Lee Seung-yuop

Lee Seung-yuop
Lee with the Samsung Lions in 2017
Doosan Bears – No. 77
First baseman / Manager
Born: (1976-08-18) 18 August 1976 (age 48)[1] Daegu, South Korea
Batted: Left Threw: Left
Professional debut
KBO: April 15, 1995, for the Samsung Lions
NPB: March 27, 2004, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
Last appearance
KBO: October 3, 2017, for the Samsung Lions
NPB: October 18, 2011, for the Orix Buffaloes
KBO statistics
Batting average	.302
Hits	2,156
Home runs	467
Runs batted in	1,498
NPB statistics
Batting average	.257
Hits	686
Home runs	159
Runs batted in	439
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
As player Samsung Lions (1995–2003) Chiba Lotte Marines (2004–2005) Yomiuri Giants (2006–2010) Orix Buffaloes (2011) Samsung Lions (2012–2017) As manager Doosan Bears (2022–present)
Career highlights and awards
KBO 5× KBO MVP (1997, 1999, 2001–2003) 10× KBO Golden Glove (1997–2003, 2012, 2014–2015) 11× KBO All-Star (1997–2003, 2013, 2015–2017) 5× KBO home run leader (1997, 1999, 2001–2003) 4× KBO RBI leader (1997, 1999, 2002–2003) KBO career home run leader 4× Korean Series champion (2002, 2012–2014) Korean Series MVP (2012) NPB 2× Japan Series champion (2005, 2009) International All-WBC Team (2006)
Medals Men's baseball Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team 2000 Sydney Team World Baseball Classic 2006 San Diego Team Asian Games 2002 Busan Team

Lee Seung-yuop (born 18 August 1976) is a retired baseball player and the current manager of the Doosan Bears.^[2] He spent most of his career with the Samsung Lions of the KBO League. At the age of 26, he became the youngest professional baseball player in the world to hit 300 career home runs. He formerly held the Asian home run record of 56 homers in a season, established in 2003 while playing for Samsung in the KBO. (The record was broken by Wladimir Balentien of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, on September 15, 2013, when he hit his 56th and 57th Home Runs of the season against the Hanshin Tigers of the Nippon Professional Baseball League.) Lee holds the KBO records for career runs scored, RBI, total bases, and slugging percentage. Combined, across the KBO and NPB, Lee has also recorded more hits than any other native-born South Korean player. Since the 2022 KBO season as the manager of the Doosan Bears, Lee has two playoff appearances. In 2022, Lee lead the Bears to their first wild card game under his reign against the NC Dinos where they were eliminated from playoff contention after losing their first game. Lee then continued to the playoffs in 2024 where he lost against the KT Wiz that ended their season.