Rhee Dae-eun

Rhee Dae-eun
Hangul	이대은
Hanja	李帶溵
Revised Romanization	I Dae-eun
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Taeŭn

Rhee Dae-eun
Rhee Dae-eun
KT Wiz – No. 11
	Pitcher
	Born: 23 March 1989 (age 35); Seoul, South Korea
	Bats: Left Throws: Right
Professional debut
	NPB: March 29, 2015, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
	KBO: March 26, 2019, for the KT Wiz
NPB statistics ; (through 2016 season)
Win–loss record	9–9
Earned run average	3.97
Strikeouts	108
KBO statistics ; (through August 1, 2019)
Win–loss record	3–2
Earned run average	4.68
Strikeouts	44
Teams
	Chiba Lotte Marines (2015–2016); Korean Police Baseball Team (2017–2018); KT Wiz (2019–2021);
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing South Korea
2015 WBSC Premier12

Rhee Dae-eun (Korean: 이대은; Hanja: 李帶溵; born March 23, 1989) is a South Korean pitcher who plays for the KT Wiz.

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Career

Early years

Rhee was signed by the Chicago Cubs in 2007 out of high school. He spent seven seasons in the Cubs' minor league system, appearing in 135 games to compile a 40–37 record with a 4.08 ERA. During the time, he never pitched in the majors and only got as far as a Triple-A team.

He next spent two years with the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), before pitching for the National Police Agency team of the KBO Futures League in South Korea during his mandatory military service. In the Futures League, Rhee compiled a 5–6 record in 18 appearances, posting a 3.83 ERA in 89+1⁄3 innings.^[1]

KT Wiz

On September 10, 2018, Rhee was picked #1 by the KT Wiz in the 2019 KBO Draft.^[1] He will play as the closer for the KT Wiz in the 2020 season.^[2]

Personal life

He will be marrying rapper Trudy on December 5. The wedding was originally scheduled to take place in December of last year. But it was postponed once due to the spread of COVID-19.^[3]

Filmography

Television show

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Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2021	King of Mask Singer	Contestant (Family Photo) Episode 337
2022	Strongest Baseball	Participant	^[4]
2022	Our Cha Cha Cha	Cast Member	^[5]
2023	Golf Match Swing Star	Contestant	^[6]
2023	Couple Athlete's Village	Cast Member	^[7]

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Career statistics

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Year	League	Team	W	L	W%	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2015	NPB	Lotte	9	9	.500	17	0	0	119.2	121	63	51	11	63	106	3.84	1.54
Career			9	9	.500	17	0	0	119.2	121	63	51	11	63	106	3.84	1.54

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References

[1]
"Ex-foreign minor leaguers are top picks in the KBO draft". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
[2]
"kt 마무리투수는 이대은…전 마무리 김재윤과 '공생'". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-05-10.
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Jang Soo-jeong (November 20, 2021). "래퍼 트루디·야구선수 이대은, 4년 공개 열애 끝 12월 결혼" [Rapper Trudy and baseball player Lee Dae-eun get married in December after four years of public dating] (in Korean). Dailyan. Retrieved November 20, 2021 – via Naver.
[4]
Lee Ho-young (June 21, 2022). "'최강야구' 은퇴한 이대은 합류…경기 방향은?" [Retired Lee Dae-eun joins 'Strongest Baseball'... What is the game direction?] (in Korean). iMBC. Retrieved June 21, 2022 – via Naver.
[5]
Kim Myung-mi (July 20, 2022). "우리들의 차차차' 8월15일 첫방, 홍서범♥조갑경→안현모♥라이머까지" [Our Cha Cha Cha’ first aired on August 15th, Hong Seo-beom ♥ Jo Gap-kyung → Ahn Hyun-mo ♥ Rhymer] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved July 20, 2022 – via Naver.
[6]
Baek Seung-hoon (December 12, 2022). "세븐·솔비·박기량, 新 골프 예능 '스윙스타' 출연" [Se7en, Solbi, and Park Gi-ryang appear in the new golf entertainment 'Swing Star] (in Korean). iMBC. Retrieved December 12, 2022 – via Naver.
[7]
Shin Eun-joo (January 26, 2023). "사랑꾼' 전진, 류이서와 탁구 치다가 분노 폭발 ('부부선수촌')" [Lovers' Jun Jin explodes in anger while playing table tennis with Ryu Yi Seo ('Couple Athlete's Village')] (in Korean). TV Report. Retrieved January 27, 2023 – via Naver.