Monday, April 20, 2020

KBO Players From Around the World

Teams in the KBO are allowed to have three non-Korean players (aka foreign players) on their roster. This number has been different in the past, but currently it is three per team. Teams have to have a mix of position players and pitchers, for example two pitchers and one hitter or two hitters and one pitcher. Foreign players have been playing in the KBO since 1998. I wrote an article about the first year of foreign players titled When 'mercenaries' first invaded the KBO.

I have left off players from the United States, as that is where most of the players in 1998 came from. If you are interested in seeing the rest of the players from 1998, you can check out the link to the above mentioned article or look at this old post.

Below is a list of players who were the first from their country to play in the KBO:


1998 – Eddie Cacerres (에드가 캐세레스) / IF (내야수) / Venezuela (베네수엘라) / OB Bears
1998 – Joel Chimelis (조엘 치멜리스) / IF (내야수) / Venezuela (베네수엘라) / Hanwha Eagles
1998 – Jose Parra (호세 파라) / Pitcher (투수) / Dominican Republic (도미니카 공화국) / Samsung Lions
1998 – Junior Felix (쥬니어 펠릭스 / 후니오르 펠릭스)  / OF (외야수) / Dominican Republic (도미니카 공화국) / LG Twins
2000 – Hensley Meulens (헨슬리 뮬렌 ) / OF (외야수) / Curaçao (퀴라소) / SK Wyverns
2001 – Shayne Bennett (셰인 베넷)  / Pitcher (투수) / Australia (오스트레일리아) / Doosan Bears
2001 – Carlos Baerga (카를로스 비에르가) / (2B) IF (내야수) / Puerto Rico (푸에르토리코) / Samsung Lions
2002 – Lenin Picota (레닌 피코타) / RHP (투수) / Panama (파나마 공화국) / Hanwha Eagles
2002 – Narciso Elvira (나르시소 엘비라) / Pitcher (투수) / Mexico (멕시코) / Samsung Lions
2003 – Satoshi Iriki (이리키 사토시) / Pitcher (투수) / Japan (일본) / Doosan Bears
2003 – Mike Johnson (마이크 존슨) / RHP (투수) / Canada (캐나다) / Kia Tigers
2010 – Francisley Bueno (프랜시슬리 부에노) / LHP (투수) / Cuba / (쿠바) / Hanwha Eagles
2013 – Rick VandenHurk ( 반덴허크) / Pitcher (투수) / the Netherlands (네덜란드) / Samsung Lions
2016 – Sugar Ray Marimon (슈가 레이 마리몽) / RHP (투수) / Columbia (콜롬비아) / KT Wiz
2016 – Alex Maestri (알렉스 마에스트리) / RHP (투수) / Italy (이탈리아) / Hanwha Eagles
2018 – Wei Chung Wang (왕웨이중) / LHP (투수) / Taiwan (대만) / NC Dinos

No comments:

Post a Comment