Byung-ho Park
| Byung-ho Park 박병호 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Park with the Kiwoom Heroes in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Samsung Lions – No. 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Designated hitter / First baseman | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: July 10, 1986 Seoul, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||||||||
| KBO: April 2, 2005, for the LG Twins | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB: April 4, 2016, for the Minnesota Twins | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||||||||
| June 28, 2016, for the Minnesota Twins | |||||||||||||||||||||
| KBO statistics (through 2024 season) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .275 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 403 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 1,211 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .191 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 박병호 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Byeongho |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Pyŏngho |
Byungho Park (Korean: 박병호; Hanja: 朴炳鎬; Korean pronunciation: [pak̚.p͈jʌŋ.ɦo]; born July 10, 1986) is a South Korean professional baseball designated hitter and first baseman for the Samsung Lions of the KBO League. He previously played for the LG Twins, Kiwoom Heroes, and KT Wiz, and Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). In the KBO, Park had two consecutive seasons with 50 home runs (2014–2015) and was the home run title winner for four consecutive seasons (2012–2015). He holds the KBO record for runs batted in during a single season, with 146 RBI in 2015.