| Choi Jeong | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Choi playing for the South Korea national team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SSG Landers – No. 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Third baseman | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: February 28, 1987 Icheon, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||
| KBO debut | |||||||||||||||||||||
| April 2, 2005, for the SK Wyverns | |||||||||||||||||||||
| KBO statistics (through June 7, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .287 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 476 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Run batted in | 1,508 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Choi Jeong | |
| Hangul | 최정 |
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| Hanja | 崔廷 |
| Revised Romanization | Choe Jeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Chŏng |
Choi Jeong (Korean: 최정; born February 28, 1987) is a third baseman who has played his whole career for the SK Wyverns (known as the SSG Landers beginning in 2021) in the Korea Baseball Organization. He bats and throws right-handed. Choi's 488 career home runs rank first on the KBO all-time list. His 313 career hit-by-pitches (HBP) is the most in the KBO as well as the world record. He was hit by his 288th pitch in 2021 and surpassed Hughie Jennings' 287 hit-by-pitches.[1]
- ^ "KBO's top baseball magnet passes MLB mark with 288th hit-by-pitch," The Korea Herald (August 19, 2021)