Seung-Hwan Oh, Relief Pitcher

Date of Birth: 7/15/1982
Birthplace: Jeong-Eub Si, South Korea
College: Dankook University, South Korea
Nickname: Final Boss, Stone Budha

Seung-Hwan Oh, relief pitcher, played baseball at Dankook University in South Korea. He had Tommy John surgery in 2001 and didn't play for his first two years. In 2004, he won most of the awards given to Korean college pitchers.

From 2005 through 2013, Oh pitched in the Korean Baseball Organization. In 2005, he was named the Rookie of the Year. That season, he also won his first of two Korean Series MVP awards (the second time was in 2011). He received the Relief Man award five times (2006-2008, 2011, 2013). He finished his Korean baseball career with a 1.69 ERA and 277 saves in 444 games.

Oh pitched professionally as a closer in Japan in 2014 and 2015. He was named the playoff games MVP in 2014 and he was the league's saves leader in both 2014 and 2015. In his two seasons in Japan, he had a 2.25 ERA and 80 saves.

Oh signed a contract with the St. Louis Cardinals on January 11, 2016. He finished the 2016 season with a 1.92 ERA in 76 games with the Cardinals. He had 6 wins to 3 losses, 19 saves, and 103 strikeouts to 18 walks in 79.2 innings.

Oh finished the 2017 season with 1 win and 6 losses, 20 saves, 54 strikeouts to 15 walks, and a 4.10 ERA in 59.1 innings in 62 games.

Oh became a free agent on November 2, 2017. He signed with the Toronto Blue Jays on February 26, 2018. He was traded to the Colorado Rockies on July 26, 2018. He finished the 2018 season with 6 wins and 3 losses, 3 saves, 79 strikeouts to 17 walks, and a 2.63 ERA in 68.1 innings in 48 games with the Blue Jays and 25 games with the Rockies.

The Rockies released Oh on July 26, 2019. He spent time on the DL in 2019 with a left abdominal strain. He finished the season with 3 wins and 1 loss, 16 strikeouts to 6 walks, and a 9.33 ERA in 18.1 innings in 21 games.

Oh played in the Korean Baseball Organization in 2020 and 2021.

Career pitching statistics for Oh through 2019 include:

• 232 games played
• 225.2 innings pitched
• 16-13 win-loss record
• 42 saves
• 252 strikeouts to 56 walks
• 3.31 ERA

Sources for Information
Wikipedia - Seung-Hwan Oh
Baseball Reference - Seung-Hwan Oh