Ju Hyeong-kwang (

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 ...

: 주형광; born March 1, 1976) is a South Korean baseball coach and former professional baseball

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

. He played 14 seasons 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 ...

, all for the

Lotte Giants The Lotte Giants ( ko, 롯데 자이언츠) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Busan. They are a member of the KBO League. The Lotte Giants are owned by Lotte Corporation, which also owns the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Pr ...

. Ju was one of the better starting pitchers of the latter half of the 1990s, winning at least ten games in a season five times in six years. He struck out 221 batters in the 1996 season, second all-time in the KBO. Ju pitched in two

Korean Series The Korean Series is the final championship series of the KBO League. It has been held since the KBO League's first season in and is the final series of the post-season play-offs. From to 2013, the winner of the Korean Series went on to play in ...

for the Giants, in 1995 and 1999, with his team coming up short both times. Ju threw and batted left-handed. Ju joined the Giants in 1994 at age 18, immediately making an impact as a starting pitcher, going 11-5 with a 3.04 ERA and 142 strikeouts. After a similarly strong season in 1995 (10-7, 3.05 ERA and 152 strikeouts), Ju really broke out in 1996, tying for the league lead with 18 victories to go with a league-leading 221 strikeouts. Ju had a down season in 1997, but came back strong in 1998 and 1999, coming in third in the league in strikeouts in '98 with 177. After a mediocre 2000 campaign, Ju was felled by injuries for most of the next two seasons. From 2003 until his final season, 2007, Ju swung between starting and the bullpen. He retired after the 2007 season, at age 31. Ju is currently the pitching coach of his long-time team the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ju, Hyeong-kwang 1976 births Living people South Korean baseball players Lotte Giants coaches Lotte Giants players KBO League pitchers Hyeong-kwang

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