Yang Joon-hyuk

	Yang Joon-hyuk
Hangul	양준혁
Hanja	梁埈赫
Revised Romanization	Yang Junhyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Yang Chunhyŏk

Yang Joon-hyuk
Yang Joon-hyuk
	LF, RF, 1B, DH
	Born: May 26, 1969[1]; Daegu, South Korea
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
KBO debut
	April 10, 1993, for the Samsung Lions
Last KBO appearance
	September 19, 2010, for the Samsung Lions
KBO statistics
Batting average	.316
Hits	2,318
Home runs	351
RBI	1,389
Stolen bases	193
Teams
	Samsung Lions (1993–1998); Haitai Tigers (1999); LG Twins (2000–2001); Samsung Lions (2002–2010);
Career highlights and awards
	15× KBO All-Star Game (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010); 4× KBO Batting Champion (1993,1996,1998,2001); KBO Rookie of the Year (1993); 8× KBO Golden Glove Award (1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007); 3× Korean Series Champion (2002,2005,2006); Samsung Lions #10 retired; KBO Records 1,278 career walks; 7,332 career at-bats;

Yang Joon-hyuk (梁埈赫[2]) (born May 26, 1969 in Daegu, South Korea) is a retired Korea Professional Baseball outfielder who played most of his career for the Samsung Lions, and is also known by the nickname "Yangshin" (양신, 梁神), or "God, Yang".[3] He bats and throws left-handed. He retired from baseball after the 2010 season.[4]

Yang Joon-Hyuk's number 10 was retired by the Samsung Lions in 2010.

Yang led the league in batting four times, and holds six career batting records (including at one time the home runs record with 351, now surpassed by Lee Seung-yeop).[5] His number 10 was retired by the Lions.

In popular culture

As of April 2011, he is a member of Happy Sunday's Qualifying Men, a Korean reality-variety show on the KBS2 network

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References

"Joon-hyuk Yang". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
"[박동희의 Mr.베이스볼] 굿바이! '푸른 피의 전설' 양준혁". naver.com. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
"[프로야구 카툰] '양신'을 떠나보내며". naver.com. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
"Veteran slugger Yang Joon-hyuk plays farewell game". Yonhap. September 19, 2010.
레전드 [History -> Legends] (in Korean). Samsung Lions official website. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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[1] "Joon-hyuk Yang". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.

[2] "[박동희의 Mr.베이스볼] 굿바이! '푸른 피의 전설' 양준혁". naver.com. Retrieved 24 September 2010.

[3] "[프로야구 카툰] '양신'을 떠나보내며". naver.com. Retrieved 24 September 2010.

[4] "Veteran slugger Yang Joon-hyuk plays farewell game". Yonhap. September 19, 2010.

[retirednumber-5] 레전드 [History -> Legends] (in Korean). Samsung Lions official website. Retrieved 13 November 2016.