Rhee Dae-eun
| Rhee Dae-eun | ||||||||||||||
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| KT Wiz – No. 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | ||||||||||||||
| Born: 23 March 1989 Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | ||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | ||||||||||||||
| NPB: March 29, 2015, for the Chiba Lotte Marines | ||||||||||||||
| KBO: March 26, 2019, for the KT Wiz | ||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2016 season) | ||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 9–9 | |||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 3.97 | |||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 108 | |||||||||||||
| KBO statistics (through August 1, 2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 3–2 | |||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 4.68 | |||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 44 | |||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 이대은 |
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| Hanja | 李帶溵 |
| Revised Romanization | I Daeeun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Daeeun |
Rhee Dae-eun (Hangul: 이대은, Hanja: 李帶溵; born March 23, 1989) is a South Korean pitcher who plays for the KT Wiz.
Career[]
Early years[]
Rhee was signed by the Chicago Cubs in 2007 out of high school. He spent seven seasons in the Cubs' minor league system, appearing in 135 games to compile a 40–37 record with a 4.08 ERA. During the time, he never pitched in the majors and only got as far as a Triple-A team.
He next spent two years with the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), before pitching for the National Police Agency team of the KBO Futures League in South Korea during his mandatory military service. In the Futures League, Rhee compiled a 5–6 record in 18 appearances, posting a 3.83 ERA in 89+1⁄3 innings.[1]
KT Wiz[]
On September 10, 2018, Rhee was picked #1 by the KT Wiz in the 2019 KBO Draft.[1] He will play as the closer for the KT Wiz in the 2020 season.[2]
Personal life[]
He will be marrying rapper Trudy on December 5. The wedding was originally scheduled to take place in December of last year. But it was postponed once due to the spread of COVID-19.[3]
Career statistics[]
| Year | League | Team | W | L | W% | GS | CG | SHO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | ERA | WHIP |
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| 2015 | NPB | Lotte | 9 | 9 | .500 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 119.2 | 121 | 63 | 51 | 11 | 63 | 106 | 3.84 | 1.54 |
| Career | 9 | 9 | .500 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 119.2 | 121 | 63 | 51 | 11 | 63 | 106 | 3.84 | 1.54 | ||
References[]
- ^ a b "Ex-foreign minor leaguers are top picks in the KBO draft". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ "kt 마무리투수는 이대은…전 마무리 김재윤과 '공생'". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ Jang Soo-jeong (November 20, 2021). "래퍼 트루디·야구선수 이대은, 4년 공개 열애 끝 12월 결혼" [Rapper Trudy and baseball player Lee Dae-eun get married in December after four years of public dating] (in Korean). Dailyan. Retrieved November 20, 2021 – via Naver.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from ESPN, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Career statistics and player information from Minor League Baseball
- Career statistics and player information from Nippon Professional Baseball
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- South Korean expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Chiba Lotte Marines players
- Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players from Seoul
- 2015 WBSC Premier12 players
- Iowa Cubs players
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