Lee Seung-yuop was born on 18 August 1976 and is a retired baseball player and the current manager of the Doosan Bears.
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19 Facts About Lee Seung-yuop
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Lee Seung-yuop spent most of his career with the Samsung Lions of the KBO League.
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Lee Seung-yuop formerly held the Asian home run record of 56 homers in a season, established in 2003 while playing for Samsung in the KBO.
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Lee Seung-yuop holds the KBO records for career home runs, runs scored, RBIs, total bases, and slugging percentage.
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Combined, across the KBO and NPB, Lee has recorded more hits than any other native-born South Korean player.
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Lee Seung-yuop started his career with the Samsung Lions of the KBO League in 1995 and played with them for nine seasons.
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Lee Seung-yuop was the first player in the KBO League to hit 50 home runs in a season when he clubbed 54 in 1999.
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Lee Seung-yuop set the single-season home run mark with 56 in 2003.
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In 2004 Lee Seung-yuop signed with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League for two years.
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Lee Seung-yuop signed a one-year contract with the Yomiuri Giants for 210 million yen, including a 50 million yen signing bonus, for the 2006 season.
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Lee Seung-yuop explicitly showed interest in making a move to Major League Baseball.
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Lee Seung-yuop hit just 14 home runs and drove in 50 runs while batting.
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However, Lee Seung-yuop was under contract to play with the Yomiuri Giants for the 2006 season.
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On 1 August 2006, Lee Seung-yuop became only the third professional baseball player to hit 400 career home runs before the age of 30.
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On 3 August 2006, a report on MLB Radio on XM satellite radio stated that the New York Yankees and Lee Seung-yuop had agreed to start negotiations during the offseason after the 2006 regular season.
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Lee Seung-yuop played with the Lions until his retirement at age 41 at the end of the 2017 season.
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Lee Seung-yuop played for the South Korean national team in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.
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