Ryu Joong-il
| Ryu Joong-il | |||||||||||||||
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| Shortstop / Manager | |||||||||||||||
| Born: April 28, 1963 Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| KBO debut | |||||||||||||||
| April 6, 1987, for the Samsung Lions | |||||||||||||||
| Last KBO appearance | |||||||||||||||
| October 20, 1999, for the Samsung Lions | |||||||||||||||
| KBO statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .265 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 45 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 359 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
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As coach As manager | |||||||||||||||
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As manager
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Ryu Joong-il (born April 28, 1963) is a former South Korean baseball player who is currently a former manager of the LG Twins of the KBO League.[1]
Ryu had a 30-year association with the Samsung Lions, from 1987 to 2016, starting as a player, then as a junior coach, a regular coach, and finally as the team's manager. As the Lions' manager from 2011 to 2016, he led the team to the Korean Series five straight times (2011–2015), winning the championship four times (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) and finishing second once (2015).
References
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Career statistics and player information from Korea Baseball Organization
Categories:
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Samsung Lions managers
- Samsung Lions coaches
- Samsung Lions players
- KBO League shortstops
- Baseball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic baseball players for South Korea
- Hanyang University alumni
- Kyeongbuk High School alumni
- Sportspeople from North Gyeongsang Province
- People from Yeongdeok County
- South Korean baseball managers
- South Korean baseball coaches
- South Korean baseball players
- 2013 World Baseball Classic managers
- Asian Games baseball managers
- South Korea national baseball team managers
- LG Twins managers
- Munhwa Yu clan
- South Korean baseball infielder stubs
- Baseball shortstop stubs