Ko Jong-wook

Ko Jong-Wook
Ko Jong-Wook
NEXEN Heroes – No. 53
	Outfielder
	Born: January 11, 1989 (age 35)
	Bats: Left Throws: Right
KBO debut
	2011, for the Nexen Heroes
KBO statistics ; (through August 7, 2011)
Batting average	.180
Home runs	0
RBI	1
Teams
	Nexen Heroes (2011–present);

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Ko Jong-Wook (Hangul: 고종욱) (born January 11, 1989 in Seoul) is a South Korean outfielder for the Nexen Heroes in the Korea Baseball Organization. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed.

Amateur career

Ko attened Kyunggi High School in Seoul. After graduation, he went undrafted in the 2007 KBO Draft and began his collegiate career at Hanyang University.

As a freshman at Hanyang University in 2007, Ko was handed the leadoff spot in the team's line-up, leading the team in hitting with a .298 batting average and helping Hanyang University to win its first national championship since 2001, at the Fall League of the National Collegiate Championship.

In 2008, Ko batted .337 and stole 12 bases, playing in 21 games as a starting center fielder and leadoff hitter.

In 2009, Ko batted .377 with 9 stolen bases in 22 games. After the 2009 collegiate season, he was first called up to the South Korean senior national team. With South Korea, he competed in the IBAF Baseball World Cup. Ko batted .237, drove in 5 runs and stole 2 bases, playing in all 10 games as a starting right fielder.

In 2010, Ko batted a career-high .438, ranked first in the 2010 collegiate league, and stole 12 bases with 1.000 stolen base percentage. As a member of the South Korean collegiate national team, Ko participated in the friendly baseball championship against the United States collegiate national baseball team and the World University Baseball Championship held in Japan.

Notable international careers

Year	Venue	Competition	Team	Individual Note
2009	Europa	Baseball World Cup	9th	.237 BA (9-for-38), 4 RBI, 2 SB
2010	Vereinigte Staaten	Korea vs USA Baseball Championship	0W-5L	.000 BA (0-for-15)
2010	Japan	World University Baseball Championship	4th	.318 BA (7-for-22), 0 RBI, 3 SB