Mo Chang-min (; born May 8, 1985 in Gwangju) is an infielder who 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 League. He bats and throws

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Amateur career

After graduating from Gwangju Jaeil High School, Mo went undrafted in the 2005 KBO Amateur Draft. Instead, he entered

Sungkyunkwan University Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU or simply ''Seongdae'', Hangul: 성균관대학교; Hanja: 成均館大學校) is a private comprehensive research university in South Korea. The institution traces its origins to the historic Sungkyunkwan, found ...

to play college baseball. While in college, Mo was regarded as the best collegiate five-tool player, winning numerous home run and stolen base titles. In July 2006, as a junior at Sungkyunkwan University, Mo got his first call-up to the South Korea national baseball team and competed in the team's three friendly baseball matches against the

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in Durham, North Carolina, as a

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. He hit a two-RBI single off future Cy Young Award winner

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in Game 3 but struggled at the plate during the series, going 1-for-10.

Notable international careers

Professional career

Mo was selected by the SK Wyverns with the 10th overall pick of the KBO Draft. After the Draft, Wyverns

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indicated an expectation that Mo would resume his role as the team's top base-stealing slugger entering the 2008 season. The team gave Mo consistent chances during the season when he appeared in 91 games. However, Mo finished his rookie season with a disappointing .223

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, 1 home run, 20 RBI and 10 stolen bases. In Mo posted slightly better offensive stats, batting .237 and smacking 4 home runs in 92 games. In , however, Mo was demoted to the Wyverns' second-tier team, spending half of the 2010 season in the

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. He hit only .183 with 2 RBI through the 2010 season. After the season, Mo left the Wyverns to serve a two-year mandatory military commitment. In October , Mo competed for the South Korean national team in the

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where he batted .302 and smacked 2 home runs with 6 RBI, appearing in all 12 games as a starting third baseman. He made the tourney All-Star team at third base, beating out

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and Javier Castillo. Mo was drafted by the

in the 2013 KBO Expansion Draft. In his first year with the Dinos, he batted .276 with 12 home runs and 51 RBIs. In the 2014 season, Mo batted .263, with career highs in home runs (16), RBI (72) and hits (110). Prior to the 2016 season, Mo sustained a knee injury. In early March, he underwent

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surgery to repair a torn

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, and missed the first half of the season. He returned from injury in July, and finished the season with a .319 batting average in 133 at-bats. Mo bounced back in the 2017 season, establishing career-highs in numerous offensive categories, including hits (148), doubles (25), home runs (17), RBIs (90), total bases (230), and walks (39).

Notable international careers

External links

* Korea Baseball Organization career statistics fro
Koreabaseball.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mo, Chang-Min NC Dinos players SSG Landers players KBO League infielders South Korean baseball players Sungkyunkwan University alumni 1985 births Living people Hampyeong Mo clan Baseball players from Gwangju