Park Sei-Hyok (born 9 January 1990), nicknamed "Triple Machine", is a South Korean baseball player for the

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in the

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. His position is the catcher. Park is the son of former KBO player Park Chul-woo, a slugger who won the 1989

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for the

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Career

Upon graduation from Shinil High School, Park was selected 48th overall by the

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in the 2008 KBO draft, but decided to play college baseball. After graduating from Korea University, he was selected 47th overall by the

Doosan Bears The Doosan Bears ( ko, 두산 베어스) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Seoul. Founded in 1982, they are a member of the KBO League. The Bears have won six Korean Series titles (1982, 1995, 2001, 2015, 2016, and 2019) and ...

in the 2012 draft. After spending two mediocre seasons in the Bears, he temporarily left the team to serve a two-year mandatory military commitment. He played for the Sangmu Phoenix as the military duty in 2014 and 2015. In 2019 Park was named as the Bears' starting catcher after KBO's best catcher Yang Eui-ji's departure to the

via free agency. Park set the KBO single-season record for the most triples by a catcher with nine in the 2019 season. On October 25 Park hit a triple in Game 3 of the

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which made him become the sixth catcher to hit a triple in the Korean Series. Park batted .417 (5-for-12) with four RBIs as the Bears swept the

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in four games in the Korean Series.

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*Career statistics and player information fro
Korea Baseball Organization
{{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Sei-hyok Living people 1990 births Baseball players from Seoul South Korean baseball players Doosan Bears players