Lee Dae-ho, South Korean baseball player
Dae-ho Lee (Korean: 이대호, Hanja: 李大浩; Korean pronunciation: [i.dɛ̝.ɦo]; born June 21, 1982) is a South Korean professional baseball player who plays as a first baseman for the Lotte Giants of the KBO League. Lee has previously played for the Orix Buffaloes and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Lee bats and throws right-handed. He hit home runs in nine consecutive games for the first time in world baseball history. According to a Gallup Korea's survey conducted in 2011, Lee was chosen as the most popular player in the KBO League.
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