Ha Jae-hoon (baseball)
Jae-hoon Ha | |
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SK Wyverns – No. 13 | |
Outfielder/Pitcher | |
Born: Jinju, South Korea | October 29, 1990|
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
NPB debut | |
2016, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows | |
Teams | |
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Jae-Hoon Ha (born October 29, 1990) is a South Korean professional baseball pitcher for the SK Wyverns of the KBO. He was formerly an outfielder for the Tokushima Indigo Socks of Shikoku Island League Plus but converted to pitching full-time when he joined the KBO.
Career
Ha played in Minor League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs organization as an outfielder from 2009 through 2015. He was named to appear in the 2012 All-Star Futures Game, and in a plate appearance against Major League Baseball pitcher Gerrit Cole he hit a home run.[1][2] Ha signed with the Swallows before the 2016 season.
Prior to the 2019 KBO season, Ha signed with the SK Wyverns. Ha took on the role of closer for the Wyverns in the 2019 season and saved a league-leading 36 games.
References
- ^ Mayo, Jonathan (May 24, 2013). ymd=20120620&content_id=33663130&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb "Prospects pack rosters for 2012 All-Star Futures Game | MLB.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1990 births
- All-Star Futures Game players
- Baseball pitchers
- Boise Hawks players
- Daytona Cubs players
- Eugene Emeralds players
- Iowa Cubs players
- Living people
- Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders
- Peoria Chiefs players
- SK Wyverns players
- South Korean baseball players
- South Korean expatriate baseball players in Japan
- South Korean expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Tennessee Smokies players
- Tigres de Aragua players
- Tokyo Yakult Swallows players
- South Korean baseball biography stubs
- Baseball outfielder stubs