Oh Jae-il (

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 ...

: 오재일,

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, ...

: 吳在一; born October 29, 1986) is a South Korean

professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Modern professional ...

infielder for the Samsung Lions of 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 ...

. He won the MVP award in the 2017 playoffs against NC with four home runs and nine RBIs. He was the first to hit four home runs in a single game in the postseason and also broke his RBI record. Oh won the 2019

Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award The Korean Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is given to the player deemed to have the most impact on his team's performance in the Korean Series, which is the final round of the KBO League postseason. The award was first presented in 1982. ...

by hitting .333 (6-for-18) with a home run and six RBIs to help the Bears sweep the

Kiwoom Heroes The Kiwoom Heroes () are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Seoul. They are a member of the KBO League. The Heroes play their home games at Gocheok Sky Dome in Gocheok-dong, a neighborhood located in the southwestern part of Se ...

in four games."Clutch-hitting slugger earns Korean Series MVP for Doosan Bears,"
Yonhap News Agency (October 26, 2019).

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Oh Jae-il
at Doosan Bears Baseball Club 1986 births Living people People from Guri Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province Hyundai Unicorns players Kiwoom Heroes players Doosan Bears players Samsung Lions players KBO League infielders South Korean baseball players Korean Series MVPs Baseball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic baseball players of South Korea {{SouthKorea-baseball-bio-stub