Sung-Ki Jung (born August 6, 1979) is a baseball pitcher who currently plays for the

NC Dinos The NC Dinos ( ko, NC 다이노스) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Changwon. They are a member of the KBO League. Since 2019, their home stadium is Changwon NC Park. NC Dinos are owned by video game developer NCSoft Corp ...

in the Korea Baseball Organization.

Personal life and name

Jung was born in

Yeosu Yeosu (; ''Yeosu-si''), historically also Yosu, and known to the Japanese as Reisui during the period when Korea was under Japanese rule, is a city located on the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula in South Jeolla Province, South Korea an ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

. He attended Soonchun High School. His name has been spelled numerous ways. He has also been known as Sung Jung and Jeong Seong-Ki.

Professional career

Jung was signed by the

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and played in their minor league system from 2002 to 2003 and from 2007 to 2008. He did not play from 2004 to 2006 because he was serving mandatory military time in his home country. In his four-year career, he posted a 3-8 won-loss record and had 47 saves and a 2.70 ERA in 143 games. In 180 1/3 innings, he had 201 strikeouts. He joined the

in 2012, when it was still a member of the

Korea Baseball Futures League KBO Futures League () or Korea Baseball Futures League is South Korea's second level of baseball, below the KBO League. It serves as a farm league with the purpose to develop professional players on-demand to play in the KBO League. The league ...

. The Dinos joined the

Korea Baseball Championship 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 ...

in 2013. Jung made 5 relief appearances for NC that year, posting a 3.86 ERA with a 0-0 record.Baseball Reference
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References

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