Hoy Park

Hoy Jun Park (Korean: 박효준; born April 7, 1996) is a South Korean professional baseball infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees. He signed with the Yankees as an international free agent in 2014 and made his MLB debut in 2021.

The native form of this personal name is Park Hoy-jun. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
In this Korean name, the family name is Park.
Hoy Park
Park with the Trenton Thunder in 2019
Pittsburgh Pirates – No. 44
Infielder / Outfielder
Born: (1996-04-07) April 7, 1996
Seoul, South Korea
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 16, 2021, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
(through May 3, 2022)
Batting average.199
Home runs3
Runs batted in16
Teams
Hoy Park
Hangul
Revised RomanizationBak Hyo-jun
McCune–ReischauerPak Hyochun

Career

New York Yankees

On July 2, 2014, Park signed with the New York Yankees organization as an international free agent.[1] He made his professional debut in 2015 with the rookie-level Pulaski Yankees, hitting .239/.351/.383 in 56 games. He spent the 2016 season with the Single-A Charleston RiverDogs, slashing .225/.336/.329 with 2 home runs and 34 RBI. Park split 2017 between Charleston and the High-A Tampa Yankees, posting a cumulative .251/.348/.359 slash line with career-highs in home runs (7) and RBI (39). Park returned to Tampa for the 2018 season, hitting .258/.387/.349 with 6 home runs and 34 RBI in 103 games. In 2019, Park played with the Double-A Trenton Thunder, logging a .272/.363/.370 slash line with 3 home runs and a career-high 41 RBI.[2][3]

Park did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Park started the 2021 season with the Double-A Somerset Patriots before being promoted to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.[5][6] On July 15, 2021, Park was added to the Yankees’ taxi squad following a COVID-19 outbreak in the big league club.[7] The following day, Park was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[8][9] Park made his MLB debut the same day against the Boston Red Sox as a pinch hitter for Tim Locastro, grounding out in his only at-bat. Park’s ground out would be his only plate appearance with the Yankees before he was outrighted off of the 40-man roster on July 21.[10]

Pittsburgh Pirates

On July 26, 2021, Park was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates along with Diego Castillo in exchange for Clay Holmes. He was then assigned to the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians.[11] The Pirates promoted Park to the major leagues on July 31.[12] The next day, playing against the Philadelphia Phillies, Park hit a double for his first major league hit.[13] On August 10, Park hit his first major league home run off of St. Louis Cardinals starter J. A. Happ.[14] On August 23, after going hitless in his previous 20 at-bats, Park was optioned to the Indianapolis Indians.[15] Park was recalled on August 31 after Michael Chavis was placed on the injured list.[16]

References
  1. Johnson, Greg. "South Korea native Hoy Jun Park experiences successful transition to Yankees organization". The Trentonian.
  2. Franko, Kyle. "'Hoy, Hoy, Hoy!' EL All-Star Hoy Jun Park giving Thunder spark at top of lineup". The Trentonian.
  3. ranko, Kyle (10 September 2019). "Hoy Jun Park eager to continue learning as Thunder push for championship". The Trentonian.
  4. "2020 Minor League Season Canceled". mlbtraderumors.com.
  5. Foley, Conor. "RailRiders Insider: Park providing spark". Scranton Times-Tribune.
  6. Brendan Kuty (June 26, 2021). "What's behind Yankees prospect Hoy Jun Park's surprise breakout?". Nj.com.
  7. "Yankees To Place Hoy Jun Park On Taxi Squad". MLB Trade Rumors.
  8. "Yankees Select Three Players, Place Luke Voit On Injured List". MLB Trade Rumors.
  9. "Yankees, Red Sox lineups Friday | Trey Amburgey, Chris Gittens in; Luke Voit on IL; Greg Allen, Hoy Park, Rob Brantly recalled (7/16/21)". Nj.com. July 16, 2021.
  10. "Yankees Select Asher Wojciechowski, Outright Hoy Jun Park". MLB Trade Rumors.
  11. "Pirates Trade Clay Holmes To Yankees". MLB Trade Rumors.
  12. "Hoy Park eager to show Pirates what he can do". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  13. "Phillies 15, Pirates 4 (Final Score) on MLB Gameday". MLB.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  14. "Park hits first HR in Bucs' lone breakthrough". MLB.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  15. "Roster moves". MLB.com. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  16. "Pirates notebook: Hoy Park returns as Michael Chavis goes on IL, taxi squad travels to Chicago". Triblive.com. 31 August 2021.
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