Oh Seung-Hwan

This is a Korean name; the family name is Oh.

Oh Seung-Hwan
Samsung Lions — No. 21
Closer
Born: July 15, 1982 (1982-07-15) (age 29)
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Professional debut
KBO: April 3, 2005 for the Samsung Lions
KBO statistics (through 2011)
WIn-Loss	22-11
Saves	212
Earned Run Average	1.65
WHIP	0.82
Strikeouts	490
Teams
Samsung Lions (2005–present)
Career highlights and awards
5× KBO All-Star (2005,2006,2007,2008,2011) 3× Korean Series champion (2005,2006,2011) 2× KBO Relief Man Award (2006,2008) KBO Rookie of the Year award (2005) Korea Series MVP Award (2005)

Medal record
Men's baseball
Asian Games
Bronze	2006 Doha	Team
Olympics
Gold	2008 Beijing	Team
World Baseball Classic
Silver	2009 Los Angeles	Team
Bronze	2006 San Diego	Team

Oh Seung-Hwan (Hangul:오승환, Hanja: 吳昇桓) (born July 15, 1982 in Jeollabuk-do Jeongeup, South Korea) is a relief pitcher who plays for the Samsung Lions in the Korea Baseball Organization. He is known as "Dol-bucheo" (lit. Stone Buddha) for being unshaken and maintaining an emotionless face in every situations.

Amateur career

Oh attended Kyunggi High School in Seoul, South Korea. He had been a pitcher since he began baseball, but he switched to the outfield after getting serious arm injuries in 1999. He joined the 2001 KBO draft at the end of his last high school season, but, despite intriguing some MLB scouts, went undrafted, and Oh elected to attend college instead.

Upon graduation from high school, Oh started his collegiate career at Dankook University, but missed the entire 2001 and 2002 seasons after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2001.

In 2003, he came back to the mound, pitching limited innings as a relief pitcher.

In 2004, his senior year at Dankook University, Oh came back - stronger, dominant, in total command and as consistent as ever, sweeping most of the Korean college pitching awards. In June, Oh made his first appearance for the South Korea national baseball team at the 2004 World University Baseball Championship held in Tainan, Taiwan. He led his team to the bronze medal, playing most of the games in closer duty.

Notable international careers

Year	Venue	Competition	Team	Individual Note
2004	Chinese Taipei	World University Baseball Championship

Professional career

Oh was selected by the Samsung Lions in the 2nd round (5th pick, 12th overall) of the 2005 KBO Draft. Signed by the Samsung Lions, Oh had a strong rookie season as the Lions setup man and closer in 2005, going 10-1 with a 1.18 ERA, 16 saves (6th in the league) and 115 strikeouts (5th in the league) in 99 innings pitched in 61 games. In the 2005 Korean Series, Oh pitched 7 scoreless innings with 11 strikeouts, appearing in 3 games as a closer to lead his team to the Champion, and he was finally named the Korean Series MVP. After the season, Oh was also named KBO Rookie of the Year.

Oh was selected to the roster of the South Korea national baseball team for the inaugural World Baseball Classic prior to the 2006 season.

Oh picked up 40-plus saves in two consecutive seasons (2006 and 2007).

Notable international careers

Year	Venue	Competition	Team	Individual Note
2006	United States	World Baseball Classic		0-0, 1 SV, 0.00 ERA (4 G, 3.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 K)
2006	Qatar	Asian Games		0-1, 0 SV, 7.71 ERA (2 G, 2.1 IP, 2 ER, 3 K)
2007	Chinese Taipei	Asian Baseball Championship
2008	China	Olympic Games		0-0, 1 SV, 0.00 ERA (2 G, 1.2 IP, 0 ER, 1 K)
2009	United States	World Baseball Classic		0-1, 0 SV, 18.00 ERA (2 G, 1.0 IP, 2 ER, 1 K)

External links

• Profile and stats on the KBO official site

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Date of birth	July 15, 1982
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