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My Take
Sun Dong-yol is simply one of the most dominant pitchers in the history of Korean baseball, full stop. His career ERA in the KBO was absurdly low — we're talking about numbers that look like a typo — and he backed it up year after year with the Haitai Tigers through the 1980s and into the '90s. What always gets me is how he managed to carry that dominance over to Japan when he played in Nippon Professional Baseball, because crossing leagues at that level is genuinely hard. Later, watching him manage the Samsung Lions and the Kia Tigers gave fans a chance to see that baseball brain translated into strategy, and he clearly understood the game at a level most pitchers never reach. A true legend of East Asian baseball.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sun Dong-yol
- Name (Japanese)
- 宣銅烈
- Reading
- そん・どんよる
- Born
- January 10, 1963 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rabbit
- Origin
- Gwangju, South Korea
- Height
- 184 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- University
- Korea University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%A3%E9%8A%85%E7%83%88
Frequently asked questions
When was Sun Dong-yol born?
Born January 10, 1963 (age 63).
Where is Sun Dong-yol from?
Sun Dong-yol is from Gwangju, South Korea.
What does Sun Dong-yol do?
Sun Dong-yol works as baseball player.
How tall is Sun Dong-yol?
Sun Dong-yol is 184 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.