BR Bullpen:Did You Know Archive
This is an archive of articles that were featured on the Main Page as part of Did You Know?.
Did you know...
- ...how Donovan Casey became a phantom major leaguer?
- ...that Tae-il Lee was the first KBO rookie to throw a no-hitter?
- ...what record Won-jin Jang set in 2000?
- ...what award Seung-gwan Yang was an inaugural winner of?
- ...what underhanded tactic cost Mun-jong Hong a chance at a batting title?
- ...that Alfredo Zárraga was traded straight-up for a major leaguer after just one season as a pro?
- ...what honors Kyeong-sik Shin took home in 1983?
- ...what Yong-bin Seo was the first rookie to accomplish in the KBO?
- ...what record Jong-seok Yeom set as a rookie?
- ...what Hee-soo Moon did to win Korean Series MVP?
- ...that Jeong-soo Kim holds the career Korean Series win record?
- ...what honor Chan-ho Park was an inaugural winner of?
- ...what historic RBI Marek Chlup had for the Czech national team?
- ...what crucial catch Young-tae Park made for South Korea?
- ...that ambidextrous thrower Carlos Cortés has made it to AAA?
- ...what record Jung-hwa Lee held?
- ...what Dong-ki Kim was the first KBO catcher to accomplish?
- ...that Yon-kyu Ji spent two years as a high school coach before coming out of retirement and becoming an All-Star?
- ...what history Cha-hun Son made for the SK Wyverns?
- ...what KBO record once belonged to Pil-sung Kong?
- ...what record Sung-bo Shim set in 1998?
- ...in what event Hee-sung Mun was the All-Star DH?
- ...what key role Sung-yong Lee played in his team's first Korean Series title?
- ...that Luke Ritter has led Mets farmhands in homers the past two summers?
- ...what role Antonio Menendez played in helping Team USA win their most recent medal?
- ...what award Yu-dong Kim was the first winner of?
- ...what KBO record In-sik Kim has held for 41 years?
- ...what record Hyung-cheol Gye held for 14 years?
- ...what history Yong-hee Kim made?
- ...what record once belonged to Il-kwan Kim?
- ...that Jun-hwan Kim has held the Korean Series OPS record for 37 years?
- ...why Doo-yeol Yoo won Korean Series MVP when he hit .143?
- ...what Sang-soo Kang was the first KBO rookie to accomplish?
- ...what notable firsts Hak-soo Ham accomplished?
- ...what Dae-seok Oh did that no KBO player had done before?
- ...that Sun-woong Lee was the only .300 hitter in the history of the Chungbo Pintos?
- ...what awards Matt Shaw has raked in over the past three years?
- ...what record Gun-woo Kim set in 1986?
- ...what historic win Ruderly Manuel got for his country in 2021?
- ...that Jae-yeong Wee was the first pitcher for the Hyundai Unicorns?
- ...who was the MVP of the 2002 World Junior Championship?
- ...what KBO record Hyung-kwang Joo holds?
- ...what history Kenny Hernández recently made for Panama?
- ...what major victory Yong-gyun Shin picked up for South Korea?
- ...in what event Bautista Ramón and his brother were both among the ERA leaders to help bring their nation Gold?
- ...what managerial history Takashige Kanehiko made in 1982?
- ...that Gyu-bong Hwang was the first KBO save leader?
- ...that Dong-kyun Yun was the first person to both play and manage in the KBO?
- ...what title-winning hit Eugene Helder had in 2020?
- ...what event Seo-hyeon Kim led in strikeouts despite being a relief pitcher?
- ...what All-Star honor Drake Baldwin had last year?
- ...what medal game Young-ha Lee won for South Korea?
- ...in what country Oscar Bustamante won an OBP title?
- ...what career record Woong-cheon Cho held in the KBO?
- ...what league Ryan Huntington just led in saves?
- ...what historic start Young-ho Kwon made in 1982?
- ...what Kyu-hyun Moon was the first KBO player to accomplish?
- ...in what tournament Ki-pyo Kim won the ERA title?
- ...that Tine Zaletel was the first pitcher for his country in a European Championship?
- ...what historic game Yong-hoon Lee pitched in 2011?
- ...what record Haruto Inoue helped set with his first win?
- ...what record Han-wool Kang set?
- ...that Clarence Caasalan was named the All-Star shortstop and All-Star relief pitcher in the same event?
- ...what history Jin-yong Seo made in 2023?
- ...what MVP honor Leo Quaglia won in 2024?
- ...what franchise first Hyun-sik Jang accomplished?
- ...what league Leandro Emiliani led in OBP?
- ...what crucial homer Ju-hyoung Lee hit for South Korea?
- ...what Sung-mun Song did in 2024 that no KBO player had done before?
- ...in what league Dayson Croes has been an All-Star the last two seasons?
- ...what big win Do-gyu Kwak got this fall?
- ...in what 2023 event Taek-yeon Kim was an All-Star?
- ...in what league John Hussey is among the career top-10 in both strikeouts and saves?
- ...what KBO record Hoon Jeong set?
- ...what event In-wook Jeong paced in strikeouts?
- ...what record Po-Hao Huang set in Taiwan?
- ...in what category Hae-soo Jin ranks third in KBO annals?
