Won-seok Oh

Won-seok Oh (오원석)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 11", Weight 176 lb.
• High School Yatap High School

• Born April 23, 2001 in Seongnam South Korea

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Biographical Information

Won-seok Oh pitched in the KBO and for the South Korea national baseball team.

Oh represented South Korea in the 2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup, going 0-1 with a 1.80 ERA; he lost to Alejandro Rosario and the US in the semifinals. South Korea took the Bronze. The SK Wyverns picked him in the first round of the 2020 KBO draft. Oh had a 5.59 ERA in 8 games in 2020, then he went 7-6 with a 5.89 ERA in 2021. He won 30 points in the KBO Rookie of the Year voting, in which he ranked 5th. Oh improved to 6-8 with a 4.50 ERA in 2022, and he fanned 7 in 5 2/3 innings with a run allowed in the 2022 Korean Series Game 3. The SSG Landers beat the Kiwoom Heroes in 6 games, and Oh won his first title.

He had a 8-10 record with a 5.23 ERA in 2023, led the league in runs allowed and ranked 4th in both losses (tied with Charlie Barnes, Je-seong Bae and Won-joon Choi) and walks (between Kwang-hyun Kim and Félix Peña). He also attended the 2023 KBO All-Star Game, and he pitched a shutout inning. Oh made it onto Korea's roster for the 2023 Asia Professional Baseball Championship. Oh relieved Eui-lee Lee in the 7th inning against Japan, and he pitched a shutout inning with a strikeout against Shogo Sakakura. Korea won Silver in that event because of Makoto Kadowaki's walk-off hit. He was 6-9 with a 5.03 ERA in 2024.

Oh's repertoire included a fastball (peak 92.6 mph), curveball, slider and changeup.

Sources

• 2019 U18 Baseball World Cup
• Namu wiki bio
• 2023 Asia Professional Baseball Championship