Chae Sang-Byung

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**Chae Sang-Byung**
Born: December 18, 1979 (1979-12-18) (age 28)
Doosan Bears — No. 33
Catcher

Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Korean Professional Baseball debut
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Selected KBO statistics (through 2007)
Batting average	.213
Home runs	7
RBI	35
Teams
Hanwha Eagles (2002–2003) Doosan Bears (2004–present)

Chae Sang-Byung (Hangul: 채상병, Hanja: 蔡尚秉) (born Dec 18, 1979) is a catcher who plays for the Doosan Bears in Korean professional baseball league.

1 Amateur career
- 1.1 Notable international careers
2 Professional career
- 2.1 Notable international careers
3 References

[edit] Amateur career

Chae attended Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. In 1999, as a sophomore, he made his first appearance for the South Korea national baseball team, and competed in international matches for three-consecutive years until graduation.

In 2001, Chae competed in the Asian Baseball Championship held in Taiwan, and led his team to the silver medal. He was finally named to the All-Star team of the competition.

[edit] Notable international careers

Year	Venue	Competition	Final Result	Note
1999	Australia	Intercontinental Cup	7th place
2001	Chinese Taipei	Asian Baseball Championship	2nd place	All-Star catcher

[edit] Professional career

Signed by the Hanwha Eagles on January, 2002, Chae remained on the first-team roster in his first professional year. On October, 2002, he was selected for the South Korean national team again and led his team to the silver medal at the 2002 Intercontinental Cup in Havana, Cuba.

However, he played in only 29 games in his rookie season and 25 games in 2003. At the end of 2003, Chae was traded to the Doosan Bears, but still, he hardly got opportunities to play, serving as backup to Hong Sung-Heon, who was considered to be the best catcher in Korea.

After the 2004 season, he temporarily left the Doosan Bears for the military service, and spent two seasons for the duty.

Returned to the Doosan Bears in 2007, Chae filled in as a starter catcher for Hong Sung-Heon who went on the disabled list. In the middle of the season, Hong came back from the injury, but Bears’ manager Kim Kyung-Moon allowed Chae to compete with Hong for the starting job, and amid much controversy the manager Kim named Chae the starter for the rest of the season. On September 25, 2007, Chae hit an inside-the-park gland slam, which was the 3rd in the Korean pro baseball league history. After the 2007 season, he was selected to be a reserve member of the South Korean national team for the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship.