Seung-gwan Yang

Seong-gwan Yang (양승관)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.

• School Inha University
• High School Incheon High School

• Born June 2, 1959 in Incheon South Korea

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Biographical Information

Seong-gwan Yang played in the Korea Baseball Organization for 8 years. His brother Hoo-seung Yang and his son Won-hyeok Yang both played in the KBO.

Yang joined the Sammi Superstars when the KBO was founded in 1982, and he hit .269/.327/.401 with 8 homers in 72 games in his first season. He also won one of the first KBO Gold Gloves as an outfielder; Seong-gwan Kim and Jun-hwan Kim were the other winners of the inaugural awards at the position. Yang improved to .302/.365/.468 in 1983, and he was 7th in batting (between Doo-yeol Yoo and Jong-do Lee). Yang hit .289/.338/.444 in 36 games in 1984, then he slumped to .210/.260/.337 in 1985. He struggled again in 1986 as his batting line was .205/.251/.330, then he played 33 games with a .213/.298/.227 batting line in 1987. Yang didn't play any games for their big club in 1988, and he was released after having a 2-for-20 record in 1989.

The LG Twins picked him up, and Yang recorded a .290/.342/.342 batting line in 1990. He announced his retirement after the 1990 season, and he coached the Twins from 1991 to 1992. Yang then became the batting coach for the Pacific Dolphins from 1994 to 1999, and he was the minor league batting coach for the SK Wyverns from 2001 to 2002. He served as fielding coach for the Lotte Giants from 2003 to 2004 and for the Wyverns in 2005, and he also coached South Korea in the 2005 Baseball World Cup. He was the coach for Inha University from 2007 to 2010, and he was the minor league batting coach for the Nexen Heroes in 2012 and for the NC Dinos in 2013. The Dinos named him their bench coach from 2014 to 2016, and he was their batting coach in 2018. He joined the Hanwha Eagles as their new bench coach in 2024.

Overall, Yang hit .247/.304/.376 with 330 hits and 31 homers in 8 seasons in the KBO.

Sources

• Namu Wiki