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Yang Joon-hyuk is a South Korean retired professional baseball player. A left-handed hitter and
Yang Joon-hyuk is a South Korean retired professional baseball player. A left-handed hitter and 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 c ...
, he spent most of his career with the Samsung Lions. He is known by the nickname "Yangshin" (양신, 梁神), or "God, Yang". He retired from baseball after the 2010 season.
Yang led the league in batting four times, and holds six career batting records (including at one time the home runs record with 351, now surpassed by Lee Seung-yeop
Lee Seung-yuop (born 18 August 1976) is a retired baseball player and the current manager of the Doosan Bears. He spent most of his career with the Samsung Lions of the KBO League. At the age of 26, he became the youngest professional baseball ...
). His number 10 was retired by the Lions.
In popular culture
As of April 2011, he is a member ofHappy Sunday
''Happy Sunday'' ( ko, 해피 선데이) is a Korean reality-variety show shown on the KBS2 network, which competes directly against MBC's '' Sunday Night'' and SBS's '' Good Sunday'' line-up. Although it has been broadcast since 2003, its line ...
's Qualifying Men, a Korean reality-variety show on the KBS2
The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in February 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters.
KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels, a ...
network
In March 2022, Yang has signed an contract with General Entertainment.
Filmography
Television show
See also
*List of KBO career home run leaders
The following is the current leaderboard for career home runs in KBO League Korean baseball.
Lee Man-soo was the KBO's first Home Run King, retiring in 1997 with 252 career home runs. His total was surpassed by Chang Jong-hoon on May 23, 1999 ...
* List of KBO career RBI leaders
The following is the current leaderboard for career runs batted in (RBIs) KBO League Korean baseball.
Players with 1,000 or more RBIs
* ''Stats updated as of October 12, 2022.''
See also
* List of KBO career hits leaders
* List of KBO car ...
References
External links
* Baseball announcers Baseball players at the 1990 Asian Games Baseball players with retired numbers Haitai Tigers players KBO League Rookie of the Year Award winners KBO League designated hitters KBO League first basemen KBO League left fielders KBO League right fielders Living people LG Twins players Samsung Lions players South Korean baseball players South Korean television personalities Sportspeople from Daegu Asian Games competitors for South Korea Year of birth missing (living people) {{SouthKorea-baseball-outfielder-stub