Hun-ho Kyung

Hun-ho Kyung (경헌호)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 216 lb.

• School Hanyang University
• High School Sunrin Commercial High School

• Born July 25, 1977 in Seoul South Korea

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Biographical Information

Hun-ho Kyung pitched for the South Korean national team and worked over 300 games in the Korea Baseball Organization.

He was on the South Korean team that won the 1996 Asian Junior Championship. He was 2-0 with a 4.20 in the 1998 Baseball World Cup, fanning 18 in 15 games. He tied for 5th in the event in appearances but was only third on his team behind Byung-hyun Kim and Chul-min Kang. He tied 14 others, including Koji Uehara, José Contreras and Pedro Luis Lazo, for the tournament lead in wins. He fanned 11 and allowed one run in six to beat Shane Nance and a Team USA with several future big leaguers in the lineup; Kim saved it for him. He also got the win over Marvin Zelaya and third-place Nicaragua. South Korea made it to the title game where they fell to Contreras and Cuba (Kyung did not appear in that contest). He also won Gold in the 1998 Asian Games.

Kyung turned pro with the LG Twins in 2000, going 4-5 with a save and a 4.32 ERA in 24 games. He was steady at 4-3 with two saves and a 4.37 ERA in 46 games in 2001 then was 1-1 with a save and a 4.64 ERA in 40 outings in 2002. In 2003, he worked 54 contests, going 4-4 with a save and a 4.20 ERA, fanning 73 in 70 2/3 IP. He was 9th in the league with 11 holds.

During 2004, he was 0-1 with a save and a 1.04 ERA, limited to six games, presumably by injuries. Returning to action regularly in 2005, he was 0-2 with 9 saves and a 3.98 ERA. He tied Yun-ho Shin for 8th in the circuit in saves and tying Shin for the team lead. He was sharper at 2-3, 3.46 in 2006 though his saves fell to two as Kyu-min Woo took over the closer role. He slumped to 1-0, 5.96 in 2007.

The Seoul native was 1-0 with a 2.31 ERA in 30 games in 2008 and 2-1 with a save and a 4.76 ERA in 28 contests in 2009. He worked five shutout innings in 2010 and allowed 3 runs (2 earned) in 7 innings in 2011 before retiring due to injury. He had gone 19-20 with 18 saves and a 4.02 ERA in 337 KBO games.

He became a pitching coach for the Twins' minor league team then was their bullpen coach from 2016-2019 before returning to coach in the minors.