Kwang-ho Jang

Kwang-ho Jang (장광호)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 187 lb.

• School Inha University
• High School Dongsan High School

• Born April 14, 1967 in Incheon South Korea

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Biographical Information

Kwang-ho Jang played in the Korea Baseball Organization for 10 years. His son Seung-hyun Jang also caught in the KBO.

Jang played for the South Korean national team in the 1990 Asian Games. In the 1990 Baseball World Cup, he hit .231/.286/.462; he was their most-used DH (4 of their 9 games) and backed up Sung-woo Kang at catcher. In the Bronze Medal Game, he homered off Puerto Rico's Mariano Quiñones in Korea's 7-4 win. He remained with the national team for the 1991 Asian Championship and 1991 Intercontinental Cup. In the 1991 Cup, he batted .357/.357/.786, again backing up Kang. He homered off France's Victor Martins.

The Pacific Dolphins selected him in the first round of the 1992 KBO draft, and he hit .281/.341/.401 in his first season. Jang slumped to .172/.256/.251 in 1993, then his batting line was .212/.257/.332 in 1994. He struggled again at the plate in 1995 as he recorded a .177/.236/.245 batting line, and he finally got the starting catcher spot after Dong-ki Kim retired. Jang played 108 games, and he hit .212/.263/.272 with 2 homers.

The Incheon native hit .218/.262/.320 in 81 games in 2997, then he lost his spot when Kyung-oan Park joined the team in 1998. He only got 62 at-bats with a .259/.254/.448 batting line, and he hit .274/.308/.466 in 1999. The SK Wyverns selected Jang in the expansion draft, but he went 3-for-22 then he was traded back to the Unicorns for 50 million won. Jang went 2-for-13 in 2001, and he announced his retirement. He was the battery coach for the minor league team of the Unicorns from 2003 to 2007, the minor league team of the Seoul Heroes in 2008 and the minor league team of the LG Twins from 2009 to 2012 and from 2014 to 2015. He was the battery coach of LG's big club in 2013, and he coached the SK Wyverns' minor league team in 2016. Jang started to coach Deokjeok High School in 2022.

Overall, Jang hit .214/.268/.312 with 297 hits and 25 homers in 10 seasons in the KBO.

Sources

• Old IBAF site
• Namu Wiki