Choi Dong-won
| Choi Dong-won | |||
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Born: May 24, 1958 Busan, South Korea |
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Died: September 14, 2011 (aged 53) Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea |
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| KBO debut | |||
| 1983, for the Lotte Giants | |||
| Last KBO appearance | |||
| 1990, for the Samsung Lions | |||
| KBO statistics | |||
| Win-Loss | 103–74 | ||
| Saves | 26 | ||
| Earned Run Average | 2.46 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1019 | ||
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Representing  South Korea
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| Men's baseball | ||
| Baseball World Cup | ||
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1982 Seoul | Team |
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1980 Tokyo | Team |
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1978 Rome | Team |
| Intercontinental Cup | ||
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1977 Managua | Team |
| Choi Dong-won | |
| Hangul | 최동원 |
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| Hanja | 崔東原 |
| Revised Romanization | Choe Dongwon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Tongwŏn |
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As coach
Choi Dong-won (Hangul: 최동원, Hanja: 崔東原) (May 24, 1958 – September 14, 2011) was a South Korean pitcher in the KBO League who played for the Lotte Giants and Samsung Lions. Choi batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Busan.
In 1975, Choi gained national attention at the Champions Invitational Tournament where he threw a complete game no-hitter against 1974 national champion Kyungbuk High School and took another no-hitter into the ninth inning in the team's next game before it was broken up by an infield single. In 1976, he led his team to win the Blue Dragon Flag National Championship, setting a high-school record for most strikeouts in a major-tournament game with 20 in the semifinal and earning 4 out of the team's 5 wins during the tourney. In September 1976, Choi was selected for the South Korean junior national team and competed in the 3–game friendly series against Japan where he hurled a one-run complete game victory in Game 1, and racked up another victory the very next day in Game 2 coming up on relief in the third inning and throwing seven innings of one-run ball.
Upon graduation from high school, Choi entered Yonsei University and played college baseball from 1977 to 1980. In November 1977, Choi was first called up to the South Korea senior baseball team and played an important role in the team's first world championship at the 1977 Intercontinental Cup held in Nicaragua.
After graduation from Yonsei University in 1981, Choi signed with the Lotte amateur baseball team. In August 1981, Choi competed for South Korea in the 1981 Intercontinental Cup where he posted a 2–0 record and an ERA of 1.32. Choi took a perfect game with 11 strikeouts into the bottom of the ninth inning against Canada in round-robin phase before giving up a single. However, he was eventually named the tourney's Best Pitcher.
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