the opposing pitcher. Such pitches are often...
. After the season, he won his second Golden Glove award as well. In August
August 2000
August 2000 was the eighth month of 2000. It began on a Tuesday and ended after 31 days on a Thursday.-Portal:Current events:This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 2000....
, Park was part of the South Korea national baseball team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
.