Dong-chul Cha

Dong-chul Cha (차동철)

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• School Konkuk University
• High School Gwangju First High School

• Born January 27, 1963 in Gwangju South Korea

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Biographical Information

Dong-chul Cha pitched in the Korea Baseball Organization then became a college coach.

Cha debuted with the Haitai Tigers in 1986, going 10-4 with 3 saves and a 2.82 ERA. He lost game 2 of the 1986 Korean Series but saved game 3 and won game 4 to help Haitai to the title. He was 9-11 with a 3.16 ERA in 1987 and 10-6 with a save and a 3.38 ERA in 1988, tying for 9th in the league in wins. He faded to 0-4, 4.28 in 1989. He then moved to the LG Twins. He was 3-3 with a 5.51 ERA in 1990, allowed 6 runs and 9 hits in 3 2/3 IP in 1991 and rebounded to go 5-4 with four saves and a 3.20 ERA in 1993. In 1994, the righty was 2-5 with 7 saves and a 2.59 ERA. He went 4-2 with four saves and a 2.80 ERA in 1995, 1-6 with four saves and a 5.21 ERA in 48 games in 1996 and gave up 19 runs and 22 hits in 11 innings to end up in 1997. Overall, he had gone 46-46 with 27 saves and a 3.70 ERA in 323 KBO games.

Cha later coached Konkuk University and coached for South Korea in the 2011 Baseball World Cup, 2013 East Asian Games and 2015 Asian Championship (in which they won a Gold).

Sources

• KBO
• Korean Wikipedia
• Chosun