Jung-hoo Lee
Jung-hoo Lee (Korean: 이정후; born August 20, 1998) is a South Korean professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in the KBO League for the Kiwoom Heroes.
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Jung-hoo with the Kiwoom Heroes in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco Giants – No. 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Outfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: August 20, 1998 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||||||||
| KBO: April 1, 2017, for the Nexen Heroes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB: March 28, 2024, for the San Francisco Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||
| KBO statistics (through 2023 season) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .340 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 515 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through April 20, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .289 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 이정후 |
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| Hanja | 李政厚 |
| Revised Romanization | I Jeong-hu |
| McCune–Reischauer | I ijŏn-hu |
Lee won the KBO League Rookie of the Year Award in 2017 and the KBO League Most Valuable Player Award in 2022. He won five consecutive Golden Glove Awards from 2018 to 2022. Lee has also played for the South Korean national baseball team at the 2019 WBSC Premier12, 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
He is the son of Lee Jong-beom, who starred in the KBO League and earned the nickname "Son of the Wind," earning the younger Lee the moniker "Grandson of the Wind."
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