Who is Choi Dong-won? ... Myth won the Lotte Giants in 1984, winning four games alone.
2019-10-26 17:45:48
Interest in professional baseball star Choi Dong-won rose to the real-time search query on October 26.
Korean professional baseball has produced many stars since its launch in 1982.
You can't easily say who is the best player among them, but you can't speak Korean professional baseball without Choi Dong-won's name.
Choe Dong-won pitched 103 wins, 74 losses and 26 saves in eight seasons since his professional debut in 1983.
He posted a 2.46 ERA and 1,019 strikeouts.
But he is also a pitcher who rarely falls in the top ten in the record.
However, in 1984, he made a fall miracle in the Korean series and became a god of Busan baseball.
Choi won four league wins in the Korean Series in the 7-game 4-winning game, leading the weak Lotte.
A more dramatic match than the 1984 Korean Series may not be seen again in Korean professional baseball.
Choi Dong-Won won the game in the first and third rounds with 9 innings and 7 hits in total (Lotte 4-0 Samsung) and 9 innings in 6 hits and 2 runs, respectively.
In Game 5, he hit two runs in eight innings and six hits, but Lotte lost to 2-3.
Choi Dong Won won the game.
Kang took the series to the final game, winning Choi Choi with 6-1, using Choi Dong-won as a salvation pitcher in five games.
Choi Dong-won, who climbed the mound in the seventh game, sprinkled the ball with a light heart.
He scored four points early in the game, but in the eighth-round Lotte attack, Yoo Yoo-yeol shot three stores that cleared out the sluggishness (17 at bats and 17 hits) until the 6th round, and the game reversed to 6-4, leading the miraculous Korean Series.
Choi Dong-won, who won four innings in the Korean Series alone, had the best year in the regular season, beating Samsung Lee Man-soo, who won three batting titles.
The second chance that went to the 1981 and just before the sacraments is even greater.
Choi was chosen as the best player in the 1981 Intercontinental Cup in Canada, where he played eight perfect games against Canada.
Major league clubs, who highly valued Choi's pitching, were offered and signed a contract with Toronto Blue Jays for an annual salary of $ 610,000, but Choi's dream of going abroad was not fulfilled because of military service problems.
Since then, he has won 20 wins in 1985, 19 wins in 1986, and 14 wins in 1987, continuing his reputation as the best pitcher of his time.
However, in 1988, it was traded to Samsung Lions because of the formation of athlete council to protect the rights of players.
After the trade, he lost his motivation and was in a recession. In 1990, he retired from his brilliant career.
By the end of his relatively short professional career in eight years, he made 248 appearances in 1414.2 innings, earned 103 wins, 26 saves, 74 strikeouts, 1019 strikeouts and an average ERA of 2.46, and completed 80 games.
15 games).
As the best ace in the 30 years history of Korean professional baseball, he was on the mound wearing trademark gold frame glasses.
The main weapons were fastballs and free-falling curves reaching 150km / h.
Due to his ability to fight since his amateur days, he had the nickname 'Iron Arms.'
In 1977-1978, he was on the mound almost every game and pitched more than 200 innings for five consecutive years from 1983 to 1987.
After retirement, he ran for election in the local council, and was also a broadcasting commentator and broadcaster.
After 10 years of retirement in 2001, he returned to the ground and began his leadership career as coach of Hanwha Eagles, becoming coach of Hanwha 2nd Army in 2007.
In September, passed away.
The friendly team, Lotte Giants, made his permanent number 11 for his career as a player.
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