Jung Soo-Keun

Outfielder

Born: January 20, 1977 (age 40)

Batted: Light

Threw: Light

KBO debut

April 2, 1995, for the OB Bears

Last KBO appearance

August 30, 2009, for the Lotte Giants

KBO statistics

Batting average

.280

Home runs

RBI

450

Teams

OB Bears / Doosan Bears (1995–2003)
Lotte Giants (2004–2009)

Career highlights and awards

2x KBO Golden Glove Award winner (1999, 2001)
2x KBO All-Star Game MVP (2004, 2007)
2x Korean Series champion (1995, 2001)

Olympic medal record
Men’s baseball
Representing South Korea
	2000 Sydney	Team

Jung Soo-Keun (Hangul: 정수근, Hanja: 鄭守根) (born January 20, 1977 in Seoul, South Korea) is a retired South Korean baseball player who played for the Doosan Bears and Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization.

Jung won four consecutive stolen bases titles (1998-2001) in the KBO league. Over his career he compiled 474 stolen bases, a .280 batting average and 866 runs in 1544 games. His 474 stolen bases rank 3rd behind Jeon Jun-Ho and Lee Jong-Beom.

In 2000, Jung was part of the South Korea national baseball team which won the bronze medal in the baseball tournament of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

In February 2003, Jung was arrested in Honolulu, Hawaii on charges of battery after slashing two men in a Korean restaurant when he was joining the Doosan Bears spring training camp.

On July 26, 2004, Jung was arrested on assault charges for hitting a man with a baseball bat in Haeundae-gu, Busan. He was arrested again on July 16, 2008 for allegedly punching two security guards and a policeman in Busan.

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