introduce : Dae-ho Lee

by DemianBlue on Apr 16, 2011 7:21 PM PDT

Hello, I'm A's fan in Seoul, South Korea.

me and my friend worry about Oakland's batting.

introduce Dae-ho Lee.

He was born June 21, 1982 in Busan, South Korea.

He bats and throws right-handed

6 feet 3 inch, 230 pounds

I think he'll replace Kouz.

and maybe Jack Cust's right-hand version. (Defense : Lee > Cust)

After this season, Lee gets qualified Free Agent (Oversea)

I want to inform Beane of Lee's information. :)

Last summer, Dae-ho Lee sets world record with 9 consecutive-game home runs.

9 consecutive-game home run Mix (By Demianblue)

Since making his Korean league debut in 2001, Lee currently has career-high batting average, RBIs, and home runs of .367, 111, and 38 at 394 bats, respectively. He stands atop in the hitting average, and the slugging percentage of .685. Lee’s career record is a .303 average with 704 RBIs at 3,600 at-bats

(16, April. 2011)

Last year, Lee won his second career triple crown by leading the league in batting average(.364), homers(44) and RBIs(133).

The Giant is noted for sweeping seven titles (except Steal) in the batter’s stats for the first-time ever in the league, along with a nine-straight game home run streak.

After 2010 season ended, Lee Dae Ho negotiated his annual salery with his team, Lotte Giants. Lee Dae Ho wanted 700 million won(about $ 0.7M) , but Lotte Giants claimed that he should get 630 million won(about $ 0.63M). Lee Dae Ho gave several reasons why he should get 700 million won for his annual salery. To begin with, he received the 1st place on seven titles of batting and made homeruns in 9 games in a row, so that there was marketing impact.

He was member of the WBC 2009, and Beijing Olympic 2008.

He is Shin-soo Choo(Indians) 's friend since they were Elemetary Student.

Team Korea earn Gold medal in Olympic 2008. He was not forced to go into the Korean military like Choo.

He plays 1B, 3B, DH

Last year, he played 3B. (Manager Jerry Royster's request) - season Error 11.

Career Stats (until 16 April, 2011)

year	Org	age	position	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2001	lotte giants	19	1B	6	8	4			0	1	0	0.500	0.556	0.500	1.056
2002	lotte giants	20	DH	74	255	71	19		8	32	1	0.278	0.345	0.447	0.792
2003	lotte giants	21	1B	54	152	37	6		4	13	0	0.243	0.328	0.362	0.689
2004	lotte giants	22	1B	132	444	110	26		20	68	4	0.248	0.331	0.441	0.772
2005	lotte giants	23	3B	126	447	119	16	2	21	80	1	0.266	0.354	0.452	0.805
2006	lotte giants	24	1B	122	443	149	26		26	88	0	0.336	0.409	0.571	0.980
2007	lotte giants	25	1B	121	415	139	21	1	29	87	1	0.335	0.453	0.600	1.053
2008	lotte giants	26	3B	122	435	131	23		18	94	0	0.301	0.400	0.478	0.879
2009	lotte giants	27	3B	133	478	140	28	1	28	100	0	0.293	0.377	0.531	0.908
2010	lotte giants	28	3B	127	478	174	13		44	133	0	0.364	0.444	0.667	1.111
2011	lotte giants	29	1B	12	45	15	1		2	8	0	0.333	0.423	0.489	0.912
career stats				1029	3600	1089	179	4	200	704	7	0.303	0.390	0.521	0.911

Thank you.

salary - 7M -> 0.7 M, 6.3M -> 0.63M (my mistake)

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by Flashfire on Apr 16, 2011 7:27 PM PDT reply actions

I'm usually skeptical of overseas free agents in the Asian Leagues

But two career triple crowns? That’s pretty tempting.

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by Rebuilding Season on Apr 16, 2011 11:55 PM PDT reply actions

He's all muscle it looks like

He’s just overpowering pitches; he’s hitting 400 foot bombs on pitches at his feet. I wonder how well that skill translates to american baseball.

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by Rebuilding Season on Apr 17, 2011 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions

I wonder if Edgar Gonzaleos has pitched against him recently

last i heard he was wallowing in this league.

by hishnik on Apr 17, 2011 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions

This is probably

the greatest Fanpost ever created.

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by vegAN ryAN on Apr 17, 2011 12:34 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs

Then why no Rec?

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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 17, 2011 6:55 AM PDT up reply actions

me and my friends worry about the A's hitting too

nice to know that while we here in America sleep, someone on the other side of the world is taking up the mantle of worry for us.

I got nothin'

by OptimistPrime on Apr 17, 2011 1:47 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

[wakes up in a cold sweat]

Bitey Parrot’s coming to get me! BITEY PARROT!!

Save it for the fast money round, Paddy.

by Leopold Bloom on Apr 17, 2011 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions

LOL

Fucking awesome.

