Jung Jin-ho (baseball)

Jung jin-ho (Korean정진호; Hanja鄭振浩; born 2 October 1988) is a retired South Korean professional baseball outfielder.[1][2] His major position was right field, though he sometimes played as center fielder or left fielder.

Jung Jin-ho
Outfielder
Born: (1988-10-02) 2 October 1988 (age 35)
Seoul, South Korea
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
KBO debut
April 3, 2011, for the Doosan Bears
KBO statistics
Batting average.261
Home runs14
Runs batted in134
Teams
Career highlights and awards

He graduated from Chung-Ang University and was selected by the Doosan Bears in the 2011 draft (2nd draft, 5th round).[3]

On 7 June 2017, Jung hit for the 23rd cycle in KBO League history against the Samsung Lions. He is the first player to hit for the cycle in the KBO's minimum innings (5 innings).[4] On 1 May 2018, he hit the 84th inside-the-park home run in KBO history; he did this against the KT Wiz.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Court gives Pirates' Jung Ho Kang suspended jail term over crash". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  2. ^ "Doosan Bears break single-season wins record in S. Korean baseball". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  3. ^ "KBO 홈페이지 player info". KBO (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  4. ^ "정진호, 역대 23호 사이클링 히트". YTN (in Korean). 7 June 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  5. ^ "두산 정진호, KBO 역대 84번째 인사이드 더 파크 홈런" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-05-02.

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