Park Sei-hyok

Park Sei-Hyok (born 9 January 1990), nicknamed "Triple Machine",[1] is a South Korean baseball player for the Doosan Bears in the KBO League. His position is the catcher.[2]

Park Sei-hyeok
Doosan Bears – No. 10
Catcher
Born: (1990-01-09) January 9, 1990
Seoul, South Korea
Bats: Left Throws: Right
KBO debut
June 16, 2012, for the Doosan Bears
KBO statistics
(through 2019 season)
Batting average.279
Home runs17
Runs batted in137
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Park is the son of former KBO player Park Chul-woo, a slugger who won the 1989 Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award for the Haitai Tigers.[3]

Career

Upon graduation from Shinil High School, Park was selected 48th overall by the LG Twins in the 2008 KBO draft, but decided to play college baseball. After graduating from Korea University, he was selected 47th overall by the Doosan Bears in the 2012 draft.

After spending two mediocre seasons in the Bears, he temporarily left the team to serve a two-year mandatory military commitment. He played for the Sangmu Phoenix as the military duty in 2014 and 2015.

In 2019 Park was named as the Bears' starting catcher after KBO's best catcher Yang Eui-ji's departure to the NC Dinos via free agency.[4]  Park set the KBO single-season record for the most triples by a catcher with nine in the 2019 season.[5] On October 25 Park hit a triple in Game 3 of the 2019 Korean Series which made him become the sixth catcher to hit a triple in the Korean Series. Park batted .417 (5-for-12) with four RBIs as the Bears swept the Kiwoom Heroes in four games in the Korean Series.[4]

References
  1. Jeong, Myeong-eui (25 October 2019). "'3루타 머신' 박세혁 선제타, 박건우 KS 첫 홈런…두산, 4-0 리드". news1 (in Korean). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. "Sei-hyok Park - BR Bullpen". baseball-reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. Yoo Jee-ho. "2nd-generation KBO star wants to see more sons of ex-players thrive," Yonhap News Agency (July 04, 2020).
  4. Yoo, Jee-ho (29 October 2019). "Championship-winning catcher hopes to keep vibe going for nat'l team". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. Bae, Jung-hyun (27 October 2019). "[IS 인터뷰] 통합 우승 포수가 된 박세혁 "너무 소름 끼친다"". Joongang Ilbo (in Korean). Ilgan Sports. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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