- ...what role Pedro Reinoso played in a historic title for the Dominican Republic?
- ...what history Jung-rak Shin was part of in 2014?
- ...what records Virgilio Kaa set in Panama?
- ...that Min-sik Kim is the only position player to have pitched in a KBO All-Star Game?
- ...why Yankiel Mauris did not pitch for three years?
- ...in what event Seung-yeup Na drew the most walks?
- ...what team history Kang-ryul Kim made?
- ...what was notable about Luke Westphal's AAA debut?
- ...what department Il-eon Choi once led the KBO in?
- ...what big win Yugo Maeda got for Japan?
- ...how Young-kyu Kim got his nickname?
- ...that Naomi Ryan was the youngest player in the 2023-2024 Women's Baseball World Cup finals yet still was an All-Star?
- ...why light-hitting catcher Dionisio Acosta made two Halls of Fame?
- ...what Hai-young Jung and his father accomplished that no father-son combo had done?
- ...what historic homer Beom-seok Kim clubbed in 2023?
- ...how Rayshelon Carolina made history for Curaçao in 2023?
- ...what Seung-woo Ju and his brother became the first duo to achieve?
- ...what honor Víctor Mendoza claimed in 2019?
- ...what award Kyu-je Cho took home in 1991?
- ...what records Jon Hunton set?
- ...that Do-yeong Kim tied the Asian record for runs in a season while becoming the youngest 20-20 (and youngest 30-30) player in KBO history?
- ...what All-Star honor Ju-won Kim won in 2023?
- ...what Hyun-bin Moon did that no one had accomplished before for the Hanwha Eagles?
- ...what event Fumimaru Taura led in strikeouts despite being a reliever?
- ...what record Byeong-hyeon Jo tied this year?
- ...what Ji-chan Kim did that no KBO player had accomplished prior?
- ...that Bo-gyeong Moon is the youngest LG Twins player to go deep in a Korean Series?
- ...what team record was set by Min-hyeok Shin?
- ...that Hyun-wook Kim was the first KBO full-time reliever to have a 20-win season?
- ...what Yeong-hyun Park was the youngest pitcher to do?
- ...what Koki Kitayama was the first Nippon Ham Fighters rookie in 68 years to accomplish?
- ...what history Shinnosuke Abe made in 2019?
- ...what slugging title Yeicok Calderón won?
- ...that Madison Willan has won a hockey Gold Medal in addition to her baseball Bronze Medals?
- ...in what league Omar Luna won the batting crown?
- ...what department Mark Freed led all of minor league baseball in during 2003?
- ...that Tomáš Ondra led the European Championship in ERA ten years after he led the European Junior Championship in that category?
- ...what big run José Ramos scored for Colombia in 2023?
- ...what Wing-Ki Mui was the first Hong Kong player to accomplish?
- ...what event Denise Pérez led in RBI?
- ...what record Chin-Te Yu holds?
- ...what MVP Shun Takaichi won in 2005?
- ...what ended the career of Satoshi Fukuda?
- ...what was unique about GJ Hill's third-place tie for home runs in the Northwest League in 2024?
- ...what history Alessandro Ercolani made for his country?
- ...what records Yutaka Enatsu set in his career?
- ...what circumstances made Alan Rangel a phantom major leaguer?
- ...what All-Star honor Dayan Frías won in 2023?
- ...what two gems Armando Quijada pitched for Mexico in the 1970s?
- ...what records Joey DeNato set for his college?
- ...what historic win Martin Viramontes got for Mexico?
- ...what honor Alexis Rivero took home this past winter?
- ...what record Chia-Kai Liu holds in Taiwan?
- ...what true story inspired the novel Les derniers des Asahis?
- ...what career mark belongs to Wei-Cheng Lu?
- ...what historic win Víctor Vargas had for the Colombian national team?
- ...what tournament Chris Burke led in doubles?
- ...what Felipe Lira was the first Venezuelan-born pitcher to do?
- ...what All-Star honor Sandro Fabián won?
- ...what league Mike Pitz paced in victories?
- ...what history Noelia Moreno made for the Dominican Republic?
- ...in what event Scott Wearne won All-Star honors?
- ...that Samuel Aldegheri was the first major league pitcher born and raised in Italy?
- ...what event Michael Flaherty led in RBI?
- ...what unusual situation delayed Keaton Anthony's pro debut?
- ...that Jeffrey Passantino was the last pick of the draft but made it to AAA?
- ...that Chandler Simpson was the first player in over a decade to steal over 100 bases in a minor league season?
- ...what history Masaki Takashio made in Taiwan?
- ...what year Takehiro Ishii won both regular-season and postseason MVPs?
- ...what ERA title Jose Salcedo won?
- ...in what league A.J. Leday won a home run title?
- ...what Ryuki Watarai accomplished that no one did in the first 73 years of the Central League?
- ...what record Shun Mizutani set this year?
- ...what contributions Dong-hee Yoon made to his team's 2023 Gold Medal?
- ...what record feat Hiromi Oka accomplished?
- ...what home run title Eric Segura won?
- ...what non-baseball Hall of Fame Hugh Evans was elected to?
- ...what All-Star honor Mitchell Edwards won in 2019?
- ...that Clayton Campbell was the first player from his country to sign with the Detroit Tigers?
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