Cho Jin-ho (baseball)

{{short description|South Korean baseball player (born 1975)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Cho||lang=Korean}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Cho Jin-ho

| team =

| number =

|position=Starting pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1975|8|16}}

|birth_place=Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea

|debutleague=MLB

|debutyear=1998

|debutdate=July 4

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague=MLB

|finalyear=1999

|finaldate=July 30

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

| debut2league = KBO

| debut2date = April 9

| debut2year = 2003

| debut2team = SK Wyverns

| final2league = KBO

| final2date =

| final2year = 2009

| final2team = Samsung Lions

|statleague=MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=2–6

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=6.52

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=31

| stat2league = KBO

| stat21label = Win–loss record

| stat21value = 5–9

| stat22label = Earned run average

| stat22value = 5.99

| stat23label = Strikeouts

| stat23value = 39

|teams=

As player

• Boston Red Sox (1998–1999)
• SK Wyverns (2003)
• Samsung Lions ({{baseball year|2008}}–{{baseball year|2009}})

As coach

• Samsung Lions ({{baseball year|2014}}–present)

}}

{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 조진호

| hanja =

| rr = Jo Jin-ho

| mr = Cho Chin-ho

}}

Cho Jin-ho ({{korean|hangul=조진호}}; {{IPA|ko|tɕo.dʑin.ɦo}}; born August 16, 1975) is a South Korean professional baseball pitcher who briefly played for the Boston Red Sox.{{cite web|title=Jin Ho Cho|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/choji01.shtml|work=Baseball Reference|accessdate=15 May 2011}}

Cho played parts of the {{Baseball year|1998}} and {{Baseball year|1999}} MLB seasons with the Boston Red Sox, pitching in 13 games and recording two wins and six losses with a 6.52 earned run average.

After finishing the 2002 season with the Pawtucket Red Sox (AAA) of the International League,{{cite web|title=Jin Ho Cho Minor League|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=cho---001jin|work=Baseball Reference|accessdate=15 May 2011}} Cho returned to South Korea, signing with the SK Wyverns of the KBO League. Cho had an unsuccessful 2003 with the club and in 2004 was caught in a scheme to dodge military service. He spent several years in prison and non-combat military service before returning to the mound for the Samsung Lions in 2007.{{cite web|last=Yoo|first=Jee-Ho|title=After jail and surgery, Cho refuses to quit|url=http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2889408|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=2008-05-06|accessdate=2011-05-15}}