Jai Chul Chung

Would you happen to know the Hangul of his name? I've found that "정" is sometimes transliterated as Chung, but I have it transliterated as Jeong. Here is a list of all players with that last name who are right handed pitchers that I know of:

+------------------+-----------+
| name             | kname     |
+------------------+-----------+
| Dae-hyeon Jeong  | 정대현    | 
| Min-cheol Jeong  | 정민철    | 
| Min-tae Jeong    | 정민태    | 
| Jeong Min-hyeok  | 정민혁    | 
| Byeong-hyi Jeong | 정병희    | 
| Jeong Seong-hun  | 정성훈    | 
| Jeongwon         | 정원      | (foreign player?)
| Jae-bok Jeong    | 정재복    | 
| Jae-hun Jeong    | 정재훈    | 
| Jae-hun Jeong    | 정재훈    | 
| Jong-min Jeong   | 정종민    | 
| Jeong Hyeon-uk   | 정현욱    | 
| Hong-jun Jeong   | 정홍준    | 
+------------------+-----------+

If anybody more familiar with Korean can tell me that this should be transliterated as Chung, I'll set about doing that.

Two other sources for Korean baseball information in English are Korea Beat and My KBO.

Sorry that I can't be of much help directly, but hopefully some help will come from one of these avenues.

Thank you for the quick reply. I will try to get a better reading on the player's name. He may not have reached the KBO yet, instead being a minor-leaguer.

How many minor leagues there are in Korea? Also, is there a standard length of military service obligation? That may help determine the last time he pitched competitively, as I was led to believe he recently completed his service.

I did contact Korea Beat. The good news is that they responded quickly. The bad news is they will only help me if I pay them $25 per hour. I also posted a similar question on My KBO.

I wouldn't call a $25 per hour rate for a bilingual specialist bad news. It actually sounds like a very good deal. I know that I've spent many hours fulfilling requests for nothing in return - sometimes not even a "thank you." I fully understand why one would charge for one's time looking things up.

In fact, for several large off-list requests, I've asked for "donations" in the past. But I ask after I've delivered the requested information and leave it up to the person to donate as much or little as he/she sees fit. That's ranged from zero yen (despite transportation costs to go to the Central Library in Yokohama) to 50,000 yen for work that hardly took an hour. There's no obligation to pay, and I don't hold it against anyone who choses not to donate. (Although my follow ups are probably quicker for those who do - but I don't think there is any quality difference.)

Nonetheless, a quick Google search came up with this looking like a good starting point to research military duty. A quick browse didn't turn up a length of service, so it may take a bit of time to do the research oneself.

Personally, I've managed to figure out how to translate baseball stats in Korean, but that's as far as my Korean knowledge goes. I wish I could offer you more.

Thank you for the military duty link. I do appreciate it. I think the mandatory commitment may be two years, but I am still looking into that.

Regarding fees, I am not asking for in-depth scholarly research. My hope was that in coming to a message board like this, someone would share their knowledge without the meter running. Perhaps that will still occur. If not, I still thank you for taking the time to read this.