HWANG Jaegyun

Republic of Korea

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 28 Jul 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.83/6'0''

Place of birth: SEOUL

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Baseball/Softball	Baseball KOR Republic of Korea	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Opening Round Group B #2 ISR Israel 5 KOR Republic of Korea 6	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Opening Round Group B #6 KOR Republic of Korea 2 USA United States 4	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Round 1 #8 DOM Dominican Rep. 3 KOR Republic of Korea 4	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Round 2 #9 ISR Israel 1 KOR Republic of Korea 11	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Semifinal #13 KOR Republic of Korea 2 JPN Japan 5	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Semifinal #14 KOR Republic of Korea 2 USA United States 7	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Bronze Medal Game #15 DOM Dominican Rep. 10 KOR Republic of Korea 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Baseball	2019

Playing the piano. (MBC, 18 Jan 2019)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

KT Wiz [Suwon, KOR] since 2018

Lee Kang-Chul [club], KOR; Kim Kyung-Moon [national], KOR

Position style:

Infield (koreabaseball.com, 29 Sep 2019)

Bats right, throws right (koreabaseball.com, 29 Sep 2019)

Sporting relatives:

His mother Seol Min-Kyung was a tennis player at international level. She won a gold medal in the women's team event at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, India. His father Hwang Jeong-Gon also competed in tennis, and is a former individual and double champion at the All Japan Junior Championships. (newsis.com, 28 Jul 2014; news.joins.com, 14 Aug 1976; donga.com, 24 Aug 2011)

National league:

Korea Baseball Organisation [KOR] (yonhapnews.co.kr, 09 Mar 2018)

He began the sport in grade four at the Sadang Elementary School in Seoul, Republic of Korea. (busan.com, 28 Sep 2012; sports.khan.co.kr, 28 Jan 2019)

He initially played tennis, following in the footsteps of his parents, but didn't like it and switched to baseball. (busan.com, 28 Sep 2012)

US baseball player Justin Turner. (edaily.co.kr, 25 Mar 2017)

He received a Magic Glove award at the 2016 Pro Baseball Sports Seoul Annual Awards Ceremony in the Republic of Korea. (news.joins.com, 08 Dec 2016)

In 2012 he was named the Korean Baseball Organisation All-Star Game MVP. (koreabaseball.com, 2012)

General Interest

General
MLB EXPERIENCE
In January 2017 he signed as a free agent with MLB side the San Francisco Giants, and played in 18 MLB games that year. He returned to play in the Korea Baseball Organisation [KBO] in 2018. (mlb.com, 01 Feb 2020; koreaherald.com, 13 Nov 2017; news.chosun.com, 10 Jul 2017)

Milestones

He and his mother became the first Republic of Korea mother and son to have won gold at the Asian Games. She won a gold medal in tennis in the women's team event at the 1982 Games while he claimed gold in baseball at the 2014 Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea. (news.joins.com, 29 Sep 2014, 26 Sep 2014)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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