12 Facts About Seung-hwan Oh

Seung-hwan Oh previously played for the Lions in South Korea, the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan, and the St Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, and Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball.

Seung-hwan Oh is known as "Dol-bucheo" for being unshaken and maintaining an emotionless face in every situation.

Seung-hwan Oh had been a pitcher since he began baseball, then switched to the outfield after suffering serious arm injuries in 1999.

Seung-hwan Oh joined the 2001 KBO draft at the end of his last high school season, but, despite intriguing some MLB scouts, went undrafted, and Oh elected to attend college instead.

Seung-hwan Oh led his team to the bronze medal, playing most of the games in closer duty.

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Seung-hwan Oh's 47 saves in 2006 set a KBO League record for one season, a total he repeated in 2011.

Seung-hwan Oh collected his 200th save in his 333rd career appearance, making him the fastest player in all of the world's top professional leagues to achieve that total, surpassing the mark of 359 forged by Jonathan Papelbon of Major League Baseball.

Seung-hwan Oh had his second elbow surgery to remove bone spurs in 2010 and returned to the playoffs in the same year.

Seung-hwan Oh now holds the record for the most saves by a Korean pitcher in their first year in Japan, beating the previous record set by Lim, who had 33 saves in 2008 when he started playing for the Swallows.

Seung-hwan Oh saved another 41 games that year, breaking his own NPB single-season record for most saves by a Korean pitcher.

Seung-hwan Oh was initially assigned to help set up for incumbent closer Trevor Rosenthal.

Seung-hwan Oh pitched one inning, walking two batters and striking out two batters, while throwing 27 pitches.