Hanwha Lee Seong-gon Announces Retirement from Active Duty

Hanwha Eagles' Lee Seong-gon, famous as the son of SBS commentator Lee Soon-cheol, announced his retirement from active duty.

Seong-gon Lee announced his retirement on SNS on the 21st, saying, "I am now about to end his career as a player." 스포츠토토

He continued, "Compared to other great players, I was not very successful as a baseball player, but I don't think that's anything to be ashamed of.

It's natural, but not all players can succeed as baseball players, and someone has to taste the bitter taste of defeat.

In the process, I challenged, studied, worked hard and tried to succeed.

I poured everything I could into it and accepted the results. It would be a lie if I said I had no regrets, but I was still happy," he said, looking back on his career as a player.

He left the door open for a return to baseball.

Seong-gon Lee said, "But I still haven't given up on baseball.

Now I have to approach baseball in a different direction, but I think that will also be fun."

He also expressed his feelings about his father, Lee Sun-cheol, who was a big mountain.

Soon-cheol Lee pledged, “I could not become a better baseball player than my father, which was my dream, but I will live to become a better baseball player in the future.”

Lastly, he said, “I quit my career as a player with regrets, but I believe it will be an experience that will help me become a better baseball player, and I will continue to treat baseball as sincerely as I truly love it.

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Seong-gon Lee joined the Doosan Bears in 2014 as the 23rd pick in the 2nd and 3rd rounds with a contract fee of 100 million won.

He played in a total of 203 games through Samsung and Hanwha, recording 117 hits, 6 home runs, 47 RBIs, 45 runs, a batting average of 0.242, an on-base percentage of 0.346, and a slugging percentage of 0.328.