Min-ho Kang

Min-ho Kang (강민호)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 218 lb.

• School GukJe Cyber University
• High School Pohang Jecheol High School

• Born August 18, 1985 in Jeju, Jeju South Korea

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Biographical Information

Min-ho Kang is a catcher for the Lotte Giants who is on the Korean team for the 2008 Olympics.

Kang debuted with Lotte in 2004 and went 0 for 5 with 3 strikeouts. In 2005, the 19-year-old hit .243/~.267/.341 in 104 games. As the starter in 2006, he batted .251/~.309/.366. He played for South Korea in the 2006 Asian Games. In 2007, he improved to a batting line of .271/~.337/.421 with 14 home runs. He has continued to progress in 2008, hitting .292/.365/.485 with 19 homers and 82 RBI, 6th in the KBO in runs batted in and 8th in slugging. He won a Gold Glove as the best overall catcher in the Korea Baseball Organization.

He was put on South Korea's Olympic team and supplanted Kab-yong Jin as the starter. Kang hit .273/.304/.364 as Korea won Gold in the 2008 Olympics. He singled home Yong-kyu Lee with the winner against Taiwan.

In the 2009 World Baseball Classic, Kang was 0 for 4 with two walks and a run as the backup to old-timer Kyung-wan Park for the 2nd-place Korean team. In the bottom of the 10th of the Gold Medal game, he drew a leadoff walk from Yu Darvish but was stranded.

On April 12, 2024, Kang collected his 2,000 career hit against Jae-yeol Kim of the NC Dinos, and he was the 19th player to reach this milestone in the KBO.

Sources

• KBO Player Page
• Korean Wikipedia entry
• 2008 Olympics
• World Baseball Classic