Lee Ho-seong (baseball)
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| Born: July 17, 1967 Suncheon, South Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Died: March 10, 2008 (aged 40) Seoul, South Korea | |||||||||||||||
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Lee Ho-seong (Korean: 이호성; Hanja: 李昊星; July 17, 1967 – March 10, 2008) was a South Korean baseball player and mass murderer. During his career he played for Haitai Tigers. He debuted in 1990 and stayed with the Tigers for his 12-year career until retiring in 2001. He batted .272 and had 102 home runs in his KBO career. Ho-seong was team captain in 1999 and 2000 and became president of the league's players union in 2001. In March 2008, he killed a woman and her children, and then himself. Police suspect the killings were motivated by debt.
During his career he played for Haitai Tigers. He debuted in 1990 and stayed with the Tigers for his 12-year career until retiring in 2001. He batted .272 and had 102 home runs in his KBO career. Ho-seong was team captain in 1999 and 2000 and became president of the league's players union in 2001.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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