Song Jin-woo (baseball)

Song Jin-woo
Hangul	송진우
Hanja	宋津宇
Revised Romanization	Song Jinu
McCune–Reischauer	Song Chinu

Song Jin-woo
Song Jin-woo
Hanwha Eagles – No. 21
	Pitcher / Coach
	Born: February 16, 1966 (age 58); Jeungpyeong, North Chungcheong, South Korea
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
KBO debut
	April 12, 1989, for the Binggrae Eagles
Last KBO appearance
	September 23, 2009, for the Hanwha Eagles
KBO statistics
Win–loss	210–153
Earned run average	3.51
Saves	103
Strikeouts	2,048
Teams
	As player Binggrae Eagles / Hanwha Eagles (1989–2009); As coach Hanwha Eagles (2011–2014); Hanwha Eagles (2018–present);
Career highlights and awards
	Golden Glove Award winner (2000); Korean Series champion (1999); Pitched no-hitter on May 18, 2000; Hanwha Eagles #21 retired; KBO Records 210 career wins; 3003 career innings pitched;
Medals
Representing South Korea
Olympic Games
Asian Games

Song Jin-woo (Korean: 송진우; Hanja: 宋津宇; born February 16, 1966) is a South Korean retired left-handed pitcher. Song played in the KBO League for 21 seasons between 1989 and 2009 with the Hanwha Eagles. He currently holds several pitching records for the KBO, including his 210 wins and 3,003 innings pitched.^[1]^[2] He is one of two pitchers in KBO League history to win 200 games, and strike out 2,000 or more batters. Because of his central role in establishing the Korean baseball players' association (essentially a players' union), he has the nickname of "Mr. President."^{[citation needed]}

Playing career

Song attended Dongguk University.^{[citation needed]} He competed for South Korea in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics, on the team that won the bronze medal.^{[citation needed]}

On May 18, 2000, Song no-hit the Haitai Tigers (winning the game 6-0), becoming only the tenth KBO pitcher to accomplish that feat.^[3]

Song won the 2002 KBO League Golden Glove Award with a record of 18-7, a 2.99 ERA, 165 strikeouts, and 8 complete games.

Song was the first pitcher in the KBO to strike out over 2,000 batters. He accomplished this feat on June 6, 2008, at his home field of Daejeon Baseball Stadium against the Woori Heroes. He recorded the strikeout in the bottom of the 8th inning with two outs, ringing up Song Ji-man.

Song's number 21 jersey was retired by the Eagles on September 23, 2009.

Song's record of 2,048 strikeouts lasted 15 years until it was broken by Yang Hyeon-jong of the Kia Tigers on August 21, 2024.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Coaching career

Song became the Eagles' pitching coach in 2018, vowing to change the team's approach. Song said, "Changing the entry is the most sensitive issue between coaches and players." Song's "personalized' prescription" played a big role. Foreign pitcher Keyvius Sampson had difficulty in the early stages of the season, but he improved his position as well as his arrest while correcting his position. [Song] told Jason Wheeler to fix the changeup. Song coach also emphasized "communication."^[7]

Filmography

Television show

Year	Title	Network	Role	Ref.
2022	Back to the Ground	MBN	Coach	^[8]

References

^ "Korean baseball’s old-timers rack up the records," JoongAng Daily. Accessed on 2009-1-4.
^ koreabaseball.com Song Jin-Woo player page Accessed on 2009-1-4.
^ Kim Tae-jong. "No-hitter records in KBO history," The Korea Times (2014-06-25).
^ "Kia Tigers' Yang Hyeon-jong breaks 15-year-old KBO strikeout record". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
^ "(2nd LD) Tigers ace Yang Hyeon-jong becomes KBO's all-time strikeout leader". m-en.yna.co.kr. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
^ "KBO's new strikeout king proves nice guys can finish first". news.koreaherald.com. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
^ 강, 주형 (2018-05-18). "Trust, communicate and customize ...by song jin -woo". The Hankook-Ilbo. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
^ Ahn Tae-hyun (March 24, 2022). "빽 투 더 그라운드' 야구 레전드, 한 팀으로 뭉쳤다…범접불가 아우라" [Back to the Ground' baseball legends unite as one team... Incomparable Aura] (in Korean). News1. Retrieved March 24, 2022 – via Naver.

External links

Media related to Song Jin-woo at Wikimedia Commons

Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Career statistics and player information from the KBO official website
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[1] "Korean baseball’s old-timers rack up the records," JoongAng Daily. Accessed on 2009-1-4.

[2] reabaseball.com Song Jin-Woo player page Accessed on 2009-1-4.

[nohitters-3] Kim Tae-jong. "No-hitter records in KBO history," The Korea Times (2014-06-25).

[4] "Kia Tigers' Yang Hyeon-jong breaks 15-year-old KBO strikeout record". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. Retrieved September 17, 2024.

[5] "(2nd LD) Tigers ace Yang Hyeon-jong becomes KBO's all-time strikeout leader". m-en.yna.co.kr. Retrieved September 17, 2024.

[6] "KBO's new strikeout king proves nice guys can finish first". news.koreaherald.com. Retrieved September 17, 2024.

[7] 강, 주형 (2018-05-18). "Trust, communicate and customize ...by song jin -woo". The Hankook-Ilbo. Retrieved 2018-06-01.

[8] Ahn Tae-hyun (March 24, 2022). "빽 투 더 그라운드' 야구 레전드, 한 팀으로 뭉쳤다…범접불가 아우라" [Back to the Ground' baseball legends unite as one team... Incomparable Aura] (in Korean). News1. Retrieved March 24, 2022 – via Naver.

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