Hyun-myung Park

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Hyun-myung Park (박현명)
also listed as Kenmei Boku and Kenmei Park

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Biographical Information[edit]

Hyun-myung Park was the first Korean to play baseball overseas; he is the brother of early Korean baseball star Hyung-sik Park. [1]

He was born in what is now North Korea, then under Japanese control. He was the ace of Zen-Keijo in the industrial leagues then was signed by the Osaka Tigers. [2] He was a batting practice pitcher in 1938. [3] He started two games in 1939 and allowed 12 hits in 8 1/3 IP but only one run, fanning two, and going 0-1. He then was sidelined by injury and returned to Japanese-controlled Korea. [4]

Sources[edit]

  1. Korean Wikipedia
  2. Defunct Japan Baseball Daily site
  3. ibid.
  4. Korean Wikipedia