| Bong Jung-Keun |
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| LHP |
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6-3, 208 |
Born July 15, 1980 at Seoul, Korea....Received $1.7 million bonus for signing with Atlanta Braves as a non-drafted free agent on Nov. 13, 1997....studied English as a Foreign Language at Georgia Tech....made Major League debut 4/22/2002....traded to Cincinnati Reds 3/26/2004....began 2005 season on disabled list while recovering from September 2004 shoulder surgery....broke his pitching hand during his first rehab appearance for Class A Sarasota in June ending his season....pitched for Korea in 2006 World Baseball Classic....released by Reds 5/10/2006 in order to return to Korea and continue his professional career there while being close to his family....signed a 1.35 billion won ($1.43 million) deal with the LG Twins of the Korean Baseball Organization 5/18/06....helped Korea to gold medal at 2008 Olympics in Beijing....again pitched for Korea in 2009 World Baseball Classic.
Career Statistics
Year Team W-L SV ERA G GS IP H R ER BB SO
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1998 Gulf Coast 1-1 0 1.49 11 10 48.1 31 9 8 14 56
1999 Macon 6-5 1 3.98 26 20 108.2 111 61 48 50 100
2000 Macon 7-7 0 4.23 20 19 112.2 119 65 53 45 90
Myrtle Beach 3-1 0 2.18 7 6 41.1 33 14 10 7 37
2001 Myrtle Beach 13-9 0 3.00 28 28 168.0 151 67 56 47 145
2002 Greenville 7-8 2 4.02 27 17 122.0 136 59 44 45 107
ATLANTA 0-1 0 7.50 1 1 6.0 8 5 5 2 4
2003 ATLANTA 6-2 1 5.05 44 0 57.0 56 32 32 31 47
Richmond 1-2 0 5.56 3 3 11.1 11 7 7 3 15
2004 Louisville 8-8 0 5.82 19 19 94.1 118 66 61 31 65
CINCINNATI 1-1 0 4.70 3 3 15.1 17 13 8 10 11
2005 Sarasota 0-0 0 4.50 1 1 4.0 4 3 2 1 1
2006 Chattanooga 1-1 0 5.09 4 2 17.2 20 11 10 8 17
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Major League Totals 7-4 1 5.17 48 4 78.1 81 50 45 43 62
Minor League Totals 47-42 3 3.73 148 127 731.1 737 367 303 253 636
