Lee Dae-ho | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First baseman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born: Busan, South Korea | June 21, 1982|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dae-ho Lee | |
Hangul | 이대호 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | I Dae-ho |
McCune–Reischauer | Ri Tae-ho |
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]