Park Kyung-oan

Park Kyung-oan
LG Twins – No. 80
Catcher / Battery coach
Born: (1972-07-11) July 11, 1972 (age 51) Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Batted: Right Threw: Right
KBO debut
1991, for the Ssangbangwool Raiders
Last KBO appearance
2013, for the SK Wyverns
KBO statistics
Batting average	.249
Home runs	314
RBI	995
Teams
As player Ssangbangwool Raiders (1991–1997) Hyundai Unicorns (1998–2002) SK Wyverns (2003–2013) As coach SK Wyverns battery coach (2016–2018) LG Twins battery coach (2023–present) As manager SK Wyverns bench coach (2019–2020)
Career highlights and awards
KBO MVP (2000) 4x KBO Golden Glove (1996, 1998, 2000, 2007) 5x Korean Series champion (1998, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010)
Medals Representing  South Korea Men's baseball Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team World Baseball Classic 2009 Los Angeles Team

Park Kyung-oan (born July 11, 1972 in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea) is a former South Korean baseball catcher and former Olympic bronze medalist. A four-time Golden Glove winner, Park is considered by many to be one of the best catchers in Korean baseball history.^{[citation needed]} Playing for the Ssangbangwool Raiders, the Hyundai Unicorns, and the SK Wyverns during his career, his teams won five Korean Series championships.

Professional career

Park started out his career as a member of the Ssangbangwool Raiders, playing for that team from 1991 to 1997, almost its entire existence. Park was then traded to the Hyundai Unicorns, where he played for the next five seasons. It was there, in the year 2000, where he had arguably the best season of his career, hitting .282 with 40 home runs, and winning the KBO League Most Valuable Player Award.

Park represented the Korean national baseball team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, leading his team to second place.

In the 2010 season, Park became the first catcher in Korean baseball history to hit 300 career home runs.^{[citation needed]} Park's 166 career hit-by-pitches are second-most in KBO history, after Choi Jeong.^[1]

Since 2013, Park has worked as the bench coach for the SK Wyverns.^[2]

See also

• List of KBO career home run leaders

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Career statistics and player information from Korea Baseball Organization
• Profile from databaseolympics.com

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