Choi Hyang-nam
{{short description|South Korean baseball player}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Choi Hyang-nam
| image =
| image_size = 150
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| position = Relief pitcher
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|3|28}}
| birth_place = Sinan, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
|debutleague=KBO
|debutdate=August 17
|debutyear=1990
|debutteam=Haitai Tigers
|statleague=KBO
| stat1label = Win–loss record
| stat1value = 50–65
| stat2label = Saves
| stat2value = 15
| stat3label = Earned run average
| stat3value = 4.04
| stat4label = Strikeouts
| stat4value = 701
| teams =
- Haitai Tigers ({{Baseball year|1990}}–{{Baseball year|1996}})
- LG Twins ({{Baseball year|1997}}–{{Baseball year|2003}})
- Kia Tigers ({{Baseball year|2004}}–{{Baseball year|2005}})
- Lotte Giants ({{Baseball year|2007}}–{{Baseball year|2008}}, {{Baseball year|2011}})
- Kia Tigers ({{Baseball year|2012}}–{{Baseball year|2013}})
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Choi Hyang-nam (born March 28, 1971, in Sinan, Jeollanam-do, South Korea) is a professional baseball pitcher, who is a free agent.
Choi is a Korean baseball pitcher who has played professionally in Korea since his debut in 1990. He pitched for the Haitai Tigers, the LG Twins and the KIA Tigers in Korean baseball from 1990 to 2005 before finally getting a shot in America when he signed with the Cleveland Indians in 2006 and played the season with the Buffalo Bisons. He was 8–5 with a 2.37 ERA with Buffalo in 34 games, 11 of them starts and struck out 103 batters while only walking 35.
He returned to Korea with the Lotte Giants in 2007.{{Cite news |last=park |first=sunyang |date=2007-01-19 |title=롯데, 최향남과 최대 5억 원에 전격 계약 |trans-title=Lotte signs a surprise contract with Choi Hyang-nam for up to 500 million won |url=https://m.sports.naver.com/general/article/109/0000061201}}
In 2009, he joined the St. Louis Cardinals for spring training but failed to make the club and was released. He soon after signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers and was assigned to the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes. Choi pitched great out of the bullpen for Albuquerque, going 9–2 with a 2.34 ERA. He walked only 21 and struck out 77. He was released on June 27, 2010.
In 2015, he joined an Austrian Baseball Team called "Diving Ducks" in Wiener Neustadt.
References
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External links
{{Baseballstats |brm=choi--001hya}}
- [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Hyang-Nam%20Choi&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=492827 Hyang-Nam Choi on "MILB.com"]
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Category:People from Sinan County
Category:Haitai Tigers players
Category:Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Category:Albuquerque Isotopes players
Category:South Korean expatriate baseball players in the United States
Category:South Korean expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic
Category:Expatriate baseball players in Mexico
Category:Águilas Cibaeñas players
Category:Algodoneros de Guasave players
Category:South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Austria
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