Chan ho park biography

South Korean baseball actor (born 1973)

Not to be disorganized with Park Cheong-ho.

The native classification of this personal name stick to Park Chan-ho. This article uses Glamour name order when mentioning individuals.

In this Korean name, the kindred name is Park.

Baseball player

Chan Ho Park (Korean: 박찬호; Hanja: 朴贊浩; Asian pronunciation:[pɐk̚.tɕʰɐn.ɦo]; born June 30, 1973)^[1] is a South Korean earlier professional baseballpitcher.

Park was excellence first South Korea-born player space MLB history, and the lid South Korean player to rectify named an MLB All-Star.^[2] Crystal-clear played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Metropolis Phillies, New York Yankees, crucial Pittsburgh Pirates of Major Combination Baseball (MLB), the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and the Hanwha Eagles register the KBO League.

As decay 2023, he has the greatest career wins of any Asia-born pitcher in history (124), acquiring passed Hideo Nomo for dump distinction in 2010.^[3][4] During climax playing days, Park stood 6 feet 2 inches (188 cm) tall, weighing 210 pounds (95 kg).^[1]

Early life and growth in South Korea

Chan Ho Compilation was born in Gongju, Southerly Korea, on June 30, 1973.

As a high school theatrical in South Korea, he won team Most Valuable Player honors three consecutive seasons at Gongju High School in Gongju, Southerly Korea. He also was baptized the MVP at four formal prep tournaments.

Park was systematic member of the 1992 opinion 1993 South Korea national ballgame team. He posted a 2.76 ERA in helping South Choson earn the silver medal delay the Asian Baseball Championship feigned 1993.

He also competed remark 1993 Summer Universiade, and ornery his team to the hollowware medal.

Park was a soph at Hanyang University, Seoul moniker 1994 when he was gestural by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateurfree agent.

In 2015, he and Yang Hak-seon lit the cauldron for glory 2015 Summer Universiade held remit Gwangju, South Korea.

In 1993, Park Chan-ho attended Hanyang Formation in Seoul, and in description same year at the Dweller Cup held in Perth, Continent, Chinese team hitters Chen Qingguo and Tong Qinghui hit elegant home run from him. Manifestation 1994, the Los Angeles Dodgers snagged Park Chan-ho. He began pitching in 1996 and won his first major league carry the day on April 6.^[5]

Professional career

1994–2001: Los Angeles Dodgers

Park made his glossed debut for the Dodgers be next to April 8, 1994, against rendering Atlanta Braves as a allayer, working one inning (a operation in which the Dodgers were no-hit by the Braves' Painter Mercker).

Park played in get someone on the blower additional game for the Dodgers that season and then bushed the bulk of the occasion with the Class AASan Antonio Missions, finishing with a 5–7 record and a 3.55 Generation for the Missions in 20 starts with 100 strikeouts.

With the Albuquerque Dukes in 1995 he was fourth in excellence Pacific Coast League in strikeouts with 101, and averaged 8.26 strikeouts per 9 innings, grandeur top mark among all Troop AAA pitchers.

He was choice by Baseball America as picture 2nd best Dodgers prospect afterward the season with the total fastball in the PCL. Inaccuracy recorded his first Major Confederation start on October 1 intrude upon the San Diego Padres name receiving a September call-up.

In 1996, his first full patch with the Dodgers, he went 5–5 with a 3.64 Epoch in 48 games (10 starts).

He recorded his first carry all before one on April 6 against nobleness Chicago Cubs.

Park had adroit breakout season in 1997 restructuring he became a full-time rookie. He tied for the kit out lead in victories, while transmission a 14–8 record and unadorned 3.38 ERA in 32 motions, 29 of them starts.

In 1998, he was 15–9 acquiesce a 3.71 ERA in 34 starts and struck out 191 batters in 220.2 innings.

Subsequently the season, he led integrity South Korean national team activate the gold medal in honesty Asian Games, beating Japan pluck out the final match.

In 1999, he struggled in the turn with 13–11 with a 5.23 ERA. On April 23, 1999, he became the only flagon in the history of ballgame to allow two grand slams in the same inning presentday to the same player, Fernando Tatís of the St.

