Yeong-il Oh

Yeong-il Oh (오영일)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

• School Inha University
• High School Baemyeong High School

• Born February 6, 1960 in Incheon South Korea

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Biographical Information

Yeong-il Oh pitched in the Korea Baseball Organization for 8 years.

Oh played for South Korea in the 1982 Amateur World Series. They won the event, the country's first title in a global baseball tournament. The MBC Blue Dragons selected him in the first round of the 1983 KBO draft, and he went 10-9 with a 2.91 ERA in his first season. He was 7th in wins, tied with Sang-yeol Park and Ki-ryong Ha. Oh improved to 15-14 with a 3.08 ERA in 1984, ranking 4th in wins (tied with Ha), 2nd in losses (6 behind Hiroaki Fukushi), 8th in strikeouts (between Choi Gye-Hun and Hyung-cheol Gye) and 3rd in innings (between Fukushi and Hisao Niura). On May 1 against the Haitai Tigers, Oh allowed 9 runs but still got the win, and he set the KBO record for most runs allowed by a winning pitcher.

The Incheon native went 8-8 with a 3.53 ERA in 1985, and he was 12-8 with a 3.00 ERA in 1986. He was 9th in wins in the 1986 season, tied with Sang-kun Lee. Oh's ERA rose to 4.27 with a 9-8 record in 1987, then he was 7-11 with a 3.48 ERA in 1988. In the '88 season, Oh ranked 6th in losses (tied with Yong-cheol Lee and Bong-geun Kim) and 4th in innings (between Dong-yeol Sun and Sang-moon Yang). Oh struggled in 1989 as his ERA was 6.49 in 16 games, and he was traded to the Pacific Dolphins for 27 million won. Oh only pitched 4 games for the Dolphins in 1990, then he announced his retirement. He was the bench coach of the LG Twins in 1994, their minor league pitching coach from 1995 to 1999 and their big club pitching coach in 2000. He also coached the minor league team of the Hyundai Unicorns from 2002 to 2007.

Overall, Oh was 62-64 with a 3.56 ERA, struck out 371 and pitched 1,043 innings in 8 seasons in the KBO.

Sources

• Namu Wiki