Jang-jin No

Jang-jin No (노장진)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 200 lb.

• High School Gongju High School

• Born August 10, 1974 in Kongju, South Chungcheong South Korea

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Biographical Information

Jang-jin No won over 70 games in the Korea Baseball Organization and won Gold with the South Korean national team.

No left college to sign with the Binggrae Eagles in 1993; he was 3-10 with 3 saves and a 4.41 ERA as a rookie. He then spent the next three years in the military. By the time he returned to the Eagles, they had been sold and were the Hanwha Eagles. He was 6-10 with a 5.47 ERA in 1997, walking 89 in 133 1/3 IP. He tied for 8th in the league in losses and led in walks (14 more than #2 Myung-hwan Park).

He had a 7-10, 5.24 record in 1998, finishing 2nd with 81 walks (31 behind Park). He was then traded to the Samsung Lions. He remained wild in 1999 (102 BB in 188 1/3 IP) but struck out 173 and improved his record to 15-9, 4.35. He tied Jin-woo Song for 5th in wins, was 5th in IP (between Dong-hwan Moon and Song), was second in walks (7 behind Soo-kyung Kim), tied for 4th with 14 hit batsmen and was 4th in whiffs.

In 2000, No was 11-8 with a 4.29 ERA, tying for 10th in victories. His 86 walks were second, five behind Kim. He went 7-2 with a 4.62 ERA and walked 61 in 85 2/3 IP in 2001. Moving to the bullpen, he was 11-5 with 23 saves, a 2.54 ERA and 146 K in 127 1/3 IP in a strong 2002. Despite his relief role, he was 6th in the KBO in strikeouts, between Gary Rath (who worked 75 more innings) and Seung-ho Lee (who pitched 15 1/3 more innings). He was 3rd in saves, trailing Pil-jung Jin and Yong-joon Cho. No pitched two shutout innings for South Korea when they won the 2002 Asian Games. Samsung won the 2002 Korean Series.

The Gongju native was 9-10 with 21 saves, a 4.12 ERA and 87 K in 83 IP in the 2003 KBO. He was 4th in saves. In 2004, he got caught up in a drinking scandal and was traded to the Lotte Giants. For the year, he was 1-0 with 17 saves and a 4.11 ERA. He tied for 4th in saves. He had a 2.45 ERA and 0.79 WHIP in 2005 and was 1-2 with 18 saves, fanning 52 in 33 innings. He was 4th in saves. His wife died that year and he missed part of the 2006 season. He returned to finish 3-4 with six saves and a 4.66 ERA, walking 36 in 48 1/3 IP to wrap up his playing career.

He had gone 70-60 with 69 saves and a 4.35 ERA in 346 games as a pro.

He later was pitching coach for Sehan University, starting in 2010.

Sources

• KBO page
• Korean Wikipedia
• 2002 Asian Games site (via Wayback Machine)