List of Major League Baseball players from South Korea

This is an alphabetical list of baseball players from South Korea who have played in Major League Baseball since 1994. There have been 22 players in total from South Korea.[1]

Location of South Korea (green)

Current players

Player	Debut	Position	Teams	Ref
Ji-man Choi	April 5, 2016 24 years, 322 days	Infielder	Los Angeles Angels (2016) New York Yankees (2017) Milwaukee Brewers (2018) Tampa Bay Rays (2018–)	[2]
Shin-soo Choo	April 21, 2005 22 years, 282 days	Outfielder	Seattle Mariners (2005–2006) Cleveland Indians (2006–2012) Cincinnati Reds (2013) Texas Rangers (2014–)	[3]
Kwang-hyun Kim	July 24, 2020 32 years, 2 days	Pitcher	St. Louis Cardinals (2020–)	[4]
Hyun-jin Ryu	April 2, 2013 26 years, 8 days	Pitcher	Los Angeles Dodgers (2013–2014, 2016–2019) Toronto Blue Jays (2020–)	[5]

Former players

Player	Debut	Final Game	Games	Position	Teams	Ref
Cha-seung Baek	August 8, 2004 24 years, 71 days	September 28, 2008	61	Pitcher	Seattle Mariners (2004, 2006–2008) San Diego Padres (2008)	[6]
Jung-keun Bong	April 23, 2002 21 years, 282 days	June 20, 2004	49	Pitcher	Atlanta Braves (2002–2003) Cincinnati Reds (2004)	[7]
Jin-ho Cho	July 4, 1998 22 years, 323 days	July 30, 1999	13	Pitcher	Boston Red Sox (1998–1999)	[8]
Hee-seop Choi	September 3, 2002 23 years, 171 days	October 2, 2005	363	Infielder	Chicago Cubs (2002–2003) Florida Marlins (2004) Los Angeles Dodgers (2004–2005)	[9]
Jae-gyun Hwang	June 28, 2017 29 years, 335 days	August 1, 2017	18	Infielder	San Francisco Giants (2017)	[10]
Jung-ho Kang	April 8, 2015 28 years, 3 days	July 29, 2019	297	Infielder	Pittsburgh Pirates (2015–2016, 2018–2019)	[11]
Byung-hyun Kim	May 29, 1999 20 years, 128 days	September 28, 2007	394	Pitcher	Arizona Diamondbacks (1999–2003, 2007) Boston Red Sox (2003–2004) Colorado Rockies (2005–2007) Florida Marlins (2007)	[12]
Hyun-soo Kim	April 10, 2016 28 years, 89 days	September 30, 2017	191	Outfielder	Baltimore Orioles (2016–2017) Philadelphia Phillies (2017)	[13]
Sun-woo Kim	June 15, 2001 23 years, 284 days	September 17, 2006	118	Pitcher	Boston Red Sox (2001–2002) Montreal Expos (2002–2004) Washington Nationals (2005) Colorado Rockies (2005–2006) Cincinnati Reds (2006)	[14]
Dae-sung Koo	April 4, 2005 35 years, 245 days	August 20, 2005	33	Pitcher	New York Mets (2005)	[15]
Dae-ho Lee	April 4, 2016 33 years, 288 days	October 2, 2016	104	Infielder	Seattle Mariners (2016)	[16]
Sang-hoon Lee	June 29, 2000 29 years, 110 days	October 1, 2000	9	Pitcher	Boston Red Sox (2000)	[17]
Chang-yong Lim	September 7, 2013 37 years, 95 days	September 27, 2013	6	Pitcher	Chicago Cubs (2013)	[18]
Seung-hwan Oh	April 3, 2016 33 years, 263 days	May 30, 2019	232	Pitcher	St. Louis Cardinals (2016–2017) Toronto Blue Jays (2018) Colorado Rockies (2018–2019)	[19]
Byung-ho Park	April 4, 2016 29 years, 269 days	June 28, 2016	62	Infielder	Minnesota Twins (2016)	[20]
Chan-ho Park	April 8, 1994 20 years, 282 days	October 1, 2010	479	Pitcher	Los Angeles Dodgers (1994–2001, 2008) Texas Rangers (2002–2005) San Diego Padres (2005–2006) New York Mets (2007) Philadelphia Phillies (2009) New York Yankees (2010) Pittsburgh Pirates (2010)	[21]
Jae-kuk Ryu	May 14, 2006 22 years, 349 days	April 9, 2008	28	Pitcher	Chicago Cubs (2006) Tampa Bay Rays (2007–2008)	[22]
Jae-weong Seo	July 21, 2002 25 years, 58 days	May 29, 2007	123	Pitcher	New York Mets (2002–2005) Los Angeles Dodgers (2006) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2006–2007)	[23]