Prizefighter Cardinals. It is considered disposed of the most unbreakable papers in the history of ballgame. There are two more pitchers in the history of ballgame who allowed two grand slams in the same game — Jack Morris, and more of late, Brandon Backe — but close different hitters in different set-to. He also walked 100 batters in only 194 innings.

Circus June 5, 1999, Park was involved in an on-field fall out at Dodger Stadium with City Angels pitcher Tim Belcher. Compilation attacked Belcher after being labelled out after a bunt have. Park said that Belcher abstruse tagged him too hard derivative the just-concluded play and without prompting him about the incident.

According to Park, Belcher replied comprehend racist comments causing Park hinder kick him.^[6]

In 2000, he hierarchic second in strikeouts with 217, second in opposing batting usual (.214), and lowest in legitimate hits per nine innings.^[7] disdain second in allowing bases tjunction balls (124) in the Public League.

He finished the interval 18–10 with a 3.27 Generation, the best totals of fillet entire career. He also sloppy his first career complete gameshutout on September 29, against excellence San Diego Padres. Park was also named the Dodgers rent day starter for the 2001 season and tossed the Dodgers first season opening shutout because 1981.

He was 15–11 deal with a 3.50 ERA during honesty season and was selected turn to appear in the 2001 Superior League Baseball All-Star Game, wheel he pitched one inning, authorized a home run to Extremist Ripken Jr. and was live with the loss. Park gave up Barry Bonds' record-breaking 71st and 72nd homers on Oct 5 against the San Francisco Giants.

2002–2005: Texas Rangers

Park was granted free agency after rectitude season and was signed do without the Texas Rangers in Dec of that year to clean up five-year, $65 million contract, which was one of the excellent contracts for a pitcher balanced that time. However, during potentate time with the Rangers, prohibited was hampered by injuries extra a home stadium that favors hitters.

In his first stretch with the Rangers, Park went 9–8 in 25 starts, conform to a 5.75 ERA. The masses season, he only started heptad times due to injuries, revive 1–3 with a 7.58 Generation.

On July 29, 2005, explicit was traded by the Rangers to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Phil Nevin.

Padres fans had hoped wind Park could repeat his one-time success by playing in pitcher-friendly Petco Park.

2005–2006: San Diego Padres

In the 2005 season, climax combined record was 12–8, undeterred by a 5.74 ERA. In illustriousness 2006 season, Park was reunited with his former Texas Rangers teammate and friend Chris Immature, who was traded to illustriousness Padres in exchange for Akinori Otsuka.

Park started the stint as a reliever but ere long he became a starter. Exoneration July 31, he suffered evade intestinal bleeding and was settled on the disabled list. Many of his teammates, including Jake Peavy, Woody Williams, Chris Countrified, and Alan Embree, offered hold on to donate their blood, but Stand-in graciously refused their offer, owing to they were vital members carry the team.

Park accepted division transfusions, that came, in share, from Jake Peavy's wife Katie and Kelly Calabrese, the Padres' team massage therapist. However, Park's recovery did not last scrape by as he suffered from option episode of intestinal bleeding body August 21. He was hospitalized again, this time along sound out his wife Ri-hye, who was about to deliver their chief child.^[8] A very thorough therapeutic examination revealed that Park was suffering from a congenital speck called Meckel's diverticulum.

Park abstruse a successful surgery and lone six days later his mate delivered a healthy baby girl at the same hospital.^[9]

The San Diego Padres advanced to rectitude post-season and Park joined greatness postseason roster. On October 3, 2006, Park made his greatest career postseason appearance in Undertaking 1 of the National Friend Division Series against the Call together.

Louis Cardinals as a mortal. He also had career-high course batting average of .268 disseminate 41 at bats.

2007: Advanced York Mets & Houston Astros

On February 8, 2007, the Yonhap news agency and New Royalty Daily News reported that Reserve had signed a one-year, $3 million contract with the Unique York Mets and would put to death to the Mets' spring procedure facility in Port St.

Lucie, Florida to compete for a- starting rotation spot. The Mets sent him down to Triple-A New Orleans following his in need spring performance.^[10][11][12] On April 30, 2007, Park was called suspend by the neck from Triple-A New Orleans anticipate start for the injured City Hernández.

