Son Si-hyun
NC Dinos – No. 13
Shortstop
Born: (1980-10-19) October 19, 1980
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
KBO debut
July 1, 2003, for the Doosan Bears
KBO statistics
(through August 1, 2019)
Batting average.272
Home runs70
Runs batted in550
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Son Si-hyun
Hangul
손시헌
Hanja
孫時憲
Revised RomanizationSon Si-heon
McCune–ReischauerSon Si-hŏn

Son Si-hyun (Hangul: 손시헌; born October 19, 1980, in Seoul) is a South Korean shortstop for the NC Dinos in the KBO League. He bats and throws right-handed.

Professional career

In 2003, Son went undrafted after a college career at Dong-eui University in Busan, and began his professional career with the Doosan Bears second team as a free agent trainee. After demonstrating his strong defensive abilities in the farm league, he was added to the Bears 26-man first team roster on July 1, 2003. After being promoted to the first team, he appeared in 59 games as a backup shortstop and batted .220 with 6 RBI.

In 2004, Son became the team's full-time shortstop. For that year he played 122 games, all at shortstop, and hit .231 with 39 RBI and 45 runs. In 2005, Son rose to his full potential, batting .276 with a career-high 59 runs and 60 RBI, and winning his first KBO League Golden Glove Award at shortstop.

After finishing the 2006 season with a .267 batting average and 34 RBI, he left the team to serve the mandatory military commitment. During the two-year duty in Korean Armed Forces Athletic Corps, Son continued to play baseball in their baseball club on the side. Son was selected for the first time in the South Korea national baseball team in 2007 for the Baseball World Cup. In 2008 he got called up to the national team again and competed in the IBAF Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament as the only amateur player.[1]

After being discharged from military service at the end of 2008, Son came back to the Bears. Then he blossomed in the 2009 season, when he posted career-highs in home runs (11), batting average (.289), hits (112), doubles (22) and stolen bases (6) with 59 RBI and 56 runs, and won his second Golden Glove Award.

On September 6, 2010, Son was selected for the South Korea national baseball team to compete in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.[2]

Notable international careers

Year Venue Competition Team Individual Note
 2007    Chinese Taipei   Baseball World Cup 5th All-Star (SS)
 2008    Chinese Taipei   Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament   .250 BA (1-for-4), 2 R 
 2010    China   Asian Games   .353 BA (6-for-17), 2 RBI 
 2013    Chinese Taipei   World Baseball Classic  9th  .000 BA (0-for-1)

References

  1. ↑ Kim, Tong-hyung (March 4, 2008). "Bullpen, Infield Top Korean Concerns". Korea Times. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
  2. ↑ Oh, Kyu-wook (September 6, 2010). "Korea's baseball team set". Korea Herald. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
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