BIOGRAPHY
Jung-hoo Lee was born on August 20, 1998, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He is an outfielder in the MLB.
In a profile of his father when Lee Jung-hoo was seven years old, he was already attracting attention for his devotion to baseball and his skill at the game.
Lee was selected by the Nexen Heroes in the 2017 Draft (held in 2016), as an infielder. Following a great spring training, Lee was included on the team's opening day roster at age 18 without going through the KBO Futures League. Converted to an outfielder, Lee became the first rookie out of high school to appear in every game for a KBO team. He finished the season batting .324/.395/.417 with 2 home runs, 47 RBIs, 12 stolen bases, and 179 hits, which set a new rookie record for hits. At the conclusion of the season, Lee was voted KBO League Rookie of the Year.
In 2018, he batted .355/.412/.477. In 2019 he batted .336/.386/.456.
In 2019, he won series MVP in the playoffs. His father, Lee Jong-beom, won the MVP award in the 1993 Korean Series, with a batting average of .310 (9 hits in 29 at-bats) and three steals, the most in a game. With Lee Jung-hoo's selection, it became the first time in the KBO that both father and son won a postseason MVP award.
Lee won another Golden Glove Award in 2020 with a batting line of .333, 15 home runs, 101 RBI, and a career-high OPS of .921.
In the 2022 season, Lee won the KBO League Most Valuable Player Award.
In 2023, Lee played in 85 games for Kiwoom, and hit .319/.407/.456 with 6 home runs and 45 RBI.
Jung-hoo Lee was signed by the San Francisco Giants during the 2023 offseason.
