Song Jin-woo (baseball)
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Song Jin-woo (Korean: 송진우; Hanja: 宋津宇; born February 16, 1966) is a South Korean retired left-handed pitcher who played for the Hanwha Eagles his entire career. Song played in the KBO League for 21 seasons between 1989 and 2009. He currently holds several pitching records for the KBO, including his 210 wins, 2048 strikeouts, and 3003 innings pitched.[1][2] He is the only pitcher in KBO League history to win 200 games, and the only one to strike out 2,000 or more batters. Because of his central role in establishing the Korean baseball players' association (essentially a players' union), he has the nickname of "Mr. President."[citation needed]
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Hanwha Eagles – No. 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born: (1966-02-16) February 16, 1966 (age 58) Jeungpyeong, North Chungcheong, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | ||||||||||||||||||
KBO debut | ||||||||||||||||||
April 12, 1989, for the Binggrae Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||
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September 23, 2009, for the Hanwha Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||
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Win–loss | 210–153 | |||||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 3.51 | |||||||||||||||||
Saves | 103 | |||||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 2,048 | |||||||||||||||||
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KBO Records
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Hangul | 송진우 |
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Hanja | 宋津宇 |
Revised Romanization | Song Jinu |
McCune–Reischauer | Song Chinu |
Song attended Dongguk University.[citation needed] He competed for South Korea in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics, on the team that won the bronze medal.[citation needed]
On May 18, 2000, Song no-hit the Haitai Tigers (winning the game 6-0), becoming only the tenth KBO pitcher to accomplish that feat.[3]
Song won the 2002 KBO League Golden Glove Award with a record of 18-7, a 2.99 ERA, 165 strikeouts, and 8 complete games.
Song was the first pitcher in the KBO to strike out over 2,000 batters. He accomplished this feat on June 6, 2008, at his home field of Daejeon Baseball Stadium against the Woori Heroes. He recorded the strikeout in the bottom of the 8th inning with two outs, ringing up Song Ji-man.
Song's number 21 jersey was retired by the Eagles on September 23, 2009.