Lee Jong-wook (

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: 이종욱;

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: 李鍾旭; born June 18, 1980) is a South Korean

outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to cat ...

who plays for the

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in the Korean professional baseball league.

Professional career

In , he joined the

Hyundai Unicorns The Hyundai Unicorns () were a South Korean professional baseball team based in Suwon. They were a member of the KBO League. The Unicorns won the KBO championship four times (1998, 2000, 2003 and 2004). The Unicorns were dissolved after the 20 ...

after graduating from

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. However, he did not play any games since he joined the military service in December of that year. In , when he was discharged from the military, he joined the

as a trainee. At that time, he tried to practice and develop his skill. At last, The Doosan's Head coach Kim Kyung-Moon selected him and Lee tried to survive, not to lose the opportunity. As a result, he could settle down the major group of Bears. In Summer Olympic Games 2008, Lee contributed to win the gold medal for his national team.Olympic results
/ref> In the team's first game of round-robin play against the United States, he hit the game-winning

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to score

Lee Taek-Keun Lee Taek-keun (Hangul: 이택근, Hanja: 李宅根) (born July 10, 1980 in Busan, South Korea) is an outfielder who plays for the Kiwoom Heroes in the Korea Baseball Organization. He bats and throws right-handed. Amateur career Attending Kyungn ...

in the bottom of the 9th inning. His biggest advantage was to run fast. Therefore, he made fifty-one steals in that season even though his team failed to join the post-season in 2006. Next year, he made forty-seven steals while he hit a homer and made a 0.316 hitting average. He can run to the third base if he hit a ball to the further course of a stadium. He can steal to the second or third base in any situation even a good pitcher marks tightly or a catcher throws a ball exactly. In addition, he can catch a flying ball which drops into the point in which any outfielder get hardly or miss. He contributed and led the Bears to the Final round of and post-season. Especially he made 0.517 hitting average and three SBs in playoffs 2008. And won the

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straight two years in 2007 and 2008 playoff of two post-seasons.

Awards and honors

*2007 Golden Glove Award (Outfielder) *2008 Golden Glove Award (Outfielder) *2010 Golden Glove Award (Outfielder)

Achievements

*2006 Stolen Bases Title *2008 Runs Leader

Career statistics

Bold = led KBO

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Jong-wook 2009 World Baseball Classic players Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic baseball players of South Korea Hyundai Unicorns players Doosan Bears players NC Dinos players KBO League center fielders South Korean baseball players 1980 births Living people Asian Games medalists in baseball Olympic medalists in baseball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2010 Asian Games Yeungnam University alumni Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games