Dae-sung Koo

Koo Dae-sung (born 2 August 1969) is a Korean former professional baseball pitcher. A left-hander, he became one so after breaking his right arm as a child. He began his professional career in 1993 with the Hanwha Eagles of the KBO League and in 1996 won both the league MVP award and a Gold Glove Award. He pitched for South Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he led the team to a bronze medal with a complete game victory over Japan, then spent four seasons with the Orix BlueWave in Japan. In 2005 he joined the New York Mets, and his only major league hit, a double against Randy Johnson, became his best known moment. He later returned to the Hanwha Eagles and pitched in the Australian Baseball League for the Sydney Blue Sox, and he has been a manager in Chinese professional baseball.