Lee Seung-yuop

Lee Seung-yuop
Hangul	이승엽
Hanja	李承燁
RR	I Seungyeop
MR	I Sŭngyŏp

Lee Seung-yuop
Lee Seung-yuop
	Lee with the Samsung Lions in 2017
Yomiuri Giants
	First baseman / Manager / Coach
	Born: 18 August 1976; Daegu, South Korea
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
Professional debut
	KBO: April 15, 1995, for the Samsung Lions
	NPB: March 27, 2004, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
Last appearance
	KBO: October 3, 2017, for the Samsung Lions
	NPB: October 18, 2011, for the Orix Buffaloes
KBO statistics
Batting average	.302
Hits	2,156
Home runs	467
Runs batted in	1,498
NPB statistics
Batting average	.257
Hits	686
Home runs	159
Runs batted in	439
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	As player Samsung Lions (1995–2003); Chiba Lotte Marines (2004–2005); Yomiuri Giants (2006–2010); Orix Buffaloes (2011); Samsung Lions (2012–2017); As manager Doosan Bears (2022–2025); As coach Yomiuri Giants (2026–present);
Career highlights and awards
	KBO 5× KBO MVP (1997, 1999, 2001–2003); 10× KBO Golden Glove (1997–2003, 2012, 2014–2015); 11× KBO All-Star (1997–2003, 2013, 2015–2017); 5× KBO home run leader (1997, 1999, 2001–2003); 4× KBO RBI leader (1997, 1999, 2002–2003); KBO career home run leader; 4× Korean Series champion (2002, 2012–2014); Korean Series MVP (2012); NPB 2× All-Star (2005-2006); 2× Japan Series champion (2005, 2009); International All-World Baseball Classic Team (2006);
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing South Korea
Olympic Games
World Baseball Classic
Asian Games

Lee Seung-yuop (born 18 August 1976) is a South Korean former professional baseball first baseman who currently serves as a co-hitting coach for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions, and in NPB for the Chiba Lotte Marines, Yomiuri Giants, and Orix Buffaloes.

At the age of 26, he became the youngest professional baseball player in the world to hit 300 career home runs. He formerly held the Asian home run record of 56 homers in a season, established in 2003 while playing for Samsung in the KBO. (The record was broken by Wladimir Balentien of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, on September 15, 2013, when he hit his 56th and 57th home runs of the season against the Hanshin Tigers. Lee holds the KBO records for career runs scored, RBI, total bases, and slugging percentage. Combined, across the KBO and NPB, Lee has also recorded more hits than any other native-born South Korean player.