Ernesto Carlos

Ernesto Carlos
Pitcher
Born: Lee Won-kuk
(1948-05-10) May 10, 1948
Seoul, South Korea
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Professional debut
NPB: August 19, 1966, for the Tokyo Orions
KBO: April 5, 1983, for the MBC Chungyong
Last appearance
NPB: August 19, 1967, for the Tokyo Orions
KBO: September 28, 1983, for the MBC Chungyong
NPB statistics
Win–loss record0–0
Earned run average13.52
Strikeouts0
KBO statistics
Win–loss record1–1
Earned run average4.42
Strikeouts6
Teams
Ernesto Carlos
Hangul
이원국
Revised RomanizationI Wonguk
McCune–ReischauerI Wŏn'guk

Ernesto Carlos (born May 10, 1948), born as Lee Won-kuk or Lee Won-guk (Korean: 이원국) and known in Japan as Pou Cho (菊茶), is a South Korea-born Mexican professional baseball player. Carlos is probably the first Korean player to be signed by a Major League Baseball franchise, and almost certainly the first person to play professional baseball in Japan, the United States, Mexico, and Korea, with the bulk of his career spent in the Mexican League. (He is a candidate for the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.) He is also known as Ernesto Carlos Kuk Lee and Won Lee and Genkoku Lee and Wong Kuk Lee.