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As of February 2008, Lee Seung-Yeop still has not made an effort to play in the Major Leagues. He may have lost his best chance to play in MLB in 2004 when he demanded the LA Dodgers include verbiage in any contract they offered guaranteeing him a starting position, something no MLB player has ever had written into a contract.
As of February 2008, Lee Seung-Yeop still has not made an effort to play in the Major Leagues. He may have lost his best chance to play in MLB in 2004 when he demanded the LA Dodgers include verbiage in any contract they offered guaranteeing him a starting position, something no MLB player has ever had written into a contract.

Lee is 6'0" tall and his playing weight is listed at 187 pounds (85 kg).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=1797|title=Seung-Yeop Lee Profile|publisher=[[Japanesebaseball.com]]|date=2008-08-23|accessdate=2008-08-23}}</ref>


==2008 Summer Olympics==
==2008 Summer Olympics==

Revision as of 05:40, 9 September 2008

Template:Korean name

Lee Seung-yuop
Hangul
이승엽
Hanja
李承燁
Revised RomanizationI Seung-yeop
McCune–ReischauerI Sŭng'yŏp
Olympic medal record
Men’s Baseball
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team

Lee Seung-yeop also Lee Seung-yuop (born August 18, 1976 in Daegu, South Korea) is a baseball player, currently playing for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League. Nicknamed "Lion King" since Samsung Lions, "Mr. Seung" since Chiba Lotte Marines. Lee is generally considered one of the greatest hitters in Korean baseball history. At the age of 26, he became the youngest professional baseball player in the world to hit 300 home runs. He also holds the Asian home run record of 56 homers in a season, established in 2003 while playing for the Samsung Lions in the Korean league.

Career

Lee started his career with the Daegu Samsung Lions of the Korean Baseball Organization in 1995 and played with them for nine seasons. He then played for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League for two years. He signed a one-year contract with the Yomiuri Giants for 210 million yen, including a 50 million yen signing bonus, for the 2006 season. He bats fourth and plays first base there. He has explicitly shown interests in making a move to Major League Baseball.

He had a slow start in Japan. Lee hit just 14 home runs and drove in 50 runs while batting .240 in 100 games. In the next season, he greatly improved, making 30 home runs and 82 RBI while batting .260 in 117 games.

He was selected to play for the Korea national baseball team in the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006. He batted .333 and led all players in the tournament with 5 home runs and 10 RBI. This has increased speculation that an MLB team might eventually sign him. However, Lee is under contract to play with the Yomiuri Giants for the 2006 season. On 1st August 2006, Lee became only the third professional baseball player ever to hit 400-career home runs before the age of 30 (others include Sadaharu Oh and Alex Rodriguez).[1] In the 2006 season, he batted .323 with 41 homers.

On August 3, 2006, a report on MLB Radio on XM satellite radio stated that the New York Yankees and Lee had agreed to start negotiations during the offseason after the 2006 regular season. The South Korean daily, ChosunIlbo, had reported on July 19 that the Yankees had expressed interest in the slugger.[2]

After the conclusion of the 2006 season, Lee Seung-Yeop re-signed with the Yomiuri Giants, citing that he wishes to win a Japan Series with the team. However, there is also a clause which allows Lee to be a free agent if the Giants win the series.

As of February 2008, Lee Seung-Yeop still has not made an effort to play in the Major Leagues. He may have lost his best chance to play in MLB in 2004 when he demanded the LA Dodgers include verbiage in any contract they offered guaranteeing him a starting position, something no MLB player has ever had written into a contract.

Lee is 6'0" tall and his playing weight is listed at 187 pounds (85 kg).[3]

2008 Summer Olympics

Lee played for the South Korean national team in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Slowed down by an injury to his left thumb, Lee struggled in the preliminary rounds, limited to 3-for-22 (.136) with two runs batted in and no home runs, before coming alive in the medal round games against Japan and Cuba.

In the semifinal game against Team Japan, Lee hit a dramatic go-ahead two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning off reliever Hitoki Iwase, which proved to be the winning runs in Korea's 6-2 win over Japan. After the game, he apologized to the Japanese people.[4]

In the gold medal game against Cuba, Lee hit a two-run home run in the first inning off Cuban starter Norberto González to help Korea defeat Cuba and win the gold medal.[5]

Career statistics

Career Statistics in KBO

Season Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB SF BB HBP K GIDP E AVG SLG OBP OPS
1995 Lions 121 365 55 104 29 1 13 73 0 9 33 4 54 4 8 0.285 0.477 0.345 0.822
1996 Lions 122 459 57 139 32 6 9 76 4 6 34 5 42 10 5 0.303 0.458 0.354 0.812
1997 Lions 126 517 96 170 37 3 32 114 5 5 49 6 79 10 4 0.329 0.598 0.391 0.989
1998 Lions 126 477 100 146 32 2 38 102 0 8 78 5 97 4 3 0.306 0.621 0.404 1.025
1999 Lions 132 486 128 157 33 2 54 123 10 4 112 12 114 7 0 0.323 0.733 0.458 1.191
2000 Lions 125 454 108 133 33 0 36 95 4 3 80 7 113 5 2 0.293 0.604 0.404 1.008
2001 Lions 127 463 101 128 31 2 39 95 4 3 96 12 130 6 4 0.276 0.605 0.412 1.017
2002 Lions 133 511 123 165 42 2 47 126 1 2 89 15 109 11 4 0.323 0.689 0.436 1.125
2003 Lions 131 479 115 144 23 0 56 144 7 6 101 10 89 11 5 0.301 0.699 0.428 1.217
Total - 1143 4211 883 1286 292 18 324 948 35 46 672 76 827 68 35 0.305 0.614 0.410 1.024

Career statistics in NPB

Season Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB SF BB HBP K GIDP E AVG OBP SLG OPS
2004 Lotte 100 333 50 80 20 4 14 50 1 4 42 3 88 6 4 0.240 0.328 0.450 0.779
2005 Lotte 117 408 64 106 25 2 30 82 5 3 33 1 79 9 2 0.260 0.315 0.551 0.886
2006 Yomiuri 143 524 101 169 30 0 41 108 5 7 56 5 126 5 3 0.323 0.389 0.616 1.003
2007 Yomiuri 137 541 84 148 29 2 30 74 4 3 38 1 119 8 5 0.274 0.322 0.501 0.823
Total - 497 1806 299 503 104 8 115 314 15 17 169 10 412 28 14 0.279 0.341 0.538 0.877

References

  1. ^ Page Error : 찾으시는 Page의 URL이 잘못되었거나 없습니다
  2. ^ Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
  3. ^ "Seung-Yeop Lee Profile". Japanesebaseball.com. 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  4. ^ "Korean Lee says sorry for beating Japan". Yahoo! Sports. 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  5. ^ "Korea clips Cuba to take baseball gold". Reuters. 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2008-08-23.

See also

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