Hur Kyoung-min (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The le ...

: 허경민; born August 26, 1990) is a South Korean

shortstop Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball or softball fielding position between second and third base, which is considered to be among the most demanding defensive positions. Historically the position was assigned to defensive specialists wh ...

who plays for the

Doosan Bears The Doosan Bears ( ko, 두산 베어스) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Seoul. Founded in 1982, they are a member of the KBO League. The Bears have won six Korean Series titles (1982, 1995, 2001, 2015, 2016, and 2019) and ...

in the

KBO League The KBO League (), officially the Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League, is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers ar ...

. He bats and throws

right-handed In human biology, handedness is an individual's preferential use of one hand, known as the dominant hand, due to it being stronger, faster or more dextrous. The other hand, comparatively often the weaker, less dextrous or simply less subjecti ...

Amateur career

While attending Gwangju Jaeil High School, Hur was considered one of the Big 4

s in the Korean high school baseball league along with future KBO stars An Chi-Hong,

Kim Sang-Su Kim Sang-su (born March 23, 1990) is South Korean professional baseball shortstop currently playing for the Samsung Lions of the KBO League. His younger brother Kim Sang-Woo is a member of the Korean boy band N-Train. He was elected as the te ...

and Oh Ji-Hwan. In , Hur was selected for the South Korea national junior baseball team again to compete at the

World Junior Baseball Championship The U-18 Baseball World Cup is the 18-and-under baseball world championship sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and its successor, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), and was first held in 1981 in the United ...

, where they claimed their fifth tournament title. In the tourney, he batted .200 (6-for-30) with 2 RBIs and 5 runs, playing in all 8 games as a starting shortstop.

Notable international careers

Professional career

Hur was selected by the

with the 15th overall pick of the KBO Draft. However, Hur spent his entire 2009 season in the Bears' second-tier team. After the season, Hur temporarily left the Bears to serve a two-year mandatory military commitment. He played for the Korean Police Baseball Team in 2010–2011 during his military duty. He returned to the Bears in 2012 and has been with the team ever since.

Notable international careers

External links

* Korea Baseball Organization career statistics a
Koreabaseball.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hur, Kyoung-min 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Gwangju Doosan Bears players KBO League infielders KBO League shortstops South Korean baseball players 2015 WBSC Premier12 players 2017 World Baseball Classic players Baseball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Heo clan of Yangcheon Olympic baseball players of South Korea