Seok-chun Kang

Seok-chun Kang (강석천)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 191 lb.

• School Inha University
• High School Daejeon High School

• Born December 7, 1967 in Daejeon South Korea

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Biographical Information

Seok-chun Kang played in the Korea Baseball Organization for 15 years.

Kang was drafted by the Binggrae Eagles in the first round of the 1989 KBO draft, and he hit .289/.347/.481 in 70 games in 1989. He hit for a cycle against the Taepyungyang Dolphins on August 4, 1990, and he ended up hitting .281/.367/.455 with 12 homers that season. Kang was 2nd in doubles, 5 behind Kyung-ki Kim. He extended his solid batting in 1991, and he crushed 11 homers with a .275/.342/.409 batting line. He ranked 8th in hits, between Eung-gook Kim and Noh-jun Park. Kang blasted 12 homers with a .257/.310/.427 batting line in 1992, then he recorded a .249/.299/.416 batting line in 1993.

The Daejeon native slumped to .227/.322/.340 in 1994, and he collected 18 steals with a .245/.290/.354 batting line in 1995. Kang bounced back with a .286/.349/.373 batting line in 1996, and he hit .322/.379/.430 with 7 homers in 1997. He was 7th in batting (between Jong-beom Lee and Won-woo Cho), 9th in triples (5 behind Cho) and 6th in hits (between Joon-hyuk Yang and Ik-sung Choi). Kang then stole 20 bases with a .276/.316/.384 batting line in 1998, and he was 10th in steals (tied with Choi) and 5th in triples (tied with Byung-kyu Lee and Sung-bo Shim).

Kang's batting line was .303/.370/.397 with 5 homers and a career-high 24 steals in 1999, and he was 9th in steals (between Dong-joo Shin and Yang). He went 2-for-16 in the 1999 Korean Series as the captain, and he won his first title as the Eagles beat the Lotte Giants in 5 games (also the first title for the Binggrae/Hanwha Eagles). Kang hit .286/.349/.400 with 7 homers in 2000, then he had a .260/.315/.324 batting line in 2001. He then batted .289/.347/.417 with 6 homers in 2002, but he only played 8 games in 2003 then he announced his retirement. Kang was Hanwha's fielding coach from 2006 to 2008 and in 2014, batting coach in 2009 and from 2011 to 2012 and minor league batting coach in 2010 and from 2012 to 2013. He moved to the Lotte Giants as fielding coach from 2015 to 2017, and he managed their minor league team from 2018 to 2019. Kang was Lotte's bench coach from 2019 to 2022, and he returned to the minors as fielding coach in 2023.

Overall, Kang hit .278/.338/.399 with 1,342 hits and 93 homers in 15 seasons in the KBO. As of 2024, he was 72th in hits (tied with Jae-hwan Kim and Won-jin Jang), 41th in triples (tied with Sang-hun Kim) and 30th in steals (between Yang and Dong-hwa Cho).

Sources

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