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Baseball players born in Korea, Rep.

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Korea, Rep.

Unique active players · 1871–2025

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First recorded appearances by decade

  1. 1990s
    3
  2. 2000s
    10
  3. 2010s
    10
  4. 2020s
    6

Players in this selection (29)

Each player is counted once, including players who changed teams. These are recorded birthplaces, not citizenship.

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29 matching records · Unique players
Place / recordUnique playersContextExplore
Byung Ho Park1First positive recorded appearance: 2016 · Seoul, Seoul, South KoreaSource record
Byung-Hyun Kim1First positive recorded appearance: 1999 · Gwangju, Gwangju, South KoreaSource record
Cha-Seung Baek1First positive recorded appearance: 2004 · Busan, Busan, South KoreaSource record
Chan Ho Park1First positive recorded appearance: 1994 · Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, South KoreaSource record
Chang-Yong Lim1First positive recorded appearance: 2013 · Gwangju, Gwangju, South KoreaSource record
Dae-ho Lee1First positive recorded appearance: 2016 · Busan, Busan, South KoreaSource record
Dae-Sung Koo1First positive recorded appearance: 2005 · Daejeon, Daejeon, South KoreaSource record
Ha-Seong Kim1First positive recorded appearance: 2021 · Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, South KoreaSource record
Hee-Seop Choi1First positive recorded appearance: 2002 · Hwasun, South Jeolla Province, South KoreaSource record
Hoy Park1First positive recorded appearance: 2021 · Seoul, Seoul, South KoreaSource record
Hyeon-jong Yang1First positive recorded appearance: 2021 · Gwangju, Gwangju, South KoreaSource record
Hyeseong Kim1First positive recorded appearance: 2025 · Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South KoreaSource record
Hyun Jin Ryu1First positive recorded appearance: 2013 · Incheon, Incheon, South KoreaSource record
Hyun Soo Kim1First positive recorded appearance: 2016 · Seoul, Seoul, South KoreaSource record
Jae Kuk Ryu1First positive recorded appearance: 2006 · Seoul, Seoul, South KoreaSource record
Jae Weong Seo1First positive recorded appearance: 2002 · Gwangju, Gwangju, South KoreaSource record
Jae-gyun Hwang1First positive recorded appearance: 2017 · Seoul, Seoul, South KoreaSource record
Ji Hwan Bae1First positive recorded appearance: 2022 · Daegu, Daegu, South KoreaSource record
Ji-Man Choi1First positive recorded appearance: 2016 · Incheon, Incheon, South KoreaSource record
Jin Ho Cho1First positive recorded appearance: 1998 · Jeonju, Jeonbuk State, South KoreaSource record
Jung Bong1First positive recorded appearance: 2002 · Seoul, Seoul, South KoreaSource record
Jung Ho Kang1First positive recorded appearance: 2015 · Gwangju, Gwangju, South KoreaSource record
Kwang Hyun Kim1First positive recorded appearance: 2020 · Seoul, Seoul, South KoreaSource record
Rob Refsnyder1First positive recorded appearance: 2015 · Seoul, Seoul, South KoreaSource record
Sang-Hoon Lee1First positive recorded appearance: 2000 · Seoul, Seoul, South KoreaSource record
Seunghwan Oh1First positive recorded appearance: 2016 · Jeongeup, Jeonbuk State, South KoreaSource record
Shin-Soo Choo1First positive recorded appearance: 2005 · Busan, Busan, South KoreaSource record
Sun-Woo Kim1First positive recorded appearance: 2001 · Incheon, Incheon, South KoreaSource record
Tommy Phelps1First positive recorded appearance: 2003 · Seoul, Seoul, South KoreaSource record

SOURCES & DEFINITIONS

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Source: SABR / Sean Lahman Baseball Database, credited to Sean Lahman and the database contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0). The archived release covers 1871–2025, including the recognized major leagues and supported Negro League records in its 19 league codes. Earlier and Negro League records have documented gaps; a missing record is not proof that a player or team did not exist. No other professional leagues have been inferred.

24,011 unique players have positive recorded game appearances. Debut cohorts use the first positive appearance year in this database; active cohorts count a player once if any positive appearance falls inside the range. Team changes never multiply that player. Birthplaces describe source birth location, not citizenship. Historical birth countries retain their source identity. 23,078 players have a birth-country entry; unknowns stay visible.

HomeGames determines season-specific venues, with the most recorded home games identifying the primary park. Franchise names and locations follow each historical team season. World Series titles are joined to the winning team’s primary home city that season, including the source’s historical and Negro League World Series records. They are never reassigned to a franchise’s present city.

339 of 345 parks have city-level coordinates. These locate cities, not exact stadium sites. U.S. place coordinates come from the Census 2025 Gazetteer (public domain); international locations use unique GeoNames city matches (CC BY 4.0, attribution GeoNames). Ambiguous matches remain unlocated. City profiles require at least five source players and a reviewed city match; smaller or unlocated groups open the filtered origins atlas.

World outlines: Natural Earth 1:50m map units, public domain. U.S. state outlines: Census via us-atlas. Source licenses apply to their respective inputs and derived data. Download the derived baseball snapshot · Source manifest, retrieval dates and SHA-256 hashes.

Archived inputs and attribution (10)
  • lahman-readme2025.txt · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 47,982 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 8f3d8f12b638887e4d182561a668e8103e11fbe1483019cae6d12a4c67cc3aab
  • lahman-People.csv · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 3,223,128 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 9ee97110fc88b2c4ad72684577d696875035049e74a45cb93238458df8563c58
  • lahman-Parks.csv · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 22,638 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 788dfee98c41e80d95e7bbbe1a90a8be2aa6d958701433ab896f9747384f992b
  • lahman-Teams.csv · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 701,384 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 0e7afdd8b837d0edaca770a28817eec6613bd8255979c1be6e3f5827f4b88fd6
  • lahman-Appearances.csv · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 7,833,413 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 4aa1883276a86b9b8ceaa08b3d030044d187766fb758fc973ec12d3a24f6fe08
  • lahman-HomeGames.csv · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 178,043 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 40b73165b9b38c55ccedab05841982ec8eaa5316b61a79adab3ff5ae13d264c3
  • lahman-TeamsFranchises.csv · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 5,610 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: fc58735a8f767f11c27bccbbee38ea850a00e27c0216fb2a60cc4185a99bf398
  • lahman-SeriesPost.csv · SABR / Sean Lahman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 13,628 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 507918cbb9dea12fd353b2a68a36e6ad481f8bcd58e51698cf3889b78d52254a
  • census-places-2025.zip · U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Census federal data · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 1,214,053 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: 49644173a453469d9bd77fb7a493b027f87567e209edaf2078aac7543ac2ee29
  • geonames-cities1000.zip · GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-03 · 11,053,713 uncompressed bytes. Published source · Archived input (gzip)
    SHA-256: bd324b6b115b55f6ac5294c7fab0e9b73af7b2ca085436344a2834bf1d4300fe