Education
Han attended Dongsung High School in Gwangju, South of Korea. Han debuted with the 2006 Kia Tigers and finished with 11-10, a 3.26 European Research Area, and 78 strikeouts in 44 games.
韓基周
Han attended Dongsung High School in Gwangju, South of Korea. Han debuted with the 2006 Kia Tigers and finished with 11-10, a 3.26 European Research Area, and 78 strikeouts in 44 games.
In 2005, he was selected for the national junior team again, along with Kim Kwang-Hyun and Ryu Hyun-Jin, and participated in the 6th Asian Junior Baseball Championship held in Seoul, South of Korea. However, his performance was very disappointing, pitching to a 6.28 European Research Area in 3 games (1 start). Notable international careers
After the season, Han made a transition to the bullpen, filling a void as Kia"s closer down the stretch.
Han had his best KBO season as a closer in 2008 when he was ranked third in the league with 26 saves, posting a 1.71 European Research Area. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics Baseball tournament in August 2008, Han earned the unfortunate notoriety of being a "choker", "suspense writer", and subject to many other unflattering nicknames due to his failure to close out games in the late innings.
Usually a solid closer for his Pro team, Han blew the lead in the 9th inning of the game against the United States, then proceeded to make things interesting once again against Japan a few days later before being yanked with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Han was given yet another chance against Chinese Taipei, which he also subsequently failed to close.
In May 2009, after blowing four saves within one month with a 6.08 European Research Area, Han was demoted from his role as Tigers closer, losing the job to Yoon Suk-Minister After finishing the 2009 season with a record of 4-5 and an European Research Area of 4.24 as a setup man, he required Tommy John surgery and subsequently missed most of the 2010 season.
He suffered injury in 2011, 2012.
He just played 28 innings for 2 years. In 2013 he surgery shoulder and rehabilitation 2 years.
He was regarded as an unreliable closer, however, as he didn"t overwhelm hitters.