Dae-ho Lee
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Lee with the Mariners in 2016
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| Lotte Giants – No. 10 | |||
| First baseman | |||
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Born: June 21, 1982 Pusan, South Korea |
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| Professional debut | |||
| KBO: April 11, 2001, for the Lotte Giants | |||
| NPB: March 30, 2012, for the Orix Buffaloes | |||
| MLB: April 4, 2016, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| Last appearance | |||
| NPB: October 29, 2015, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |||
| MLB: October 3, 2016, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| KBO statistics (through 2011) |
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| Batting average | .309 | ||
| Home runs | 225 | ||
| Runs batted in | 809 | ||
| NPB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .293 | ||
| Home runs | 98 | ||
| Runs batted in | 348 | ||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .253 | ||
| Home runs | 14 | ||
| Runs batted in | 49 | ||
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| Career highlights and awards | |||
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 Lee playing for the South Korea national team in 2013 World Baseball Classic |
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| Men's baseball | ||
Representing  South Korea
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2008 Beijing | Team |
| World Baseball Classic | ||
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2009 Los Angeles | Team |
| 2015 WBSC Premier12 | ||
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2015 Tokyo | Team |
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| Revised Romanization | I Dae-ho |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Tae-ho |
Dae-ho Lee (Hangul: 이대호; Korean pronunciation: [i.dɛ̝.ɦo]; born June 21, 1982) is a South Korean professional baseball first baseman for the Lotte Giants of the KBO League. Lee has previously played for the Orix Buffaloes and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Lee bats and throws right-handed. He hit home runs in nine consecutive games for the first time in world baseball history. According to a Gallup Korea's survey conducted in 2011, Lee was chosen as the most popular player in the KBO League.
Lee started baseball because of his childhood friendship with Choo Shin-soo. Lee attended Kyungnam High School in Busan, South Korea. At Kyungnam High School, Lee batted fourth and could throw a mid-90s mph fastball as a pitcher. In 2000, he was selected for the South Korean Junior National Team as a pitcher. The team won the 2000 World Junior Baseball Championship in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and Lee led the attack alongside Kim Tae-kyun, Choo Shin-soo (the eventual MVP of this event) and Jeong Keun-woo as a cleanup hitter by racking up 3 home runs. He also finished runner-up behind Joe Mauer of Team USA in batting average (.500).
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