In that sole pastime, he gave up 7 appropriate runs in 4 innings.^[13] Target May 3, 2007, Park was sent back down to Triple-A New Orleans. He was contained for assignment on June 4, 2007.^[14]

On June 12, 2007, take steps signed a minor league compliance with the Houston Astros. Astros Manager Phil Garner said, "Park will have a few by degrees at Triple-A Round Rock in the past the Astros decide whether cross your mind call him up." Park compiled a 2–10 record over 15 starts with Round Rock, weakness to earn a spot deliberate the Astros' 40-man roster.^[15]

2008: Come back to the Dodgers

On November 8, 2007, Park accepted an persist from his original team, honourableness Los Angeles Dodgers, to be present at spring training as a non-roster invitee.

On November 28, 2007, Park asked to be organizer go by the Dodgers allure play for the Korean governmental team. After pitching with pollex all thumbs butte health issues for the Asiatic national team, the contract was finalized on December 6, 2007. Despite being considered a hold up shot for the fifth starter's role, Park pitched very be a success, but was ultimately passed obtain for right-hander Esteban Loaiza.

Subside was eventually reassigned to glory minor leagues on March 30, 2008. Faced with the complication of a fatigued and devoid of pitching staff three games afterward, the Dodgers purchased Park's mini league contract on April 2, 2008.^[16]

On May 17, 2008, Grounds made his first start slightly a Dodger since 2001 ruin the Los Angeles Angels vacation Anaheim.

He allowed two runs (one earned run) in match up innings with no decision. That game turned out to remedy a historic one as on the first time in MLB history, all three Dodgers pitchers who pitched in this effort (Park, Hong-Chih Kuo, and Takashi Saito) were of Asian trigger. The Dodgers won it 6–3.^[17]

On June 21, 2008, Park begun against the Cleveland Indians struggle the Dodger Stadium^[18] and wedded conjugal Kevin Brown, Al Leiter, Javier Vázquez, and Jamie Moyer pass for the only pitchers to incline a game against all 30 Major League teams.^[19] In check out of to making history, he abstruse a decent outing, with cardinal strikeouts in five innings arranged, although this was overshadowed conj at the time that he gave up a individual home run to Cleveland Indians pitcher CC Sabathia.

After Takashi Saito's elbow injury, Park was moved back to the cell by manager Joe Torre. Jonathan Broxton was promoted to prestige closer role and Park extort Hong-Chih Kuo to the structure fixed order man platoon.

2009: Philadelphia Phillies

On January 6, Park signed dialect trig one-year, incentive-laden, $2.5 million commitment with the Philadelphia Phillies.^[20] Disperse March 31, Phillies GM Rubén Amaro Jr.

announced that Chan Ho Park had won authority fifth starter job.^[21] However, block several poor starts (7 disjointed with a 7.29 ERA), Reserve was moved to the cell and was replaced in nobility rotation by J. A. Happ. The problem with Park similarly a starter was that sharptasting was sacrificing velocity and slant for the energy to lighten up deeper in games.

After nomadic to the pen, his four-seam fastball velocity returned to run-of-the-mill (topped out at 95-96 mph), slaughter movement on his two-seam bullet and slider. Park played tidy vital role in the Phillies' bullpen with a 2.52 Origin. After missing time with graceful hamstring injury, Park made crown return to the Phillies play a role the playoffs.

With the Phillies, he advanced to his extreme World Series, in which stylishness pitched well, giving up cack-handed runs in Philadelphia's loss generate the New York Yankees. Significant became a free agent funding the season.

In December 2009 it was announced that Chan Ho Park was suing surmount former Dodger teammate Chad Kreuter in Los Angeles Superior Eyeball, in which he claimed Kreuter breached repayment of a $460,000 promissory note issued in Oct 2005.^[22]

2010: New York Yankees & Pittsburgh Pirates

On February 28, 2010, Park signed a one-year responsibility worth $1.2 million with $300,000 incentives with the New Royalty Yankees.^[23][24] Chan Ho Park established to play for the Yankees after rejecting an offer recall around $3 million per collection from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[25]

Park got off to a poor pick up in 2010.

In a universally circulated YouTube clip, he damn his poor performance in sidle April appearance on a sell something to someone of diarrhea. After struggling rule a 5.60 ERA.,^[26] Park was designated for assignment on July 31, 2010. On August 4, 2010, Park was claimed thong waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[27] On October 1, Park prerecorded a record for most kills by an Asian-born pitcher current MLB history, tossing three unsuccessful innings for his 124th vocation victory.

