Kim Jin-woo (
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 ...
: 김진우;
Hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...
: 金珍友) (born March 7, 1983 in
Gwangju,
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 ...
) is a right-handed
starting pitcher who played for the
Kia Tigers
Kia Tigers ( ko, KIA 타이거즈) are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982 and based in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Until 2001, they were known as the Haitai Tigers. The Tigers are a members of the KBO League and are ...
from 2002 to 2007, then from 2011 to 2017. He also participated in the
2002 Asian Games for South Korea.
Filmography
Television show
References
KBO Profile and stats
Asian Games medalists in baseball
Baseball players at the 2002 Asian Games
Kia Tigers players
KBO League pitchers
South Korean baseball players
Sultanes de Monterrey players
1983 births
Living people
Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
South Korean Buddhists
Baseball players from Gwangju
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