Park Kyung-oan

Park Kyung-oan
Hangul	박경완
Hanja	朴勍完
Revised Romanization	Bak Gyeongwan
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Kyŏngwan

Park Kyung-oan
Park Kyung-oan
LG Twins – No. 80
Home runs	314
RBI	995
Teams
	As player Ssangbangwool Raiders (1991–1997); Hyundai Unicorns (1998–2002); SK Wyverns (2003–2013); As coach SK Wyverns battery coach (2016–present); As manager SK Wyverns bench coach (2013–2014);
Career highlights and awards
	KBO MVP (2000); 4x KBO Golden Glove (1996, 1998, 2000, 2007); 5x Korean Series champion (1998, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010);
Medals
Representing South Korea
Men's baseball
Olympic Games
World Baseball Classic

Park Kyung-oan (born July 11, 1972 in

SK Wyverns during his career, his teams won five Korean Series

championships.

Professional career

Park started out his career as a member of the Ssangbangwool Raiders, playing for that team from 1991 to 1997, almost its entire existence. Park was then traded to the Hyundai Unicorns, where he played for the next five seasons. It was there, in the year 2000, where he had arguably the best season of his career, hitting .282 with 40 home runs, and winning the KBO League Most Valuable Player Award.

Park represented the Korean national baseball team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, leading his team to second place.

In the 2010 season, Park became the first catcher in Korean baseball history to hit 300 career home runs.^{[citation needed]} Park's 166 career hit-by-pitches are second-most in KBO history, after Choi Jeong.^[1]

Since 2013, Park has worked as the bench coach for the

SK Wyverns.^[2]