Dae-ho Lee

Lee Dae-ho
Lee with the Lotte Giants
First baseman
Born: (1982-06-21) June 21, 1982 (age 42) Busan, South Korea
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Professional debut
KBO: September 19, 2001, for the Lotte Giants
NPB: March 30, 2012, for the Orix Buffaloes
MLB: April 4, 2016, for the Seattle Mariners
Last appearance
NPB: October 29, 2015, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
MLB: October 3, 2016, for the Seattle Mariners
KBO: October 8, 2022, for the Lotte Giants
KBO statistics
Batting average	.309
Home runs	374
Runs batted in	1,425
NPB statistics
Batting average	.293
Home runs	98
Runs batted in	348
MLB statistics
Batting average	.253
Home runs	14
Runs batted in	49
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Lotte Giants (2001–2011) Orix Buffaloes (2012–2013) Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2014–2015) Seattle Mariners (2016) Lotte Giants (2017–2022)
Career highlights and awards
KBO KBO MVP (2010) 7× KBO Golden Glove Award (2006–2007, 2010–2011, 2017–2018, 2022) 2× KBO Triple Crown (2006, 2010) NPB RBI leader of PL (2012) Pacific League Best Nine Award (2012) 3× NPB All-Star (2012–2014) 2× Japan Series Champion (2014, 2015) Japan Series MVP (2015)
Medals Men's baseball Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team World Baseball Classic 2009 Los Angeles Team 2015 WBSC Premier12 2015 Tokyo Team

Lee Dae-ho (Korean: 이대호, Hanja: 李大浩; Korean pronunciation: [i.dɛ̝.ɦo]; born June 21, 1982) is a South Korean professional baseball player who played as a first baseman.^[1][2] During his career, he played for the Lotte Giants of the KBO League, Orix Buffaloes and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Lee batted and threw right-handed. He hit home runs in nine consecutive games for the first time in world baseball history.^[3] According to a Gallup Korea's survey conducted in 2011, Lee was chosen as the most popular player in the KBO League.^[4]