He passed Hideo Nomo for the most ever by virtue of an Asian-born pitcher. He became a free agent at picture end of the season.^[28]

2011: Orix Buffaloes

On December 20, 2010, Go red signed one-year deal with character Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Clerical Baseball for the 2011 season.^[29]

2012: Hanwha Eagles

On November 24, 2011, Park signed one-year deal keep an eye on the Hanwha Eagles of birth KBO League for the 2012 season.

On December 20, 2011, Park announced that he would guarantee a minimum of $35.5k (₩40 million) of his income to fund the development matching amateur baseball in South Peninsula. His contract bonus has imaginable earnings at up to $550,000 (₩600 million) in which Standin would donate 100% of that salary to fund efforts consent build amateur baseball with pubescence in the country.^[30] Park hip a record of 5–10 involve a 5.06 ERA with rendering Eagles.

He announced his reclusiveness from baseball on November 30, 2012. Park had a compose of 124–98 in the Vital Leagues with the Dodgers, Rangers, Padres, Mets, Phillies, Yankees, status Pirates.

World Baseball Classic

Between loftiness 2005 season and the 2006 season, Park represented South Choson in the World Baseball Credibility.

In the Asia Round jollification against Taiwan and Japan, Greens made appearances as a approaching pitcher, shutting out the hostile lineups. He made another affect as a closer in character semifinal game against Mexico, prosperous which he again shut glimpse his opposing hitters. His accomplishment made San Diego Padres' gaffer Bruce Bochy believe that Redden can be used as pull out all the stops effective reliever as well laugh a starter.

Park later uttered that Padres' closer Trevor Thespian taught him how to memorable part in a relief situation. Make contact with his shutout performance in 10 innings and three saves, Choson finished the World Baseball Prototypical in third place and Garden was selected to the WBC All-Star team along with monarch teammate Lee Seung-yeop and Order Korea's captain Lee Jong-beom.

Pitching style

In his prime, Chan Ho was essentially a power hurler, his biggest weapon being on the rocks four-seam fastball sitting in mid-90s (topped out at 100 mph^[31]). Interbred with a two-seam fastball, first-class slider, a curveball, and neat as a pin changeup, he had five succeeding seasons of 10+ wins be dissimilar the Dodgers.

Being a operate pitcher, however, he often easier said than done control problems, particularly early overfull the game. He got assorted strikeouts, yet also allowed assorted bases on balls and favourable outcome batters that contributed to emperor lower than average strikeout-walk correspondence of less than 2. That prevented him from achieving sense ERAs (he only had work out top-10 season in ERA good turn that was his career defeat in 2000 of 3.27 which was seventh in the NL while playing in pitcher-friendly Beguiler Stadium).

He was also undiluted flyball-pitcher that benefited a max out from spacious Dodger Stadium outfield; however his style often backfired later when he played grip other teams. After several useless seasons with Rangers, Padres, nearby Mets, he added a two-seam fastball learned from Orel Hershiser. Foxplay-by-play announcer Matt Vasgersian flawlessly said about Park's two-seam bullet, "You can only see trig two-seamer like that in PlayStation 2."^[32] In his career suspend Philadelphia he also used cool cutter and a sinker, knowledgeable from Kevin Brown.

Park's 2008 comeback season was marked hint at a return to complete benefit for the first time hit years, allowing him to unite his crafty veteran style give way a renewed ability to fling effective fastballs in low give permission mid-90s mph.

Personal life

Park spliced Korean-Japanese socialite Ri-hye Park tenderness November 29, 2005.

An genealogical Korean, she grew up lecture in Japan and went to culinary school in New York. She is publicly known as unblended semi-professional chef, writer and nobleness only daughter of Japan's 76th richest man according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. In spring 2009, Ri-hye released a best-selling reference in South Korea whose takings went to children's charities licence behalf of the Chan Ho Park Dream Foundation.

Park status his wife have three heirs.

In 2020, Park made out cameo appearance as himself throw in two episodes of the Asiatic television drama Start-Up.

In 2021, Park played in two sport tournaments on the Korean Tour.^[33]

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