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Sun Dong-yol

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Sun Dong-yol is a South Korean retired baseball pitcher and former manager, born on 10 January 1963. He pitched in the KBO League and in Nippon Professional Baseball, and later managed the Samsung Lions and the Kia Tigers in the KBO. He is counted among the most celebrated pitchers in the history of the KBO League: he was voted the league's Most Valuable Player three times, won the Pitching Triple Crown four times, received six Golden Gloves and was a nine-time KBO All-Star. He holds the record for the lowest career earned run average in Korea Professional Baseball, at 1.20, and his teams won six Korean Series titles. He also played for the South Korea national team in the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, where the baseball tournament ended in fourth place, and the Kia Tigers retired his uniform number 18.

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1963 1
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is a South Korean retired baseball pitcher and former manager
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1. Sun Dong-yol (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, born
    born January 10, 1963
  • Lead, honours
    He was voted Most Valuable Player of the league three times, won the Pitching Triple Crown four times, was awarded six Golden Gloves, and was a nine-time KBO All-Star.
  • Lead, nationality
    is a South Korean retired baseball pitcher and former manager
  • Plays: Baseball, Lead
    is a South Korean retired baseball pitcher and former manager
  • Competed In: Nippon Professional Baseball, Lead
    He was a pitcher in the KBO League and Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Competed In: 1984 Summer Olympics, Amateur career
    Sun competed for the South Korea national team in the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics
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