Education
Ma attended Cheongju Technical High School.
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Ma attended Cheongju Technical High School.
He bats and throws right-handed. In 1997, he was selected for the South Korean junior national team and competed in the World Junior Baseball Championship held in Moncton, Canada. Ma was drafted by the Hanwha Eagles in 1998 in the 2nd round and as the 111th pick overall.
However, Ma decided to enter the Eagles after graduation from college and continued to play baseball at Dankook University in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do.
During his collegiate years at Dankook University, Ma was considered one of the top sidearm/submarine pitchers along with Chong Tae-Hyon of Kyung Hee University. As a sophomore, he was first called up to the South of Korea national baseball team for the 3-Nations Invitational Baseball Tournament held in Taiwan.
After the championship, he was selected for the South Korean collegiate national team and competed in the friendly baseball series again the United States national baseball team Notable international careers
Upon graduation from Dankook University in 2002, Ma entered the Hanwha Eagles.
He had a mediocre rookie season, going 2-5 with 6 saves and 6 holds in 59 games and posted a 5.40 European Research Area in 60.0 innings pitched as a relief pitcher.
In 2003, Ma lowered his European Research Area to 4.06 and amassed 2 saves and 9 holds appearing in 63 games as a setup manitoba In 2004, however, he appeared in just 33 games due to injuries. After the 2004 season, Ma left the Unicorns to serve the two-year military service.
Ma joined the Hanwha Eagles again in 2007 when he was discharged from the military duty.
Ma was sidelined with a left knee ligament rupture in the second half of the 2011 season and missed the entire 2012 season.