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Park Jae-hong (Hangul: 박재홍, Hanja: 朴栽弘; born September 7, 1973 in Gwangju, South Korea) is a South Korean outfielder who currently plays for SK Wyverns in the Korea Baseball Organization. Park is currently considered one of the best five-tool players in the KBO league. He is the first player in the KBO history to have 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in and the only player to have more than two seasons of 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases, doing so a record three times (, and ). He actually did 30-30 in his debut season(1996), the only person to do so until Mike Trout, who did it on 2012. Park competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and led his team to the bronze medal in the baseball tournament. ==Amateur career== While attending Gwangu Jaeil High School, Park was a highly regarded right-handed power pitcher. In , he was selected for the South Korean national junior baseball team as a pitcher to compete against the Japan and USA national junior teams at the 3-nation friendly baseball series in California, United States. The Korean team swept all the games with a record of 4-0 and Park drew attention from MLB scouts along with fellow pitchers Park Chan-ho and Lim Sun-dong. In , upon graduation from high school, Park started to play college baseball at Yonsei University, converting his position to third base. While at Yonsei University, Park led his team to five college championships in four years alongside Lim Sun-dong and Cho In-sung. In , as a sophomore Park was selected for the South Korea national baseball team and competed in the Asian Baseball Championship held in Perth, Australia. The South Korean team won silver and Park was named to the All-Star Team as a third baseman. As a senior in , Park helped Yonsei University win the 1995 National College Championship (Spring Season) and was named MVP with Home Run, RBI and Stolen Bases titles. After the 1995 college season, he signed with the Hyundai Phoenix in the Korea Baseball Association amateur league, refusing to join the KBO pro league in order to participate in the 1996 Summer Olympics next year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Park Jae-hong (baseball)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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