Yang Eui-ji


Yang Eui-ji is a South Korean professional baseball catcher currently playing for the NC Dinos of Korea Baseball Organization. He has won the KBO League Golden Glove Award at catcher five times; three consecutive years from 2014 to 2016, and again back-to-back in 2018 and 2019. Yang won the Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award in 2016.

Professional career

He graduated from Gwangju Jinheung High School and joined the Doosan Bears in the second draft in 2006. He joined the Police Baseball Team immediately after the 2007 season and was discharged from the Police Baseball Team in 2009.
Yang won the KBO League Rookie of the Year Award in 2010 on the strength of his 20 home runs and 68 RBI.
Yang left the Bears after the 2018 season, signing as a free agent with the NC Dinos. He led the league in hitting in 2019 with a.354 batting average.

International career

He represented South Korea at the 2015 WBSC Premier12, 2017 World Baseball Classic, and 2018 Asian Games.