Jong-doo Lee

Jong-doo Lee (이종두)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

• School Hanyang University
• High School Daegu Commercial High School

• Born April 5, 1962 in Daegu South Korea

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Biographical Information

Jong-doo Lee played for 13 seasons in the Korea Baseball Organization and later was a coach.

Lee hit .281/.378/.406 as the main right fielder for the South Korean national team in the 1984 Amateur World Series; he was third on the team in slugging behind Ki-woong Kang and Un-Hak Ahn. He remained with South Korea for the 1984 Olympics. The Samsung Lions picked him in the 1985 KBO draft. He debuted that year, hitting .231/.295/.403. In 1986, he improved to .294/.344/.427, placing 8th in the KBO in average and tying Dae-hwa Han for 10th with 50 runs. During 1987, the outfielder put up a .270/.325/.401 line and stole 14 bases in 16 tries. His 10 home runs were enough to tie Sang-hun Kim for 8th in the league.

The Daegu native produced at a .292/.365/.455 clip with 15 steals in 18 tries in 1988. In 1989, he hit .273/.343/.426 and swiped 26 bases while being caught 12 times. He was 4th in the league in both steals (tied with Ki-woong Kang) and runs (63), while being 7th in caught stealing. The next year, he remained sharp at .295/.386/.447 with 17 stolen bases in 24 attempts, tying for 10th in steals. Jong-doo was limited to 21 games in 1991 (due to injury?) and hit .342/.427/.618.

In 1992, the 30-year-old fell to .236/.312/.411. He rebounded somewhat in 1993, posting a batting line of .249/.338/.429 with 14 home runs. He was 7th in the KBO in circuit clouts that year. He then hit .271/.336/.434 with 17 HR in 1994. He was 6th in the league in homers, his last time placing on the leader boards. In 1995, he hit .262/.359/.331 in a part-time role, followed by .276/.405/.305 in 51 games in 1996. He moved to the Ssangbangwool Raiders for his last season as a player, going 8 for 29 with 5 walks and two doubles in 1997.

Overall, Lee had hit .270 and slugged .425 in 1,054 KBO games, with 498 runs, 438 RBI, 105 home runs and 127 steals in 186 tries.

He later served as hitting coach for the SK Wyverns (2002-2005) and Samsung Lions (2005-2009, 2013- ) and bench coach for the Hanwha Eagles (2009-2012).

Sources

• KBO page
• Defunct IBAF site
• Korean Wikipedia entry