Batting average .258 Role Baseball catcher Home runs 0 Height 1.78 m | RBI 35 Weight 83 kg Name Lee Ji-young Position Catcher | |
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Number 56 (Samsung Lions / Catcher) | ||
Lee Ji-young (Hangul: 이지영, Hanja: 李志永) (born February 27, 1986 in Incheon) is a South Korean catcher for the Samsung Lions in the Korea Baseball Organization. He bats and throws right-handed.
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Amateur career
After graduating from Jemulpo High School in Incheon, Lee entered Kyungsung University in Busan. As a sophomore in 2005, Lee led his team to the collegiate championship twice (National Championship and Fall League Championship) alongside battery mate Jang Won-Sam. In August 2005, Lee was first called up to the South Korea national baseball team as an amateur player and participated in the Baseball World Cup held in the Netherlands where Team Korea eventually won the silver medal. At the World Cup, he appeared as a starting catcher in the preliminary game against Sweden.
As a senior in 2007, Lee helped the team to win two collegiate championships (Fall League Championship and President's Flag Championship) as a captain and starting catcher of the team.
Professional career
After graduation from college, Lee went undrafted in the 2008 KBO Entry Draft and signed as an original free agent with the Samsung Lions. He played no games his first year but made a positive impact next season, playing in 23 games as a backup catcher and driving in 4 runs out of 6 hits.
Lee joined the two-year military service after the 2009 season and was discharged in September 2011. In October 2011, Lee was selected for the South Korean national baseball team for the 2011 Baseball World Cup. In the tourney, he batted .289 with 13 hits including a solo home run off of Eliecer Navarro of Panama appearing in all 12 games as a fixture at first base for Team Korea.