Jeong Seong-hoon (born June 27, 1980) is
South Korea
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n former
professional baseball
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Modern professiona ...
player. He represented the
South Korea national baseball team
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at the
2006 World Baseball Classic
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.
After nine seasons with the
LG Twins
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, Jeong was released by the team at the end of the 2017 season. He played one more season, for his original franchise, the
Kia Tigers
Kia Tigers ( ko, KIA 타이거즈) 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 ...
, in 2018, before retiring.
His 2,159 career hits makes him one of only 11 players to amass more than 2,000 hits in their KBO League careers.
Filmography
Television show
See also
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List of KBO career hits leaders
References
External links
Career statistics and player informationfrom
Korea Baseball Organization
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO; ko, 한국야구위원회) is the governing body for the professional leagues of baseball in South Korea. The KBO was founded in 1981 and has governed two leagues: the KBO League ( ko, KBO 리그) and K ...
KBO League infielders
LG Twins players
Kiwoom Heroes players
Hyundai Unicorns players
Kia Tigers players
Haitai Tigers players
South Korean baseball players
2006 World Baseball Classic players
1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Gwangju
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