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Yang Joon-hyuk

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Yang Joon-hyuk is a retired South Korean professional baseball outfielder who batted left-handed, born on July 10, 1969. He spent most of his career with the Samsung Lions in the KBO League and ended his playing days after the 2010 season. Known by the nickname Yangshin, which can be read as God Yang, he led the league in batting four times and holds six career batting records. One of them was the career home run mark of 351, which stood until Lee Seung-yeop passed it. The Lions retired his number 10 in recognition of that career. After he stopped playing he took part in the KBS2 reality-variety show Qualifying Men, and in 2022 he signed with the entertainment company Janggoon Entertainment.

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