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 Yang with his 2015 Golden Glove Award | |||||||||||||||
| Doosan Bears – No. 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Catcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: (1987-06-05)June 5, 1987 (age 38) Gwangju, South Korea | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| KBO debut | |||||||||||||||
| 2007, for the Doosan Bears | |||||||||||||||
| KBO statistics (through 2024 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .307 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 1,815 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 262 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 1,106 | ||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 양의지 |
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| Hanja | 梁義智 |
| RR | Yang Uiji |
| MR | Yang Ŭiji |
Yang Eui-ji (Korean: 양의지; born June 5, 1987) is a South Koreanprofessional baseballcatcher currently playing for theDoosan Bears of theKBO League.[1] He has won theKBO League Golden Glove Award nine times; three consecutive years from 2014 to 2016, and six consecutive years from 2018 to 2023. Yang won theKorean Series Most Valuable Player Award in 2016 and 2020.[2]
He graduated from Gwangju Jinheung High School and joined theDoosan Bears in the second draft in 2006 (59th in the 8th round). He joined thePolice Baseball Team immediately after the 2007 season and was discharged from the Police Baseball Team in 2009.[3]
Yang won theKBO League Rookie of the Year Award in 2010 on the strength of his 20 home runs and 68 RBI.
Yang left the Bears after the 2018 season, signing as a free agent with theNC Dinos. He led the league in hitting in 2019 with a .354 batting average.
After the 2022 season, Yang returned to the Bears as a free agent on a four-year contract.[4]
Yang representedSouth Korea at the2015 WBSC Premier12,2017 World Baseball Classic, and2018 Asian Games.[5] He also represented the team at the2023 World Baseball Classic.[6]
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