And I agree; let’s sign this dude. Couldn’t hurt, right?

by Billy Frijoles on Apr 18, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions

Looks Like An Interesting Guy

The kind of hitter who can hit 30 homers, knock in 90-100 runs and hit for a high average. Basically, the kind of hitter the A’s need. Hopefully his strong performance will carry over to the U.S.A.
However, if we go after him, we don’t want to have another Iwakuma story. If we can’t agree on the contract with him fairly soothly, then we should calm down and not hopelessly pursue him.
Still, he would be a great addition, but with those kind of stats, I’m skeptical about his salary and whether the A’s would pay him what he’s worth, or what he wants.
I would ask about his D, but with Kouz playing the way he is, I don;t think we can do much worse.

by Oakland Fan 007 on Apr 17, 2011 3:43 AM PDT reply actions

I see no harm in signing this guy

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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 17, 2011 6:55 AM PDT reply actions

How much are you willing to give him since it seems like he is earning 7m a year in Korea what is his incentive to move stateside unless you give up a bunch.

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by designatedforassignment on Apr 17, 2011 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions

I believe the post says 7M won (not dollars)

Quick google search turned up 1 won = .0009 US dollars. So I doubt you would have to give up a bunch.

Don't sweat it. I'm illiterate.

by methodrampage on Apr 17, 2011 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions

It did note that's comparable to about $700k here

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by Flashfire on Apr 17, 2011 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Actually more like $650k right now

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by Flashfire on Apr 17, 2011 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh my bad i mis read that.

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by designatedforassignment on Apr 17, 2011 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions

I was thinking an NRI like Choi had with the Dodgers in 2010

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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 17, 2011 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I'd like to hear more about his defense...

because physically he looks like 1B/DH and we have plenty of those.

Fanpost is great though! Are there any CF’s who can hit like crazy over there?

by PL78 on Apr 17, 2011 8:53 AM PDT reply actions

Same

If he can play third base well, that would be great.

by Oakland Fan 007 on Apr 17, 2011 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions

There's no way this guy can play third

Look at how enormous his upper body is. Is it worth a try though? Maybe. We’re 9-10 with an ERA of 2.52. Something’s gotta change (and I’m ok with just staying the course and hoping for the luck to change).

John 3:16

by A'sFanDFW on Apr 22, 2011 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions

I gotta say...

those 2010 numbers, if we had them, I would love it.

A metric crap-ton of big umpire mess-ups this season.

by Cretgren on Apr 17, 2011 10:02 AM PDT reply actions

Awesome fanpost!

I am curious you became an A’s fan in Seoul? I would think that there are bigger MLB brands with far greater international reach than the A’s.

by texA's on Apr 17, 2011 11:20 AM PDT reply actions

Dude looks like an Asian Brett Wallace...

At one point in my life I liked Dave Kingman more than Rickey Henderson. I was stupid.

by the_rozeboom on Apr 17, 2011 11:53 AM PDT reply actions

Sounds like Brett Wallace as well. I wonder if he can really play 3B

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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 17, 2011 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions

Yanks, Bosox, Phillies will get him before us

by EstadosUnidos on Apr 17, 2011 1:28 PM PDT reply actions

great insight!

안녕하세요 from usa. I’m a korean a’s fan in the states. Thanks for providing us with a profile for Lee Dae-ho… While his stats in KBO is certainly fantastic, like other’s have mentioned, how that translate to MLB remains quite a mystery. While KBO is a good and progressing league, it’s still quite a ways from MLB.

I think his chances of making it here is really up to him to swallow his pride and accept a minor league offer like Lee Seung Yeop was offered because I believe that’s all he’ll get from any major league teams. (I’m not saying that’s what he deserves or not…) At his age and status that he currently holds in korea, will he be willing to start all over again to prove himself in MLB? I don’t know…

by kyungxmin on Apr 17, 2011 7:54 PM PDT reply actions

It's interesting that of all the S. Koreans that have played in MLB, the only position players are Shin-Soo Choo...

…who’s pretty damned good, and Hee Seop Choi, who flamed out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_from_South_Korea

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by Flashfire on Apr 17, 2011 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Choi had a career 106 OPS+. I wouldn't say he "flamed out". It's not like he was Bob Crosby or anything.

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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 17, 2011 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions

True, I guess it's more in him being out of the league in the States after age 26

Guessing he went back to S. Korea?

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by Flashfire on Apr 17, 2011 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Ya, for the Kia Tigers apparently

He seems to be a better hitter than Lee.

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by WaddellCanseco on Apr 17, 2011 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Hee Seop Choi was pretty good in MLB Showdown

Choi Blast!

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by Rebuilding Season on Apr 17, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions

also note...

that majority if not all of them were signed as prospects before they made it to the show rather than a current major leaguer from a different league.

by kyungxmin on Apr 17, 2011 8:12 PM PDT reply actions

Yes, I'm the best player in the entire South Korea and my dream is to play for the Oakland A's.

what is the probabiliy this statement is true?

by EstadosUnidos on Apr 17, 2011 10:04 PM PDT reply actions

Well Oakland has a large Korean community compared to other MLB cities and its on the west coast.

by Aufheben on Apr 18, 2011 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions

Oakland is nothing compared to LA

with regards to the strength of the Korean community. Also, I had always assumed Koreans only cared about the teams that had star Koreans in it (i.e. Indians), and any team that allowed Park Chan Ho to pitch.

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