Awards and honors

All-Star selections

Player	Ages	Seasons	Leagues	Teams	Positions	Notes	Ref
Chan-ho Park	28	2001	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	L; 9.00 ERA (1 IP, 1 ER), 1 K	[24]
Byung-hyun Kim	23	2002	NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	P	BS; 54.00 ERA (0.1 IP, 2 ER)	[25]
Shin-soo Choo	36	2018	AL	Texas Rangers	DH	.500 BA (2 AB, 1 H), 1 R	[26]
Hyun-jin Ryu	32	2019	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P (SP)	0.00 ERA (1 IP)	[27]

Player of the Month

• Shin-soo Choo: September 2008 AL (Cleveland Indians)
• Shin-soo Choo (2): September 2015 AL (Texas Rangers)

Source: Baseball-Reference.com

Pitcher of the Month

• Chan-ho Park: July 1998 NL (Los Angeles Dodgers)
• Hyun-jin Ryu: May 2019 NL (Los Angeles Dodgers)

Source: Baseball-Reference.com

Rookie of the Month

• Hee-seop Choi: April 2003 NL (Chicago Cubs)
• Jung-ho Kang: July 2015 NL (Pittsburgh Pirates)

Source: Baseball-Reference.com

Player of the Week

• Chan-ho Park: September 18–24 2000 NL (Los Angeles Dodgers)
• Byung-hyun Kim: July 8–14 2002 NL (Arizona Diamondbacks)
• Shin-soo Choo: April 12–18 2010 AL (Cleveland Indians)
• Shin-soo Choo (2): September 13–19 2010 AL (Cleveland Indians)
• Jung-ho Kang: September 5–11 2016 NL (Pittsburgh Pirates)
• Hyun-jin Ryu: May 6–12 2019 NL (Los Angeles Dodgers)

Source: Baseball-Reference.com

Postseason appearances

Player	Seasons	Positions	WC		DS		CS		World Series		Refs
			Series won	Games played	Series won	Games played	Series won	Games played	Series won	Games played
Ji-man Choi	2019 Tampa Bay Rays 2020 Tampa Bay Rays	1B	W W	1 2	L W	5 5	W	5	L	6	[28][29] [30][31][32][33]
Hee-seop Choi	2004 Los Angeles Dodgers	PH			L	1					[34]
Shin-soo Choo	2013 Cincinnati Reds 2015 Texas Rangers 2016 Texas Rangers	CF RF RF	L	1	L L	5 1					[35] [36] [37]
Byung-hyun Kim	2001 Arizona Diamondbacks 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks 2003 Boston Red Sox	P			W L W	1 1 1	W	3	W	2	[38][39][40] [41] [42]
Hyun-soo Kim	2016 Baltimore Orioles	LF	L	1							[43]
Kwang-hyun Kim	2020 St. Louis Cardinals	P	L	1							[44]
Seung-hwan Oh	2018 Colorado Rockies	P	W	1	L	2					[45][46]
Chan-ho Park	2006 San Diego Padres 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers 2009 Philadelphia Phillies	P			L	1	L W	4 4	L	4	[47] [48] [49][50]
Hyun-jin Ryu	2013 Los Angeles Dodgers 2014 Los Angeles Dodgers 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers 2019 Los Angeles Dodgers 2020 Toronto Blue Jays	P	L	1	W L W L	1 1 1 1	L   W	1   2	L	1	[51][52] [53] [54][55][56] [57] [30]

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See also

• Index of Korea-related articles
• List of people of Korean descent
• Lists of Major League Baseball players
• List of current Major League Baseball players by nationality