OH Seunghwan

Republic of Korea

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 15 Jul 1982

Age: 39

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.78/5'10''

Place of birth: JEONGEUP

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

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Baseball	2008	Beijing, CHN

World Baseball Classic

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Baseball	2009
3	Baseball	2006
9	Baseball	2013
11	Baseball	2017

Occupation:

Sport Studies - Dankook University, Republic of Korea

Samsung Lions [Daegu, KOR] since 2019

Heo Sam-Yeong [club], KOR; Kim Kyung-Moon [national], KOR

Position style:

Pitcher (yna.co.kr, 24 May 2021)

Bats right, throws right (koreabaseball.com, 03 Apr 2021)

National league:

Korea Baseball Organisation [KOR] (koreabaseball.com, 22 Jun 2021)

He began playing the sport at age 11. (mk.co.kr, 25 Jul 2016)

A physical education teacher asked him to throw a ball as far as he could. The teacher was impressed and suggested that he transfer to a school with a baseball team. (mk.co.kr, 25 Jul 2016)

He received the Most Valuable Player [MVP] award of the Korean Series in 2005 and 2011. (koreabaseball.com, 2011)

In 2005 he received the Korea Baseball Organisation [KBO] Rookie of the Year award. (koreabaseball.com, 2005)

General Interest

General
CLUB JOURNEY
In December 2013 he relocated to Japan to join Nippon Professional Baseball [NPB] club Hanshin Tigers. In 2016 he moved to the United States of America after signing for the St. Louis Cardinals on a two-year contract. He then played for the Toronto Blue Jays in Major League Baseball [MLB] in 2018 before joining the Colorado Rockies in July that year. He returned to the Republic of Korea in 2019 and began his second spell with the Samsung Lions. (naver.com, 31 Mar 2021; ksilbo.co.kr, 26 Feb 2021; hankyung.com, 06 Apr 2019)

OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE
He was part of the Korean team that coach Kim Kyung-Moon guided to gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (inews24.com, 17 Jul 2021; sports.khan.co.kr, 21 Jun 2021)

Legend

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

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