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Oh Jae-won

呉載元　/　お・じぇうぉん

Professional baseball player from South Korea

February 9, 1985 (age 41)　・　Seoul, South Korea

professional baseball player

My Take

Oh Jae-won embodies a loyalty I genuinely respect: a one-club career with the Doosan Bears in the KBO League. What stands out to me is that he was drafted out of Yatap High School in 2003 but chose university first, then returned to sign in 2007 on his own terms. That patience says a lot about his character. As a 185 cm infielder he had to pair range with reliability, the unflashy grind that fans of the game appreciate most. In an era of constant transfers, staying faithful to a single team for an entire career is a quiet kind of greatness.

Overview

Oh Jae-won (born February 9, 1985) is a retired South Korean professional baseball infielder who spent his entire career with the Doosan Bears of the KBO League. He graduated from Yatap High School and was selected by the Doosan Bears in a 2003 draft, but did not join the Bears and went to college. After graduating from college, he joined the team in 2007.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Oh Jae-won
Name (Japanese): 呉載元
Reading: お・じぇうぉん
Born: February 9, 1985 (age 41)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Ox
Origin: Seoul, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: 185 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: professional baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Yatap High School
University: Kyung Hee University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%89%E8%BC%89%E5%85%83

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