Park Jae-hong (baseball)

Park Jae-hong
Outfielder
Born: (1973-09-07) September 7, 1973 (age 51)
Gwangju, South Korea
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
KBO debut
April 2, 1996, for the Hyundai Unicorns
Last appearance
October 6, 2012, for the SK Wyverns
KBO statistics
Batting average.284
Home runs300
Runs batted in1,081
Stolen bases267
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • KBO Golden Glove Award winner (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000)
  • Korean Series winner (1998, 2000, 2007, 2008)
  • KBO Rookie of the Year (1996)
  • KBO All-Star Game MVP (2002)
Medals
Representing  South Korea
Men's baseball
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team
Park Jae-hong
Hangul
박재홍
Hanja
朴栽弘
Revised RomanizationBak Jaehong
McCune–ReischauerPak Chaehong

Park Jae-hong (Korean박재홍; Hanja朴栽弘; born September 7, 1973, in Gwangju, South Korea) is a retired South Korean outfielder in the KBO League. Park was considered one of the best five-tool players in the KBO. He was the first player in KBO history to have 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases (in 1996) and the only player to have more than two seasons of 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases, doing so a record three times: (1996, 1998 and 2000). He was a 30-30 player in his debut season (1996), the only person to do so until Mike Trout, who did it in 2012.

Park competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and led his team to the bronze medal in the baseball tournament.