Batting average .266 RBI 14 | Home runs 0 Name Hur Kyoung-min | |
Hur Kyoung-min (Hangul: 허경민, Hanja: 許敬民) (born August 26, 1990 in Gwangju) is a shortstop who plays for the Doosan Bears in the South Korean professional baseball league. He bats and throws right-handed.
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Amateur career
While attending Gwangju Jaeil High School, Hur was considered one of the Big 4 shortstops in the Korean high school baseball league along with future KBO stars An Chi-Hong, Kim Sang-Su and Oh Ji-Hwan.
In 2008, Hur was selected for the South Korea national junior baseball team again to compete at the World Junior Baseball Championship, where they claimed their fifth tournament title. In the tourney, he batted .200 (6-for-30) with 2 RBIs and 5 runs, playing in all 8 games as a starting shortstop.
Professional career
Hur was selected by the Doosan Bears with the 15th overall pick of the 2009 KBO Draft. However, Hur spent his entire 2009 season in the Bears' second-tier team.
After the 2009 season, Hur temporarily left the Bears to serve a two-year mandatory military commitment. He has been playing for the Korea Police Baseball Team during the military duty.