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.jpg) Jung-hoo with the Kiwoom Heroes in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco Giants – No. 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Outfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: August 20, 1998 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||||||||
| KBO: April 1, 2017, for the Nexen Heroes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB: March 28, 2024, for the San Francisco Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||
| KBO statistics (through 2023 season) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .340 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 515 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through May 12, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .262 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jung-hoo Lee | |
| Hangul | 이정후 |
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| Hanja | 李政厚 |
| Revised Romanization | I Jeong-hu |
| McCune–Reischauer | I ijŏn-hu |
Jung-hoo Lee (Korean: 이정후; born August 20, 1998) is a South Korean professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in the KBO League for the Kiwoom Heroes.
Lee won the KBO League Rookie of the Year Award in 2017 and the KBO League Most Valuable Player Award in 2022. He won five consecutive Golden Glove Awards from 2018 to 2022. Lee has also played for the South Korean national baseball team at the 2019 WBSC Premier12, 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
He is the son of Lee Jong-beom, who starred in the KBO League and earned the nickname "Son of the Wind,"[2][3][4] earning the younger Lee the moniker "Grandson of the Wind."[5][6]
- ^ "네이버 뉴스 라이브러리". Naver Newslibrary (in Korean). August 21, 1998. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ "Power rankings, top players, key storylines and more: Everything you need for KBO opening day". ESPN.com. May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ^ Yoo Jee-ho (July 4, 2020). "2nd-generation KBO star wants to see more sons of ex-players thrive". Yonhap News Agency.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
KJADwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo takes lessons learned from legendary father to MLB". Yonhap. December 16, 2023.
- ^ Kim Jin-hee (September 8, 2017). "[KBO] '바람의 손자' 이정후 "이종범 뛰어넘기보다 저 자체로 인정받고파…새로운 별명 공모합니다!"" [[KBO] ‘Grandson of the Wind’ Lee Jeong-hoo, 'Rather than surpassing Lee Jong-beom, I want to be recognized for who I am... I’m running a contest for a new nickname!']. Etoday (in Korean). Retrieved June 18, 2020.