Ryu Ji-hyuk (born 13 January 1994) is a South Korean professional baseball infielder for the Kia Tigers of the KBO League. His major position is shortstop, however, he sometimes plays as second base man and third base man. He graduated from Choongam High School [ko] and was selected for the Doosan Bears by a draft in 2012 (2nd draft, 4th round). His back number is No. 8.[1][2]

Ryu Ji-hyuk
Kia Tigers – No. 17
Infielder
Born: (1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 (age 30)
Seoul
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
KBO debut
June 21, 2012, for the Doosan Bears
KBO statistics
(through August 1, 2019)
Batting average.264
Home runs7
Runs batted in89
Teams

On June 7, 2020, Hong Gun-hee of the Kia Tigers moved to the Kia Tigers in a one-on-one trade.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "KBO 홈페이지 Player Info". KBO (in Korean). Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ^ "백업같지 않은 백업, 그것이 류지혁의 매력". OhmyStar. 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  3. ^ "Doosan's Ryu Ji-hyuk-KIA Hong Gun-hee, blitz trading". 2020-06-07.

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