Park Chan-ho (born 1995)
| Park Chan-ho | |||||||||||||
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| Kia Tigers – No. 1 | |||||||||||||
| Shortstop | |||||||||||||
| Born: June 5, 1995 Daegu, South Korea | |||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||
| KBO debut | |||||||||||||
| 2014, for the Kia Tigers | |||||||||||||
| KBO statistics (through 2025) | |||||||||||||
| Batting average | .264 | ||||||||||||
| Home runs | 21 | ||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 332 | ||||||||||||
| Hits | 873 | ||||||||||||
| Stolen bases | 175 | ||||||||||||
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Park Chan-ho (Korean: 박찬호; pronounced [pɐk̚.tɕʰɐn.ɦo]; born June 5, 1995) is a South Korean professional baseball shortstop for the Kia Tigers of the KBO League.[1]
Career
Park represented South Korea in the 2013 World Junior Baseball Championship, slashing .286/.375/.333, and fielding .968. He was then drafted by the Kia Tigers in the fifth round of the 2014 KBO Draft. He hit .183/.233/.234 in 69 games in 2015, and he had a .167/.222/.167 batting line in 2016.[2] Park then missed the next two seasons due to military service, and returned in 2019 hitting .260/.300/.318 along with his league-leading 39 steals.[3] In 2020, he struggled, hitting .223/.276/.275, but bounced back in 2021 with a batting line of .246/.331/.313 in 131 games.[2]
In 2022, he hit .272/.344/.341 along with 42 steals, leading the league again. In 2023, he improved to .301/.356/.378 and shared his first KBO Fielding Award with Oh Ji-hwan of the LG Twins.[1][2][4]
The next year, he won the fielding award again, along with his first shortstop Golden Glove Award following his championship win in the 2024 Korean Series.[4][5][6] In addition, he was selected to be in the 2024 KBO All-Star Game to represent the Nanum All-Stars at shortstop.[7] He slashed a career-high of .307/.363/.386 in the regular season,[2] and hit .318/.375/.455 with seven runs in the Korean Series.
External links
References
- ^ a b "Park Chan-ho KBO League Batting Stats - Kia Tigers". MyKBO Stats. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Chan-Ho Park Korean Leagues Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ 최, 익래 기 (26 November 2019). "'최저 출루율 도루왕' KIA 박찬호의 타이틀이 제시한 방향성". 동아일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ a b "3 infielders named KBO Field Award winners for 2nd straight year". The Korea Herald. Yonhap. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "수상 현황" [Awards] (in Korean). KBO League. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (28 October 2024). "Kia Tigers win 2024 Korean Series title". Yonhap News Agency.
- ^ "Korean Kia Tigers reliever Jung Hai-young becomes first closer to top KBO All-Star fan voting". The Korea Times. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2025.