Ah-seop Son

Ah-seop Son (손아섭)

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 187 lb.

• High School Busan High School

• Born March 18, 1988 in Busan South Korea

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Biographical Information

Ah-seop Son had more than 2,000 hits in Korea Baseball Organization.

Son was drafted by the Lotte Giants in the fourth round of the 2007 KBO draft. He debuted in 2007, and he was 1-for-6 with the big club. He hit .303/.387/.404 as a part-timer in 2008 but slumped to .186/.263/.337 in 34 games in 2009. The Busan native batted .306/.377/.438 as a starter in 2010. He finished 12th in average (between Jung-kwon Park and Keun-woo Jeong) and 5th in runs (85). In 2011, he was even better at .326/.385/.507 with 15 homers. He finished among the league leaders in average (5th, between Yong-kyu Lee and Chi-hong An), runs (5th, 79, between Hyung-woo Choi and Han-lee Park), RBI (6th, between Jin-haeng Choi and Bum-ho Lee), hits (7th, between Hyun-soo Kim and Sung-heon Hong), doubles (25, tied for 5th with Hyun-soo Kim, Jung Choi and Min-ho Kang) and triples (5, tied for 3rd with Jong-wook Lee, Dae-hyung Lee and Jun-woo Jeon). He won a Gold Glove, which in Korea goes for overall play, not just defense; he was named as the top right fielder, joining Yong-kyu Lee (CF) and Hyung-woo Choi (LF) as the outfielders picked.

In 2012, Son hit .314/.370/.396 and led the league with 158 hits. He was selected into the KBO All-Star Game for the first time in his career, and he also won the Gold Glove again. Son was 3rd in batting, between Jung-Ho Kang and Sok-min Park. He then represented Korea in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, hitting .250/.400/.250 and his nation was eliminated in the first round. He was still a hitting machine in KBO, hitting .345/.421/.474 and led the league in hits again in 2013. Son was 2nd in batting (.003 behind Byung-kyu Lee), 2nd in steals (36, 14 behind Jong-ho Kim), 2nd in runs (8 behind Byung-ho Park) and 5th in OBP (between Sok-min Park and Seong-hoon Jeong). He also won his third straight Gold Glove as an outfielder.

On June 20, 2024, Sun collected his 2,505 career hit, and he passed Yong-taik Park to become the KBO all-time hits leader.

Sources

• KBO Player Page
• Taiwan Baseball Wiki