Taek-keun Lee
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Taek-keun Lee
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 0", Weight 183 lb.
- School Korea University
Taek-keun Lee is an outfielder who has hit over .300 every season from 2005-2007.
Lee debuted in the Korea Baseball Organization with the 2003 Hyundai Unicorns, hitting .278/~.352/.387 in 212 AB over 101 games. In 2004, he was just 12 for 57 for Hyundai, but he bounced back in 2005 with a .331/~.440/.439 batting line in limited action (139 AB, 71 G). He became a regular in 2006 and batted .322/~.400/.446. He won a Gold Glove as one of the top three outfielders in the league. For the 2007 Unicorns, Lee hit .313/.382/.427 and finished 9th in the KBO in average.
Lee played for South Korea in the 2007 Asian Championship, going 2 for 7 with a walk, double and time hit by pitch. He drove in one of two South Korean runs in their 4-2 loss to Japan. He again was on the Korean national squad for the 2008 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament, hitting .320/.345/.360 as a CF-DH and South Korea clinched a spot in the 2008 Olympics. He played for the Gold Medal-winning Koreans in the 2008 Olympics, batting .188/.176/.375 as a backup CF-1B-DH. His biggest moment was scoring the winning run against Team USA, beating a throw home from Nate Schierholtz on a sacrifice fly.
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