Lee Sang-hoon (

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 let ...

: 이상훈,

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: 李尙勳; ; born March 11, 1971), nicknamed "Samson" for his long hair, is a retired professional baseball player who played in

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...

, and 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 ...

. Lee graduated from

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in 1993,Lee Sang-hoon sets to return to LG as pitching coach
, The Dong-a Ilbo, November 30, 2015. and after graduation he joined the

LG Twins LG Corporation (or LG Group) (), formerly Lucky-Goldstar from 1983 to 1995 (Korean: ''Leokki Geumseong''; ), is a South Korean multinational conglomerate founded by Koo In-hwoi and managed by successive generations of his family. It is ...

. Beginning his career as a starting pitcher, his best two years were 1994 and 1995, when he won 18 and 20 games, respectively. His record of 20-5 with a 2.01 ERA, 12 complete games, and 142 strikeouts in 1995 earned him a

KBO League Golden Glove Award The KBO League Golden Glove Award is an award given out annually by the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) to the best overall player at each position in the KBO League. It is also commonly known as the KBO Golden Gloves. The award was established i ...

. He converted to a closer following the 1995 season. Lee was posted in 1998, but became the first player whose Korean team rejected the bid for the right to negotiate with him. Lee eventually did make it to the Major Leagues, pitching in nine games for the

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...

in the

2000 MLB season The 2000 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees defeating the New York Mets in five games, for their third consecutive World Series title.

, recording no decisions and a 3.09 ERA in 11.2 innings pitched. Lee was at one time the highest-paid player in the KBO after he signed a 600-million- won contract in his second stint with the

in 2003.Gmelch, George (2006). ''Baseball Without Borders: The International Pastime'', The University of Nebraska Press, p. 108. Since his retirement, he has coached in the

KBO 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 ...

and the KBO.

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