Shin Myung-chul

Shin Myung-chul
Hangul	신명철
Hanja	申命澈
Revised Romanization	Sin Myeongcheol
McCune–Reischauer	Sin Myŏngch'ŏl

Shin Myung-chul
Shin Myung-chul
KT Wiz – No. 91
	Second baseman
	Born: August 6, 1978 (age 46)
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
KBO debut
	2001, for the Lotte Giants
KBO statistics ; (through 2013)
Batting average	.242
Home runs	52
RBI	316
Teams
	Player Career Lotte Giants (2001–2006); Samsung Lions (2007–2013); KT Wiz (2014–2015); Coach Career KT Wiz (2015–);
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing South Korea
Asian Games

Shin Myung-chul (Korean: 신명철; Hanja: 申命澈; born August 6, 1978, in Masan, South Korea) is a second baseman who plays for the KT Wiz in the Korea Baseball Organization. He bats and throws right-handed.

Amateur career

Upon graduation from high school in 1997, he chose to play college baseball at Yonsei University instead of turning pro directly. In July 1997, as a freshman Shin was selected to play for South Korea in the 8th Korea–USA College Baseball Championship Series. Team Korea eventually had a record of 2–3 and Shin played in all five games as a starting second baseman.

In April 1998, Yonsei University captured the 32nd President's Flag College Championship, and Shin dominated the competition by winning the batting and stolen base titles and earning the MVP honors. Shin spent much of the summer of 1998 overseas with the South Korean national team, taking part in a tour of Japan and United States and competing in the Baseball World Cup held in Italy. In December 1998, he was selected for the South Korea national team again that finished in 1st place at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.