Lee Dae-Ho

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

Lee Dae-Ho
Lotte Giants — No. 10
First baseman and Third baseman
Born: June 21, 1982 (1982-06-21) (age 29)
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Professional debut
KBO: April 11, 2001 for the Lotte Giants
KBO statistics (through 2011)
Batting average	.306
Home runs	220
RBI	775
Teams
Lotte Giants (2001–present)

Medal record
Men's baseball
Competitor for  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold	2008 Beijing	Team
World Baseball Classic
Silver	2009 Los Angeles	Team

Lee Dae-Ho (Hangul: 이대호, Hanja: 李大浩) (born June 21, 1982 in Busan, South Korea) is primarily a first baseman who plays for the Lotte Giants in Korea Baseball Organization. He bats and throws right-handed. According to a Gallup Korea's survey conducted in 2011, Lee was chosen as the most popular player in the Korea Baseball Organization league.^[1]

Amateur career

Lee attended Kyungnam High School in Busan, South Korea. At Kyungnam High School, Lee batted fourth and could throw in the 90s as a pitcher. In 2000, he was selected for the South Korean Junior National Team as a pitcher. The team won the 2000 World Junior Baseball Championship in Edmonton, Canada, and Lee led the attack alongside Kim Tae-Kyun, Choo Shin-Soo (the eventual MVP of this event) and Jeong Keun-Woo as a cleanup hitter by racking up 3 home runs. He also finished runner-up behind Joe Mauer of Team USA in batting average (.500).

Notable international careers

Year	Venue	Competition	Team	Individual Note
2000	Canada	World Junior Baseball Championship		.500 BA (15-for-30), 3 HR

Professional career

Lee joined Lotte Giants as a pitcher in 2001. But following an injury, he changed to a position player for the second half of 2001 season.

He won the Triple Crown in 2006, claiming the league lead in batting average, home runs, and RBI.

In 2008, he was a member of the Korean team that won the gold medal at the Beijing Olympic 2008, while he had an average of .360 (9-for-36), 3 home runs, 10 RBIs, 5 runs, and .760 slugging percentage, playing as the designated hitter.

On August 13, 2010, Lee wrote a new chapter in Korean baseball by hitting a home run in nine straight games in the league. The ninth home run was made in the top of the seventh inning at an away match against the Kia Tigers in Gwangju when he sent former Major Leaguer Aquilino Lopez’s fifth pitch over the left fence of Moodeung Stadium. This wrote a new record in professional baseball for nearly two decades shared by Ken Griffey Jr in 1993, Don Mattingly in 1987 and Dale Long in 1956.^[2] On August 14, 2010, Lee set a world record by hitting a home run for his ninth straight game in the second inning of Giants' second away match against the Tigers when he blasted his three-run homer off Tigers reliever Kim Hee-Girl over the center fence of Moodeung Stadium.^[3] It was his 38th home run of the season. Lee also marked his 83rd run, renewing the Korean record of most consecutive games with a run, to 16 games.

In the 2010, he enjoyed one of the most dominant offensive seasons in world professional baseball history, leading the KBO in seven offensive categories (Batting Average, HRs, RBIs, Runs Scored, On Base Percentage, Slugging Percentage and OPS), making him a Septuple Crown winner (7관왕).

Awards and honors

• 2005 All-Star MVP
• 2008 All-Star MVP
• 2006 Golden Glove Award (1B)
• 2007 Golden Glove Award (1B)
• 2010 Golden Glove Award (3B)
• 2010 Korea Baseball Organization Most Valuable Player Award (regular season MVP)

Achievements

• 2006 Batting Title
• 2006 Home Run Title
• 2006 RBI Title
• 2006 Slugging Percentage Leader
• 2007 Slugging Percentage Leader
• 2010 Batting Title
• 2010 Home Run Title
• 2010 RBI Title
• 2010 Hits Leader
• 2010 Runs Scored Leader
• 2010 Slugging Percentage Leader
• 2010 On Base Percentage Leader
• 2010 OPS (On Base+Slugging) Leader
• 2011 Batting Title
• 2011 Hits Leader
• 2011 On Base Percentage Leader

Notable international careers

Year	Venue	Competition	Team	Individual Note
2006	Qatar	Asian Games		.409 BA (9-for-22), 2 HR, 10 RBI, 4 R
2007	Chinese Taipei	Asian Baseball Championship		.000 BA (0-for-4)
2008	Chinese Taipei	Final Olympic Qualification Tournament		.393 BA (11-for-28), 8 RBI, 4 R
2008	China	Olympic Games		.360 BA (9-for-25), 3 HR, 10 RBI, 5 R
2009	United States	World Baseball Classic		.278 BA (5-for-18), 5 RBI, 1 R
2010	China	Guangzhou Asian Games		.368 BA (7-for-19), 1 HR

References

1. ^ 최고 인기선수는 이대호
2. ^ Stephens, Bailey (August 14, 2010). "South Korean Dae-ho homers in nine straight". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100814&content_id=13443670&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. 
3. ^ "S. Korean 'breaks home run world baseball record'". AFP. August 14, 2010. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i809a3k_vff8X6ZAzm3pqeAF1nkw. 

External links

• Profile and stats on the KBO official site

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