Lee Byung-kyu
South Korean baseball player
Baseball player
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 March 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Samsung Lions – No. 79 | |||||||||||||||
| Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: (1974-10-25) October 25, 1974 (age 49) Gimje, North Jeolla Province, South Korea | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||
| KBO debut | |||||||||||||||
| April 12, 1997, for the LG Twins | |||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | |||||||||||||||
| October 8, 2016, for the LG Twins | |||||||||||||||
| KBO statistics (through 2016 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .311 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 2,043 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 161 | ||||||||||||||
| RBI | 972 | ||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .254 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 119 | ||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 이병규 |
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| Hanja | 李炳圭 |
| Revised Romanization | I Byeonggyu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Pyŏnggyu |
Lee Byung-kyu (born October 25, 1974) is a South Korean retired baseball player who played 17 seasons for the LG Twins of the KBO League, as well as three seasons with the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball. He also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He played as an outfielder.
Lee was a member of the South Korean team which finished eighth in the 1996 tournament. Four years later he was part of the South Korean baseball team which won the bronze medal.
Lee played for the LG Twins from 1997 to 2006 and then from 2010 to 2016. His number 9 was retired on July 9, 2017, in a ceremony that took place both before and after the game against the Hanwha Eagles.
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Byung-Kyu Lee at databaseOlympics.com
- Career statistics and player information from Korea Baseball Organization (in Korean)
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South Korea baseball roster – 1996 Summer Olympics
- P Cho Jin-ho
- P Oh Cheol-min
- P Kim Sun-woo
- P Jeon Seung-nam
- P Son Min-han
- P Moon Dong-hwan
- P Lim Sun-dong
- P Kim Young-soo
- C Jin Kab-yong
- C Cho In-sung
- IF Kim Soo-kwan
- IF Baek Jae-ho
- IF Kang Hyuk
- IF Lee Dong-wook
- IF Kang Pil-sun
- IF An Hee-bong
- IF Chae Jong-gook
- OF Cho Kyung-hwan
- OF Lee Byung-kyu
- OF Choi Man-ho
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