Baek In-cheon, Former Manager and South Korea's Only 400-Hitter, Passes Away at 83 Due to Worsening Cerebral Infarction

Baek In-cheon, the South Korean professional baseball league's only 400-hitter, passed away today (the 14th) at the age of 83.

The late former manager, who had been suffering from a cerebral infarction, was rushed to a nearby hospital by ambulance this morning but ultimately passed away.

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) has decided to hold the funeral as an official KBO funeral.

Having played in Japanese professional baseball, Baek returned to South Korea in 1982 with the launch of the KBO as a player-manager for the MBC Blue Dragons. That year, he recorded a batting average of .412, remaining the only 400-hitter in Korean professional baseball history.
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