Park Ki-hyuk

Medal record
Men'sbaseball
Representing South Korea
World Baseball Classic
	2009 Los Angeles	Team
Asian Games
	2006 Doha	Team

Park Ki-hyuk (Korean: 박기혁;Hanja: 朴基赫; born June 4, 1981, inDaegu,South Korea) is a retiredSouth Koreanshortstop. He was considered one of the top defensive shortstops (along withPark Jin-man) in theKBO League.

Park attended Daegu Commerce High School inDaegu,South Korea. In 1999, he was named in South Korea national junior team's roster for the1999 World Junior Baseball Championship. There Park led the attack alongsideChoo Shin-soo andJeong Keun-woo.

Year	Venue	Competition	Team	Individual Note
1999	Chinese Taipei	World Junior Baseball Championship	5th

Park made his pro debut in 2000, drafted by theLotte Giants in the 2nd round (2nd pick) of the 2000KBO draft. He had several mediocre seasons, but earned a starting position in the Giants' infield in the 2003 season, playing in 95 games.

Park participated in the 2006 KBO All-Star Game and2006 Asian Games.

Though predominantly known as a light-hitting defensive infielder, Park had his most offensively productive season in 2008, when he hit .291 and posted career-highs in RBI (36), runs (47) and hits (102). After the end of the 2008 season, he won his firstGolden Glove Award at shortstop.

In addition to achieving a level of personal success, Park was called up to theSouth Korea national baseball team for the2009 World Baseball Classic. He was expected to serve as backup to another defensive wizard,Park Jin-man, for Team Korea. Park Jin-man, however, did not make the team because of an inflamed shoulder, and Park Ki-hyuk took over as the starting shortstop. Appearing in all nine games for South Korea, Park Ki-hyuk struggled at the plate, going just 3-for-26 with 3 walks, but he filled Park Jin-man's void at shortstop perfectly, making numerous acrobatic defensive plays in the field.^{[citation needed]}

• 2008 Golden Glove Award (SS)

Year	Venue	Competition	Team	Individual Note
2006	Qatar	Asian Games		.500 BA (3-for-6), 2 RBI, 5 R, 5 BB
2009	United States	World Baseball Classic		.115 BA (3-for-26), 4 RBI, 1 R, 3 BB

• Career statistics and player information fromKorea Baseball Organization

• Career statistics fromBaseball Reference (Minors)

• 2009 World Baseball Classic players
• Lotte Giants players
• KT Wiz players
• 21st-century South Korean sportsmen
• KBO League shortstops
• 1981 births
• Living people
• Baseball players from Daegu
• Asian Games medalists in baseball
• Baseball players at the 2006 Asian Games
• Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
• Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
• South Korean Buddhists

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